Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
NEW YORK. pRopuCE MARKET.

NEW 1OhM l-IkODOOIl MANNED
NEW YORK. April 22.-Flour-'tln-
changed and dull.
Wheat-Spot market dull and easier.
with options: No. red. store and eleva-
tor nominal; afioat, nominal; February.
II Lie. ungraded red, GuSc. Options
opened weak and declined S-s4izc.. rallied
5aAc., fell lac, and closed unsettled at
unchanged prices to 1-Sc. over yesterday;
No. 2 red. April. 73lkc.; May. @s.c., July,
20 5-sc. September. 7OAc; December,
" 3-Sc.
Corn-spots firm and fairly active; No.
2, 39c., In elevator; 40c: afioat Options
duh and steady at unchanged prices, to
ise "a Decline ssr AIs % 1sS May %
Oats-Spots fairly active and steady.
Options duh but firm; May, 24l2c.; spot,
No. 2, 25 lie; No. white, 25lzc.; mixed
western, 25isa2sisc.
Hay-Quiet and easy; shipping, 154H12c. 4;
good to choice, 90fI91iAc.
Wool-In moderate demand and IN
changed.
Beef Quiet. steady. and uncnanged;
beef hams dull at s1450qSl5.
Tierced Beef-Dur; city. extra India
mess, $lfI$l55O.
Cut Meats-Quiet and unchanged.
Lard-Quiet and lower; western steam,
sJ15: city. si.6O4sie5; May, $5.l2; refined
quiet; Continent. $50; South America,
$3.50; compound, l-4d4isc.
Pork--Steady and unchanged.
Butter-Steady. in moderate demand,
and unchanged.
Eggs-Unchanged and freely offered;
State and Pennsylvania, ilailiec.; south
ern, 8 1-fn9%c. western fresh, 10dl2c.
duck. 120lSc; goose, 15lf20c.
Cottonseed-Oil-Dull, steady. and un-
changed
RosIn-Firm and In demand; strained.
common TO good, Sl.95M$2.
Turpentine-Easy at 2SAG29c.
R!ce-Steady, in moderate demand, and
unchanged.
Molasses Firm. moderately active. and
unchanged.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-plcked,
iAn5c.
points up: April, M2.G5: May, $l2.75; June,
| 81 6Gd$l2.G5; September, 81 i5Dsll.50; Oc-
tober. Sll15; December, SlC.3; March,
u075l$l0.sO; spot Rio dull bur steady;
Suear-Raw firm, but duh. fair refining,
| SEAS 7-Sc.; refined quiet. steady, and UNI
| changed.
Freights to Llverpool--steady; cotton,
/ by steam. LIED. grain active for future
| at I'D, for May.
NEW YORK TRUCK MARKET.
| NEW YORK, April 2-Strawberries-
! Florida. quart, 15u2Sc.; do, North Caro-
| lima. quiet at l2q30c.
Asparagus North Carolina, dozen
bunches, N.25as6; do, Norfolk, do,
Beets-Florida. crate, sasl.5O; do. do,
4 100 lunches, 46iSc.
Cabbage-Florida, crate. s2.50as275; do.
| Charleston, crate, 0.l5qSS.
! Eggplant-Florida, box, S2.50fl$5.
Kale-Norfolk, barrel, 3cQ60c.; do, bar
rel, S260Ns3
Lettuce-Charleston barrel. 50; do,
| basket, 15c.QtSl50.
Peas-Fforida, basket. zoe flsi.50: do,
Savannah. sass: do, do, crate, slG2.50
| do. Charleston, basket. S2n$3J0.
| Radishes-Norfolk, 100, 10a75c.
String Beans-Florida. crate $3Qs5.
spinaeh-1Norfoik, barrel, 5oc. %. q 10 80; -
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO. ILL, April 2Z.-The Weather
Bureaus weekly bulletin was out thh
morning. confirming the encouraging In
formation previously received, and whea
holders resumed their selling at the open
ing of the market this morning. Shor
sellers helped along the decline In prices
and very early quotations were materially
! under the close of yesterday. Some refer
ence has lately been made TO the foreign
crops, and comment on the fact that Yer,
| little news has been received has beer
| free, the opinion generally existing tina
| the axiom mo news IL good news is ap
! pllcable In the premises. During he las
| hours trading reports OF export business
| OF greater or less magnitude arrived from
New York, and those who had sold shor
| early deemed II expedlent 10 cover, th'
buying reinstatlng prices In about In
1
July wheat opened at from O. 3-S 4
GA Use, sold at GA l-2Ga SIS and SO lie.
and closed at 81 1-Sfi64 1-ic.-l-St1-4c. un
der yesterday. Cash wheat ruled easy t
| shade lower.
Corn.-In so far as was possible within
the extremely limited range Of prices pre-
| Vailing I'm corn, that grain moved In tn'
same direction as wheat The weakness
| which governed the action OF the Ieadlni
market early. resulted in loss to corn
and the subsequent rally caused recov
| cry with some irreSularity In the interim
| Traders evinced little interest in the mar
ket. however. and the total or the days
| business was very light.
May corn opened at % lie, SOLD a
29 3-Sc., and closed at 70 l-2c.-unchange'
| from Yesterday Cash corn was STEADY.
oats were quiet and inactive. The mar
ket, from its lifeless condition, invited
little attention from the outside, the buit
! of the moderate trade being Tor Special
ties and BY local operators.
| NAV oats closed q shade under yester
day. Cash oats were easy and i-4c lower
Provisions.--The hog market was visit
! ed with an over-supply this morning, TIT
effect being seen IN dechne IN prices
| the Yards and, through that fact. In |
depreciation in product. Business wa
| fairly active but at generally lowe
| prIces. a recovery. In sympathy viii
| wheat took place late In the session, bu
| The fun enhancement (, lied to be sustain
| ed.
s1-2c. under yesterday. Domestic AM
| foreign markets unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
opening. aignssI loves clo,inI
April ....ees5 esT s eiH eas