Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-11
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. April lO.-Flour-Quiet
and generally firm; winter wheat, low
grades, s225as2.so do. fair to fancy,
A.Sgs3.90: do. patents. ss.90QAS; Mime
low extras. s225Q$2.so; southern -four quiet
and unchanged.
wheat-Spot market firm; good export
demand; No.. 2 red; store and elevator.
active, closing weak at a sc. advance to
a 3sc decline; No. red. April, 1870. {:
May, 12e; June; o LIS; July yayc nc'; Sep
'e Go9npots dull ace rm and ,sv scarce; No
2, 4oc. in elevator; Ale. afoat; options were
dull and steady at unchanged prices to
&c. decline; April, &C.. May. S6c.
oats.SPots fairly active and ,t tirmer op-
2s3tc.; mixed western, SaShc.
Hay-Firm and In fair demand; ship
ping, 75N77isc.; good to choice, e5c. al. %;
Wool-In moderate demand nrm' ana
Beef-Qulet and UNCHANGED:
Beef Hams-Dull at s1450d$15.
Tierced Beef-Slow; city extra India
Cut Meats~Quiet and steady; picked
bellies. A7o; shoulders. AsogA70; hams.
'Iard~Quiet and about steady; western
nS ssso o S'y TX es soutS PA AMER
can. S.; compound. a:621sQs4.75.
Pork-Dull and unchanged.
Butter-Fairly active and steady;
creamery gS}Sco iaetor snd easy crude
2ltc.; yellow prime, zhc.; do. on grade
Rsosin-Dull but firm; strained. common
STnrpentine-Quet and steady at 2slza
29c.
Rice-Firm. fair demand. and un-
Moiasses-Fairly active, firm, and I'M
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked.
4%45c. 80
Cofree-Steady and unchanged to 10
September, slli5dsll, Is; December. $1,000
sl0.75: spot Rio dull but steady; NO. z,
Sugar-Raw firm but quiet; fair refining,
3Ac.; centrifugals GS-degree test,. iAc;
refined. firm, fairly active. and unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool-Quiet: cotton.
by steam, lid. grain, by steam. Ia.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
NEW YORK, April 10.-Strawberries-
Florida per quart, l5qDc.
Asparagus-North Carolina, per dozen
punches, $10$6.
Beets-F q per s ;ss; T5c.GaS; do
Cabbage-FIorida, per barrel crate, s2g
Carrots-Florida. per 100 lunches, sSqS
Eggplant-Florida, per box. l,NdS5.So
Kale-Norfolk, per barrel NgN-So; DO
do. Charleston. per basket, 5caeoc.; do
Norfolk. per basket soc. ..
Peas-Florida, per crate, SllGNS,
Radishes-Norfolk, per 100 bunches' SIG
$50.
String Beans-Florida, wax, per crate
s2d$S50; do. do, green. per crate, ngS
Spinach-Norfolk, per barrel. 1bc. q3LD
Squash-Fiorida. white, per crate, WOO
Tomatoes-Florida. per carrier, N.5ca
$3.50: do do. per crate, $l.6OqS.
Potatoes-Florida, $SQ$650
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL. April 1o.--The wheat
market was a waiting and expectant one
to-day. The government report OF thls
stricting agent, and although there were
various rumors OF the condition gwen,
they all received scant credit, the trade
being aware OF the fact that there Is no
formation on the docket. On the whole.
prices were quite firm, although there was
a period in the sessiou when they pre-
sented considerable weakness. AFTER the
first hour, scalpers who had bought began
to sell out, and prices receded. but rallied
before the close, on moderate covering OF
small lots May wheat opened at etbf4
66ssc.. declined to 65hc.. and closed a.
bOSc.-14c. NlSHtT tudH yccecktNys Ne1sA
The range OF prices on corn was Nc.
from which 1t may be assumed that there
was little OF interest In the market for
that grain. Fluctuations were sympa thetic
with wheat. May corn opened at ,Soisc.
and sold at 30c., where II closed-un-
changed from yesterday. Cash corn was
steady.
to the trivial losses OF yesterday. and was
thereafter firm, except when wheat dis
played weakness. Business was slow, no
thing important developing during the SEES
sion May closed lsc. higher than yester-
day. Cash oats were unchanged.
The old story Of weak hog market
followed by an easy one IN product. was
reported this morning. The grain markets
furnished but little help. and with the
exception of pork. which rallied little
on scattered buying, everything ruled dul
2Iz9i5c. higher: May lard unchanged, and
May ribs 2h05c. lower
The leading futures ranged as follows: