Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-25
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW 1ORk. December lf.-f louI-
Wheat-Spot market firm; No. red, Z.
o. b., 30 BIC; ungraded red, SOcMS; OPP
tons fairly active and firm at q 3-Sqo-sc.
advance; No. red December, 9Oc.; Janu-
airy. 50 1-2c.; May, 81 3-ic.: December. soc.
Corn-Quiet but frmer; No. 2, % l.4c, in
elevator. 80 Lie. afloat; options dull but
firm at l-SQl-ic. advance: December and
January, 30 Lie; May. 81 i,2c;
oats-,Quiet; options dull but steady;
p ' iia' spot. No, 2, p SAC; No white
25c; mixed western 2lG24c.
Hay-Dull and easy; shipping. Doc; good
to choice. 70u77 1-2c.
Hides-Quiet and unchanged.
Leather-Steady and unchanged.
Wool-Quiet, firm, and unchanged.
Beef-Steady and quiet; family, Sl0Q
$3.50; extra, $s.25lt$s.75
Beef Hams-Dull but firm at SIS.
Tierced Beef-Dull; city quiet; city ex-
ira India mess, $l34Slt
-Meats-sIow but steady picked bel
lies. $3.50; shoulders. s.; hams. S;&d9
Lard-Easy and In moderate deInand'
oember, si05. nominally; refined, dull;
Continent, $40; South American, A1j;
compound, A.37 IL.
Pork-Steady; demand better; new mess,
Butter-Quiet: State dairy. lOd1Sc.; do.
creamery. 1i42lc. western creamery, l4Q
DC. Elgins, pc.
Eggs-Steady: State and Pennsylvania,
2lG2ic.: ice-house. l5fllsc.; western, fresh
20q23c. western, per case, $24Sl; southern,
2l0i22c.; lined, 15ul5 lie.
Cottonseed- Oil-Dull but steady; crude,
2oc yellow prime, &c.
Rosin-Quiet, strained, common to good,
Tmrpentlne-Firm at % S-4d27 1-2c
Rice-In fair demand, firm, and I'M
changed. ,,
Peanuts-Quiet.
Coffee-Irregular and 15d20 points up;
December. s9.55aS96O March, S9.GoGs9.65;
May. S9.6oQ$9e5; July 1870; spot RIO duil
but steady: No. Z, SO
Sugar-Raw active and easier, fair re-
fning. 2 3-l6c. refined dun and I'M
changed.
Freights to Liverpool-Quiet: cotton. by
steam, 5-2Sd. grain. by steam, Lid.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, December 2i-Flour-
Firm and unchanged.
Wheat-Inactive; spot, 92d92 PC; May.
IS 3-40S9c.: southern, by sample, &4s5c. /;
on grade. IS l-2n92 1-2c.
q 1.ia2sc.: January q l-ia27 S-Sc. Feb
ruary. q 5-sG27 SIC, March, % 1-sQ
2s lie; southern white and yellow, p 1-2lp
q lie.
26c.. No. mixed, p l-2q23c.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, nearby. age;
No 2. western. 4SGi3 1-Sc.
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, $4,000 slt
Grain Freights-Quiet and unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL, December 24-The
wheat market to-day was in every re-
spect a typical holiday one. Trading was
light: news scarce. and confined to few
inveterate scalpers. Notwithstanding the
apparent indifference existing, prices made
a substantial gain over yesterday. May
wheat opened from 81 IL to 81 5-Sgd 3-ic..
sold between 81 rs and 81 1-sc., and closed
at the top-l-265-Sc. higher than yester-
day. Cash wheat was firm and lie.
higher.
opening, but soon afterwards went the
Way of wheat, declining, in sympathy
with that grain. The market was llfeless,
but a few scattered small lots being dealt
in. The close was firm, in sympathy with
the advance in the adjoining pit May
corn opened at % 3-Sc., sold between % SO
and % Lie, closing at the outside-a
shade over yesterday. Cash corn easy
and unchanged.
Extreme quiet reigned in the oats mar
ket. No effort at trading was made. May
oats opened at 2Oc., sold at ~ I-Sc., ana
closed at Goa shade over yesterday.
The narrowness of the range. speaks for
the dulness of the trade. Cash oats were
steady to l-iG1-2c per bushel lower.
royisions-Steadness prevailed In pro
duct. the feeling being derived from the
hog market. The trade was occasionally
moderate, but more frequently duh and
inactive. No feature developed, and
prices changed but little. At the close May
pork and lard were each shade higher'
and May ribs a shade lower
Hides were quiet and firm; natives,
heavy. 9d9 lie; light. LAS lie. ma
tive cows, heavy, 8 1-2c.; light, SIZE;
bull brands. Las l-2c
The leading futures ranged as follows: