Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-20
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March l9.-Flour-Steady
and unchanged, southern flour unchangsd.
Wheat-Spot duh, with the options no:
? red. store and elevator, = l-iIiSt4c.,
anoat, 793,GS0c. Options closed weak at
a 5-sc. decline, No. red, March, 90 t,Se.'
April. 30 lie: May. 50 3-oc.; June, % l-tc'
tor; SSc. ahoat. options dull and I'M
0atsNapots dull. Options dull but
steady: March. &c: spot No. ,. 2jc. No.
white, 26laa26Ac.; mixed western Z''s
Hay-Quiet. easy. and unchanged.
Wool-ln moderate demand ana I'M
changed. -.
Tierced Beef-Inactive; city. extra In
dia mess, Sl5dSl6.50.
Cut Meats--Quiet and unchanged.
Lard-Quiet and lower; western steam
S47H: city, s.: May. $50; refined slow;
Continent. $3.50: South America, SblJ,
compound. 45-Sai 7-Sc. ~
Pork-Weak: mess, S9.1jgd02j.
CottOnseed- Oil-Duil and unchanged
Rosn-Firm; strained, common 20 good
'Turpentine-Quiet and easier at 2s}.q29c.
Butter-In fair demand ana unchanged.
Internationally firm and I'M
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked,
coTee-Inactive and 5GlO points down;
March, sl3ljQSl32O; May, S2iVqs ~;
June. 1920: July. N2uSl26; February,
SlOe5; spot Rio, quiet and steady; No. T.
sussr-Raw firm and quiet fair re-
filming Ssic. bid; centrlfugals, ~ degree
test. 9-lGe bid; refined steady and un-
Freights TO Liverpool-oulet and I'M
changed.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. MD, March ls.-Flour-
DUH and unchanged.
Wheat-Dull and easy; No. 2 red. spot
and March, 72q72 l-4c.; May. SO l-ill6sl2e
July. soc asked; southern, by sample,
15U &C.; DO, on grade. 1laI4c.
COrn-Steady; mixed spot, March ana
April, % 5-Sa 23Ae.; May, "a l-sgS5 % loi c..
32ilc.; southern white, 3itz13oc.; do, yell
Oats|Firmer: No. 2 white western,
26iLG27c.; No. . mixed, do. 2ihN25c.
Rye-Quiet: No. 2, i3c. asked, for near
by: 4jQ &c. FOR western.
Hay-Quiet and steady; choice timo-
Grain Freights-steady; demand UNI
changed.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, LII, March ls-The hea-
West trading in wheat to-day took place
I'm the first hour Of the session, and re-
suited In a break from yesterdays close
Of a fun cent. Much OF the wheat bought
! yesterday anu Nrll over -ilfNN 'dNlt yh'
at the start. nothing in the news EWING
promise OF Improvement. After the de-
cline OF | cent. mentioned above, had oc-
CURED, a steadier tone ruled, and bust
ness became dull and undressing. May
wheat opened at from % rs TO 81 5-Sq
/ G2 3-4c. declined TO 81 l-Sc.. and closed
! at 81 l-fNG2 3-Sc.-I-sc. under yesterday
Cash wheat was l-2c lower.
Corn was remarkably steady, consider
ing the weakness which was present IN
wheat Traders I'm the market, how ever.
gave out the opinion that the limited
VOLUME OF business was responsible ior
the frmness May corn opened at y bic,
sold al % 5-Sc.. and closed at - 5-Sd
% 3-4c-a shade lower than yesterday.
+ Cash corn was steady.
Oats were a little easier than corn, ana
! not quite as weak as wheat. There was a
paucity OF both news and business. but
few orders either 10 buy or sell being IN
the market May oats closed l-sHl-ic
under Yesterday. Cash oats We're quiet
and unchanged.
The provision market was In state OF
utter Generalization. II was difficult 20
I determine whether disguised longs Oh
/ courageous shorts were the most active.
/ bur there was a heavy volume OF b0tn
1 Einds OF selling. The hog market was
quoted 5lfl0c lower. Pork suffered most
/ March at the close being q l-2c under
Yesterdays final figures. May lard closed
/ Z t.gc lower and May ribs 15c. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows