Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, December 1s.-Flour-
dull. but steady and unchanged; southern
-four dull but steady and unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market moderately active
and weaker; free on board, 95 l-Sc.: UNI
graded red. @a95iac. options dull and ir-
regular. closing weak at n 12ul 1-Sc. de-
cline; No. red, January, Sec; May,
s. 1-Sc.; December, SIS 1-Sc
Corn-Spots easier and very dull; No. 2.
Zs4cg2S2c., In elevator; i.G29iac. afioat.
Options dull. weak. and &c. lower; De-
eember. Is S-Sc.; January, % 7-sc.; May,
3li.c.
0ats-spots dull but steady. Options
easy; December Hiac.; January. % l-Sc;
May, - l-Sc.; spot: No. 2. 2lAN22c. No 2
white, 25lsc.; mixed western. 20Qg3c.
Haydn moderate demand: shipping
55G57lkc good TO choice. 721eaS0c.
nIides-Quiet and unchanged.
Wool-Firm. quiet. and unchanged.
Beef-Quiet and steady; family, $500
$40; extra mess N.50MSS; beef hams firm
at sl7JOasls; tierced beef dull but steady:
city extra India mess. Sl3USl4.
Cut Meats-Quet and firm; picked bell
lies, $50; shoulders, 81; hams. SQ&.75.
Lard-Qulet and nominal; western
StO5; refined quiet; Continent. $40; South
America, N.75; compound, A.37iadSf5O.
Pork-Dull but steady; new mess, $500
1915
Butter-Choice firm and I'm fair demand;
State dairy. llMl9c.; do. creamery. 1iq20c. !;
Elgins. ZlH2li2c.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
2lHZc., ice-hOuse. l5dl7c.; western fresh,
2Oa22c. do case. S2a$i; southern, 20Q2lc.;
Cottonseed-On-steady: crude, 1910
Rosin-Strained, common to good, $500
Turpentine-Quet and steady at ga
Rice-Firm. in fair demand ard I'M
Molasses-Firm, in moderate demand,
and unchanged.
Peanuts-Quiet end unchanged.
Coffee-Quiet; > points up; December,
$500; January, $3.50. March, ss.3Oa 1876:
May, 1895; September s9.3J@S9.45 spot
duh but steady: No 7. so.
Sugar-Raw dull; centrifugals. 96 degree
test. &c: refined duh and unchanged.
Freight 20 Liverpool-Quiet. cotton, by
steam, l1--st.; grain, by Steam, 3lsd.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. December lS.-Flour-
Firm quiet. and unchanged.
Wheat-Dull; spot, S0l2c. bid; May. Slfp
size. southern, by sample, SSa92c.; do. on
corngEasy; spots. 27lsa27 s-Sc.; year,
27Q27 l-Sc.; January, Gi.QH S-sc: Febru-
steamer mixed. 25Aq25 8-sc.; southern,
6ats-Qulet and steady; No. 2. 25G2sc.;
No. mixed, 22l2d23c..
Rye-Barely steady, No. near by, Nq
Hay-Stesdy and unchanged.
Grain Freghts-Quiet and unchanged.
Eggs-Steady at Ice.
Butter-Steady; fancy creamery 22fp
23c.; do. ladle, false. store-packed. 10ul2c.
Coffee-Dull al $0l2i2 for No. I.
Provisions unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, December lS.-Wheat traders
put in to-day's session in correcting re-
ports, and In placing themselves In what
they considered a proper position In the
market, according 10 the corrections. In
the first place, those who bought wheat
on the reported export OF 1900 barrels
Of flour from Newport News yesterday,
on finding that the figures represented
pounds and not barrels. were constrained
TO part with the property purchased on
the enthusiastic boom OF Monday. Then
they bought IL back. when a report that
Northwestern stocks would decrease 1000, :
600 bushels for the week was circulated.
This rumor was disDroved subsequently,
the correct estimate being $4,000 bushels.
Another change OF front was then rem
dered necessary the pressure OF offerings
causing a sharp break. The weakness was
very pronounced near the close the Cuban
question the break I'm the New York
stock market. and gold exports from this
country all causing encouragement.
Nav wheat opened at from ~ rs 10
30 l-sc. sold between 70 5-Se 80 3-4 and
~ 3-sQ79 be, an closed at ~ l-2c. 97-sc.
under yesterday. Cash wheat was easy
| and Sac. lower.
The corn market was neither active
nor interesting Business maintained ts
| reputation for dulness, few orders appear
ing, and but a handful OF brokers beins