Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 2O-Flour I'M
changes, quiet, and steady; southern hour
unchanged and steady. -.
No red, store and elevator, 7Sc; afioat;
70 1-2c. Options were fairly active ana
irregular; declining 5-Su3-4c.. with the
West: railying i-sa3-sc., on local covering
and foreign buying and closing hrn March S,cS'
40 nc: April. SO 7-sc.; May. 69c.; June,
IS 3-4c.: July, 6s 3-4c.; August, 6S S-ie.;
September, GS 5-sc. o.
corn~spots dull but firm; No. 2. &c,
a 1-4a3-Sc. decline March. 81 l-Sc;; April
as 5-sc.; May IS 3-Sc.; June. IS l-2c.' Sep
Oats oatsLspots dull but steady. Options
easier and dull Marsh, q 9 Ks No ms' ;
white, IS l-2c; mixed western. 2SF2Sc.
Uay-Dull easy, and unchanged.
Wool-Ffrm and unchanged.
Beef-Quiet, STEADY. ana uncnahhgesa, , pes.
hams dull at sii5Oasl5; tierced beef Slow;
citv extra India mess, SlSlsl6.50.
Cut-Meats-Quiet, steady, and I'M
changed. .,,.. ~,,as,ar,
steam. IS I5Gi$5.i7 IL: city, So; May. 500;
Ssined dull: Continent, $50; South
America. ssi5; compound. sLe2 l-2lstS IL
Pork-Quiet and steady; mess, $1,000
si025. , on.rged
Cottonseed Oil-Unchanged.
1a'iow-Lower; city, 8 3-ic.; country
3 3-4ei3 7-sc. 4. ,,ooa
81. 700Sll5. % An
Rice-In moderate demand. firm, and I'M
MIoiasses-Flrm; moderately active, and
u' Peanuts-Qulet; fancy. hand-picked, S-4
SSofYee-steady and unchanged 70 10
points down; March. sl3.l5 April Nsso;
May si2.eoQ$l2e5; July, .soesiiSti ID S saSI
TENDER. .o5asn.l5; December, sio.ova
slO. ~; spot Rio, quiet and steady; No. Z,
Sis S;1usar-Raw firm and quiet; fair refining,
s-4c'. bid refined quiet and unchanged.
Freight Market-Quiet; cotton, oy s.eah'
aged grain, do, I'd, asked; room scarce.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March pa recovery was
expected in wheat to-day, put ule uIsA,
Instead At the close the net loss from
Yesterday was an insignificant one, but
during the morning prices were more thar
a cent under that days closing prices
The rally on which the loss was regained
took place after noon, and was que 20
buying against puts and covering by
shorts. There was very. little outside
trade. the bulk OF the business being
nlrely local and professional The news
was generally adverse 10 values wheat
opened at from 81 1882 l-Sc, sold be,
tween 81 IA and 81 3-Sc., and closed al
s2isc-l-S91-4c. under yesterday. Cash
wheat was l-sc. lower, but closed steady
Corn was inclined 10. weakness, and
as wheat started the downward move
ment the sympathy existing between the
grains caused prices in this market 10
deprecIate. When the finer grain re.
covered the coarser showed an absence OF
recuperative power. and regained only
slight portion OF the early loss, closing ~
% 3-sc.-l-3c. under yesterday. Cash corn
was lac. lower.
Recessions took place In oats. The mar
ket was weak. The business was small II
volume and OF no choice In character
May oats closed lac, cash oats We: lower
There was more pounding and liquida'
ton in provisions than there has beer
for some days. The pressure was re-
moved later in the sessi q. and Their
prices went TO where they wee at the
start At the close May pork was 2iac
higher. May ribs were unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows: