Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-17
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. October l6.-Flour-
flrmer; In moderate demand. and un-
changed; southern flour quiet and firm:
common 10 fair extra. s2.2O4S2.s0; good to
choice do, S2.S0M$3.10.
Wheat-Spot market more active and
firmer, with options: ungraded red. 7l61
&c; No. northern, - l-4c. Options were
active, excited, irregular, and strong at
'-sG2c advance; No. red October,
Ul2c.; November, 7Sisc.: December. 79c.
Corn-Fairly active and firmer: No 2.
Jl12c., in elevator; &c aioat. Options
were fairly active and firm at n &c
advance; October, 31c.; November, SlNc.;
December. 32ikc
duh but firmer; October. 23i5c.; De-
cember. 3+c.; May. S51sc.: spot prices:
No. 2. q l-4c.; mixed western, 21fi24c
Hay-Firm and I'm fair demand; ship
ping. 5JGJ60c.
wool-,Firm, moderately active, and UNI
Beef-F'irm; family, ss5OaS9.5O; extra
mess, S6nyI; beef hams firm at SIG; terced
beef quiet; city, extra India mess Sl0.506g
$3.50
Cut Meats-Firm and fairly active;
picked bellies, 1915 bid; shoulders, 81;
hams, $9Q$950
Lard-Quiet and dull; western steam.
A.55; city, 1896; October. Sass; refined
nominal: Continent. 1870; South America,
S.25; compound H.50Gl$475.
Butter-Firm and fairly active: State
dairy. 1l0l7c.; do. creamery, l2ql9c;
western dairy. 7lzQ12c.; Elgins, 19c.
Eggs-Quiet; State and Pennsylvania,
lSa2Vc ice-house. 14ixal6c.: western,
fresh, 17q1Slzc.; do. case. 2Ou4Oc.; lined.
15c.
Cottonseed-on 49, Quieter and about
steady; crude. aq2fzc.; yellow prime,
Rosln-Firmer and in good demand;
& raj al 81 . o. :. - m
Turpentine-tirm and in fair demand
at 29i9030c.
Rye-In fair demand and unchanged.
enthusiastically and unchanged.
Peanuts-Quiet
Coifee-Steady: 1926 points up; october.
$40. 25QSl0.40; December Sg.75dsiOO5: Jam
uary, $9.95QSlO; March Sc 7OGSiO: Nav
5000 $3.50; July, $3.50: September. 81 80;
spot Rio firmer and in fair demand; No.
T. Sll25.
Sugar-Raw dull but firm: fair refining.
2 5-Sc.; centrifugals, 50 test, &C.; refined
firm and unchanged
Freights to Liverpool-Firm: room
scarce; cotton, by steam. Ltd; grain.
by steam, 4lsd., for December.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, ND, October l6--Flour-
Firm.
Wheat-Unsettled and higher: spot and
October. Is l-4c; December. II 3-4Q77 7-Sc. /;
steamer. No. 2 red, Y l-4QI2 S-sc. south
ern, by sample 7f4Uc.; do, on grade,
70 l-4q76 3-ic.
Corn-Firmer; spot and October, 9ol-2
6t3O Bic: new or old, December. 30 La
30 Sic; January. 81 l-+a3l S-sc.; steamer.
mixed Is l-2d2s 3-4c.; southern, 32G33c.
Oats-Steady TO firm; No. 2 white, 2sc..
bid; No. mixed, Il l-2n22c.
Rye-Firm; No. nearby 4OG4lc.; No. 2
western. i3 he, bid.
Hay-Frm: choice timothy, 13c.
In fC1, AU nd
Butter-Firm; fancy creamery, lys2Oc. /;
fancy creamery, l9uWc.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. October 1s.-Upward and on
ward was still the motto OF the wheat
bulls to-day AS has been customary for
some time past, the market opened higher
than 1t closed on the previous day, and
thereafter kept on ascending. Liverpool
and other European markets were re-
sponsible for the continued movement. al
though there was unbOunded enthusiasm
in this market. The government report
on foreign crops, giving decidedly bad
account thereof. was an auxiliary
strengthening factor near the close.
More or less excitement attended the
trading all day, but the transactions were
so broad, and embraced such diversified
interests. that it was difficult to deter
mine who was the most important opera
tor Reports of heavy gold imports by
the buying and accommodating Of wheat.
December opened at from n IL to
II 7-Sc., sold between II IA and " l-4c.,
and closed at u l-Sc bid-l 5-SIl 3-4c.
higher than yesterday Cash wheat was
l 1-2G2c. higher.
Corn.-The support and assistance Of
corn to-day was mostly derived from the
wheat market, though heavy Withdrawals
from store received proper consideration
in defining the tone. The trade was not
at all important and the fluctuations took
place on comparatively small transac-
lions. Corn opened at rs l-2c.. sold be-
tween IS 1928 5-8c., and closed at the
outside-1-2c. higher than yesterday Cash
corn was firm and lie. higher
Oats.-It was scarcely within the scope
of possibility. for oats to do otherwise
than advance; c1siderng the surround
ing bullish enthusiasm. Whilst business
was not particularly large or influential.
there was stiil moderately active mar
ket at firm prices. May oats closed a 1-21p
5-sc higher than yesterday. Cash oats
were steady, closing firm and a 1-2c.
higher.
Provisions secured a proportion OF the
speculative irmness which prevailed on
the floor The hog market was about
steady, but scant attention was paid TO
IL. the animated wheat market Offering
greater attraction az a motive. The adj
vance was not sustained, owing 10 selling
for realization purposes. January pork
closed 2 1-2c. lower than yesterday, and
January ribs lease. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows: