Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, December B.-Flour-ln-
active but, nominally steady; cl'y "a Snld
$50; city-mill clears, s.. 4C4So;5O winter
straights, A.50GAG0; winter extras, S.4oQ
81; Minnesota bakers, &OgS4O; winter
iO Rv e'd Fionir~Duii at ,2.7Oqs 25-the lat
Buckwheat Flour-Quiet at s1.40da.@
Cornmeal-Quiet; yellow western, toe;
city, Csc. Brandywine. A.SqSl.D.
Rye-Dull; No. 2 western, JOc' c. i. t.
Buffalo; car-lots, 5Oa52c.
Barley-Quiet; feeding Is l-2c., c. !. T.,
Buffalo 70, oezco,
Wheat-Spot steady; No red, 9s S-4c.,
f. o. b., ahoat. Options opened steduy
and ruled generally firm all the morning
on better cables than expected Solu Wa,
Their West. and large seaboard cleS az
| for the day, and closed l-Sp7-Sc net
| higher-the latter for December; NO.
| red, December, closed 99c:; January
closed 81 SIC. May: csGsea % s4 SItd Z. O.
! h afoat. Options opened steady on
| large weekly clearances, but turned eo.o q
shade easier under realizing'M ana "a t I3se'
| unchanged to 1-Sc. net lower; May OF l-o'''
D 0atsDspot dull: No. 2, q 1-4c. Options
dull: December, closed q Lac; February;
closed q S-Sc.; May, q 1-4Q27 S-4c., closed
Beef-steady; family, s95Oas.oo;; extra "a
packet. $3.50; city extra India mess @A+9
Cut Cut Meats-Dun; packed bellies steady
nictied shoulders, 3-4c.; do. hams, 10
| Tide. oa ,.75.
December closed SHE no Gth r Ie
dull: Continent, Xh9o: Sou'h
S5.S5; compound. siaA12 IL, o,.
Pork-Dull; mess sS.25QS9; short Clear
S0G$l2; family, $l0qs1l. ,.oo
Butter-Steady; western crea an yn,i fyY
22c.: factory 12d17c.; Elgins, &c; i1nlla,
ton creamery, 10 1-2m1sc.; state dalry' 10
G2ic.; do. creamery, l5a2lc: s..o,onor
Cheese-Quet; large white, Sept oI S6S
s1-4dS Pc; small white, September yt g
si-ic.; light skins, cas- l-2c; full do'' IL
as 1-2c.; full skins, Sq4c. r.o.. md
Eees2Firm at the decline; State ana
Pennsylvania, 2l926c.; western fresn' 0Ve
N' Enthusiastically; New York, US
sT PSetrolsum3Quiet; United closed t6c'
bid; refined New York. $40 ,r,or ~
| Rosin-Steady; strained coiiii"OA ~
gP TTr,n sl nitjneLFirm at SOd3o 1-2c.
Rice-steady;. Japan, $40 1 E4Icans oper
Molasses-Quiet; New Oile"H'' 0P0'
KAN ca asSe"L,ong Island and Jersey. pei
~ G;oftfoysced-On-Dur but steady at un'
changed prices; prime crude iSiiI Sl Ii5c
nrime crude, f. o. b. mills, 10 l- =, .,,r
prime ,. sIL d 1-2c': butter oil, "A l-2G
5s l. DC: prime winter yellow, 70 l-l9Z'c::
Coffee-options opened St eeneraIly firm
on higher European quotations, sn ias
, Prozilian receipts, and bulhsh crop cSorts
h,iving generally connned 10 ,rdtG %
specuiators and investors Dsine e,o pia firm
Existing large accumulations; ci0seo !, ~ IS
81 net gain OF 10 10 10 points: Sa.es' -,
bags, including December S.%a ns5se Ja ~,
sT1 Sc: May, $S.204&.25. spot Coz SoiieS io rb
aS, No 4 invoice, s6.67 IL; NO. I. Jo no
r h hers SI2 -; mild quiet; Cordova' sS0oI
SIS. totr refining. 9l-2c.
|, centTifugaI, Sc degrees test &C.
r NEW YORK DRY-GooDS MARkhr.
NEW YORK, December lS.EThe day
r goods district was the scene oi ma tban "a
wv yonening' transactions were heaV,
n,articnlarly in staple cottons, buyers s Hac
INC taken goods in large quaIltdltie .s gu GU
} tIe ~, first hand. as rule, are paylh
little attention to the future, put q, 81
! | seiling freely wherever they cal op tt
) their prices. Several OF the iea1 neI sol sol
20 hIeached goods have been wen 81
VI and the report is that Fruit OF W
I To- is Eat value" II Is propaDlse III, ,,i
r the present condition of staple goouss et W.
! result ssone all around. other staple cotto
: aSaoSs besides bleached are in unchanse
eeoOdition. as far as the price sltuaton IN,
concerned. Brown goous ua'S ,eeached Co
slightly in sympathy with l,,1 6leae dniI an
tons Export goods goods co eottons are VI
r cbansed in any important particular
/, CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
= c~uICAGO December 1S.-Wheat W.
yerv dull but firm to-day. strong ou.si1 :,
! snd foreign markets. and anticipationsSs &c
' less bearish statistics Mond lIt,ng S' in
s sSp1gg advance in May. Other marke,
slso leaned decidedly toward the pa
side. corn and oats advancing ap '9Hv7 %
each. and provisions closing zi=e' -
leading futures ranged as f fonows:
Tesding futures ranged as iohomS'
1,nsn,ne uicnesL Lowest CLOSING