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

NEW YORK, December 1l.--Flour-
Dull, but nominally steady; city-mill pa
tents, S.75Q$G; winter patents, S4.Soq$5. 15i
straiehts si55@sl.75; Minnesota patents,
$5.050$5.l5 winter extra, S.JOGA; Min
nesota bakers, .si2oqSi.40; winter low
Rye FiourgQuiet at s27Oas.25. the lat
Buckwheat Flour-Quiet at Sl.4OQs1.45
Buckwheat-Quiet a. 37a3Sc.
COrnmeal-Steady; yellow western, CSC.
city, &C.; Brandywine, $lSOqsL9O.
Rye-Easy; No. western, 20 S-4c., c. T.
Barley-Dull; feeding, 2S 1-2c., c. 1. T.,
Buffalo.
barley Malt-Qulet; western, 5596oc;
Wheat-Spot weak; No. red, So l-2c..
(. o. b.. afioat options opened easier and
declined under liquidation, prompted by
weak cables, lack of export demand, and
dull trade generally; closed S-Sd1-2c. net
lower; No. red, January, closed 81 3-Sc.
May closed SO he; December closed
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 81 5-Sc., T. o. b..
ahoat. options opened steady on bad
weather West. ruled quiet all day, with
few changes. and closed unchanged to
Use. lower; December closed 81 5-Sc.; May
closed 80 3-4c.
oats-Spot quiet; No. 2, 271-Sa27 lac.
Options. quiet and fairly steady, closing
partly 1-Sc. net lower; December closed
&c. February closed q he; May closed
Beef-ouiet; family, s9.5O9NO; extra
mess, S75e0S8: beef hams, S22qS2 ESQ
packet, $3.50; city extra India mess
Cut Meats-Quiet; picked bellies. 5S-iG
6 1-2c. do. shoulders. 5S-ic.; do. hams,
Lard-Firm; western steamed, $3.50; De-
cember closed $3.50. nominally; refined
firm; Continent, $3.50; South America.
$525; compound, AqNl2 1-2.
Pork-Duil; mess, SS.25Qs9; short clear,
slOqSl2; family Sl0.50Q$ll.
2lc.; factory, Ii 1-2d14c.; Elgins 2ic.; imi-
tation creamery. 1Sq17c.; State dairy. 13g
2Oc.; do. creamery, 14q23c.
Cheese--Steady; large white, septem-
part do. 1-2ab lie; full Skins, 3a4c.
Eggs-Steady: State and Pennsylvania,
21025c.; western fresh, 2lq2lc.
Potatoes-Steady; New York, $212 LA
s2.2j; sweets, South Jersey, S.25qS; Vir-
ginia, X.50H $l.75.
market; refined. New York. $40; Phila-
delphia and Baltimore $5.25; do, in bulk,
Rosinn;-3steady; strained. common to
Turpentne- Steady at 80 s-4aS3 lac.
Rice-Firm domestic. fair TO extra,
41-2a6 lie; Japan, 545 Lie.
Molasses-Steady.
IdDDdbC-l@Oil6 anu JNAotgg SDsVJ
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady but quiet; prime
crude. 1SalS lie; I. o. b., mills, s13 l-2lp
II 1-2c.; prime summer yellow. q 1-2422c.
off summer yellow. q he; butter oil. 24ly
&c; prime winter yellow. % 1-2g27c.
Coffee-Options dull. with April points
higher and other months unchanged
market easier under disappointing Euro
pean accounts and entire lack OF out
side speculative support, December de-
olfnfnU = nOintQ from the 0nanfnRs selling
arrested by low prices, fair United States
warehouse deliveries. and fears that fu-
ture market may have been oversold;
closed dull, net unchanged to 5 points
cember s5Saqs5.S; January. $50; May,
500 Spot coffee: Rio steady; No. in
voice, 1851 IL; No. jobbing, SIP IL;
mild quiet; Cordova. $s.5oqsl5
Sugar-RaW strong; fair refining, 3 3-Sc.
centrifugal, Dc degrees test 5-l6c.; sales
recently, $50 tons centrifugal, So degrees
test, at Breakwater and 1900 tons do.
for shipment IS degrees test los 3D.,
cost and freight; one sail cargo first run
ming Java, January shipment, los. I'D,
and two sail cargoes. do. do, los. Cd,
cost and freight: refined strong; mould A,
1-4c.; granulated. l-l6c.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 1.-THE close
of the week In dry-goods sees no change
from the dulness prevailing. The intend
ell ItQuCllOlI III Nd6to W HdQt DIT all
River has cast gloom over the entire
cotton-goods division. and manufacturers
are awaiting, with some anxiety, the re-
suit of the work OF the committee ap-
pointed "a few days ago. The trade at
first hands and jobbers In all lines OF
cottons is dull. Print-cloths have not
changed, the market being reported dull
at &c.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, December 1l.-Floui-
Quiet and unchanged.
Wheat-Easy: spot and month, 81 1-2lp
81 3-4c.; January, 81 3-4l9sc.; May, 80 1-.,c.
bid; steamer. No. 2 red. &C.; southern
wheat. by sample. 93assc.; do. on grade.
80 1-2d9S lie.
Corn-steady; spot. ssGss 1-sc. month,
30 i-2a32 3-4c.; December, new or old. Saap
n lie; January. 81 3-iG32c.; February.
52d32 1-4c.; steamer mixed, 31l3l lac;
southern white corn. 2943sc.; do. yellow.
30g3Sc.
0ats-Firm; No. white. 20 1-2dtoc.;
No. 2 mixed. HM27 lie.
Rye-Easier; No. near by, 81 SAC. bid;
No. western. 5S45S lac.
Hay-stcady; choice timothy. isc. asked.