Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-02
NEW YORK PRoDICE MARKET.

NEW YORK, February 1.-Flour-Dull
and barely steady; winter wheat: low
grades, s2.3Od $3.50; do, fair to fancy, $3.50
$3.50; do patents S3.60aS75.
Wheat4-Spot market duh and easier,
with options, closing firm; I. o. b., ~ 3-4c. !;
ungraded 76 l-Sc. options opened weak
and declined 7-Sn2 l-sc, rallied 3-Suo,Sc.,
and closed frm-l 1-2c. under Saturday;
No. red, February, 81 l-2c.; March,
SO 1-2c. May, 50 3-4c.; July. Is l-Sc.
COrn-Spots dull and easier; No. 2, In
elevator, 80 l-Sc.; options dull at l-Sdl-4c.
decline; February, 2S lie; May % l-Sc.;
July. 81 1-Sc.
oats~spots dull but steady: options
quiet and easier; February, &c; May.
&c. spot prices No. ?. q l-2c.; NO.
white, 2ic.; mixed western. 22q4c ,oo.
Hay-Quiet; prime steady; shipping, 5On
GOc. good to choice, u l-2us0c.
Hdes-Ffrm; demand moderate; well
sailed Habana, selected Z Bic; Texas,
dry. 2lG25 pounds. l2nl3c.
Wool-F'irm; demand moderate; domestic
fleece. l6dg3c; pulled lsn5lc. ,.
Beef-Quiet and steady; family, SS2@
SOLO; extra mess, Sass.
Beef Hams-F'rm at SN5OnSlS.
Tierced Beef-Steady; extra city India
mess. $l30Sl4
Cut Meats-Steady and wanted; picked
bellies, si62 1-2 hams. 1875.
I.ard-Quiet and easier: western steam,
si.12 IL; city, S3.60aS3.s5; May, N.25. nomi-
nally; refined dull and lower; Continent,
A.50GsiS IL.
Pork-Dull but steady; new mess, $3.50
g.
Butter-Flrm and in moderate demand;
State dairy, lOal5c.; state creamery, Iva
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
19c.; ice-house per case, y. 4VuS.90; west
ern. fresh. Is lie; southern, II l-2alsc.;
lined BOB l-2c.
Rosin-Dull; strained, common to good,
II 20.
Turpentine-Quiet at q l-2a28c.
Rice-Firm and in fair demand; domes-
tic. fair to extra, 7-Sa5c; japan
Molasses-ouiet and easy; New Orleans,
open kettle. good TO choice, 22q32c.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked'
&c.
Coffee-Flrm and to 10 points up; May.
$40 September. $3.50; December, $3.50
spot Rio dull but steady; No. Z. {9.G ~.
Sugar-Raw dull but steady; fair re-
fining, Sic; refined dull and unchanged !;
of 4. 7-Slfic. standard A. 4 lie; cut
loaf and crushed. 7-sc.; graduated. 4 lie
Frelghts to LiverpOol-Quiet; cotton, by
steam. SGD; grain, by steam, S-id.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODs MARKET
NEW YORK, February 1.-The week In
the dry-gOods market opened without
change In any OF the departments. Trading
continues light.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. February l.-Flour-Dull;
western super, 2.t5ns5; do, extra. S'zoa
$3.50: do, family, si.250sl6o; winter wheat
pateat, si.75ft$5; spring do, do, ST. ;Od Vito
do straight. A20Usi.40.
Wheat-Dull; spot. s6 5-sc., bid; May. 8
GS2 l-4c.; southern, by sample. S7assc.; DO
Corn-Steady; spot and February. Is 81
as 7-Sc.; March, ~ l-4ll25 3-sc.: April
q i-Sd27 3-Sc.; May. 28u2S lie; steamer
mixed. q 3-ia23 he: No. white. va
q lie; do. yellow, 26q27c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. February IA very nervous
wheat market, with quotations ranging
WITHIN less than cent, but on much
lower level than Saturday. was served
to-day. The pit was In almost panic at
the opening, Liverpool responding TO the
recovery OF Saturday on this side by de-
clining from l-2 TO I'D. All OF the news
contributed TO the general Generalization
at the start. First trades were from IA
to Sic. under Saturdays close. ana sub
sequently another slight decline took
place. They then gave evidence OF a
steadier tone. and before the session was
concluded a slight advance on the best
figures quotable at the opening was es-
tablshed. May wheat opened al from
"a Ia 10 70 5-Sc. sold between 73 3-s and
u i-ifl7i S-Sc.. and closed al the outside
l-S6ti lie. under Saturday Cash wheat
was weak and i-2c. lower.
Corn.-After concurring in the weakness
or Wneat az the opening, corn soon AFTER
wards displayed better tone The de-
mand was generally good. an impression
prevailing that the prices OF this grain
must approach nearer TO those OF wheat.
May corn opened at "a. sold between % rs
and "a l-ic., and closed at "a l-su2i lac.
Oats were lower at the opening. In SYM
patty with wheat. but subsequently ex-
hibited an inclination 10 improve. under
the influence extended by corn. May oats
closed unchanged from yesterday. Cash
| oats were quiet and steady.
Provisions. 1he depression OF the wheat