Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-26
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Flour-Steady
quiet, and unchanged; southern nour quiet
and steady. ,
q b.. 50 3-ic.: ungraded red, 70lIS3c.; No.
1 northern. SIC; options were duh and IT.
regular, closing weak at a Lie. decline;
May. rs S-lc.; July, n l-Se.; SEPTEMBER
"A 1-2c
2. % 1-2c. in elevator, 80 1-2c. ahoat; No;
white, % 1-2c.; steamer mixed, % lac; DO
white, % lie; do. yellow, y l-fn2S l-Zc. !;
options dull but firm at unchanged prices
and without feature; March, - 5-6c.; May,
80 1-Sc; July, 81 lie.
Oats-Spots quiet and firm; options dull
but steady; May q 5-Sc.; spot prices-No.
2. pc; No. white, &c; mixed western,
2la2ic. ~
81 1-2c: good to choice 81 l-2n57 7-Sc.
Hops-Quiet and rather easy
Hldes-Firm. fairly active, and I'M
changed
Wool-Firm and unchanged
Beef-Steady and unchanged.
Beef Hams-Firm at ~.
Tierced Beef-Quiet and unchanged.
Cut Meats-Firm in moderate demand
and unchanged
Lard-Quiet and about steady; western
steam, SliO6$445; city. A20; May, N5l
nOmnally; refined dun: Continent, $40;
South American. 1896; compound. Ad12J
Pork-Steady and quiet; mess, $3.50
1915.
Butter-Firm and fairly active: State
dairy, 9mlSc.; do. Creamery, l34lS lie;
Eggs-Easy; State and Pennsylvania,
10 1-lul0 lie; western fresh, lOc.; south
Cottonseed- Oil-Quiet and barely steady
crude. 2OH2O l-2c.; yellow prime, 23fI2j lie
Rosn-Dull and unchanged.
Turpenne--Quiet and unchanged.
Rice-Firm, in fair demand, and I'M
changed
Molasses-Quiet, steady. and unchanged.
Peanuts-Firm and unchanged.
Coffee-Steady; $40 points down March,
sS25; September sS.SfaSS.S; December
Sf5; January SS.45li3S.JO; spot Rio dull but
steady; No Z, $S62 IL.
Sugar-Raw firm and in fair demand ;
fair refining, l5-iGc.; refined outlet and I'M
changed.
Freights 10 LiYerpool-Quiet ana I'M
changed.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK March 25.-The trading in
dry-goods circles to-day showed no i'm
prOvement. The demand continues light
but the undertone Is steady, and prices
while unchanged, are well maintained in
all departments.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, MD. March 25.-Flour-
Duh.
Wheat-DulI; spot. sc. bid; May. 70 5-Sc.
asked; southern. by sample. SGqS7c
Corn-Firmer; spot, % l-SH28 lac; March
and April, 2Sl2S 1-ic.: May. % 3-Sll2S he
June. % 3-4c. July, % 3-SQ23 5-Sc.: steamer
mixed. 2jN25 l-8c. southern white, Is $50
% lie. do yellow, q lease.
Oats-Firm; No. white, % i-2n26c.; do.
mixed, 23G23 l-2c.
Rye-Weak; No. 2. nearby. 4Oc.; do.
western. 40 5-3c.
Hay-Steady.
Grain Freights-Quiet.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Mess Pork, 5000.
I.ard-Reflned, 1915.
Butter-Steady; fancy creamery, PIC.
Coflee-Quiet.
Sugar-Quiet; graduated. A.57.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March 25.-Wheat had a slow
and draggy market to-day. the fuctua-
lions being within an extremely narrow
range. strength and weakness alternating
frequently and the cloEc showing a small
net loss from yesterday. Crop-damage
reports from Illinois. Indiana, and Mis-
souri, were quite as numerous as ever
but the trade was disposed 10 consilor
them as exaggerated 10 some extent. Fine
growing weather prevailed In most see
tons. that being the principal weapon
In the hands OF bears. May wheat open
ed at from " SIS TO 70 3-ic, sold between
70 is and Y l-2Q72 SIC, and closed AT
y 5-sH72 3-ic.-i-4c. under yesterday. Cash
wheat was steady at yesterdays prices.
The steadying factor in corn was again
the light feeeipts-13 cars. The opening
decline I'm wheat however. exerted a tenn
porary weakening effect. a fractional loss
being then sustained. The market was
an idle and iistless one generally. ae-