Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-15
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, January l-Flour-
Dull, easy, and unchanged; southern Hour
dull. weak. and unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market fairly active for
export and firmer; (. o. b., 99c.; ungraded
red. 79q99c.; options fairly active but ir-
regular closing firm at an advance or
3-4a7-Sc.; No. 2 red, January, 80 S-4c.;
March, 80 dc; May sc .
stronger; No. 2, 29Q29 Lie. in elevator
30d3O Lac. afioat No. 2 white &c; options
were duh but firm at 1-4ul-2c. advance;
January, % lie; May, 80 7-Sc.; July, &c
Oats-Spots dull but steady; options dull
but firmer; January. % l-4c. February
% 5-Sc.; May, % f-Sc.; spot. No. q % 1-4c. !;
No. 2 white, "a l-2c.; mixed western, 221
2ic.
Hay-Firm; shipping. 81 l-2c.; good to
choice 75GS5c.
Hldes-Firm and unchanged.
WOol-Quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Quiet and steady family, $3.50
$l050: extra mess. Nn$S.
Beef Hams-Dull at $l8.
Tierced Beef-Firm; city extra India
mess. Sl35OQ$l450.
-Meats-Firm and quiet; picked bel
lies, A,S7 IL; shoulders A2Sgs4S IL;
hams, s.. 2Jdf9.
Iard-Stranger and in better demand;
western steam. $iT 1-2; city, $50; Janu-
ary $3.50: refined firmer but quiet; Contl-
nent. $40: South American, $3.50; COM
pound. A.25@$i5O. $500
II
Butter-Steady and in moderate demand
state dairy. 1OQl5 1-2c.: do. creamery. 1910
i9c; western creamery, l3G2Oc.; Elgins
F,ges-steady: state and Pennsylvania,
II 1-24l9c.; ice-house, l3al5c.; western,
fresh, lie: western, per case, N:f0nS;
southern. l6Gl6 l-2c: lined, Is l-20lic.
Cottonseed- Oil--Firm; demand moderate;
| crude 20 he; yellow prime, % i-2c.
Rosn-Steadv: strained, common TO
/ 800 a -O1,S1 70 10
Turpentine-Firm and quiet at q 1-2Gssc.
Rice-Frm and unchanged.
Molasses-rQuiet and unchanged.
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-plcked'
Cofree-steady and 1895 points down;
I March 80 45MS950: July $3.50; August.
/ 50 70; September, s9G00S9.70; spot Rio duh
I and easy: No. T. $40.
/ fair refining. 2 l3-lGc.: centrfugais Ct-de-
+ gree tesD. 3 i-lGc.; refined quiet and un-
Freiehts to Iiverpool-QuIet; cotton, by
/ steam. i5-l2sc.; grain, by steam, 3D.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. January H:-Flour-Quie'
and lower: western super. 2.75nS.20: DO
extra ,ti SaoGs4o5: DO. family. si40Qsi.75
winter wheat patents. $t9ous5l5; sprine
! do DO. Sj.C00{i.S5; do. do. straight N.f
Whcat-Dur; spot. e0i-2c., bid; May
7 81 l-tftct l--Css oONfHtthf W oN4'Rt~f ~
Corn-Ouiet: spot and January. 2s 7-Mi
&c: February, 2ln27 lie: March, II o-er
/ u Bic; April. - l-20zs 3-ic.: steamer
I mixed. % 7-Sd25c.; southern white, y l-zn
/ q I-2c; 90. yellow. 22u27c.
/ Cats-Quiet, No. ?. 2iqz5c.; No. mixed
/ 2i022c.
: CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
( CHICAGO, January 1.-THE favorable
effect produced by extraordinarily large
export clearances OF wheat and Hour a
/ the Seaboard-7i5,5H bushels-causei GOV
ering OF short" wheat to-day, and re
suited IN a fair recovery OF prices. IL L
/ doubtful however. II there was encour
agement enough derived from these ship
/ mcnts 10 prompt much, II any. invest
/ ment buying. The case with which th'
recent decline was achieved has irrbue'
! the bears with confidence, although al
yet they act with considerable caution
Early the tone OF the market was irregu
lar Later, trade was dull and the direc
ton OF prices irregular. but nnai!
strength developed and an advance Sc
i'm. May wheat opened firm at from 70 l.
10 70 Csc. advanced 10 80 5-Sc.. and ciose'
at S)l-2ffSo 5-Sc.--7-sc. higher than yester
day. Cash wheat was steady 10 nrm
closing lc. higher,
something TO excite comment. business
was slow. dell. and listisss. Commission
/ men bewaiied the inactivity and lack Q
orders, and local traders were doing com
paratively nothing. OF course, the direc