Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-13
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.


NEW YORK. April 12.-Flour-More ac-
tive and stronger. on the rise In wheat
without important change in prices; city
mill patents. si.70ils4.9o; do. clears N.V@
1850: Minnesota patents. Ssondoo: 90,
bakers, s3.35aS.60; winter patents, sLiop
1876.
Rye Flour-Quet; sales, $50 barrels,
Corn Meal-Quiet; yellow western, tOc. /;
city, &c.
Rye-Quiet; No. western. 80 s-4li3ic.
Barley-Quet; western feeding, &C. l.
o. b.. Buffalo
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot Inactive; No. 2 red, Z. 0. b.,
nomlnally, 79c; No. northern. Duluth
50 Sac. T. o. b.. afioat; No; 2 hard winter,
IS I-2c.. f o. b.. afioat. Options strong
and generally firm all day, with few re-
actions. closing 1-2n5-Sc. net higher. The
advance was caused by active covering,
war news, higher cables. small worlds
shipments, decreased visible and nad
May. p 1l-l6q7ig7i 1-sc.; closed, 7ic. June,
73a73 3-4c; closed 70 3-ic.; July, ia
70 5-sc.; closed. 70 3-Sc.; September. ~ 5-sd
Il Sac. closed, Il 5-Sc. December, va
72i-4c.; closed 7ic.
Corn-spot frmer; No. 2, Soc. in eleva-
tor; SIC, afloat; ungraded yellow, - l-sc.,
delivered Options opened firm and adj
vanced steadily all day on wet-weather
news local covering. and the rise In
wheat. and closed 5-SG7-Sc., net, higher;
April closed 20 3-4c.: May, 20 1-sa29 5-sc. !;
closed, % 1-2c; July, 30 7-Sd3l 1-Sc.; closed
81 l-Sc.; September, ~ 1-l64S2 5-ie.; closed,
| 80 SIC.
Oats-Spot dull; No. 2. &c; No. 2. deliv-
cred, DC: No. 3, Hc.; No. white, "a Lac. !;
No. white, 23c.; track, mixed western.
DC; track white. 23n2Sc. market dull all
day, closing 1-iG3-sc higher, with the
other markets; May closed q 5-Sc. July
closed % l-sc.
Hay-Quiet; shipping 55a6oc.; good to
| choice, 7Gd7Jc.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Firm.
Ieather-Firm.
Wool-Firm.
Beef-t'irm; beef hams, 9.5OTS2O
Cut Meats-Steadier.
| I.ard-Firm: western steam, A45nA5O;
| May, $45. Homnally; refined firm; Con-
| tinent, $4.75; South American, sos; COM
pound, $.12 1-2U$i.25.
Pork-Steadier; old mess. sS.754s9.5O.
| Butter-Quiet western dairy. nothing:
| do. creamery, 1idlSc.: do. factory So
Size; Elgins, lsc.; imitation creamery,
| 1la16c.; State dairy, 14MlSc.; do, cream
| cry. 14u19c.
Cheese-Quiet; large. 91-4c.; small. 9a
Il 1-2c.; part and full skins, 20d2O lie.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
| 1OlclO 1-2c.; western fresh 9S-falO lac.
southern. elias lie.
Tallow-Dull; city, 3-Sc. country, 3 1-2c.
Cottonseed-O il-Steadier.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosin-Steady strained, common to
| good. 16GQl6 pc
Turpentne-Steady.
Rice-Firm.
MOlasSes-luiet.
Peanuts-Steady.
FreightS-Easy.
| Pig-Iron-Quiet; southern, 10d11c.
| Copper-Dull brokers', sn.4o; exchange
| $ll50, nominaly.
Tin-Quiet; straights, sl3.2Oasl35O; plates
| quiet.
Spelter-Easer; domestic, si05qN.l5.
Lead-Without particular feature. being
! fairly steady and quoted at $3.50 by lead
ing brokers and S.30qS.75 by the Metal
| Exchange.
Coffee-Options firm; to 3-S points
! higher, following favorable European
news; foreign and local houses bought all
| through the list. Late cables were firm.
| and further steadied the near months.
Receipts at Brazil and deliveries from
| warehouses in this country were large;
| closed steady, with prices 20 to ~ points
| net advance: sales. $3.50 bags. including
| N1JnN25 August, 1925: September. $40
| QS745; October, $7.i0aN55; November.
! N45 December, s650as660; January, sos
| ass; February, $50; March, N.65mN.70;
spot Rio quiet and steady; No. Z, in
voice, s7.25; No. Z jobbing N.75: mild
weak: Cordova, sl3.JOasl5; sales. 2.0oo bags
Rio No. 7. 1915 cost and freight; l5O-pound
bags Maricaibo, Coo; 15-pound bags Cen
| trail American, 6Oc.
Sugar-Raw nominal: fair refining. &C..
| centrifugal. sc degrees test, 1880; sales,
| 1890 bags centrifugal, SO degrees test
price TO be fixed by next sale; refined
sugar steady; No. 6, 43-l6c.; No. T.
4n-l6c;; No. 8, .S7-sc.;. No, 3. ss-4c,: No
No -, SS-Sc; No. IA, 35-lec. mould A.
| 7-Sc; confectioners and standard A.
| 1-2c.; cut loaf and crushed 1-4c: pow
dered and cubes, 7-Sc.; graduated. 45-Sc.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. MD. April 12-Flour-
Dull: western super s260as2S0; do. extra,
$gs3.75; do. family, S.99A25; winter
wheat patent, A35TA65; spring. si2ou
s425; spring wheat straights S3.9JnSi.l0
spot. si70a$6; exports. 255 barrels; sales,
l50 barrels
Wheat-Inactive and firm; spot and the
month. 74aH l-4c.; May. 73a73 1-ic.; July,
| 70d70 l-4c.; receipts. 1,s20 bushels; exports,
none; stock. 462 GIG bales; sales Loco
| bales southern wheat, by sample 7Sn75c.
Confirm; spot and the month, q LA
| q 5-Sc: May, Il 7-Sq8 1-sc.; July, y l-sc
bid: steamer mixed. "a 1-2a24 5-sc.; south
| Oats-Firm; No. 2 white. 25n26c: NO,
mixed. % 1-2G2ic. receipts, 5,O55 bushels
exports. none; stock, li2,01 bushels:
Rye-steadier; No. 2 nearby % l-2c,
els exports. none; stock, sl,S67 bushels
Hay-Firm; choice timothy. $3.50.
Grain Freights-very quiet; steam tc
Liverpool, 81 3-id. for May; Cork, FOL
orders. per quarter, rs. 10 I'D. for April
and May.
Sugar-Steady; graduated. A7S IL.
Butter-Unsettled fancy creamery, lsl
9Oc. do. imitation. l6n17c.; do. ladies'. ltn
l5c. good ladies', 12Ql3c.; store-packed, 81
| l0c.
Eggs-Firm; fresh, 9 1-2c.
Cheese-Steady; fancy New York. IL i-ic
Whiskey-sl 9Oa $l.35 per gallon for I'm
ished goods I'm carloads; N.HgN.32 pei
gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO April l2-The bulls on thu
Board OF Trade were in high feather 70
day. Prices were advanced all along TN
line. and the bears were called upon e
| settle to the extent OF &c. in May wheat
| i-2c in corn, Csc; In oats; 2oc IN pork
7 1-2c. in lard, and Sc. In ribs. The orde
| the coysfing up OF short contracts. th'
result OF the recent hammering process
nv which the bears forced wheat for Ma,
| 5oi;varc IN 6l pc on Friday last