Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-13

the activity and profits, which latter are
yet to prove permanently such.
Inc outlook Is better for prices ana
good trading here.
NEW yoRg PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, October 12-F'lour-Re-
ceipts. e2.Vls ba"-eiS: exports. 1925 bar
rels: sales. $500 Packages; market SUI
weak all day; city Mills patent, $3.50
W.1; Minnesota patents, s510H$5.50; win
ter patents, s5.10n$5.5O; rye -four quiet;
ouckwheat flour quiet at $l.IJHsLs5:
Buckwheat-Dull at 4ouiic., track.
Cornmea!-Easy; yellow western, Sc;
city. SIC.
Rye-Easy; No. 2. 49c. car-lots. asa60c.
Barley-Dull; feeding. Is i-ic-; barley
wheat-Receiuss. 22s.e5O bushels: ex-
ports. fsl.226 bushels sales. 4,295.000 BUSH
els futures and 10000 bushels spot; spot
weak: No. red, 81 7-Sc. afoat; No. /
northern, Duluth, So 5-sc. afOat: No. 2
hard 20 Use afloat; options opened weak
er. owing to liquidation and bearish ca
bles, ruled generally weak all day, IN
fiucnced by an S090.OO-bushel increase in
Bradstrects but rallied slightly near the
close. on export demand. and closed l-4c.
net lower; No. red, May. SO l-Sn@ o-Sc.-
closed 90 i-2c.: October closed 81 Csc; De-
cember 90 5-i6I9l 1l-l6c.-closed 80 7-Sc.
Corn--Recepts. 2li.i50 bushels: exports.
6i61 bushels sales. 3O0,ocp bushels fn-
lures and 5000 bushels spot; spot easier;
No. 2 g 3-fc. afioat: options opened weak.
declined under disappointing cable news
and the break I'm wheat. and closed win
a slight rally on covering at 5-SnS-4c:
net decline; May. So l-2m36 5-Sc.-ciosed
36 lie: November closed 32c.; December
- 5-S033 l-4c.--closed 81 S-ic
Oats-Receipts, 2l3,G00 bushels; exports
1884 bushels; sales. 5000 bushels fu-
lures and $4,000 bushels spot; spot weak
er: No. 2, DC; options dull and heavy an
day. with corn, closing 1-Su3-Sc. net lower;
October. DC; December, . 3-4Q2t l-ic.-
closed % 7-Sc.
Hay-Dull; shipping, 4OQi5c.; good TO
choice, 50liI5c
Hops-Firm: State. common TO choice
1895 crop, 4d6c. 1886 crop, 6u9c.; 1897 crop.
l4fti7c.; Pacific coast, 1875 crop, iuoc.;
1896 crop. sQ9c.; 1897 crop, 12al7c.
Hides-Quiet.
Leather-Quiet.
Wool-Firm.
Coal-Steady.
Bcef-tirm.
Lard-Easy; western steamed. $500; re-
fined easy; South American, 500; conf
pound. 4 5-S44 7-Sc.
Pork-Quiet.
Butter-Quiet; western creamery. la
22c: do. factory, 90l3c.; Elgins pc: imi-
tation creamery. l20l6c., State dairy, la
l9c.: do. creamery, l4u2c
Cheese-Quiet: large white, S S-4c.; small
white &C.; large colored, s Sic; small
colored,. &C.; part skins, 6 1-2a7c.; fun
skins. 3 1-204c.
Eggs-Quie.t: state and Pennsylvania,
1918 lie; western. fresh, Is f-2Gl7c.
Potatoes-Steady; Jerseys 2a2.50; Long
Island 81 25Gs2.5O; sweets. $i.5Ods165.
Tallow-Dull; city, l-2c; country,
Cottcnseed- OIL Steady; prime crude,
20 1-2Q2lc.; do. yellow, 2348 l-2c.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosin-Firm; strained, common to good,
s.. 40d$1.6.
TurpentIne-Easy at SiaSi 1-2c.
Rice-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Conditions in the metal market continue
unsatisfactory The Metal Exchange re-
ports the closing of the various DEPART
ments as follows: Pig-iron warrants easy
at 500 bid and 81 asked: Lake copper UNI
changed at Sll.l5 bid and Si250 asked; tin
quiet but firm at 1870 bid and $3.50 ask
ed; spelter dull at 1870 bid and Si.22 asked;
lead easier at $415 bid and A.2 IL asked.
The firm that fixes the settling price for
miners and shelters calls the lead mar
ket dull at &C.
Tomatoes-Per box or crate, as to quail
ty. 75c.GN.
Cabbage-Long Island and Jersey per
100. $4Qs5.
Coffee-Optlons opened dull. unchanged.
active, and nominal. with weak under
tone. following unsatisfactory advlces,
heavier Brazilian receipts, ana entire lack
of speculative interest; closed dull and
net unchanged to n 5-points decline; sales,
$3.50 bags, including December. 500; May,
$780, August $6.95; September, %954N;
spot coffee-RiO quiet; Cordoya, NO.50n
sic 50: sales, 800 bags Maracaibo, 200 bags
Savanllla. and 100 bags Central American
y. I.
sugar-Raw steady; fair refining,
Slice; centrifugal 96-degree tesO, 3 7-Sc.;
refined steady.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 12.-The dry
goods market continues weak in all cot
ton lines. Woollens show no perceptible
strengthening, though the demand for
spring goods, as well as the supplement
tary fall lines, are well sustained. Re-
ports OF fair business at second hands,
and with retailers in various parts of the
country. continue. but buyers are still
chary of heavy purchasing. Print-cloths
are steady at 1-2c. Prints are generally
without change.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, October 12-Flour-
Dull and unchanged; receipts, 2s,26S bar
rels.
Wheat-Weak: No 2 spot and October.
No. red. IS 1-2aSs 3-lc.; southern. by
sample, 90d96c.; do. on grade, 80 la
IS &c: receipts. S., $50 bushels stock,
974976 bushels; sales 1900 bushels.
COrn-W eaki mixed, spot, dnu Octouef,
81 1-243l Csc; new or old, November or
December, 81 1-2a3l 5-Sc.; January, 324
81 1-4c.; steamer mixed. % l-2u29 3-ic.;
southern white corn. 35G36 lie; do. yell
low. 1896 1-2c.; receipts. 5O.03l bushels;
exports. "a, 2S6 bushels; stock, 775,iOl BUSH
els; sales 10000 bushels.
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white. rs 1-2d27c.;
No. 2 mixed. &c., sales; receipts, i5S72
bushels; exports, 5000 bushels; stock,
4O0O7S bushels.
Rye-Easer; No. 2 nearby Sic; No. 2
western, 81 3-sq5l 1-2c. receipts, 26S23
bushels; exports, S,57l bushels; stock, $780,
937 bushels.
Hay-Steady; choice timothy sl3n$i3.5O.
Grain Freights-Very firm; demand bet
ter: steam 10 Liverpool per bushel, I'D,
October: Cork. for orders, per quarter,
80. I'D. october or November.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
Butter-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, October Fit was a day Of
iiduidation i'm all the grain and provision
markets. The government crop report
was especially prominent Weak cables
and a large visible decrease also affected
wheat which closed at a ! 1-Sd1hc. de-
cline. Corn lost Use, oats 3-Sc, and pro-
xubfoh had dferourq yatlov-