Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-14
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

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NEW YORK, April 13.-Flour-Receipts,
q, 1853 barrels; exports, 1854 barrels; sales.
26 100 packages; market quiet, but very
steadily held at unchanged figures win
ter patents, As0nsi6O; do. low grades,
s2.55Qs27O; Minnesota patents, SsVasiOo.
Rye Flour-Steady.
Corn Meal-Steady.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 western. "a 1-fa3i l-2c.,
Buffalo; car lots, 81 l-2u3y l-2c.
Barley-Quiet.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot more active; No. red,
{. o. b., nominal; No. l northern. Duluth,
10 5-Sc., f. o. b., afioat No. 3 hard winter.
% 5-sc. options steady; sold off under
disappointing cables and owing to war
news, declined under the small reduction
in worlds stocks, but finally rallied par
tally on account demand and frost talk,
closing S-SG1-2c. net lower; No. red,
April, closed Is 1-4c. May, q l-sn7o l-Sc
closed 70 5-Sc.; June closed 70 3-sc.; July,
" 3-Sa73 9-l6c. closed, 73c; September
20 l-2u7l lie; closed, Il l-sc.; December
73a73 5-Sc. closed, 70 3-sc.
Corn-Spot quiet; No. 2, y 5-Sc., In ele,
vator; 30 5-sc., afioat; opened easy, sold
off with wheat, and ruled dull all day,
closing 1-Sal-lc. lower; April closed
20 5-Sc.; May. 20 l-4a29 3-Sc closed, % SIC.
July. 80 3-4QS1c.; closed, 30 7-Sc.; septem-
Oats-Spot dull and easy; No. 2. &c
No. 2 delivered 23c. No. 3, &c; No. z
white. 24c.: No. white. &c; track mixed.
western, 2lQ23c.; track white, 25q2Sc
market dull and nominal In the absence
Of business, closing 1-sc. lower; May
closed q 1-2c. July closed &c.
Hay-Quiet. No.
es~Irregular; California, p to %
pounds. 16c.
Leather-Firm.
Wool-Firm; domestic fleece, 1SaAc';
pulled, 15Q20c.
Beef-OuieI.
Cut Meats-Steady.
Lard-Easy; western steam, $40, nomi-
nally; refined quiet; Continent, w,
South America. s5.O5; compound, A4
SAP 1-2.
Pork-Quiet.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, l3fD
lsc. do. factory, SALE lie; Elgins, nc
imitation creamery, Halls l-2c.; State
Cheese-Quiet; State large, yGl2 Lie
small. fair. u lie; part skins, Sqsc.;
full skins, 1-2nSc.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
101-2c.; western fresh, 10 l-2c.; southern,
Talow-pul; city, sl-4as slice; cOun-
try. 3 3-Sa7 1-l6c
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady.
TurDentine-Ftrm.
Rice-Firm
Enthusiastically.
Pig-Iron-Weak; southern, $lVd$il !;
northern. sl0.5OaslO55.
Copper-Dull; brokers', sll.62 IL; ex-
change. sll.5O.
quiet.
Spelter-Quiet; domestic, s405GSi15.
Lead-Slow, with the market finally
quiet; the Exchange quoting $500 S.y7 IL.
and leading brokers calling the market
dull at $3.50.
Cottonseed- Oi-Dull but fairly steady;
ri crInp - 2D. off summer yellow.
% l-2c.
Coffee-Opened steady; 5QlO points low
err, following receipts of 5000 bags at
Brazilian ports. European interests
bought; local traders sold. Further Eeak-
ness was checked by free deliveries In
this country Late in the session trading
was active: closed steady. with prices UNI
changed to 10 points decline Sales. 1850
bags. including April, s6s5as7; May. 81;
June. $40: July. Nl0GN.i5; August. $3.50
as. As: December. N.45nN.50; March, $3.50:
spot Rio quiet: No. invoice, $685. job
bling. N.75; mild barely steady; Cordovan.
SO l-2d15c; sales, LOO bags. Maracaibo
basis of "A 1-2c. good Cucuta; 100 bags
Central American, 60c.; Is bags Mexican,
Coo.
Sugar-Raw easier; fair refining, 25-l6c
centrifugal, 90 degrees test, 31-l6c.; re-
fined easier.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL. April i3.-Wheat was
heavy to-day. closing at l-2c. decline. due
to short selling. The export demand
showed signs OF waking up and this sus-
tanned the market toward the end. The
other markets were dull and weak. chiefly
through sympathy with wheat, corn. and
oats declining l-ic. each. and provisions
7 1-2G2Oc.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing
WHEAr-No. 2.
April. .67Aak CIV 66A 677k
july. ....S7sA 67I oois 67x
Ap puH. .esisssx eaAass 1885 ss..ass
July. .....,..25N 25ssah 25ai< 25G
May c." ..lassaN lex.N leAaM 49,.
September lsN 1875 lsss isx
MESS P0RK-Per BbL
May.....ss52H ss.5ek $3.50 sS.37x
July....... s.0.ss s.d7N $40 SAN
LARD-Per 100 lbs
s Ss,: . ::ss 1874 Is t sss go tss
july ny..... 4isn AS as" AS
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
barely steady. No. yellow corn, 20 $40
% 7-ec. No. z spring wheat, 81 3-S4esc. |;
No. red, 50 l-2Qss lie. No. corn,
white. I. o. b., 2ia2l s-lc.: No. white.
I. o. b.. iSa20 l-2c. No. 2 rye. 3la32c. No
barley. nominal; No. 3. Z. o. b.. 25G3ic. !;
No. 4. I. o. b., 23u27c. No. flaxseed, 7Sse
ia Prime timothy seed. SEQ. Mess
pork. per barrel. S:s56tS.io: Lard, per 100
lloose), $60a$i.S6: dry-salted shoulders
tboxed>. 1.25msS.So; short clear sides box