Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Flour-Recelpts'
IS O9S barrels; exports, Zs,ss5 Dartels sues,
n 600 packages; market strong ana more
active: Minnesota patent, A2FlShoo WIN
ter extras, S3.35dS3.J. 90 ,a..o,s.
superfine. $23OQS2.6O.
Corn Meal-S,eady; vel ow western, eic'
CITY &c: Brandywine, N.Snl.y. 49,
Kve~Irregular; No. western, 351in
Bar Bi5arley-Firm; feeding, 27a27lkc. ; elf
Buffalo. ,earzo
Wheat-Spot unsettled; No. 2 red. &s4c.;
No / northern. Duluth, STAG. Tree on
hoard afoat: No. 3 hard winter, sc. Up
lions opened excited and higher, on the
war news. advanced on local ana rorelsh
buying, but later turned WEAK auu NC
cIined sharp.y under general reanZlhg,
absence of export demand, ana pelter
news from the Northwest. and closed uh,
settled al a 3at45c net advance; NO 2
red. April closed at Sc. May. 50 7-s~
So 7-sc.: closed at a4c. ~.
corn-Spot firmer but quiet; No. z,
90S.c. Options opened active and strong
with wheat. but was inclined 10 ease on
under realizing sales, and closed lrrssu
lar at a %Qlc. advance; April eiosed AZ
Oats-spot frmer; No. 2, &c; Options
strong al day, with a light trade, closing
lie net higher: May 23a21Ac.. closed at
22a.c.; July, 23lsc., closed at sac
Hay-Steady.
HOpS-Qulet.
Hides-Firm
Leather-Steady
Wool-Flrm. .-..o
Beef-Steady: Family, s9OuslO; extra
mess 81. 5O4SS; beef hams, $l9.0Jns-0, PACK
ed Ss6Sg. CITY. extra India mess, $l3.50Y
Cut Meats-About steady; picked bel
lies S5GS55O: do. shoulders, sLiJdS; 10.
hams. Ssn$95O , s,u
nominally; May. $50 nominally; renned
steady. Continent, si.75; South American,
500; compound $faSh2o.
Pork-Quet. ,,ao
lie: do. factory, Sallkc.; E,sins, nc.
Cheese-Quiet; large, Yfl2Ac.; smail; 9W
12Ikc.; part. skins, 4a7lsc.; full sKims'
2i2nSc. 90. poors,,l,,ania
Toe: western fresh, 9gr4iOc.; southern
TaIlow-Dull; city, SAc.; country SS-sc.
Petroleum-Dull; united c.osed -; no
market.
Rosin-oulet.
Turpentine-QuIet and steady.
Rice-Steddy
Molasses-Steady.
Pig-Iron-Easy; southern, soaSll; north
ern. Sl.5CHSll.9O
Copper-Dull.
Spelter--Quiet; domestic. N.l0fsL@
Iead-Easy at s325IaQ 1921, according
TO the Metal Exchange.
Cottonseed -Oll-Steady: prime summer
yellow. DE; of summer yellow, 2ll2d22f.c G.
Cofee-Options opened nrm anu ~ 10 "
points higher. on active European buying,
and further advanced 10 TO ID points later;
on renewed buying for both local ana
outside interests. The absence or Foreign
markets tended TO check speculation I;
market closed firm, with prices al SVU
appoints net advance; sales, 2o1p bags
SpSSsl $50; sales. 400 bags; Maracabo'
COO: 600 bags Rio No. ahoat s..
Sugar-Raw easy; fair refining, 7-sc.
centrifugal @5-degree test 3Ac.; sales,
400 bags; centrifugal. 9S-degree test, In
mort. 3i4c.: ex-ship; 800 bags molasses. 81
degree test, In port, 5-sc., ex-ship; re-
fined firm.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL. April 19.-After yer,
exciting opening to-day, at an exception
ally good advance in It's price. wheat sim
mered down to about it, usual suodued
nervousness. The final outcome was that
Nav closed worth 75c, and July, - I-ou
75c.' as compared with 70 81 and 1S lie,
respectively. Saturday afternoon. the
experience. except In the case OF provis-
ions. where no advance was established
for the day. The outbreak OF hostilltles
between Turkey and Greece overshadowed
all else in its influence on the markets
AS was expected wheat was Wild and
excited at the opening: the news that wal
had actually begun produced consterna'
lion among the shorts. and the utter dis
regard OF caution displayed by a majority
OF them was clearly indicated by the
prices they paid at their first onrush
Nav wheat. which Saturday closed al
7S s-4c.. started this morning In one
mighty bound from IA TO 4 lac. higher
There was difference OF 1c. per bushe
In price between the first transactions
made simultaneously In different parts
OF the pit.
Although reports from the growing croI
were enough in themselves 10 produce
strong market. IL Ia probable that aftel
SATURDAYS excited bulge. reaction
would have been recorded to-day. had !