Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-02

raging s2320 Prices: S1.43, si.3S, sl.2S, %
sl.26. N.24 IL, sl.2i. $40. SLY. n.H. an.
a.l3 s-4 Weight Of hogsheads, LOT
| pounds.
Lest week SIMILAR hogshead from
| Eastern North carolina averaged $2o.S
| at the same warehouse.
Very excellent sales were also made q
| Planters Warehouse to-day.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. December l.-tlour-Mar-
ket remained in a rut, without change OF
price.
Rye Flour--Quet.
Buckwheat f'lour-Dull.
Observation-Disclosures.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Dull; No. western, 20 l-2c. askeu'
C. l. T.. Buffalo.
Barley--Quiet; feeding. Csc. bid. c. 1. T.
Barley Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. red. ss lac,
(. o. b., afioat Options steady on foreign
buying, eased Off under local selling
pressure. advanced sharply on squeeze
of December shorts and strong late ca
bles, but finally collapsed, under pear
raid. and closed 1-iql-2c. net lower; NO.
2 red, May. closed 80 l-4c.; December
closed 90 SAC.
Corn-spot steady; No. 2. 80 Use, Z. o.
b., af,oat Options opened steady on ca
bles. advanced on big clearances, put
subsequently eased off with wheat. anu
ClOSGu DTdcllCdiiy AaoJ N>~~~
"a 1-4c.; December closed 81 3-Sc.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2, 26 l-4dZ6 l-zc.
Options active and hrmer, Closing at d
1-4c. net advance; February closed &c. !,
May closed "a 7-Sc.; December closed -os'
Beef-Quiet; family. ss.5OqslO; packet
$3.50 ..
Cut Meats-Quiet; picked bellies, tg
1-2c.; do. shoulders, 5 3-4c.
Lard-Dull: western steamed, N45; De
cember. $40, nominally; refined quies.
compound, siQsL25.
Pork-Quiet
Butter-Steady; western creamery. l4qg
DC; do. factory, II lie; Elgins, &c; lml-
tation creamery. Pale; state dairy, Ep
20c-; do. creamery, 1id2c.
Cheese-Dull; light skins, 6gp l-2c. !;
part skins, 5q6c; full skins l-2g4c.
Eggs-Steady; western fresh, &c.
enthusiastically; New York, N75as2.2S;
sweets, Sl.504s l.62 1-2.
Petroleum-Quiet. ,r'.s-.f--
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Firm.
Rice-Firm.
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Long Island and Jersey, per
100. s3@si
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady
Coffee--Options opened steady at an ad-
vance OF 10 points, and ruled moderately
active on local covering and switching 10
more remote deliveries, on fear of reac-
and prospective supplies, and predicted
smaller Brazilian shipments; closed
steady. net unchanged to a 10 points adj
vance; sales. $3.50 bags. including De
cember Qsg7, $3.50; May. $5.95uS6; De-
cember Q89S). $6.25I$6.3O. Spot Rio steady;
No. Z. invoice. $637 10; No. T.. Jobbing,
81. 50 10; mild steady; Cordova. sS.5OQsl4.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 5-l6c.;
centrifugal, Sc degrees test, 37-Sc.; re-
fined firm.
NIyv vopU rpycOOnS NARKE,T
NEW YORK. December 1.-The dry
goods market shows signs OF an increase
in interest in some quarters, although the
tone of the market shows no advance OF
moment. The reductions in staple call
Goes. on the part OF Merrimacs and Amer
leans. has been followed by a reduction or
Algonquin indigo prints. and there Is a
stimulation of interest in nearly all lines
OF fancy cottons. and printed and WOOL
len goods. This Is not. however. true OF
staple cottons in any grade, nor OF PRINT
cloths. In prints, the latest price 10 De
made in indigo shows l-2c. reduction
i'm Algonquin indgo-blues. This is in con-
formity with the market. as maze py
the Merrimacs and American blues. Inc
trade in these lines has not been stlmu-
lated to any great extent by the STEADY
quotations, and buyers still ciamor Tor
concessions The trade in spring fancies,
both prints and In organizes, and other
sheer goods has been quite fair. cling
MANS are active, anu Hdppth i"piic "N"
satisfactory conditions. I'm the nam.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, December l.
Flour-Dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Firmer: spot, 81 3-SdS1 l-2c.;
month. 50 1-iq97 1-2c.; January; 81 3-4V
CSC; May, "a 1-2c. bid; steamer No. red'
go 3-Sa92 1-2c.; southern wheat, by sample,
92d9sc.; do. on grade, 81 3-4qSI 5-fc.
Corn-Firmer; spot, 81 I-Su35c. hohtn'
80 l-2a32 3-4c.; December, new or old'
er mixed. 30 7-sd3lc.; southern white corn,
35c.: do yellow. 3i@S4c.
Oats-Firm; No. white, 29q29 1-2c.; NO.
RveNF,irmer: No 2. nearby 50 1-2c.
asked; No. 2 western. SO 5-Sd53 7-sc.
Hav-Steady to firm; choice timothy,
Grain Freights-Very firm, active Tor
steamers. and unchanged.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter. Eggs, and Cheese-Steady ana
unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged'
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CtITCAcO December Wheat was
Ann today hut very duh until ABOUT
twentv minutes before the close of the
session. when 1t started on decline that
left n 1-Sd3-sc. lower for May than IL
closed Yesterday. Lack OF export ue
mand was apparently the weakening Iea-
,mra finally, Corn. oats, and provisions
a,era ali dull and price changes at the
close were insignificant.
leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing.
WHEAT--No.2.