Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-17

prices. and without special feature; jan
uary, % 1-sc; May, 30 5-sc.
Oats-Spots quiet and steady. Options
3, s sut may e sc SPOT i prces No
20 l-4c: No. white, "A l-2c.; mixed west
ern. 2ol23 lie.
Hay-steady; shipping. 81 l-2c.; good to
choice, 7Jde5c.
Hldes--Quiet and unchanged.
Leather-In moderate demand, firm, and
unchanged.
WooI-Quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Sfeady: family, s9.2ynS1050: extra
mess. saSS: beef hams firm at SIS; tlerced
beef firm; city extra India mess, slS.50V
Cut Meats-strong and quiet; picked
bellies. siI III shoulders. sils l-2Q
A.S7 IL; hams. &25bs9.
Iard-Ouiet and about steady; western
steam, SI.25; city, 1855; January. A25
nomlnally; refined steady Continent, =;
South America, $3.50; compound. N.25Q
$3.50
new mess. $S.50G39.
Butter-Fancy firm; State dairy. l0Q
Is 1-2c.; do. creamery, 13G19c.; Elgins. zoe.
Eggs-Weak; state and Pennsylvania,
16c. ice-house. l3G12c.; western fresh, 1Jc. !;
DO. case. $.75q$S; southern. 14al4 l-2c. !;
Cottonseed-Oil - Steady crude. zoe
% 1-2c.; yellow prime. % 1-2c.
Realistically; strained. common to
good. s1.70dSL72 IL.
Turpentine-Quiet at Il 3-4q2S lac.
Rice-Firm and unchanged.
Enthusiastically and unchanged.
Peanuts-Quiet and unchanged.
Coffee-Steady and unchanged, TO 5
points up; May. $3.50; December. =; spot
Rio dull and nominal; No. 7. sl.o5.
Sugar-Raw dull but steady; fair re-
filming. 2 1S-l6c.; refined quiet and IN
Freights to Llverpool-ouiet; cotton. by
steam, 15-l2sd. grain, by steam. 3D..
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE week
has closed very quietly to-day in all de-
partments of the dry-goods market. Gene
raj business continues disappointing, but
still. taking the week throughout, there
has been some Improvement over several
weeks Immediately preceding in the mar
cided expansion of buying OF print-cloth
goods at Fall River. The local tooolng
trade reports fair business for the week
and reports from other jobbing centres
are mostly satisfactory.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, January 16.-F1our-
Wheat-Flrm; spot. 81 1-2c. bid; May
So Lass l-2c: southern, by sample, SZ4
CSC; do, on grade, @Q92c
Corn,Easy; spot y, ana January. % 81
mixed. n 7-SG2scc.: southern white, q LA
q 1-2c.: do. yellow, 23q27 l-2c.
Oats-Steady; No. white, Aq2Sc.; NO.
2 mixed, H42c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, January 16.-The buying OF
wheat to-day was principally 10 cover
shorts" but Il was pretentious enough 10
communicate a lite firmness TO the mar
let Above the calls" there was pressure
of wheat against those privileges to check
the advance May wheat opened az from
so IA TO so 1-Sc., advanced TO SlnSl l-oc.'
and closed at 10 3-4c.-3-4c. higher than
Yesterday. Cash wheat was firm and l--V
Corn'8The strength OF wheat impaired
some firmness TO corn, but trade snowed
no innroyeuent Business was lifeless,
and little or no interest In the acton ol
tho market was evinced. East-D0und rates
on corn were reduced from 20 TO loc: last
night that having a tendency 10 STEADY
nrices for this grain. The wet weather
,ras likewise. something Of a Strengthen
ing factor. May corn opened al a o-og
o. -dc sold at q 3-404 7-Sc., and closed
ar o. 3-fc.-1-sc higher than yesterday.
cash corn was firm, with no parlicu'ai
change in prices quotable. ,..
oats derived benefit from the improve
mont elsewhere prevailing. Moderdtely
good trading. at Intervals, took piace'
MAY oats closed 1-Sul-4c nisher t I.i 49, 49,
100 Cash oats were firm. Trading was
y. sfnadv prices. with a shade better
,lr,css nomirally duotable at the close
p oyisions.-Ileavier arrivals OF hoss
man estimated. lower prices for them ana
the prospect Of an overwhelming run on
kTopddav deprived product of every pre-
49, ~ Nrrnness at the opening. Trading
Vas moderate. and there was no feature
of interest The Improvement in wheat
extenled aid to product later. and prices
-, raiiie,l At the close May pork was
. shade bieher than yesterday, and May
Iayd and ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as tolIoWs'
OpsnIn,. utsn5s. DOSos- Clo5lng.