Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-14

COrn-SpOt nrmi NO. 2. "a l-sc., 4. O. %
a1oat Options opened steady. and wer
unfavorable weather for the movement
closing 1-Sc., net. higher; December close
Sl%q% 7.sc.; May closed 80 7-sc.
Oats,spot steady; No. q zIA4g!i5c OPP
closing unchanged TO 1-sc.. net. higher
December closed &c; May. q $50.
Hay-Dull.
Beef-Quiet.
Cut Meats-Quiet: picked bellies, 1915
do. shoulders, s5.75; do. hams, 81 .25ns7.50
L.ard-Steady; western steamed, $3.50
December closed $3.50, nominally; refine,
steady; Continent. 1870; South America
Pork-Dull; family, sions11.
Butter-Easy; western creamery, lJf
&c. factory, l2qi7c.; Elgins. DC. imlta
ton creamery, 13i7QlSc.; State dairy, $50
&c; do. creamery, l5aZ2c.
o, Cheese-Steady; large white September
shgS1sc.; light skins. 6Q6lkc. part do.
4lyg5lfc. full do, 3g4c.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania
Nq1Sc.; western fresh, 20d24c.
Enthusiastically at SIS; sweets, N.SQ
$3.50
Cottonseed-O il-Steady; prime crude
1Sisc. do. yellow, 2lIkGi22c.
Petroleum-Quiet; United closed; &c
asked.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpehtine-Steady at 332tM34c.
Rice-Steady. Il
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Long Island and Jersey, per
100, S3a$.
cofree-Options opened steady at a s.
dertone, following disappointing Euro
pean aGvices, renewed heavy receipts at
Rio and Santos. and entire absence of in
yestment support and slack spot demand.
Closed quiet and 10 to 10 points net lower;
sales, 1920 bags, including December,
S.75nS.SO; March. $3.50; May. 49, Spot
Coffee-Rio quiet; No. invoice. S6.62i5;
NO Z lobbing. S.l2l2 mild quiet; Cordova,
SO1Sl5; sales. 800 bags Maracalbo.
SugarTRaw strong; fair refining, 3 asa
1-l6c. centrifugal, 96-degree test 3 15-16M
&c; refined strong; mould A, 5 5-l6c.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 13.-The dry
goods market opened with hopeful condi-
lions prevailing. although there Is little
tangible Improvement reported in any
line. Woollen. goods have still the best
OF the market and are selling quite free
ly, chiefly by road statesmen, although re-
orders by mail are of frequent occur
renee. There are vague rumors of in
creased business in staple cotton goods,
but II is not possible to run any of these
down so as 10 say just when and where
the Improvement has taken place.
The reductions in the prices of staple
cottons. which was rumored to take place
next week, are still deferred. but it is
lildl Nutl THESE are Uldut DuDlC
demand will be felt. In wide and
standard sheetings trade has been re-
stricted, and shows no Improvement.
Bleached shirtings are quiet, without
feature. Export goods are dull and un-
changed. Colored cottons in all grades
are without feature.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, December 13-Flour-
Dull; western super, $2.76aSS 10; do. extra,
20 2,If Il do 90 { mint
wheat patents. s4S5dS.1O spring-wheat,
$5lfs5.20 spring-wheat straight, s4SOq$L95.
Wheat-Easy; spot and the month,
20 l-fd9I l-2c-; January, 81 5-Sd8l 7-Sc. {;
May, 90 1-2c. bid; steamer No. 2 red,
81 S-4d92c.; southern wheat, by sample.
92 1-2a9S l-2c.; do. on grade, 93G9Sc.
Corn-Dull and steady; spot, S5133 1-Sc. !;
the month, 30 1-2a32 9-4c.: December, new
or old, 80 l-SgS2 S-Sc.; January 81 S-4a
81 7-Sc; February, 32Q32 i-Sc.; steamer
yellow corn, 2S l-Sds2 l-2c.
Oats-Firm; No 2 white % 1-2d3Oc. !;
No. mixed, 27d27 lie.
Rye-Quiet No. 2, nearby, 81 l-2c. !;
No. western, 53c
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, s1S.
Grain Freights-Very quiet; demand
slack: steam to Liverpool. per bushel
4 lid. December: Cork, for orders, per
quarter, IS. 3D.. January, IS. Cd. February
Sugar-Strong; graduated. 51-4c;
do. imitation, lSd19c.; do. ladle, 17G1Sc. ;
good ladle BG16c: store-packed, Pale.
Eggs-Steady; fresh. 1920.
Cheese-Steady; fancy. New York large,
8 3-4dl0c.; do. medium, 10d10 1-4c.; do.
small. 10 1-4d1O 1-2c
Whiskey-sl.259 sl. 26 per gallon for fin
ished goods in carloads; Sl.27GSl.2S per
gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, December 13.-There were
no premonitory symptoms to-day of the
lumpus in December wheat that shook
the pit to its centre for fifteen minutes
about an hour from the close of the ses-
sion. That delivery was worth from
Il .N IL to sl.O5 most of the morning, and
At the end it began 70 show decided weak
ness. Before the crowd began TO realize
what was happening. 1t was being Of
'ered at 81 1-2c, and IL closed at 80 l-2c.,
decline of sc. bushel since Saturday.
Nay was comparatively steady, its loss
or the day being only 1-Sc The large
amount of contract wheat which arrived
n Chicago made the decline easy. Corn,
,ats, and provisions showed at the close
,ery little change in prices.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing