Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-08
NEW YORK PRoDUcE MARKET

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, May Flour Receipts.
10. ~ barrels: exports. 1908 barrels; sales
1000 packages; market opened nrm ana
fairly active, but weakened, With the'late
break In wheat.
Rye F1our--Quiet.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Easy; NO. . western. &c.
BarIcy--Quiet: feeding. &c.
Barley Malt--Duli; western. AQ8c:
Wheat-Spot quiet and easter: No. pu-
luth, Ole. Opttons opened easier, under
disappointing English cables, but turned
strong. and advanced sharply. on bad
California and Indian advices, chnchbug
reports, firm continental cables. and for.
eign buying. only to wind up with a bad
break, under heavy realizing. Market
closed N1lc. lower; No. 2 red. May, seh9
73Ac. closed 7SAc.; June closed a S-sc.;
July, rs 3-S977 11-1sc.. closed 76isc; Au-
sqs a ss7s asist c Ss . s sse in .,eva
tor; s0Ikc. afioat. Options opened steady,
but sold off, with wheat. under fire wea-
Their, and a dull trade, closing l-sc., net,
lower; May, 2sAg2? s-Sc., closed 2sAc:
July sS@se &c. s;oss S'os ~ ess wac august
Oats-Spots steady; No. 2, 22'4c. Options
dull and easier. closing unchanged; May,
22KGl22 5-Sc., closed z2l1c.; July closed
22l1c. .,s. =, 30.
I<ea0-SnOWS COntnlutI tftbth~c ~
viving interest. and strength OF unuer-
tone. although buyers are still negotiating
for concessions. Exchange quotes $S.z'is9
1851. -,
Cottonseed- oil - Extremely dull and
tending downward; prime summer ys.i9ew,
24c. asked; off summer yellow, 231sqLSsc'
Hay-Quiet.
Hops-Quiet.
Uides-Slow
Ieather-Barely steady.
Wool-Frm.
Coal-Quiet.
Beef-Steady. or,
Cut Meats--Steady: picked bellies JOG
$537iz. ...s
Lard-steady; western steamed, A.27itA
$3.50; May. A27, nominaliy; refined stea oy,,
Continent. A55 South American, 80; COM
pound, $iQ$L25.
Pork-Steady. ,.n.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, la
17c. do. factory, SIzql2c:; Elgns' Hc.;
Imitation creamery ioe US; state oa'i''
Cheese-Quiet; large State, Sl4qlchc;i
small fancy, lotkdl1l5c. part skins, "a
&c.: full skins. 2l9u3c.. ,o<,
Eggs-Dull; State and Pennsylvania, iVq
l0lac; western fresh. 9g1Oc.; southern,
s3.l2Ia; country packages free, ss25.
Petroleum-Dull but firm; no market.
Rosin-Steady. .
Turpentine-Quiet at 2sHqZ9c.
Rice-Steady.
Molasses-Quiet. 49,
-Iron-Dull and weak; northern, slOq
sl2; southern, $40. .
Copper-Easy Exchange. Sl075qs11.
Tin = Steady; straights. sl3.2oaSlS.SS
plates quiet.
spelter-Quet; domestic. $L1oa$L20.
Coffee-Options opened barely STEADY
and 5G10 points lower, on heavy receipts
at Brazilian points. Trading was Local
III. l.
satisfactory, markets being easier and
sluggish. Favorable crop indications
checked speculative buying. Market
closed barely steady and TO 10 points
lower; sales, $50 bags, including July
s745: August. $50; September. T.55. Spot
$3.50; mild duh; Cordoya. $ll :5m sist2;
Sugar-Raw strong: fair refining. I-Sc.
centrifugal, 96-degree, test. 5-lsc.; sales
500 tons Java: 96-degree test, part a
S9-degree test. 7-Sc.; refined strong.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. May 7-Fiour-Dull and
unchanged; receipts, 1885 barrels; ex-
ports, 292 barrels; sales, 215 barrels.
Wheat-steady; spot and month, 7sl2g
7sAc.; July, 741aQI4%c. receipts, 4,S'
bushels; exports none; storx, , ' ss%s ScS'
Corn-Firm; SPOT and the month, &Aa
% 7-Sc.; June. q 7-SQ29c.; July, 2SAg291c.
August. 2slic. receipts, 135.45s bushels
exports, 73,0e7 bushels; stock, Si.sZl
bushels; sales, $500 bushels; southern
white, &c. do, yellow, 3o11QS1c:
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white. 26H27c.; re-
ceipts, 1868 bushels; exports, ~ pusheis
stock 80, 791 bushels.
Rye-Easy; No. 3 near by. 3sA03sc.; re-
ceipts 3,3n bushels; exports, none; stock
1855 bushels. .,-
Hay-Steady: choice timothy, sl45o@Slo
Grain Freights-Weak;s steam. to Liver
pool. per bushel, 11elI2d., for May; Cork
for orders, per quarter, 2s. 4lsd. qzs Cd.
for May. %,
Sugar-Strong; granulated. A.64 per lO
pounds.
Butter-Weak and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm; fresh. f0c.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Uncharged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, ILL. May IA cent OF yes
terday's advance in wheat disappeared II
the course of the proceedings OF to-day
The Liverpool market played an impor