Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

net higher: No. red, May, 70 S-ot sC'-
closed Sc. September, Us 5-fn9S oooe'-
closed 80 1-2c.; December % '-'4'
Corn-Receipts. $4,000 bushels; exports,
II 1G9 bushels: sales. 5000 Dusnels vi
futures $3.50 bushels OF spot; spot nrni,
No. 2. IS 3-ic. aioat; options openeu
strong and advanced on active covering
eased off under realizing, but rallied on
the small visible supply increase. ana re-
newed demand from shorts, closed S-ec'
net higher: September closed 80 1-Sc.; DC
fober. s40S4 1-2c.-cosed "a l-2c.; Decem-
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 bushels; exports,
1S3 IA bushels; sales. 1900 bushels Oh
| SPOT; SPOT dull; No. ?, p 1-2c.; options dul
| but steady all day, closing unchanSeu
| September closed "a 1-2c.; october closed
"A l-2c.; December closed % l-2c.
Hay-Dun.
Hops-Firm.
Hdes-Steady.
! Leather-Steady.
| WoOl-Eirm.
c 3sfl picked bellies, $3.50
| s. 90. do hams. $S.37 1-2fiSS50
| Iard-Steady; western steamed, S5gSo.Oo;
| October, s., nominally; refined steauy |,
! Continent. SA5; South American, So''o'
compound, $lS7 1-2uS5.l2 IL.
Pork~OuieT; new mess. S9.75QS1025.
Butter-Very firmS western creamery,
19G20c.: do. factory, l-24l2 l-2c.; hlglhS,
~ 1-2d20c. imitation creamery. 1igifc,'
State dairy, Halle; do. creamery, ISa1Oc.
! small white. 1-2c.; large colored, l-sc. I,
small colored. 9 lee; part skins, D -ZQ
| 7c.: full skins. 1-2H4c.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania
l &c i-2Gi9c. western. fresh. IL l-2c. ,., -
I Potatoes-Strong; Jerseys, S24$22o;
Long island. $3.50; sweets, $l.S5G$l.50.
Taiiow-Quiet city, 1-2q3 5-Sc.; coun-
| try l-2c. $3.50, 81,
Petroleum-Qulet; United closed at Z l-Zc.
Turpentine-Steady at 80 l-2c.
| Molasses-Firm.
Cottonseed-Oil- summer yellow,
| 26 l-2a27c. off summer yellow. Z6aZ6 &c !,
| butter grades, 30u3lc.; prime summer
| white. 29d30c.; prime yellow winter, $50
! 80 1-2c. .,o
The metal. market. according TO the
| Exchange Official report. closed to-day as
/ follows Pig-iron warrants very quiet at
/ 81 10 bid. S25 asked. Lake copper quiet at
SIZE: tin firmer. with $3.50 bid ana Si5,oo
/ asked. spelter firmer, with A9dSh5o ASK
ed and lead with Sh2qStSo askeu; i,n ne
| brokerage firm that makes the settilhS
prices for miners and smelters, calls the
lead market strong at the close at 81
! Tomatoes-Per box or crate, according
TO quality, 81. ,.o,. ,,o.
! hundred. s.
Coffee-Options opened barely steady.
| with September and October unchanged,
and other months 5 points lower; ruled
| generally weak during the forenoon ana
very dull. but with selling checked by
| firmer spot Brazilian in the afternoon
| eased off under local pressure and closed
| duiet at 50nl0 points net decline; safes,
| e50O BAGS. including December, 1880
$3.50; January 1913: March, Saa$'oo; May
| e.. f0lTs7f5: spot cohee-Rio firm: Cordoya.
| siO.50GSG5O: sales. 300 bags Maracalbo
! u. /: 2jO bags Central American p. I.
| Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, S-Sc.
centrifugal (96-degree tesD, 3 l5-lG9ic.; re-
Rosln-Strained, common to good, sl.i5q
$3.50.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, September 2O-The dry
goods market opened quiet to-day, all
lines Of goods showing an apparent re-
action from previous heavy trading: me
demand for cotton goods Is strong nut oil
less ample proportions than recently,
prints alone sustaining the market rates
of two weeks ago. The demand for
woollen goods on recorder Is kept up, and
at the advanced prices. Jobbers report
continued fair business, on the whole,
though the demand is somewhat scat
tered and unsatisfactory I'm its character
Staple cottons show no change IIlM-
cloths sell slowly in all grades. Extras
are still quoted at 5-Sc., with Limited
demand.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, September 2o.-Flour-
Quiet: western super. $3aS3.S5; extra, $50
ii e.. do. family $i75HS520; winter wheat
patent. s530a$560; spring do, S5.e5Q$5.sO
spring wheat straight S.5OQS.15; re-
ceipts, 505SS barrels; exports, none
Wheat-Steady: spot and the month
ess,G96 7-Sc.; December, 97l249l BIC.
steamer No. 2 red. 90d90Ac.; receipts
81 OH bushels; exports $1,000 bushels
stock 1i93iS bushels; sales. $1,000 bushels
southern wheat, by sample 9oG9Hzc.; DO
| do
C6rn-Firmer; spot and the month
93a, 03lc.: October. 3iu3iAc.; November
and December new. Silic. bid, January
3ia,c bid; steamer mixed 5lfW5Zc,' re-
CENTS. 1903 bushels; exports, 2B1, 500 bush
els: stock. .33S51 bushels; southern
white corn. 37G37ihc.: do. yellow, 3Si2fl39c
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white, Z3e. BID; NO
2 mixed. 22n23c.; receipts, lAub bushels
exports, none; stock; 4ZZ,ioo Dusn ls,H No
Rye-Steady; No 2 near by, 212c.; NO
> western. 52ikGj3c.; receipts, 1888 bush
els. exports. none stock. ~. S3 bushels:
Hav-Steady: choice timothy. Sl3ntl3.oD
Grain Freights-Quiet; steam TO Liver
pool. 32,d.: October. Cork. for orders, pei
quarter 81. Cd; SEPTEMBER %. ''z"'' &c
tober. $500, s-o,,l
Rutfer-Firm: fancy creamery, l9c.; do
imitation. l5G16c.; do. ladle; l5giic.; sooe
ladle Halle. store-packed' S4lVc'
Eggs-Steady; fresh, lbc. .o,,
Enthusiastically: fancy large. 1Onl0Ac.
do medium. 1Ol2Ql0Ac.; dc. small Ht
l1Hc. IL, g..
finished goods in carloads, N2SaSlZs pei
gallon for jobbers' lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAG. September 2o.-Wheat to-day
cosed at a S-sc advance for the Decem
Der future. after starting =, az q decline o
% GOOD deal stronger than the news, an'
here ere was a good deal Of buying early
throueh commission-houses. Corn wa
firm and weak by turns. and closed "a
5-Sc higher; oats savan nS ~, 4 c'G b,,b bar
pT'eading futures ranrsd as follows:
Opening Highest LoSest. Closing
WHEAT-No. -. oo,/ on,