Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-14
NEW yoRx pRoDrrcE MARKET.

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. February 1S-Flour-Dull,
weak, and unchanged; southern hour duii
and unchanged.
30 S-4c: ungraded red, 72Q91c;; options fair
ly active and Irregular, closing weak ~
5-sQi lac decline; No. 2 red. 81 S-Sc.;
March sif 80 vi sc Nay cpt 81 Sss TO ise n
vator, 20 csc. sfoat; steamer mixed,
"a i-2c.; No. 8, &c. options without fea-
ture closing dull and 81 Snch 1Iy EeOfu
! Oats-Quiet and steady; options duil put
steady and nominally unchanged; Feoru.
airy, q 1-Sc. May. q 3-Sc.; July. &c; spot
prices: No: 2. q S,Sc.; No. white' &C.
Hay-oulet; shipping. &c.; good to
choice, Y 1-2QSoc.
Hides--FGrm and unchanged;
Wool-Ffrm, in moderate demand ana
Beef-Quiet and steady; family. '9a'iO.5o;
Beef Hams~firm at slSaNs5c
Tierced Beef-Slow but hrm; city extra
-Meats-Firm; picked bellies, $3.50;
shoulders, 50; hams SS.2oQS9. ..,
Lard-Qulet but frmerri western ,, steam m
can. s460; compound HQN25.
Pork-Steady and quiet; new mess. $40
Butter-Steady; demand moderate; State
dairy, l0ulsc.; State creamery, lfszoe''
Elglns, q lie. c..
/ large. 9d12 1-2c.: State, small, SqR &c. {;
part skins, 6d9 1-2c.; full skins, gas lie
Eggs-Firmer State and pennsylvania
/ IS 1-2c.; ice-house, per case, SzgS5:5O: west
ern, fresh, lSe.; southern. lIGlI S-4e''
iit Cetto rS -oll-strong and IN fair de-
mand; crude. @g2O l-2c.; yellow prime
Rosin-ouiet; strained, common to good,
- f1rpentlne-Firm at 29a29 lie.
Rice--Fairly active, hrm' and IN
moi o,iTasses-steady and unchanged
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked,
COTE c,oof9feee~stesdy and 500 points down;
$40; July, s9.l5qS9.20; Septembers 500
! 81 %; october, 500, December. sS.25; spot
| Rio dull and easy; No. Z. $9.o2 IL.
| Sngar-Raw quiet and firm; fair reiin-
! ing 3 ls-l6c; centrifugals G6-degree tesp,
3 s,ieqS l-4c refined firm. in fair demand,
| and unchanged -
steam. l-2c.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, February 13.-The dry
| goods market was more actiye to-aays
! and has shown far better results than or
| late, for a Saturdays business, IN most
| departments.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
! CHICAGO ILL, February ia shake
out OF long wheat took place In tho mar
! ket for that grain to-day. An effort 10
| boom prices was made in the early part
of the session. but IL met with only M m,
| different success. and after the first half
| hour ell the strength disappeared oHer-
| ings becoming heavy and the demand
| correspondingly light. ST. Louis leo inc
81 Vala IL
: yancinas over 2 cents per bushel, but there
| was a disposition In this market 10 LOOK
/ with suspicion on such action, ana at the
| first evidence Of weakness a scramble
10 sell occurred. values recedlng preclpl-
! lately May wheat opened az from 10 3-o
| to 70 l-2c advanced TO rs l-sg76 lie, de-
clined 10 Il 3-ic., and closed at Is 3-iV
/ 70 5-Sc.-l-S83-4c. under THURSDAY. Cash
| wheat was weak and l-2c. lower
| Corn-Business In the corn market was
| very firm. The fluctuations in price ana
| changes in tone were In response TO the
| irregular vibrations Of the wheat market
| but al the close the loss in value was
| moderate by comparison with that sus-
I tanned by the finer grain. May corn
opened at % 5-sc., sold between Is "a
and q s-SG23 he. and closed at the IN
! side--l-S41-4c. under Thursday Cash corn
was easy and l-ec. lower.
! Oats-The trade In oats presented no
| note worthy incident or feature. For tone
/ the action of wheat was the guide May
| oats closed l-Sc lower than THURSDAY.
! cash oats were weak and Lie. lower
/ Provisions-The government report on
hogs was a bullish consideration IN pro,
visions, as was also a light run OF ho9s
! this morning at the yards. The market
was fairly active, and prices averaged
| considerably higher. MAY. pork closed
| ~ 1-2c. higher than on Thursday; May
lard and ribs each 7 1-2QlOc. higher Re
ceipts were moderate and the shipments
| liberal. 49,.
Hides were fairly active and firm. Prices
were quoted as follows: Natives, heavy
Q lie. light, lie; native cows heavy
3 dc: light, i-4c.; butt brands, heavy
8 las 1-2c.; light. l4Q7 l-2c. Texas
heavy, lie; light, &C..
The Shoe and Leather Review OF teoru-
| ary 18th says: The sensation Of the week
Is the sale Of 1900 light native cowhides
bv swift & Co., at 2 lac. This Is re-
earded as a fabulous price. but the buyer
had no recourse, as the stocks are sinan,
| and competition IS keen. several selec-
tious OF hides are quoted Lac. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows
opsnins aIknss. Lo~e1- Closing