Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-25
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Openlns' Hi6nos~ A""N'' ~''Hs'
wHEAT-No. 2.
AApril.......575,%s,z rs 7SX 3 5s'Mx
Jay ::,;:; ,375 lAs.4s 70 77Six 7 TAX
CORS-No. >.
A Aspl.:.~:::ssa sss5}s * * s sss
July.........26 X6,s 20 zoH
May. .......i7ss 1874 114aM 1sN
septcm6er.i 1872 a 70 i 1917 iSs
MESS PoRK-Per BbL
.52le $3.50 es.47M $3.50
July. S.G5 S.77lS 500 e.87K
LARD--Per 100 lbs.
May May 4.5s'a 40 30 4l ls 4171
Sept. 4 3?lf 440 4321s 4.S7N
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
May........ 40 $50 40 1.77M
JuIy...-.- 475 4S5 40 t.S2H
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
strong; winter patents. Si30gst50
straights, A.1oqs.25; spring special, $40;
straights, ss.60Q$3.SO; bakers, S2sops32 %
No. 2 spring wheat. Is 7-Sg7sc.; No. 2 red
90 7-SQ6Sc. No. corn. % lSc. No. oats,
No. 2 rye, IS 8-4Q37c. No. barley, nomi-
nal; No: 3, (. o. b., &c Prime timothy
seed, s2.S2 IL. Mess pork. per barrel, $50
s shSTtrb Ls sdes per Gos 1S gGS Sas Dry t
sailed shoulders (boxed), 5 l-4q5 &c. !;
short-clear sides (boxed) 47-Sa5c. Whis-
key, dlstillers' finished goods, per gallon,
tl.l9. Sugars. cut-loaf s5.l5: graduated.
$40. Butter firm; creameries, 12ql6c. (;
| diaries, sQl4c. Cheese firm at l0al0 3-ic.
| Eggs firm; fresh. 1-4qS l-2c.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. o., April A-FTour-
| Steadier.
Wheat--strong; No; 2 red, sic.
Corn-Steady; No. 2 mixed. &c.
Oats-Strong and higher; No. mixed,
Rye-F'irrn; No. ., Csc.
Bulk Meats-Quiet at s4s0gs4e0
Bacon-Steady at $56OQs5.I0.
Lard--Ffrmer at $4.0 IL.
Whiskey-Quiet at S.19.
| Butter-Easy.
| Sugar-Quiet.
| EggS-Quiet at 1-2c.
| Cheese-ln fair demand.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
| LIVERPOOL, April PA p. M-Closing:
| Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices high
er; American middling, fair. 4 1924: ;
| good middlng, 9-32d.: American mid
ding, sod. low middling, 3l-32d.; the
sales for the day were 5000 bales, OF
which 800 bales were for speculation ana
export and included 100 bales American;
| receipts, 5000 bales-no American.
Futures opened and closed quiet at the
advance; demand moderate; American
| lnllQllnB, lOW-fnlQullnR CLAUSE, hplAi,
3 45-6id. buyers; April and May. 3 4i-6ig
45-6id buyers; May and June. 4i-6+d..
sellers; June and July, 3 43-64d., sellers;
July and August 3 42-6id.,. sellers; August
and September. 6-6iq4d,, sellers; Sep
TENDER and october. 57-6id., value; NO.
vember. 5-6id., sellers; November ana
December, 4s-64qS 49-6id.; December and
| January, 3 47-6id.. buyers; January ana
| February. 47-64d., buyers.
NEW YORK, April 2.-Cotton-Firm
| 1 o., mt hDlEC
i gross receipts $50 bales; forwarded,
bales: sales, 5.9Ol bales; spinners, 800
bales: stock, Dos 40 bales:
Totals to-day and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts, 2,6is bales export; 10 70 me Con''
Totals since September list: Net receipts
| 6 300 769 bales: eXports-to Great Britain
2.S23 469 bales; to- France, 6ii,6Os bales; to
the Continent. 1,S49,7Li bales; to the Chan'
mel 5,4S1 bales
Cotton futures opened quiet and firm;
sales. 2.4OO bales; January, $3.50; Februa-
nv, 500: April, $3.50; June. S.l3; July sl.lii
August, S2o; september, S5'Ss; oetoOer'
1888; November, s6.S2; December, s6.Sd 10,
Cotton futures closed firm; sales, ss,sct
bales: January, 1854; February, S.ys
April, SIP; May, s7.l3; June, Sis; July
! S22; August, 1924; September, 800; DC
tober. s6s7; November, s6.a; December
SPOT closed firm; mlddling uplands,
7 l-2c.; middllng Gulf, S-4c.; sales, o'SOi
The cotton market developed decided
speculative energy to-day, based upoi
| the substantial advance ana the contlnueu
interest on the part OF American spinner
and exporters. Outside interest also wa
a more prominent feature than tor some
| time past. The strength OF the st3tlsuca
nosition in this country and In Europe
and a belief that political condltlo.ls
| abroad will gradually assume MOI
| peaceful tenor, led TO Investment puyins
! ON a broader scale To-dayS market az
| hest showed an advance or SOW points
win the Improvement on the SUMMER
| nositions There were further ruinors oi
| manipulation on the part or proiliIeen.'
| Liverpool cotton operators Wnicn ,1,,1,tno
70 increase the anxiety OF shorts. BUY INC
80, ~ -" cbecked somewhat by a better class
| of news from the Mississippi Valley.
NEW ORLEANS. April A-CottonLrus,
tures steady; sales, SS.SJO pales' s Apln
t7ts hid. Nav. s7i9GS.2O; June, N2gq
q 90. JuIv 81 22ds7 %; August. $LOSGSa.gJ
September. s6.7SaS6.79; October s66lgs y ~,
| November S6G3us66f; December so'o"e
s66S: January, S.6sQto.h.
NAyAL-STORE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON, n. c., April 2t-SpIIri.s
r,'rnantine-Steady at Is Lac. receipts
'Rosin@Dull at $50 for strained and slS'
for good strained; receipts, u barrels.
SAVANNAH. GA, April H.-Iurpen
tineEMarket firm; sales, 20 casAs' 10
CENTS. l,Ooi casks. . ,.. ro
'e Rasin- Firm; sales. 1909 barrels; re re-
ceipts. 1854 barrels. Quote closing, "a q, 70
g and ID. si.35; T.. $40; f w. ~ s s1'yy
IL; r Si,Sy $50; water-white. $3.50.