Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-11

getting the price down TO point that
does not so openly invite all the con-
tract wheat in the country TO Chicago.
December closed at sl03 a decline for
the day of 4c.. while May showed about
a 1c. decline at the close. Corn and oats
were governed by the changes in wheat.
but showed very little Change at the
close. Provisions also closed 'substan-
TALLY unchanged.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening hiGuesr Lowest. Closing.
Dec......".. 10y los l.o3 1.03
JAM. .... ..-Stt6 StSz S4re p51A
May. .921saA 92B 9lsah a1ls
CoRE-No. Q.
RsSsmee. :$s5s as SsA $ $ss s' sSss
OATs-No.
Decem Der. ...22L4 22A % 22
May ."22sBah 223zaIB 22tBaIt 2216
MSS PoRK-Per Dbl
January ...s.27x S.32k S.25 S.25
May ...... b2M S.52h S.47M SAN
LARp-Per 100 los.
December. .4.17H AIM +l7M 4.I7h
January"."4,32h 30 40 4'32h
May....... 400 4.o2h 4.47h 4'oo
SHORT Rtss-Per 100 lbs
5 RSsS%S...: 4aa. s4aex s 4ao s 4.sSs
May 800. 482x 4.35 432N 4.3e4
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
yellow corn, 26c. Flour firm. No.
wheat, S4Qs7c.; No. 2 red. sl:Ola$l.oS;; No;
corn, 26c. No. oats, % 1-4c.; No.
white. % 1-4c.; No. white, (; o. b.. q la
"a 12c. No. 2 rye. 40 1-2c. No. barley,
26 3-4@39c. No. flaxseed, H;11 l,4Qs15 IL
pounds poT aL1 i-saaao, short-rib sides
0oose), s415q$50 Dry-salted shoulders
tboxe9 4$4e5c shoStclea n,ss sides CDSH OK
lshed goods, per gallon, N.l9; Sugar cut
loaf. s5.S3as5.A Butter steady; creamery,
! 15Q23c.; dairy, 124l9c. Cheese quiet at .
as 1-2c. Eggs firm; fresh, zoe.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o.. December 1o.-Flour-
Easier.
Wheat-Firm; No. red, 95 1-2c:
Corn-Easy; No. 2 mixed. rs 1-2c.
Oats-Active and firm; No. mixed, 2ic.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, 46 1-2c.
Lard-Active ct $l5q40.
Bulk Meats-A.30; heavy, S.30q$3.37 IL.
Sheep-Dull; lambs, A.5OgS5O.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. December 49, p. M
Cotton-spot in fair demand; prices lower
American middling. fair. 311-SZd; good
middling. 8 s-32d.; middllng; 3 3-i6d; , low
t ordnary ss- s The sales Of the day
were 1900 bales. of which 1000 were for
speculation and export, and included H..
800 American; receipts, z,aW bales-ali
American.
mand and closed steady; American mid
ding. low middlng clause, December,
Os-6id., buyers; December and January,
8 0s-6id., buyers; January and FebTuary'
8 OS-e4d, sellers; February and March,
OS-64d3 09-64d., sellers; March and April,
8 O9-64d, buyers: April and May. l0-64d.,
buyers; May and June, 1l-64@3 l2-64d'
sellers; June and July. Sl2-e4 s 1851 1
ers; August and September, l5-64d, sell
era: September and October. $3.50. sell
ers October and November. l6-6fa
8 17-64d., buyers. The tenders for to-day
delivery were $500. new docket
NEW YORK. December. 1O.-Cotton--
Quiet middling. 7-sc.; net receipts, %
bales; gross. 1874 bales; exports-to the
Continent. ls21 bales; forwarded, 2,lS7
bales; sales none; stick Ell ha Saies gross
30 125 bales; exports-to Great Britain,
4y0 bales: to France, 1,091 bales; to the
Continent. 1876 bales; forwarded, 2.i5i
bales; sales, LAG bales; spinners: 70 81 bales:
Totals to-day: Net receipts, $500 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 1881 bales; od 10
France. 500 bales: 10 the Continent, 3D,
SS5 bales: stock, lO69,l7S bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. SS, 700 oaies;
exports-to Great Britain, 1876 bales; to
France. 34.771 bales; to the Continent,
Totals since September 1st: Net receipts,
4452. 2S5 bales; exports-to Great britain,
bales to zoe Er qs7 eal tVS'0 pa'eS u
Cotton futures opened steady; sales,
4 200 bales: January. $3.50; February, 1911
March. s577; April. s5S; May ss.Ss; J JInT'
& eS: october. $500; December, $5.68.
Futures closed steady; sales, 300 bales
January. $3.50: February. ST; March II an.
S'76: April, s5.H; May. SS6; June, So;
July. $685. August, s. SO; SEPTEMBER so's''
DpQpmhpr yD66
Snot cotton closed quiet middling up
lands 7-Sc.; middlng Gulf, l-Sc.; sales,
''S The following are the total net receipts
~ cotton AT all ports since September l.,
1897. Galveston 1.l790lS; New Orleans
l15s 730: Mobile, 1925: Savannah" aUs'4Ss; ,
Charleston, SOs,O95; Wilmington; 2StsZ6;
Norfolk. 3.54S; Baltimore. 225l9; New
York. ii 949; Boston, SO, 1884; Newport News.
5SH: Philadelphia, 1850; Brunswick,
81 S24: Port Royal. 4O463; Pensacola, 1913
Total, 4,452.2S5 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. December 10-Cot-
ton futures st STEADY siS saIes sd pss
FEBRUARY. $5.36qS.S7; March. s5,A9%.42;
April, S.4els5.47; May. S.52qS55S; June.
* 57Gs5' So: July, S. 62MS "a: August, s5.6l
ass. SO; September, s5.729s5.H.
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS. -
WILMINGTON. N. c., December 10
Spirits Turpentine-elulel at - o~fe"' ~
-.
iI PosinEDuli at si.15@sl.9o; receipts. 100
barrels. ., "A .,a
81 90; receipts. GO casks.
Tar-Steady at S1.05; receipts, S46 barrels.
CHARLESTON. s. c.. December 10
Observation-Disclosures firm at SOc'; saies'
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales none
SAVANNAH. GA, December lO.-Spirits
Turpentine-Firm at 80 l-2c.; sales' 90
casks: receipts, SIG casks.
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales. 1910
barrels: receipts, 4099 barrels.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET,
NORFOLK, VA, December lo.-SSpe,
cial,l-The price OF peanuts has dropped
again. 1t Is now ranging between ! ana
lac. a pound, having fallen from l-zc.
The nuts are coming TO market Ireeiy,
and the Indications are that the crop yea
will prove TO be greater than was an
ticipated. The percentage or black nuts
Is about 80 per cent. That serves TO Keep
the prices lower than II would be II the
nuts were all of prime quality. There are
some expectations. though they nave not
been made direct to the olivesoil making
cities Of France.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, December To-
virginia peanuts very quiet; prime. lc..
extra prime. 2i-ic.; fancy, 2l-2c.; spanish
steady mt Toe.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, December W
r44x- otaodv M 1-1eI5 1-2c. 1oI kuVa