Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-24
4 SHN9&COMPANY.

BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. April 3.-Flour-Quiet,
steady, and unchanged; receipts, 4'v9s
barrels; exports, 81 barrels; sales, SO
barrels
Gq 1-4c.; receipts. 1893 bushels exports,
As 600 bushels. stock AS, 400 bushels; sales,
l0,00O bushels; southern wheat, by sample
s2QS3c.
ceipts, l7O937 bushels; exports, 37g,67e BUSH
els; stock, 1Si1. $40 bushels; sales, 46,Oo
bushels; southern white corn Ic.; DO
oats1Firm; No. white, 25a2sc.; No. 2
mixed % l-2c receipts. 1887 bushels; ex-
ports, 50 bushels; stock 123 800 bushels.
Rye-Firm; No, nearby, GI 60 l-ZI, )
No western Al &c; recslP Sa5 b SS 4sSn-
Hay-Frm; choice timothy, 14c., asked
Grain Freights-Dull steam 10 Liver
pool, per bushel. 2G2 I'D. May; Cork
for orders, per quarter, esd, April and
May.
sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Steady; fancy creamery, lln
1Sc.; do. imitation. l5u16c.; do, ladle
l3Q14c.; good ladle, l2c.; store-packed, so
Eggs-Steady; fresh, &c.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., April 2S.-Flour-
Firm.
Corn-Firm; No. 2 mixed, zic.
Oats-Firm; No. mixed, &c.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2, 1Q3sc.
Bulk Meats-Quiet at sI.scaa.9o.
Bacon-Steady.
Whiskey-Firm al Sl.l9.
Butter-easier; Elgin creamery, lsc.;
Ohio 15c.; dairy, &c.
Sugar and Cheese-Quiet.
Eggs-Dull at 1-2c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. April 81 p. Moot
ton-Spot in fair demand; prices harden
ing; American middling. 4 l-Sd.; sales,
1a.ion and export. and inolwled $500
American; receipts. 400 bales-all Ameri-
can.
Futures opened AMI closed quiet at the
advance; demand moderate; American
middling, low-midding clause. April,
i-64d.. value; April and May $50
Aid, sellers; May and June. 4 ESQ
3-64d.. buyers June and July, IBID,
sellers: July and August, lid, buyers;
August and September. 6Z-64u3 63-6i1..
value; September and October. 56-Std.,
buyers; October and November 0-6fd',
BUYERS; November and December, 1864,
value: December and January. l-eid.,
sellers: January and February. iI-o4d.,
sellers
Tenders at to-day's deliveries. none.
NEW YORK, April 2-Cotton-tutures
opened steady; sales, ZOO bales January
ss.sS; February 1921; May. 500; June, NIB;
july. Sis; August, Sfl9; oeptemper, se.1'
october and November, $3.50; December,
Cotton futures closed quiet; sales. 1850
bales: January, s6.Ss; February. Wv;
SIP: July. s7.f6; August. SIS; september
1886: October, Se.sl; November 1851; De-
SPOT cotton closed quiet; middling up
lands. 7-l6c.; middling Gulf. n-l6c.
The following are the total net receipts
of cotton at ali ports since September l.
1897: Galveston. 1,3S0I7 bales; New Or
leans. 1883. 45s bales; Mobile. zs4. i2o bales pale,
Savannah, Sl30s1 bales; Charleston, 49,
folk. is1S bales Baltimore, be.Sol bales,
New York, lO6,i42 bales; Boston. lf9 AZ
bales; Newport News, Va, sSsl bales
Philadelphia, 39.14S bales; West Point va.
80 bales; Brunswick. III, 400 bales; Texas
CITY. 81 1877 bales; Pensacola. 6i.Ss bales
Port Royal, $50 bales. Total. 6.SSo,l2'
From start to finish the cotton market
was a disappointment TO-DAY. opensis
and later months unchanged 10 points
lower the market ruled quiet and quite
featureless throughout the session. FOL
lowing the nrSt can, there was al al
vance of 36ot points. on covering by loca
traders. who afterward took alarm. OWNS
10 the continued strength OF spot cotton
az compared with futures, and on q re
norted active demand from American
spinners and from exporters In southern
markets as well as New York. Later
howeyer. the market turned easier, IN
the absence OF outside speculative sup
port and for the rest OF the session
showed a rather weak undertone. Sell
ire was checked however, by continued
conflicting reports from the Inundated
districts The closing was quiet, at a ne
advance OF points 10 a net decline Of
point.
lures quiet and steady; sales. q 800 bales
April N09 bid: May. x.0eJT.l0: June
E'lo4iS7.l2; July. T.i2ley7is: August. $.St
%.ss: September. ss.sg4se.!o; october. y.S
SjsG.N: November, &5sqt6, 80: December
ss'eiQtS.62; January. %.6tQS6.6s.
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
! WILMINGTON. N. c.. April ss.-Spirit'