Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-22
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, January H.-Flour-Neg-
lected. easy. and unchanged; southern
flour duh and unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market dull and lower,
with options closing firm; free on board,
SO 7-Sc.; ungraded red, Tq9c. Options
opened weak. and declined 7-Sc.. rallied
1-ic.. and closed steady-5-Su3-lc. under
Yesterday: No. 2 red, January, So S-Sc.
March, SO 5-Sc.: May. 81 I-Sc.; July. 50 5-Sc.
Corn-Spots more active for export;
1-SGl &c. lower, and steady; No. ?, 2S 1-2c..
i'm elevator; 70 l-2c ailoat. Options dun
and weak at a 1-Sd1-4c. decline; January,
% he; May SOC: July. 3lc
Oats-Spots dull but steady. Options
dull and easier; January, 22 lie; Febru-
airy, % Lie. May. q l-ic. Spot prices: No.
2, PC; No. white, q lie. mixed west
ern. 22n2lc
Hay-Prlme about steady; shipping, 55c.
good to choice, Y 1-2uS0c
Hides-Firm and unchanged.
WO0l-Quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Quiet; fancy, S92ydsl0J0; extra
mess. Sass; beef hams quiet at $3.50;
tierced beef strong; city extra India mess,
Sl350n$l5.
Cut Meats-Firm; picked bellies, $3.50;
shoulders. Si3 l-2a$t.62 -; hams. So.Zoq
50.
s3.75aS3S5; January, a25 nomnally; re-
fined slow; Continent, 1855: South Ameri-
ca, $3.50; compound, N.2uN.5O.
Pork-Firm; new mess. SS.5OaS9.
BulttT-CnOlce UlfD, ana III IdlT ut-
mand; State dairy. lO115 1-2c. do. cream
cry. lSql9c.; Elgins. zoe.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvana,
ls l-2c; iee-house, R4lSe:; western fresh
IA s-Sali Bic; lined, 1Sc.
Cottonseed- Oil-Quiet; crude 20c.; yell
low prime. . l-la2S 1-2c.
Rosin-Quiet; strained, common TO good,
T.70NT.25.
Rice-In fair demand and firm.
Molasscs-Quiet, easy, and unchanged
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked
3-4nlc.
Coffee-Barely steady and unchanged to
5 points down. March. S9.4Jn$950; April,
$3.50; May, $3.50; September. S9.v0dS9.65;
December. $500; spot Rio dull and nomi-
nal; No. Z. so.
Sugar-Fair refining. 13-16c.; centrifu-
gals, 96-degree test, 3-l6c.; refined duh
and unchanged.
Freights TO Liverpool-Quiet; cotton, by
steam, l5-l2sd.; grain, by steam 7-Sd.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, January A.-There has
been a fair attendance OF buyers i'm the
dry-goods market to-day, Of whom
considerable number have given their at
tention TO bleached cottons. and orders
for these We're also feature In the
mail demand. As a result, the aggregate
business in staple cottOns has shown an
Improvement over recent experiences. Re-
ports from various jobbing centres tell
of "A steady and more or less liberal dis
tributiOn of strictly spring merchandise,
and the business doing ut first hands
bears testimony 10 their truthfuness.
Some Improvement Is also noted in the
wOOlen-gOods division, the supplementary
business doing in mems wear lightweight
fabrics, and in dress goods.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, January 2i.-Flour-Dull
Wheat-Dull; spot, 30 l-2c. bid May
s7aS7 lie; southern. by sample, 92as5c.;
DO on grade. 30 l-2c.
Corn--Weak; spot and January, q la
q j-Sc.; February. % l-Su25c.. March,
% l-lfi26 he; April 2IdT lie; steamer
mixed q l-2623 Sic; southern white,
% 1-2d26 Use. DO. yellow. % 1-2lt26 l-2c.
Oats-Quiet; No. 2 white, 2iQ25c.; No. 2
mixed, Nn22c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. January 2l.-After the first
trading In wheat. which included the first
ten or fifteen minutes of the session to-
day. there was nothing In the market but
moderate scalnlng operations. within
limited boundaries. Yesterdays bulge
was due 20 the reports of big export bust
ness at St. Louis. Denias of the trans
actions were received this morning. and
prices dropped back with a thud TO where
they were before the boom started. May
wheat opened at from 70 rs to 70 3-4c..
declined TO 70 i-sc., and closed at 70 3-SM
70 lie. bd--3-ic. under yesterday. Cash
wheat was weak and l-2n1c. lower.
Corn declined. with no attendant ac-
tivity or animation. The tone was easy,
rejecting that OF wheat. There was no
important buying or selling, only a
light local trade being noted. No outside
orders were to hand. and no interest was
displayed. May corn opened at a lie,
declined to 2lc.. and closed at 24d24 lie
l-4G3-Sc. under yesterday. Cash corn was
steady, closing easy.
Oats-Very little to attract at
tention occurred in oats. The mar
ket was small edition Of the wheat
market. in that 1t moved up and down
with the latter. May oats closed i-Sf1
lac. lower. Cash oats were steady,
closing easy.
Provisions were inclined to improve at
the opening, and by so doing reflected
the action Of the hog market. The de-
preston i'm grain. however, worked to
the disadvantage of general speculation,
product suffering with everything else.
At the close. May pork was sc. lower
May lard a shade lower. and May ribs
lie. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
opsnias. ni.ns,. Dosss- Closing.