Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-03
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, October 2.-Flour-Re'
ceipts. 2O,2S6 barrels; exports, IlS par
rels; sales, 1000 packages. Market mac
tive and barely steady at old prices
Minnesota patents. $515Q{5.4O; 90. bakers
81. S5q$4 so; winter patents. s5.lOgSS9; 20.
straights. 81. 65ds4.75; do. extras, sS.ZVg
50 Co; do. low grades, $.lO9S.2o
Rye Flour--Easy; sales, $50 barrels;
fancy. $325ll$3.60.
Buckwheat-Qulet at 4S950c.
n-Meal-Steady. yellow western. 6Sc.
Barley-Easier at 30c.
Barley Mait-Dull; western, 51q6oc.
Wheat-Receipts, 1885, bushels; ex-
ports. 100 995 bushels; sales, 775,0 900 bushels
futures, 1900 bushels spot. Spot steady;
No. 2 red, 50 3-Sc. Options opened hrmer,
on higher cables than expected, broke
sharply uAder heavy short selling, m
spired by cloudiness west and free North
western receipts, but rallied on export $
summers. closing 1-Sd1-4c. net lower; No.
cred. october, 93 49, 93 3-Sc., closed SO S-sc.
December, 81 9-16992 $50, closed 81 7-Sc.
Corn-Receipts, 169.775 bushels; exports,
l.. 354 bushels; sales, 10000 bushels futures
is goo bushels spot. Spot steady; No. z
"a l-Sc. Options opened up on cables,
eased off with wheat but rallied on cover
ing. and closed partly 1-Sc.. net lower
October. 32a32 1-2c.; December, 81 l-SQ
"a 5-16c., closed "a 1-4c.
Oats-Recepts, 1884, 800 bushels exports,
1855 bushels; sales. 1900 bushels spot.
Spot quiet; No. 2. "a l-4GI24 1-2c. Options
dull ali the forenoon, closing l-Sc. lower;
october closed % $780,; December closed
"a 5-Sc.
Hay-Easy; spring easy; good to choice
Hops-steady; state, 1895 crop, ag4c. !;
1896 Gas 3-16c Pacific Coast 1895 crop. $50
4c.; 1896, 6QSc.; 1897. l2gl5c.
Hides-Steady: Galveston, l5nl6c.; Iexas
dry, IL 1-2QlSc.; California, l7qlSc
Ieather-Steady: Hemlock sole, Buenos
-0nM 1-oc
Wool-Firm; fleece, 2oa27c.; No. 2 to
extra. 27G42c. Texas. 10gl6c.
Beef-Steady; family, t9Gsio.5o; extra.
$780, beef hams, s26gs27; packed. ss.5og
Cut Cut Meats-Dull; picked bellies. $500
&c.; do. shoulders, Size; do. hams. Sl-SQ
Iard-steady: western steamed, s4.SoGp
A,S5: Continent. $50; South America,
IS 20: compound, A.62 1-24A.a IL.
Pork-Dull; old mess, ssGsszo: new mes ,sss
ss5OQslo; short clear, slo.5og$lS; FAMILY
Rutter-steady; western creamery. 14p
22c.: do. factory, 9GlSc.; Elgins, &c; imi-
tation. 12Q16c.: State dairy. l2glec.; do.
Sheese1Ouiet: large white e1-sc.; small
white. s1-2c.; large colored, Sq9 l-Sc:
small colored, S1-2c.; part skins. 1-2D
7c.: full do. 31-2d4c.
Eggs-Steady; State and pennsylvania,
l6 1-sdlsc.; western fresh. 10 i-zs - 70.
Long pUsai Island. s2'@0s275; sweets, s.50a
ia TSallow-Dull; city. Sl-2c.; country. sl-2
VI Peetroleum-Dun; no market; refined.
N Pe~osinuSteady; strained, common to
sID vu,,nsen,tIne-Firm at 80 s-4Gss lac.
Rice-Steady; fair to extra. 1896 Lie;
Japan, 3-46t5 l-Sc.
Molasses-Steady; New orleans, open
kettle. good to choice. 25n3lc.
g-iron--Steady; southern. So25qsu.5o;
rorthern S05oQsl2.
Copper-Easy; brokers', Nl.5.
Tead-Strong; brokers'. "a.
Tin Plates-Quiet.
roma toes-Per box or crate, according
70 quality, 6Oc.4sl.
70 cabba ee-Iong Island and Jersey, per
100 pounds s4q$5.
'Cottonseed -Oil-Inactive; prime crude,
262i 1-2c.: prime summer yellow Mg
oa1oc. off summer yellow. q l-46f2ic.;
huttor oil. 29a32c.: prime summer white.
eoc . nri,ne winter yellow, 80 lie.
coffee-Options opened with near months
steady and far months barely steady and
,,nchanged to a s points decline: scarcely
chsnged during remainder OF the session;
exceptionally dull and featureless. with
weat undertone, following more liberal
offeriugs Of spot coffee. Closed quiet at
sales. 5.75o bags. including october. $50:
december. $500 Spot coffee: Rio dull;
No invoice, 81: No. jobbing. $50;
mild mill steady; cordoya, slo.5ogNs.50.
smxar-Raw nominal; fair refining.
, s.Sc: centrifugal, s6 degrees test. l5-16c.;
yef,ned steady: mould A. a-Sc.; standard
A. &C.; confectioners' A. &C.: cut loaf.
s-4c. crushed. 53-4c.: powdered. 3-Sc.;
1-sc.; cubes. $3.50.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, October 2-The dry-goods
market closed without feature. locally:
There Ia no STRENGTHENING Of the market