Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17


OatsYReceipts. 222.ooo bushels; exports
| 14G 900 bushels; sales. 350o0 bushels fu
| lures 2S0GO bushels spot. Spot steady
! No. 2 &c; No. 3. 2is4c.; No. white, Z1hc
| Options fairly active and slow Septem-
| Der closed 25c.; October. 25c.; December
closed 26C
Hay-Dul.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Steady.
Leather-Quiet.
Wool-Firm.
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Quiet picked bellies
S7.37ikGsS.jO.
October. $3.50. nominally; refined firm
Continent Sij: South America, $3.50,
compound. A.S1lRqSl22
Pork-Dull
Butter-F'irm: western creamery. ia
1Sikc: factory SkGlSikc.: Elgins rs 1-2c
llGll6iRc.; do. creamery. 13nsSiac.
Cheese--Steady; large white. l-sc.
small do, ~2c. large colored. l-Sc
small do, 9lRc., part skins, 6l2a7c.; full
Eggs-Market quiet; State and Penn
sylvana. l561Sc.: western fresh. l6c
Potatoes-Strong: Jersey. s2is2.25: Long
Island, $2.37160$2JO; sweets, sl.356sl.5O
Tallow-Nominal; city, 3 SSGS 5-Sc.
Cottonseed-o il-steady; prime yellow,
Nm2li5c
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady; strained. common TO
good. Sl45nSl.5O.
Turpentine-Steady at 9OkG3lc.
Rice-Firm.
MOlaSses-F
Tomatoes-Per box or crate. according
TO quality. 81
oCabbage.--Long Island and Jersey per
The market for metals was dull. with
a slightly easier undertOne. The official
report of the Metal Exchange quotes pig
iron warrants at TdS725. lower to sell
lake copper quiet at Nl.2j: tin very dun
at Sl3.6ONSl370: spelter quiet al sf25nsi3O
and lead duh at a.25Gt4S0. The firm which
likes the settling price for leading miners
and smelters I'm the West calls the lead
market strong at S.
Conee-Options opened steady at a net
advance OF j0l0 points. on reported bull
movement. originating in HaVre and
Hamburg 10 arrest decline and Offset the
effect Of heavy receipts. Kari Krische &
Co.'S estimate Of 1-iH3 - millions Rio
crop and 1-204 81 millions Santos be-
lieved 10 be too small, in view Of the
present movement. Closed at a 5fi15c net
advance. Sales. 1900 bags. including Sep
TENDER at 500; December al $500 March
a $3.50; and May at $3.50 spot cOffee-Rio
steady; Cordova. $l050Hs165O
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining 3 3-Sc
centrifugal (96-degree tesD, 3 l5-l6c.; re-
fined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. September 1.-THE dry
goods situation is changeable one just
at present. The early buying has been
followed at first hands by relaxed ef-
forts on the part OF buyers and the re-
action has now become general Jobbers.
too. are beginning TO feel a let-up in the
heavy buying Of the past few weeks. Sta
pie cottons are firm and there is con-
siderable activity continuing in both
brown and bleached goods. without de-
cided increase in the demand noted In any
particular grades Export goods are still
quiet I'm all suitable lines. Print-cloths
are firm at 5-Sc. Manufacturers still re-
fuse to reccde from their position al
though the sales OF the week have been
light. Odds are hrm without feature.
Prints IRE In good demand both fancies
but II is doubtful row whether open adj
vances are still TO be expected.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE September l6.-Flour-
Quiet and unchanged; receipts. S2sS bar
rels: exports, 6,l0l barrels; sales $50 bar
reis.
Wheat-Dull and easy; spot, the month,
and October 90 1-Sa9S lac; December
9S Lass l-2c.; steamer No. red, % lSq
20 lie: receipts, 1883 bushels exports.
lls4OO bushels; stock, l,47l.51 bushels
sales 1900 bushels; southern wheat by
-
Corn-Easy: spot and the month, 50 1-S0D
50 1-4c; November and December new or
old. IS 1-2d35 Bic; January, 36n36 1-4c.;
steamer mixed 80 1898 l-4c. receipts,
lOO.es7 bushels exports. S,7i bushels;
stock. IA. 43S ass bushels; sales $500 bush
els: southern white corn, 3Sc.; do. yellow,
3ec.
Oats-Firm; No. white, 25c.. sales; No.
. mixed. 22d23c.: receipts 1888 bushels;
exports 5000 bushels; stock, $50 $50 BUSH
els.
Rye-steady; No. ?. nearby. j3c.; No.
western. Sc l-2c.; receipts, f,9li bushels;
exports, 1850 bushels; stock, so.sl3 BUSH
els. -
Hay-steady: choice timothy. s13Qs13.50.
Grain Freights-show no change.
Sugar-Unchanged.
Rufter-Dull and unchanged.
Eggs and Cheese-steady and UNI
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. September 16.-The bulls in
wbeat had figured on the crop advices,
and got severely hurt as a consequence.
corn was easier. on account OF the rain,
q nd closed l-4c. lower. oats were un-
changed an the close, while provisions,
Cor The first time in week. showed |
strength. and closed unchanged TO l0c. |
The leading futures ranged as follows:
n...., uiynest Lowest CIosinp