Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-04
Nrw yopK ppOD1rCE MARKET

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 3.-Flour-
Weak and lower OF everything but low
| grade winters; Minnesota patent, SuS.2i
do. bakers, ApoaA.40: winter patents,
H.&aS.1 10; rye -four dull; buckwheat flour
quiet al A.40dS1.45.
Buckwheat-Dull at 81 1-2d3Sc.
Cornmeal-Quiet.
/. E.. Buffalo.
~Bariey-Quiet; barley malt quiet.
W~heat-Spot easy; No. 2 rec, SO lie,
f. o. b., afoat; options opened hrm' OF
| small Northwestern receipts, broke sharp
ly under weak late cables. bearish mo
man report, and liquidations, but finally
rallied on c~learances and export trade
and closed unchanged TO l-Sc net ioWeri
No. 2 red. January, closed at SO Lie; May
| closed at 90 3-4c.; December closed al
Corn-spot easy; No. 2. 80 lie, in ele-
| vator; options opened steady, Declined
under the bearish Thoman crop hgures
and cables. but rallied with wheat, and
closed 1-Sc. net lower; May closed at
SO 5-Sc.: December closed at Bic.
O~ats-Spot steady; No. 2. rs 1-2c.; OPP
tons dull but steady, closing, ~unchangeo
to- I-4c. net higher; May closed at q Lie.
December closed 20 1-4c.
Beef-Quiet.
ut-Meats-Quiet.
L%ardIDull; western steamed r St Hniet!
Continent, $40; South American *'lo;
compound, s4q$t12 1-2.
Pork-Dull. -
Butter-Steady; western creamery, lfq
% 1-2c.; factory. IL 1-2al4c.; Elgins, &c;
Imitation creamery, 12d17c- State dairy,
12Q2Oc.; do. creamery, 1fq22 1-2c.
C~heese-Steady; large white. September,
9 LAS 1-2c.; light skins, say l-2c.; part
SKINS. 5G6c full skins. 21-2@4c.
Eggs-Quiet; State and Pennsylvania,
2OG@c.; western, fresh, 23c.
Pot~atoes-Firm; New York, s2.25; sweets,
Petroieum-ouiet; United closed &C. bid.
R~osin-Steady; strained, common 10
good, 81. 40G$ 81 a.
Turpentine-Firm at 1898 1-2c.
Rice-Steady.
Molasses-Quiet.
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady; prime summer,
yellow, 211-2Q22c. off summer, yellow, 21q
q 1-2c.
Cabbage-Long Island and Jersey, per
Cofee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices TO a 5-point ADVANCE; ruled
lirmer on covering, notwithstandlng dis
amounting cables. sustained receipts at
Rio and Santos. and small United States
warehouse deliveries; closed firm at a net
gain of 6d10 points; sales. Zo,l5D bags IN
Guiding December. sj.50qS.6: Jar>ary,
$;5oQ&.5; May S.Sg%,so' 6 SPot S ~
jobbing, 67-sc.; mild quiet; Cordova, S1-2
as lac; sales. 1000 bags; No. Z, spot, re-
ported at 6 3-Sc.
Sugar-Raw firm and held higher; fair
refining, 33-Sc.; centrifugal, &-test, S7-Sc.
Refined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARkET.
NEW YORK, December IA furry OF
orders. the direct result Of the announce
ment of the reduced prices IN cottoh
prints and other lines, Is recorded In the
dry-goods market. This, however. II Is be
Iieyed. is not a radical movement lot
better trade so much as the release OF
orders. which have been held Tor tne an
nouncement of the threatened reductions.
Shareholders were not so much IN EVIL
dence as was expected to-day, either at
first hands or in the secondary market,
but mail orders we're somewhat more nu-
merous. with the aggregate result quite
gratifying to sellers. In staple cottons
There is less activity than in otht~ lines.
In print-cloths there have been a NUMBER
of bids registered for extras at lac, TOT
February TO April deliveries, but sellers
will not part with goods LOT TINS iaVe u0
livery at this price.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
RALTJMORT, December 3.-Flour-Dull
WSbeat~Unsettled and easy; spot and
month. s51-4QS 3-Sc.; January. s6l-4g
S6 9-Sc May, 90 lie. DID steamer Mbea no nv Z;
sample, 91Q97c.; do. on grade Wig
CoTn-weak; spot, 80 1-2as2 S-4c.; month,
q 7-SG32 1-Sc.; December new or ola.
q S-SGS1 1-2c.; January, 81 1-iqa 3-Sc.;
steamer mixed. 80 1-2q3O 3-4c;; southern
white corn, SO 1-2Q35c.; do. yellow, 81 LA
Coo. n q
assoc; No. 2 mixed. do, 26 1-2g2Ic.
Rve-Dull and easy; No. 2 near by,
50 i-2c.; No. 2, western, 50 5000 l-2e.
Hay2Firm: choice timothy, $lS asked.
Grain Freights-Fairly active. steady
81 sugarIStrong and unchanged.
Butter. Eggs, and C~heese-Steady and
unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. December 3.-Both the May
and the December futures IN wheat cnoseu
toNdav at substantially unchanged prices;
EYgfires showed a big stock In farmers
hands. but the export engagements came
20 The rescue. Corn was weak, and closed
i-sGI-4c. lower. Oats and provisions SHOW
IA very little change at the close.
i eading futures ranged as follows:
opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
wHEAr-No.2
Dec......-..eoH GOA ooH Q0lk
May. ........9 o%aA soB e'S 's1s
CoRS-No.2 :.
nscsmber ..24M 2sAs25 24h 24M
.2ShaB 2ses @oah ~o7s
OATs-NO, ..
December. .ssSSN ssssa s sG1s FL FL
May."-~....-~lB 80"
MSS PoRx-Per Dbl 49,,
January. s.l6 sim s.i2k siIe
May....-.-.o 4V o1o No."
na.srnber. .s4.1 10 $40 $40 s4.l0.
january. 4.221 425 t?2h 4.2xh
May....... 437N 40 s.57h 4.4o
pscsmber...sy.IaH "a l7H e4.12k SALTY
Jsnuary... At5 AGO Air 4.lIh
Nay. 4a7k $50 4.a7k 40
cash quotations were as follows: Flour
duh and easy. No. . yellow corn. Hi-sg
n S-sc. No. Q spring wheat ssessoc' No, .