Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

| NEW YORK, January 4.-Flour-Steady;
! winter wheat low grades. N20Us3 20; do,
! fancy, %.3jQ$l7j; do. patents. A9OQSj2;
| Minnesota clear, SN0A, patents $3.50
J Sj.35; low extras. $22)u $3.50; southern -four
| duh but steady; common 10 fair extra,
| &q$}.jji good 20 choice do. 855d&.f5
Wheat-Spot market duh and irregular,
closing steady; No. 2. free on board,
| yduced 1 3-Su1 5-Sc., declined l 3-Sdl Sic.
and closed steady at l-4c advance 10
l-ic. decline: January sc: March,
O. 1-2c.: May. 50 Sic; July. Soc.
Coru-s spots dull but firm; No. ?. % 5-Sc.;
ia elevator; 80 5-Sc. afoat Options dull
firm. and unchanged, with trading en-
, tirely local: January o. 5-Sc.; May. 81 Bic.
Oats-Firm and fairly active. options
| dull and l-sc. up TO Use down; January,
% -lc.; February p i-oc., May, q 3-lc.;
spot: 40. .. - Lie. No. white. It 1-2c.
No mixed western 22N2ic.
Hay-Chcice firm; shipping, Doc; good TO
Hides-Quiet and firm.
Wool--Quiet; domestic, fleece lGd2@c.;
pulled 1J13lc
Beef-Quet and firm; family. @.25a
dun at nSg$lS5O: tierced beef firm; city,
extra india mess. Sl3.S0NNl50
Cut Meats-Steady, picked bellies,
si37 II, do, shoulders, 81; do, hams,
Lard-Quiet and easier; western steam.
A.07 10: city $3.50 1-2Nt3.10; January, $itl
refined dull: Continent. $50: south Ameri-
CT. yLO. compound. Sl31 l-2nSi5o.
Pork-Firm and quiet; new mess. $3.50
Butter-Lower; demand n.oderate; state
dairy lOGl6c., do, creamery Hobo;
western creamery l3u2lc. Elgins. 2c.
Egss- Finn: state and Pennsylvania
l9T-ic.; ice-house, l4Ql9c; western fresh
lS0lgc: do. case, $l.50dS.3O; southern,
l7Qi7 l-2aB f-2c.: lined. llGl5c
Cottonseed-Oh-Quiet; crude, 2)c.; yell
Rosin-steady; strained, common to
Turpentne-Tir AT 27027 3-ic.
Rice-Firm and quiet; domestic, fair 10
extra. 3-fa6c.; Japan. l-S4l l-2c.
Molasses-Q Quiet, New Orleans. open ket-
tle good 10 choice. new. 2503jc.
coffee -- Unchanged; January, S425;
March &c. sass %. May. s9gfGSit0j, july.
si005uSDl0: September. Si0.aJqA0l5; spot
Rio quiet and finn; No. T. Si0l2 la
Sggar-Raw dull but firm: refining,
3-ljc.: refined firm and quiet; on y;
4llf Csc; standard a. ( 3-Sc.' cut-loaf and
crushed. &c.; granuldtcd, 3-sc
FTeights 10 Liverpo0 cotton. by
steam. l5-l2ed.; grain. by steam, Id.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. January 4-FlOur-Flrm;
western super. s. Sjd $3.50; DO. extra, $50 fg
Sil5: dc. family. A50NefS5: winter wheat.
patent, S3d>o.-3, surinB WncaL patent
S5.45U$6.9a; spring wheat straight. Sti04
Wheat-Unsettled and higher; spot,
50 3-i095c.; May. 81 1-4q9l he; southern
by sample, %aJ1c.; do, on grade 81 l-iu
% Lie.
Corn-Frmer: spot and January. q 3-i(0
q 7-Sc.: February, . l-S8S Sic; March,
Is 5-8d2S 3-ic.; April % 3-S19 lie;
steamer mixed g 5-i025 7-sc.; southern
white. 22U2Sc. do. yellow Z3Q260-Sc.
Oats-Steady and unchanged
frnrn n demand. y
near by, l-zp42c., NO. : western
Hay-Quet and steady; choice timothy
Sl3 j0NSli
Grain Enthusiastically held and firm
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. January l.-Wheat was re-
Progressive I'm its action to-day. as COM
pared with Saturday. IL started the ses-
sion in promising manner. but there
were too many longs with wheat Tor
sale and too much adverse news, for the
strength 20 continue. On Saturdays bulge
the crowd had stocked mp moderately
well. and although the Liverpool cables
conveyed nrmness, the offerings proved
TO be Of too great volume Tor ne market
20 hold up May wheat opened at from
s. - to Sc. declined % ~ Bile. and
closed at s. 7-SGSic.-7-SHlc. under Satur-
day. Cash wheat was essy and lc. lower.
Corn opened firm and a tribe higher.
Trading was of the slow. unattractiVe
sort. and was entirely local IN character.
Nay corn opened NJ 26c.. and declined 10
and closed al % 5-Sc-l-fc. under Satur-
day Cash corn sold al steady prices. bat
closed nOminally easy.
Oats-The tone was easy; sentiment be-
Ing guided by that displayed Ia the wheat
market. Little business OF importance
was noted. May oats closed lie. lower.
Cash oats steady but closing nominally
Provlslons-The run OF hogs at the
yards, owing 10 the recent storm, was