Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-21

win wheat; winter. low grades. p69.15
rye F1our-Steady.
| Buckwheat F1our-Dull
Buckwheat-SteadN
| city, SIC.
Rye-Ffrmer.
Barley-steady; barley malt nominal.
wheat.Spot firm; No red. % 1-sc
afioat: No. hard. IS 5.sc. afioat. Options
opened weak and declined, under reported
rams In Argentina, bearish continental
staustIcs on requirements, ana transfer
OF duluth wheat to Chicago: turned
covering by early shorts. closing strong
az IA. a az es e., net, ADVANCE; October
closed 81 5-Sc.; May closed s2lkc.
Corn-Spot firm at 3l4c. afoat. Options
orened steady, and, with few exceptions.
were firm all day, on covering: closed az
l-ec. gain: May closed, "a 3-Sc.: Noycm-
Der Der closed Solsc.; December. size. closed
ga, oasts.spot quiet; No. q 22lsc.; Options
ruled hrmer, with corn. closing Nc. net.
higher; October closed, 22Ac.; December,
23l4u3 3-Sc., closed q s-Sc.
Feed-Steady; hay dull.
Hops-Quiet.
Hides-Steady.
Leather-Quiet.
Wool-Quiet
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Stronger; picked bellies,
%.3715aSS; picked shoulders. S5.75.
Lard-Ffrm; city. $40; October closed
A62. nominally; refined steady.
Pork-Duil.
Butter-Quiet; western creamery. l4G
&c; factory, 9Q13c.; Elgins. DC: imlta-
ton creamery i2q16c.: State dairy, 11Glfsc.
Cheese-Steady; large white, &C.; small
90, yAngl1c.; large colored. &C.; small
do, 914Q91kc.
Eggs-Quiet; State and Pennsylvania.
1salsc.; western fresh, lie.
Potatoes-Duli
Taliow-Dull
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady: prime crude
zoe; do. yellow, 23Ac.
Petroleum-Quiet.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Easy
Rice-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Freights-Quiet
Electromagnetic at 1918 bid and 81 asked.
Lake Copper-Dull at $1i.25 asked
eeln.Quiet at $3.50 bid and 1880 asked.
Speiter.Q quiet at A15 bid; 1925 asked.
I.ead-Easy at $3.50 bid
Cabbage-Per 100, s3Gs4.
vIoilee-Options opened steady. at good
prices, and ruled inactive and featureIess
dsnro.ushout the session. with weak un-
ceh,on io!owing disappointing European
caDles. continued heavy receipts nj Rio
and santos. weakness In spot department,
anu absence of speculative Interest
siosiIis dull, with prices unchanged IN o
o,p9 ,i net decline: sales. $500 bags in
ss ~ January, $3.50: March. s6.45: May,
100. Conee-Spot quiet: Cordova. s10Gsi5'
Sugar-Raw nominal: refined steady
NEW YORK DRY-GooDs MARKET
NEW YORK, October 2O.-The situation
~ ury-goods remains practically I'M
changed Unfavorable weather conditions
Mnleh nave heretofore been a drag on the
market are giving promise of change. and
tne buying from Southern States. where
me me yellow-fever panic has had stulti-
tying effect on the trade Degins IN he
heavy again. The distribution in various
rather slim.
Woollen goods are still strong feature
or the market, sales for next year being
more OF factor day by day. Cotton goods
are generally less active. In staple cot
tons. brown goods in both sheetings and
drills. are still quiet and without feature
Export goods are In somewhat better de-
mand, although there IL little activity dis
played by export buyers. Prints I'm both
staple and fancy lines, show no change,
and are pretty generally bought in con-
lots.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, October 2O.-Flour-Dun
and prices lower; western superfine, 81 IS;
do. extra, $3.40Hsi15; do. family, $500
A75; winter wheat patents, $4.90ds515;
spring do, s5qs5.25; spring wheat straight,
g. SGd$5.
Wheat-Firm: spot, November. 951hc.:
December, 95l2q95aic.; steamer No. red,
t4u &C.: southern. by sample, 91496c.;
To-, on grade. 90a95l5c.
Corn-Steady: mixed, spot. October and
November, 30RM30 5-Sc.; November and
December, new or old, 30%n3lc.; January,
'lM3l3c.; steamer mixed, 2S11n2S%c.;
southern white, S1Q33e.; do. yellow, 32GD
33c
oats-,Firm; No. white, 2slza27c; No.
mixed. 23c.
Rye-Ffrm; No. near by, &c.; No. 2
western. 52iAc. bid.
Hay-Steady and unchanged
Freights.-Firm and fairly active and
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, October 20.-Weakness in the
grain and provision markets during the
was succeeded by strength later
IN. and small advances were chronicled
Ill around. Wheat was helped by re-
lewal of the continental demand for
American wheat December closing 5-Sc.
higher. There was a slight disposition
% play for reaction In corn, and a
sc. advance was the result. Oats
,losed at a l-SGl4c. advance. Provisions
'losed at small advances for pork and
lbs. with lard substantially unchanged
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing.
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