Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-19
NV YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK March 1S.-Flour-Dull
Int steady: Minnesota patents, sLl0aSi9 80;
southern -four dull and unchanged
Wheat-Spot duh but firmer: free on
board, s. l-Sc.; ungraded, 1OgSi lie. OPP
lions duh and irregular, opening weak
and declining 3-Sa5-sc, rallyng lee,
and closing az unchanged prices TO a Use.
decline; No. 2 red March, Sic; May,
50 1-Sc.; July. IS 5-bc.
Corn-Spots dull but firm; No. 2 % 3-ic.,
I'm elevator: % lac. afioat; steamer mixed,
29c. Options dull but firm at unchanged
prices. to a l-Sc. advance; March,
% s-4c.; May. 80 lie; July, 81 SAC.
Oats-Spots quiet and firm. options dull
but firm; May, p Sic; July, p 1-sc, Spot:
No. 2. PC No. white, 24c. mixed west
ern. 2la2ic. white do, 23n30c.
Hay-Firm, fairly active. and I'M
changed.
Hides Firm and unchanged.
Wool-Firm and unchanged
Reef-Steady and Unchanged beef hams
strong at $40; tierced beef quiet aud I'M
Cut Meats-Firm, in fair demand. and
Lard|Quiet and stronger; western
steam. S45; city. A.15lf$420: May, Af5;
refined dull; Continent, $40; South Ameri-
ca. s.: compound, $il2 l-2a$f6 IL.
Pork-Firmer ana in moderate demand;
mess. $S.75G$9.25.
Butter-Steady fairly active, State
dairy. SlflSc.; do, creamery laglS l-2c.;
Eggs-In fair demand; State and Penn
svIyania. 10 l-26Dlic.. western fresh,
10 i-2c.; southern, 10Qii0 1-2c.
Cottonseed-O il-Dull. barely steady, and
unchanged.
Rosin-Dull and unchanged.
Turpentine-Qu and unchanged.
Rice-Firm; in fair demand, and I'M
changed.
t.f I'D rfegF raI
Coffee-Qulet and unchanged, 10
points down; March, $50; May $s.451Ss 80;
July. $3.50: September &.5Ju@S.60: Decem-
Der, SS60QSS.65; spot Rio dull and weak,
Sugar-Raw firm and quiet: fair re-
filming. 2 l5-l6c.; refined advanced early In
the daV but later declined, and prices
are now as yesterday.
Freishts 10 Liyerpool-Quiet and un-
changed.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODs MARKET.
NEW YORK. March lS-Buslness In
the dry-goods market was quiet to-day.
but there IS 10 change In the tone for
stable cOttons. Printed fabrics have In
some quarters hardening tendency,
There Is no material change In the
wOOlen-goods division.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March l8-There was very
little on the market for wheat, either for
buyers or sellers. to-day. The trade was
mostly local in its character. For a time
the indifference of English markets. par.
ticularly Liverpool where an early slight
advance was subsequently lost, tended e
produce an easier feeling here, but ap
preaching the end OF the session, st
Louis. By advancing about cent for July
communicated better tone to this mar
ket and caused full recovery. May wheai
opened at from 70 rs 10 70 3-ic., sold be
,,,..ap n 10 and "a lac and closed al
"a 1-sc-unchanged from yesterday Cast
wheat was steady to firm.
Corn.-A lower opening on wheat had
tendency 10 weaken corn for a brief whil'
AT the start, bit the demand was larg,
enough TO lift prices the slight Fraction
which was required 10 place them at yes
terday's closing figures
May corn opened at a 5-sc.. advanced q
"a 7-sc. and closed az "a 3-iu2t Use.
shade higher than yesterday. Cash corr
was In good demand fair amount beinl
worked for export. In the car-lot branch