Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-16
N,rw vopK pRODTrcE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March l5.-Flour-pull
and steady: winter wheat low gIaIes'
S2.30q$.35; fair to fancy, S.ZSaSi '0V; M
$3.50: straights. $imA2O; patents, SiHN;W,
low extras, $2.3Od$3.40; southern flour dult
bur steady; common TO fair extra, S5'-Vg
s.. 30; good TO choice do. SWnSh
Wheat-Spot market dull but hrmer;
free ON hoard. So Use; ungraded rcd, 80
Sic. Options advanced 1891 l-sc.. de-
clined 1-2q5-Sc. on realizing, rallted l-tg
3-Sc.. and closed firm at 5-Sd3-4c. over
Saturday. with trading more active; no
. red. March, 81 3-Sc.; May ~ Use; july
Corn-spots dull but firm; No. @ % lee,
I'm elevator; 30 1-2c afioat; steamer mix,
ed. 2Sc Options advanced l-S9l-tc;' zen
f-SGi-4c.. and closed steady and I'M
changed, March, % l-2c.; May, 9c.; july
Oats-Dull but steady. options easier
and dull; May, p 5-Sc.; spot NO. z, &C.
Hsy-Steady and fairly active ship
ping 55qd l-2c.; good to cholce' ~ l--p
Hides-Firm and light offerings; wet
salted Habana, Sc.
WooI-Firm: domestic fleece, l6 TO &c;
pulled. lsG3lc.; Texas. 70l2c.
Beef-steady; family, S9aSlOJo; extra
Beef Hams-Firmer at $40.
Tierced Beef-Quiet but steady; city eN-
ira India mess. Sl3MSlf.
cut Meats-Firm and in moderate de-
mand; picked bellies, &C.; shoulders,
lie: hams, Sl-2G9c.
Iard-Strong and slow; western steam,
S45: city. $40; May, $3.50, nominally;
refined quiet Continent. 500: South
America. $; compound. Sil2 l-2nSi62 L.
POrk-Strong and in moderate demand;
mess. sS.75aSS.25.
mand: State dairy. 9alsc.; creamery, l5n
lsc.; western creamery, lSalsc.' Elgins,
19c
Eggs-Easy and liberal receipts; state
aud Pennsylvania, 10 3-iuil lie; western
fresh 10 Bic. southern. lValO l-2c
TalloW-Quiet and steady; city. 3-sc.,
asked: country. l-iN3 lie.
Cottonseed -Ol-Dull; crude, 2Gd20 l-2c. /;
'Rosin~DuiI; strained. common to good,
Turpentine-Easy.
Rice-Frm: domestic, fair to extra, &C.;
Japan. 41-Sl4 lie.
enthusiastically and quiet: New Or
leans. open kettle, good 10 choice 29H30c
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked. ~
conee-Unchanged to 5 points up;
March, $50; May SEQ; July, sS.65; Sep
duh and weak. No Z, 1926.
Sugar-Raw frmer and quiet; fair re-
fning, 2 7-Sc.: refined active and firm; or
A. t1-16d4 1-Sc.: standard A. Csc; cut
Freight 10 Livefpool-Quiet and steady:
cotton, by steam, IL lie; grain. BY
steam, I'D.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE ND. March l5.-Flour--
Dull: western super. g. 6OHY2. 90: do extra
s3.lOaS3.75: family $I15qs4.f0: winter-wheat
patent; Si60gA.s5; spring do do. $3.50
$50; do do. straight. stl0ay425.
Wheat-Dull; spot. IS lac. bid: May.
80 l-2QS0 5-Sc.; southern, by sample. s0dS2c
Corn-Firmer: SPOT q S-S027 1-2c March
and April, q i-id2I i-2c.: May. q $40
q 7-Sc.: steamer mixed. q l-2I25 Ste. (:
southern white corn, 26 l-2Q27c.; do. yell
low, 26 l-2nHc.
oats Firm; No white, 2i1-2q25 i-2c. !;
No. mixed, 22n2lc.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, March i5.-The dry-g0ods
market to-day was duh IN an DEPART
ments Dealings were mainly OF a hand
to-mouth character. Prices remain UNI
changed.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE
MARKET.
CHICAGO, LILY March I5.-Wheat
prices improved further to-day. the result
poor condition OF the Illinois crop ana OF
bull statistics In general. Kansas crop
damage stories were numerous but they
were Offset by empha 'ic contradictions re-
celyed by prominent elevator concern.
Nav wheat opened at u 5-Sc. sold be-
5-SqS-ic. higher than Saturday. Cash
wheat was firm and lie. per bushel
higher.
corn-The undertone TO corn was firm,
on the continuation of firm Liverpool
and In sympathy with the strength