Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-14

Oats-Spof firm: No. 2, 23Q23 lac: mar
ket steady, closing at i-4c. advance;
May closed at &c.; July, Y 3.ic.
Feed-SteadyN
Hay-Quiet.
Hops-Qulet '.
HIdcs-Firm.
Leather-Quiet
Wool--F1rm.
Coal--Dull
Beef-Steady.
t-Meats--Steady.
Lsrd-Easy and dull; western steamed.
stso; May, M@. nominslly: refined
cam. s..
Pork-Quiet
Cabbage-Per crate. s1asl2s
Tomatoes--Per carrier. J0n2Dc.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 12p
l5c: do. factory. Sniic. Elgins. l5c.; imi-
tation creamery, l0n13c.: State dairy, llfp
l4c: do. creamery. 12nl5c.
Cheese-Quiet: large, 3 S-3al0c.: small,
! Iidl1 1-4c; part skins, 4qSc.; full skins,
Eggs-Steady: State and PENNSYLVANIA,
lie: western. fresh, 10 1-4al0 l-?c.; south
Potatoes-Quiet; sweets. si,25an25.
Tallow--Dull city, 3H-loa5 l-sc''
country 3-16G3 lac.
Cottonseed- Oil-Dull.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosln-Steady.
Turpentine-2s 12G2S 3-4c.
Rice-Steady.
Molasses-Quiet.
Freights to Liverpool--Dull; cotton. by
steam Ice; grain. by steam. "a
Plg-Iron-Southern, s925qSio.oO; nor'h-
| orn. Slln$l2.
Tin-Firm; straights, siS.i5gS3Jo;
| plates easy. o
Spelter-Ouet; domestic. A.10Gsieo;
Lard-Steady at $s.3O4s3.35, according
! to the Metal Exchange.
| Sales on 'Change-40D tons pig-Hoh
warrants. s6.s0u$6.40.
Coffee-Opened steady and unchanged
| 10 a l0-points advance. In sympathy WIN
| a steadier market. Free receipts ana
| clearance at Brazilian ports cneckeu
buying. The market ruled dull an uay,
and closed barely steady and 5nlo points
higher; sales. 1000 sacks, including De se-
cember at S.70n$775; February. N.S0;
March. s7S3; spot coffee. Rio, dull No.
| 7 invoice, IS; jobbing. $3.50; mild STEADY:
| Cordova, $ll.50qN375: sales, eoo Days u
| Maraciabo on basis of he. for good ~.
| cuta: 200 bags Bucaramanga Coo. ana oV
| bags of Central American at tOc.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 27-sc;
| centrifugal (96-degree tesU, elise; re-
| fined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
| NEW YORK. May 13-Notwithstand-
| ing the steadiness of a heavy ram,
! good number of buyers from prominent
| out-of-town houses availed themselves
| OF the opportunity TO make good put
| chases of semi-staple cottons Tor autumn
| account. Purely staple cottons were III
moderate order demand. Fancy cotton
| and cotton and wool dress goods did
well through advance orders. silks anu
| woollen goods were In large movement:
| as were underwear and hosiery. Coioreu
| cottons were not active, but were not
neglected. The volume of sales com
| peted was very large. Printing cloths
| did a steady business at 9-l6c. bid, anu
| declined for June contracts.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE May 13.-Flour-Firm
| and unchanged: receipts 9,l8 barrels; ex-
| ports 1851 barrels; sales. 600 barrels,
| Wheat-Firmer; SPOT and month, olitu
Sc: July. 77Ikd77 5-sc; August. 76c. ask,
| ed. recelpts 1855 bushels: exports, 12.cO,
bushels: stock, 300 26l bushels; sales; 10000
bushels; southern. by sample. S.MSoc.
and the month. 80 3-sQ50l2c.; June; - I-Sa
| 3Oc.: July. 30M30Ac. receipts S:s21 BUSH
els; exports. Isl, 759 bushels: stock, l.2Gl $50
bushels sales 5000 bushels; southern
Oats-Strong; No. white, &c; No.
mixed. 24a2il2c.; exports, none; stock,
| 74s77 bushels
Rye-Firm; No. 2. near by, 41M4lisc No.
| . western 4l34Mi2c.: receipts, 4,U6 bushels
| exports, 17,1H bushels; stock, s9,'S'
| bushels.
Hay-Steadily held; choice timothy
| $3.50 asked.
| changed.
Sugars-Strong and unchanged.
Butter. Eggs, and Cheese-Steady anc
| unchanged.
Whskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. May 1S.-The scarcity. OF
wheat at the seaboard. as Indicated by
| the big premium which May is bringing
| at New York. attracted considerable at
tention in the local market, and was on
of the reasons for the 1-sc. advance II
July, which marked the days business
| Ali the other markets felt the strength
! OF wheat com advancing 3-Sc., oats, Ag
Csc. and provisions about 2lsc. al
around ..,,...
The leading futures ranged as follows