Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET,

NEW YORK, January 20.-Flour-Quiet,
steady. and unchanged; southern flour dull
and unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market quiet and firmer;
free on board. 81 lie: ungraded red II IL
097 1-2c. options moderately active and
firm at n 1-2c. advance; No. red, Janu-
airy 50 lac. March, 80 Lac; May, So lie;
July. So 3-Sc.
Corn-Spots dull but firm; No. 2. IS 5-8c,
i'm elevator; . 5-Sc afoat. Options mode
rately active and closed firm; January
p 5-Sc.; May. 30 l-Sc.
Oats-SpOts dull but steady. Options
firm but dull; January. q l-sc.; February
% lie; May. y lie; July . l-sc spot
prices: No 2 % lie; No 2 white, a Lie. :,
mixed western, 22u24c-
Hay-Easy and quiet; shipping. Doc;
good TO choice. u l-20S0c
Hides-Firm and unchanged.
WOol-Quiet and unchanged.
Beef-Quiet and steady; family, $3.50
$3.50; extra mess, Sass.
Beef Hams-Strong ut SIS.
Tierced Beef-tirm, city extra India
mess. Sl3.5O0$14.5O.
cut Meats-Firm and in fair demand;
picked bellies. Csc; shoulders, 5-ec.
hams, s l-fd9c.
Lard-Firm: western steam. &.25; city
S3.75G$3.S0; January, nominal; refined dun;
Continent sf55: South America, $inO
compound, s4.25nS4.50
Pork-Firm demand moderate; new
mess, SS.50Ms9
Butter~Fancy firm and fairly active.
State dairy. 1Ou15 1-2c.; DO, creamery, lSn
l9c.: Elgins, 2Oc
Eggs-Steadier; state and Pennsylvania,
l6 l-2a17c; ice-house, l2al5c.; western
fresh. Is 1-2c: do. case, Sl.7JaS; southern
II 1-2dl5 l-4c. lined. l3c.
Cottonseed- Oil-Quiet and steady; crude,
2Oc. yellow prime, % l-ta3 lie.
Rosin-Steady; strained common 10
eS Turpentine- quiet at p 1-2a2sc.
Rice-Fairly active, firm, and unchanged
Molasses-Quiet. easy, and unchanged;
Peanuts-Quiet; fancy hand-picked, 2 81
Qlc.
down: March. sSi5; April, 1915; May, 300;
Senternber 81. J5M $500 December. S.cO,
spot Rio dull and nominal; No. T., $40.
Sugar-Raw dull but steady; falr rem
ing 2 13-l6c refined quiet and unchanged.
Freights to Llverpool-Quiet; cotton, by
steam l5-l2sd.; grain by steam. z'-sd.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODs MARKET,
NEW YORK. January 20-Interest In
the dry-gOods market has to-day peen
largely centered I'm bleached cottons, oW-
ing TO the general reduction In the prices
OF leading makes OF "A goods. The de-
clines are as rule lie. per YARD: IN
other directions the market has SHOWN
no material change in conditions. BUS
ness is still somewhat better than weeA
ago. For spring cotton fabrics, orders
have been about an average extent. me
advance yesterday OF l-i6c. in regular
printed cloths has attracted considerable
attention but there Is no disposition here
10 regard the gain as permanent. Inc
wooIIen goods situation Is without change
In any respect.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, January @.-Flour-
quiet. ~, o7,.,
81 l-2c.: southern. by sample, S2d9Sc.; do
on grade. S. l-fnsl lac
Corn Easier; spot and January, - 5-tn
9sc February. 26n26 lie; March, 70 La
26 5-Sc.: April. u l-4qZI l-2c.; steamer mix
ed 2id24 Use. southern white, y l-2u
q Zee: do. yellow. u l-2n26 lie.
Oats-Steady; No. white, zf425c.; NO.
mixed, 220z2 l-zc.
Others unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. January 2o.-The action OF
the II Louis wheat market was the main
factor in determining the course OF prices
for that zrain to-day In the morning
carly n report that st. Louis had sold
ao On bushels for export late yesterday
caused firmness TO be exhibited, but doubt
- 10 the accuracy OF the claim was ex-
,rsssad and the advance failed TO hold.
Hrhen ar the close II was said that l20Ooo
hashels were worked at st. Louis for ship
,eant abroad. and a sharp bulge took
niace All day the market at the south
rastern city was relatively stronger than
We ware. a fact which deferred sellers
s,o,n acting with too much enthusiasm.
Nav wheat opened at from ~ l-2GIS 3-4c.
said between ~ IA and 80 l-tfD 3-sc, ana
Closed at 01-Sgso l-ic.-S-sa3-4c. higher