Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-24
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

NEW YORK. January 23.-Fiour-
Neglected and unchanged; southern flour
duh and unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market frmer; free ON
board. % SIC; ungraded red, 7Sq9Sc.: No.
/ northern, 81 3-Sc. options dull but firm
| at a 1-6Ql-ic. advance; No. red, January,
50 s-ic.; March. 50 7-Sc.; May. s6 3-Sc.
Corn-spot dull but steady; No. 2.
% lie. IN elevator; % lie. ahoat. Op-
lions dull but steady at unchanged prices,
and without feature; January, Is lie;
Oats~spots dull but steady. Options
dull but firm. January. DC; February,
&c; May, p 1-2c. Spot prices: No. 2,
22c.; no. mixed western. 2OQ23c.
,Hay-Meak: shipping, S5c.; good to
| choice, Y l-2uSOc.
Hides-F1rm and unchanged.
Wool-Quiet, firm, and unchanged.
! Beef-Firm; family. S9&uSl0.50 extra
mess, Sass; beef hams strong at $3.50;
tierced beef dull and barely steady; city
extra India mess, Sl5QSl4.
Cut Meats--Firm; picked bellies,
162 IL shoulders, SL50aA75; hams,
Lard~Quiet and firm; western steam,
/ St2O; refined slow; Continent. Si5J; South
America. $3.50; compound, N;34Si.5O.
! POrk-Steady; new mess. S.25US9.
Butter-Quiet; fancy firm: State dairy.
| l0nl5 lie; do, creamery, D4l9c.; Eigins'
DC.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
| u l-2c.; ice-house, l2gl2 lie; western
fresh. l5c.; do, case, S24.%; southern
| If l-lUlA 3-4c.; lined, l3c.
Cottonseed-0il - Quiet and barely
| steady; crude. 20c.: yellow prime. % lie.
| Rosln-Quiet; strained, common to good,
| N.lV4{L12 -.
Turpentine-steady at p l-2a0sc.
Rice-Firm and unchanged.
enthusiastically and unchanged.
Peanuts-Quict; fancy hand-picked,
! 3 3-lllc.
Cohee- Steady; 500 points down Jan
uary, 1895; February. 1896; March, $40;
September S9.50nS9.J5; spot Rio dull ana
easy; No Z, S9.S7 IL.
SUgar-Raw quiet and steady; fair re-
hn!ng, 2 l3-l6c.; refined unchanged.
Frelghts 70 LiyerDoc i-Quiet; cotton. by
steam, l-6id.; grain, by steam, 6 1-Sc
NEW YORK DRY-COODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, January 23.-The week
| closes quietly In all departments Of both
the cotton and woollen-goods divisions of
the dry-gOOds market, but with a larger
volume Of business accomplished in the
aggregate during the six days than for a
number OF weeks past. SO far as it goes,
this is encouraging. but the immediate sit
ation Is hardly relieved thereby, and sell
ers are I'm most directions quite easy 10
deal with.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE January 23.-Flour-Dull.
Wheat-Inactive and frmer; spot,
81 lie. bid; May, 81 3-418Sc; southern
by sample, 9lqsSc. do, on grade, Sc $40
81 2-lc.
Corn-Flrmer; spot and January, % 5-Sg
= 3-4c.; February, . 7-Sd.jc.; March,
IS i-l426 he; April 27Q27 lie; steamer
lower. % 5-5a3 3-4c.; southern white, DC. /;
DO. yellow. 1ic.
oats-Lower; May. II 7-SG1Sc
Other articles unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. ILL, January 23.-The wheat
marEet was stupidity dull. bat withal firm
to-day Operations were confined mainly
to covering by local shorts the last Of
the week. and some little uncertainty as
10 whether the contents OF the government
report on Monday will be favorable or I'M
favorable 10 prices tending TO induce con-
serVative buying. The unexpected develop
ment Of a low barometer in the South
west, attended by snowfall which prom
4 20 be heavy, tempered bullsh feel
ing. which began to make itself apparent
yesterday, and which was more prominent
this morning. Fluctuations were within
narrow limits, but the range was slightly
higher than the close OK yesterdays mar
ket.
May wheat opened at from 10 rs to SOC,
sold between 70 3-iQ79 rs and 80 lie, and
closed at 50 1-Sc.-1-id3-Sc higher than
yesterday. Cash wheat was firm and 1-lQ
lie. per bushel higher.
Corn.-The corn market struggled along
IN the even tenor or It's way, responding
moderately 10 the temper OF wheat; prices.
however, holding within restricted limits,
and business showing no signs OF improve
ment. May corn opened at pc, sold at
p 1-Sc.. and closed at Pea shade under
yesterday. Cash corn was steady, with
no essential change In prices quotable.
Oats.-Nothng new developed in the
oats market. Business was moderate, and
confined almost exclusively to the trans
actions of local traders. The firmness OF
wheat was the controlling factor in deter
mining the course OF the prices OF oats
May oats closed unchanged from yester-
day. Cash oats were steady, with no alte-
ration In prices.
Provsions.-The provision market had
very little life I'm IL. The packers and one
or two cOmmission-houses executed rev
small and unimportant orders, but there
was no influential business either In the
wav of buying or that Of selling. The hog
market was steady, which tone vas Ike
wise. predominant In product. May pork
closed Be. higher. May lard 1-2Q5c. high
or. and May ribs . 1-2c. higher.
Hides were quiet and steady.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Oosain.. disn,s. LOyss- Closing.