Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-20
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

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Rye Flour-Firm.
Buckwheat Flour-Easy at s1.i0Gsl55.
Buckwheat-Steady
Cornmeal-Firm; yellow western, 'Oc'
Rye-Strong; No. ?. 81 l-2c.
Barley-Stfong; mailing, 4en02c; teed-
ing. 81 l-2q$s i-2c.
barley MaIt-Firm: western, 55G56c
Wheat-Spot steady: No. red. u 1-2c.
Options were very strong all day, with |
foreign houses good buyers OF opuohs,
and enormous buyers OF cash gram at |
seabOard points for export. Higher Eng
lish cables and bullish Argentine and Au-
| strallan crop news were also features |
Close 1-4d1 lie. net higher: sales IN
cluded No. red March. closing at % 5-oc';
May closed at u 5-sc.; December 0ioSeu
Corn-Spot firm; No. ?, S9l-2c. Options
| fairly active and strong all day, on hlsh-
er cables, the jump in wheat ana export
| business. Closed 7-Sqlc. net hshel Na,
| closed az 40 Lie; DecemVer Si"Se" ~
| Oats-spot stronger: No. 2, 2S lie. OPP
tons inactive and nominal.
CGt-MeatsEDun; picked bellies, 5S-i9
Lard-Dull: western steamed closed at
s535: October closed at S5.SI, nominaily'
Refined quiet.
! POrk-Quiet. 80
ButterNFirm: western creamery, lop
% i-2c.: do. factory. II 1-2nl4 l-2s.; ElglnS.
p 1-2c: imitation creamery, lS@l'c';
State dairy. lfal9c. eoo,
Cheese-Dul; large white. $3.50.
Eggs-Firm: State and Pennsylvania,
10 i-2Q2Oc; western, fresh. lgc.
| ENTHUSIASTICALLY: Jerseys. N.lS l-zgSlSo.
New York. $l25q$l7j; Long Island, $l.1yg
81; sweets, Jersey, 75c.gSl.zo' southern
Cottonseed-O il-Flrm; prime, lSc. yell
low. y l-2c.
Petroleum-Strong.
| Rosin-Steady
| Rice-Firm.
Cabbage-Quiet at SL5OqS' r,,,,
Coffee-Options opened steady, Witn
prices unchanged 20 points lower fnleu
tame and featureless. with local protLGySs
sionaI interest i'm control. foreign cables
about a standoff, changes In statlsuCd,
Situation unimportant, orders Few anu ri
far between. and demand Tor spot d'', ~,
still sluggish. close qulet I,,o a %
y hays Including october. $3.50; NoVehpei
SEA Spot Rio quiet. tending doWh"aru'
Mild-Small local market. ....,,,o,d on
Sugar-Raw firm, tending uP"atops; =,
Increased demand fair refining o-ic.,
centrifugal. 96-degree test. l-4c. noia5sSss
sugar. 3 1-2c. Refined hrm ana ''iU'''9
upward on good demand
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. october 19.-Flour-Firm
Wheat-Firmer: spot and the month
TAI asa 3-Sc.: November Hdf - 81 D ~.
cember 73g7ic.; southern wheat " SOM
piCS, o,n@ IS,rmer: spot. the month, and
November. 80 3-4d36 7-Sc.; new or Ola; NO
vember or December 50 5-SnSo l 80 'I bid
airy. 50 l-fq36 l-2c.; February, % l--o' u"
southern white corn. &c. ....,, ooa
Oats-Firmer; No. ? white western IVA
- R },te No. 2, nearby, 81 lie.
No western, "a LAC. s
Sugar-Strong and unchanged;
Butter-Steady and unchanseu'
Eggs-Firm and UNCHANGED.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged
I.ettuce-Unchanged
Whiskey-Unchanged.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. October l9.--CottOn-Spo
IN active demand, business large; price
easier. American middllng, 3-jZd. IN
sales OF the day were loVo pdlc9' y
which 900 bales were for speculation an
export aud included i6lVV D1ie5 ~, A''ivi ~
can. receipts, bVp DdleS' ihCi""'"o '''
Futures opened quiet with moderat
demand and closed quiet; American mlq
ding. low -middling clause October, 81
sellers. October and November 65-6ld
sellers: November and December 2 WI.
3d buyers; December ana January
2 G2-GlQ2 63-G4d buyers; January an
! IL =
OF April 3a3 lid sellers; April and Ma,
3 lad. buyers; May ana June, Z-oid
sellers: June and July. 3-6id., sellers
July and August, 3-5iqJ sud puy cl'
Ausut and september, 3 i-6id buyers.
TO NEW YORK, October l9.-Trading
to cotton futures to-day was at no time pa
r- ticularly active, and the lower HsuI,
F.: scored were due To an absence OF pu!
TO ers. rather than to predominahce
- sellers The opening was 2uiet, WI
c.; prices 2 to points lower After turth'
easing off TO points, the pit was pra
ticaUy turned over 10 the scalplng ti
uent. and for the rest Of the sesslC
fluctuations were exceptionally narro'
Taken altogether, the news laEVI'
. | shorts but that class or traders lall'
&c 10 execute any additional transaction
70 A few scattered orders were receive
H. shortly after the opening from aDroa'
p, and light pressure was exerted py souti
o ern representatives, but ASIDE from IN
re- the trading was almost entirely or a lOci
le professional order and IN part Tor u
clearing OF old ventures. Rumors IfO
OF time To time were in circulation 70 u
ls, erect that frost had killed the top-crC
VII I'm some sections. but the trade more
" less generally secuted these reports n
OF hear olidue derived their chief comic
from the continued heavy port ana INT
5ht rior receipts. and rising temperate
nrettv much over the entire belt. II
ms kilograms from many OF the spot ma
kets indicated that holders were Wtllin
I'm most instances, 70 sen 10 an uIiiini1'
- degree on the basis Of prevailing price
70 Domestic spinners purchased In han
W to-mouth fashion, and stu enterta
W hopes Of SC. cotton at New YORK. I
" market closed steady at net loss or
10 points.
70 Cotton futures opened quiet; Octobt
W ! 800: November S3; December. 70
70 January. sj33: February. S.3S; Marc
~ ~: April. s5.4G; May. $50; June. 90
60 July. 1851; August 1851.
80 Futures closed steady: October, So
} 80 November. g. 20: December. S5.26: Jan
50 airy. $3.50: February. 1915; March. s..
~ ADril Sfi: May. 5.4S; June, S5.j2; Ju
70 s555: August, S.5S.
30 Spot closed quiet; middling Gu
30 r l1-i6c: do. uplands, 7-l6c.; sales,
; W bales.
q. NEW ORLEANS. October 19.-Cottol
M | Futures steady: October. A.S bid: \
vember. sl84a$4S: December, NSast
January. Si9eG$iG: February SV0u1
Z 90 March g. O5d$ 500; April s5.lOt$5.n; VI.
8 " s515G{j1G; June. S5.2OaS.I; july ~
= % $5.26.
" NAVAL-sTORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON. s. C., october BIT
= nentine-Firm at 30c. asked; sales, no
'pe- Rosin-Quiet and unchanged; sal
lal none.
wv SAVANNAH. GA, october D.-spii
over ., Turnentina-Fi az 81 i-2c paid Z
ices bid. sales 494 casks; receipts. lV5y cas-
eco, RosIn-Firm: sales. none; receipts,
We barrels Quotations unchanged.
WI NrNGTON. y. C.. october l9-T
% pentine firm at 81 l-faSo S-fc'' receipts
~ casks. -. cax,os. raceln,s