Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-28

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Eggs-Easy; State and Pennsylvania
100 zoe: western fresh, l9c. ~>
Potatoes-Stesdy; New York, N.S''a~
$50; sweets, o s5uS t,,r. rr,ns crude 1sc.:
do. yellow. 22i1c..
Petroeum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady.
Turpentine-Firm at S2Ag52Ac:
Rce--Firm; domestic, lair 10 EXTRA
| 42446hc.: Japan. 5u5hc.
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Quiet at s5.50GA.
Conee-Options opened steady at UNI
changed prices. ruled lower for January,
under liquidation. while the rest OF the
list generally advanced 10 points. sellers
scarce. Local dealers disposed 20 cover
on better Havre and Hamburg cables ana
| larger warehouse deliveries in this coun-
try closed firm. with prices at a 5qlg-
/ point net advance February, $500 So.oo;
| May 1910. Spot Coffee-Rio steady; NO:
invoice. SIC; No. 7 jobbing. SIC; mild
steady; Cordova. $S.50nSl5.
Sugar-Raw quiet: fair refining, 9-l6c.;
centrifugal, 96-degree test, l-l6c.; rehned
steady.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, January 27.--Reports from
dry-goods stores showed fair returns In
ali jobbng lines but quiet trading ar first
hands. In cottons. the demand is sun
delayed. and in woollen goods there Is
still desire to shop" for bargains. Both
markets are firm. pending general ad-
vance and sellers in all grades are nara
to deal with. The activity In the eastern
cotton-cloth market has been "A strengtn-
ening factor in the market, and the al
vance i'm cloths has helped the situation
| locally very materially. -.
The quota of buyers is fairly large, but
as yet these visiting representatives pre-
fer TO get their prices rather than 10
| enter into actual business deals, excep.
for very small and scattering lois OIL
goods. In staple cottons there Is urn
tone evident. although sales nave 49, psvn
81 olsp or
cloths have sold again at 3-loc IN ex-
/ tras at Fall River. Prints are to-day
quiet in nearly all grades
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, January H.-F1our-
Quiet and unchanged
Wheat-Strong; spot. the month"; anu
February, $l.00A; March, Sl.OO12; May,
| 9SLI9Siac.; steamer No. red, 96l.uy61c.
! southern wheat, by sample, SIC. uSl-Olie;
do. on grade, 974c .Qsl.0lA.
CornIstrong; spot o; Si@Sthc'; the moa Raf1
"a 1-Sc; steamer mixed. 30 l-Sa33 3-sc.
southern white corn S3dS5c.; do. yellow
33d3ic. oo,,1,
Soc; No. 2 mixed do, 2Sc. bid.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 near by. 5S]ze; No.
2 western. 54iac. BID. -.
Hay-Steady: choice timothy Sl3 asked.
Grain Freights--Quet and easy; steam
to Liverpool, per bushel, sgd, February;
Cork. for orders per quarter, %. Su.'
February.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
Butter and Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, January N.-The bulls IN
wheat to-day gave another example on
how completely they are in control or the
immediate course OF that market. the
Letter party used January to urge on the
excitement of shorts hosting the price
Of il at delivery TO S1.05, an advance or
cents since yesterday. General covering
| by shorts resulted in a 2 3-SfI2l2c. advance
in May. while July closed 1Ac. higher,
with the largest trade In Dotn FUTURES lor
some time.
Reports that Russia would soon become
an importer. a big -four business, and
strong outside markets all contributed 10
II the strength. and made the advance easy.
other markets were carried upward, with
wheat, corn, and oats advancing about
CSC. each while provisions closed zieeg
TIC. higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing.
wHEAr-No.
January .102 los l02 l047b
May. 95AaM g7A 95als e7kah
Iuly...........S5esas6 STA ooh o'H
CoRS-No2.
January. 27M rs 2lS rs
"NiJ'-'s'ssf'f-'~Nlo
OArs-No. 2.
ssy.:s2a:1s s 81. s sass So
MESS PoRK-Per Bbl
S SSguar.'..'oi .i0j7iA 1905 900 1906
LARD-Per 100 lbs.
January...s477H s4s2h A.77s s4.s2,S
May 800. 4s7Is 1925 4,s'h 1924
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs
j IsHaary. 800 400 s ts7. s is7,s ivy s.Szs
| Cash quotations were as follows; No. 2
yellow corn. % l-Sa2sAc, flour stronger.
wheat. sSa95c.; No. 2 red, sl.0lqSl05 No.
2 corn. % 1-Sa2SI4c. No. oats, 2S%ac.; NO.
2 white f. o. b., 2tAc.; No. white, !: O..
b. lsa25e; No rye 47 (, .7 No 2 barley rS,
timothy seed, SIS Mess pork. per bar
rel. $9S5qs1O. Lard. per 100 pounds, N.sZl5g
1876. Short-rib sides Qoosel; M;yn$o; Dry
clear sides Cboxed). s59s5.2O. Whiskey,
distillers' finished goods. per gallon, N.l9.
3 Sugars-Cut-loaf, $5.S94S5.S9. Butter
Steady; creamery, 13alSi1c.; dairy, ll4l7c.
Cheese quiet at SgSlsc Eggs-Firm;
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, O., January T.-Flour-
Active and firm.
Wheat-Ffrmer; No. red, csc.
| OOIii-El I'M anu iAbhNib 49, e---N~-
% 1-2Q30c.
Oats-steady and higher; No. mixed,
% 1-2a26c.
Rye-Firm and higher; No. 2, ACC.
Lard-Quiet at $40
Bulk Meats-Steady at $fbl IL.
BacOn-Firm at S75.
Whiskey-Quiet at $l.l9.
Butter-Easy.
Sugar-Quiet.
Eggs-Easy at l5c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, January T.-f p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in firm demand and steady;
! American middling 3 7-32d. The sales OF
the day were 1900 bales, Of which 800
were for speculation and export, ana IN
( cluded 1000 American; receipts, S,SvO
bales-alI American.
Futures opened quiet and STEADY
American middling low middling clause;
January. 3 li-6id., sellers; January and
February. 10-6id.. sellers; February and
March, 10-64d.. sellers: March and April,
3 10-64d., sellers; April and May, i0-64g
ltd, buyers: May and June, Ltd,
o buyers: June and July. 2-6id., buyers
!; July and August Bid, buyers Au-
g gust and September, 14-64d.. sellers; Sep
,. TENDER and October, l4-64m3 IBID. SELL
) ers; October and November, iJ-6fd
:; sellers; November and December, l5-s4u
o i6-64d., sellers
NEW YORK, January T.-Cotton-
Quiet; middling, s l5-l6c.: receipts. !, rs:
bales; gross. 3022 bales; exports-to the
Continent. l.l9S bales; forwarded. 81
bales; sales. So bales-all spinners; stock
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