Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-22

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm. No. yellow corn, 80 l-fg3O 5-oc.
No. spring wheat, 63lI &c; No. red,
60 1-2q6I lie No. corn, ~ 3-lp5O l-sc no
2 oats, (. o. b., 22Q22 l-4c.; NO. white,
q f +. .'q 10. rye isc. No. barley
2Sa4i 1-2c No. / fiaxseed, 81 1-ic. Prime
timothy seed, s2.45. Mess pork, per barrel,
}S15Qss.20. Lard, per 100 pounds, Nlzl-5H
1915. Short rib sides 0o0sel, y9.l5lts9'sS9
DRY sailed shoulders Doxed), M0q$Li0;
short clear sides boxed, S5.59aS5.6O WINS
key. dstlliers' finished goods, per gallon,
S125 Sugar, cut-loaf. unchanged. Butter
steady; creamery, 13Q3c.; dairy IL l-Z9
lie. Eggs firm; fresh, l4c Cheese STEADY
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, September. H..Cotton-
Spot in fair demand prices $3.50. lower
American middling far $50; soo1 I
mlddllng. 3D.; good ordinary, 2 9-3Zd.; or
mary. 2l-32d The sales OF the day were
1000 bales, OF which 800 bales were FOR
speculation and export, and included SiW
bales American; receipts S'SO bales-an
American.
Futures opened easy. with a fair de-
mand and closed quiet; American mid
ding. owmiddling clause September,
4sid sellers; s opteba ana dnp NoysObr
gas l-6id. sellers; November and Deem
her e3-64d. sellers: December and Janu-
AIRY. 263-64d.. buyers; January ana FEB
ruary 3d.. sellers; February and March
"a. buyers; March and April, LTD,
sellers; April and May. 32-6id., sellersi
Nav and June 3 3-6id.. sellers; June and
July. 3 3-6iq3 4-6id., buyers.
NEW YORK. September 2l.-Specula-
ton in cotton to-day was quiet II was
purely local market. with a considerable
norton OF the business done-the evening
nm az old ventures. The market opened
| steady, with the near months l43 points
lower. and the distant months ln2 points
| higher. After reaching common decline
| ~ ill2 points Immediately after the call,
| The market ruled quiet. and varied but
| little Liverpool cables about met expec-
| tations. Weather reports were about "a
! stand-off Almost perfect conditions In
| ,ha eastern and western portions OF the
| helt were about Offset by the fact that
a severe wind and rain-storm had swept
over an extensive area In the central por-
| ton OF the belt. AT Vtcksburg and Mobile
az inches fell within twenty-f0ur hours
| time and private dispatches claimed that
| considerable damage had been done TO the
| crop as a result. Port and interior re-
| CENTS were only moderate, and consider
| ahiv under the movement or even GATE
| 1sey year shorts covered in a small way
| ON forecasts for rains tonight ana to-
morrow in the Atlantic States. where sun.
shine and warm weather are needed a
the close the market was quiet ana STEADY
Aat a net loss OF 20 points.
Cotton futures opened steady: october
| q, "a. November, s5.H: December. S.sg
January S.T: February, S4i: March
& y. Aprii' S.5s; May, SIS; June, s5ss.
F,,tnrss closed quiet and steady; Sep
| tember. $50; October. 81; November
! s5y. December. 1913: January. 81; Feb
riary' S.H; March, $40; April. $50: May
~ ssot closed quiet; middIing Gulf Bite,
nlddling uplands, 3-i6c.; sales. 1.H'
NEW YORK, September 2i.-Cotton--
| onlet. middling, s 9-lsc.; net receipts
F, none: gross receipts. s23 bales; sales, i.ss'
bales. Stock, Al, Isl bales; exports-to Grea
Britain. none; coastwise none 70 tn'
Totals to-day: Net receipts, $50 bales
| gross receipts, none: sales. none: stock
sae sss bales: exports--to Great Britain
s5s bales, TO the Continent, 5,lSS bales
70 Consolidated: Net receipts. iaO.sis bales