Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-18

DAY. Demand for goods along regular
lines In both cottons and woollens Is SLOW
There is a fair showing of mail orders,
but in general the trading has not peen
Of particularly encouraging cnarac'ei'
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, August 17.-Corn was the
leader to-day. Holders of the coarse
grain unloaded on large scale loss
of 1-4c a bushel followed. The UNI
loading was the result OF bearish crop
report. Wheat was weak. In sympathy.
September lac. lower and December LOST
5-sc Oats declined 1-4G3-sc. Pork Is
down 71-2c., lard II 1-2c.. and ribs 7l-2g
l0c.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. aignsss lowest Closing.
WHEAr-No.
sept........ o5aass 65ls 65ls o5,s
Dec. ....... 634 63ss o.h o<Na$
May........ OoB OOPS ofA 0's
CoRS-No.a
Aug. 92x ss% sly 3,,B
Dec ......... 32i4sss S2ss 3iH :lN
May. 3414a% 347s o3ls Sas
OATs-No. q
sept...... 20< 20<ass 20ls .Ols
May.......-.. IA S"B ~SN ~Is
MESS PoRK--Per BbL
sept....... 1896 ss.97k ss.s7M ss.92l&
Oct........ SS7H S97h $40 f.yZta
De,........ 900 9.05 s97r S.97,s
LARD-Per 1O0lpA
sept........ s5.27ls s527ls sa.15 ssl6
0ct-........ 5.sSsH eS2h h S2o s s.sse9
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
Sept. ........ $500 $500 s515 s5.lS
Oct, .......... 5.22is 522h 5.l7H 5l7H
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
Ill
No. spring wheat, 67Q72c.; No. red,
20 3-4q71 lie. Ne. 2 corn, 80 Lac. No.
oats, dc; No. white, 25q26c.: No.
white, 24q25c. No; 2 rye, AZ l-2qH nc; NO.
2 barley, 37ai5c. No. faxseed. So i-ie:;
new, 50 lie. Prime timothy seed, $50
Mess pork, per barrel, $S.SOGsS.95. Lard.
per 100 pounds, $515q$5N IL. Short-rib
sides, loose S505qs 5S5; dry salted Shout
ders, boxed, 1872 1-2aA.S IL; short-clear
sides boxed, S5.60gs5.O. sugars-Cut-
cry, 10 1-2qlsc.; dairy, 12gl6c. Eggs
steady; fresh, l2c.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE, August H.-Flour-Quiet
! and unchanged.
Wheat-Lower; spot, 7sd76 1-Sc.; the
month, "a l-2q7i 3-4c.; September. IL lag
| 7ll-2c.; December, 69G69 l-ic.: southern
wheat, by sample, 72G77c.
Corn-Dull and lower; spot, SO La
Sc 3-4c.; the month, 36q36 1-ic., Septem-
Der. IS 3-sq56c.; southern white corn, go
| Csc.
Oats-Firm; No. white. western. new.
| 2SQ29c.
Rye-Quiet; No. @ near by, 4sc.; No. 2
| western, b0c
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
| Eggs-Firm at Bale.
| Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
| Whiskey-Unchanged
Lettuce-75c. per bushel.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL August n.-cotton-spot,
fair demand, prices favoring buyer; Amer
! lean middling 1920. The sales were
10000 bales, OF which 800 bales were for
speculation and export, and included 300
| bales American; receipts, 600 bales, III
Guiding $500 bales American.
Futures opened easy, with moderate
demand and closed quiet; American mid
ding low-middling clause, August
7-6id.. sellers; August and September,
15-6iq3 16-eid, sellers: September and
october. 13-6id., buyers; october and
November, 1l-6iq3 l2-Gid sellers; No
vember and December, 1l-64d., sellers;
December and January, ll-o4d, sellers,
January and February, ltd, value
| February and March. ll-64q3 l2-64d.
| buyers; March and April, 3 l2-64d., buyers;
April and May, l3-6id., value; May and
June. 3l4-6id.. sellers
| NEW YORK, August 1.-THE cotton
1
and continued more or less unsettled
| throughout the session under steady liqui-
/ dation by tired longs and some sellnB Tot
| new short accounts, following the weak
ness shown by Liverpool, Notwithstanding
| our advance of yesterday afternooni con-
| tinued generally favorable crops added 10
| the selling movements. and adVlces from
Texas. Mississippi, Alabama, ana inc
Carolinas, ranging very high although
not without the mixed and unfavorsble
reports usual and TO be expected at TINS
| season. There was little or no OUTSIDE
! speculative support. The bears hammered
| the market 10 an extent, but as class
they showed considerable caution In sell
| ing at current low prices, ana after SO
| large a break as occurred to-day. AT the
| weakest interval the market showed a
loss OF i1qli points. The. market closed
! steady at a net decline OF 10Q12 points.
Cotton easy; middling. Else; net re-
ceipts, none; gross receipts. z bales; ex-
ports-to Great Britain. SS9 bales; to the
| Continent. $50 bales; forwarded 30 cafes
sales, 2,461 bales; spinners, 59l bales,
stock. 67,S52 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, SCI bales,
! exports-to Great Britain. 1893 bales 70
the Continent. 6l69 bales; stock. 1880
Consolidated Net receipts, 5,e52 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, S,ll3 hales; "a
France, q bales; to the Continent, E'o'c
bales.
!
| Britain. 3 499 800 bales: TO France. si5. 3zy
| bales; to the Continent 2.255. $50 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady AT the de-
cline; August, $50; September, D.C2; DC
| tober 1851: November, $5.63 December.
! S.T2; January, s575; February, s5.7s
March, s5.S2; April. s5.S; May, 1888; June,
1872
} Spot easy; middling Gulf, l-Sc,; mid
! ding hollands. Use. sales, 2iGl bales.
Cotton futures closed st sady; august
1856; September. ;5.5S; Octoosr, sseS; NO
vember S5.64; December, 1888; January,
| $50; May, 1854.
NEW ORLEANS. August H.-Cotton-
Futures quiet; August. S27, bid; Septem'
Der, S5Hls529: october. S2sa5,zg: NO 90
venber. IS 32d&.33: December, S.374S3s
January. s.. 45GB.42; February. SAQS.E
March $5.I94$5.50
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. August IL
spirits OF Turpentine-Nothins DONG
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