Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-13
Opening. Highest Lowest. CloSil

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull and steady. No. yellow corn, 50 l-ZG
34c. No. 3 spring wheat, GOq65c.; No.
red. &c. No. corn, 53l4q33lsc No. ? oats,
26 i-lG26 1-2c.: No. 3 white. q 1-2ll2S BIC.
No. rye 80 lie. No. 2 barley, t. o. b., IL
a49c. No. l flaxseed, H.02 -. Prime tim
othy seed, s. 7OQ$21. Mess pork per
barrel, SS17G$S.20. Lard, per 100 pounds,
S5.20T$5.2j. Short ribs, sides QOose), 800
QSfS0. Dry-salted shoulders (boxeO, 4 II
al 3-Sc. Short-clear sides (boXed), $1,000
S4g2 - Whiskey. distillers' finished
goods. per gallon, $L26. Sugars, cut-loaf,
unchanged. Butter weak; creameries. lac
70 1-2c; diaries, 13d1Sc. Cheese steady,
at 1-26l0 1-2c. Eggs firm; fresh, "a
p lie.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL December PA p. NJ
CottOn-SpOt i'm fair demand; prices duh;
American middling, i9sd.; sales, 1000
bales. Of which 1909 We're for speculation
and export, and included 1900 bales OF
American; receipts, 1900 bales, including
II. 200 bales of American.
Futures opened steady at n moderate
demand and closed barely steady; Ameri-
can middling. low middling clause, De,
cember, 3 GO-64d.. buyers; December and
January, 8 5-C4li3 6-6fd., buyers; January
and February. 6-6id.. buyers; February
and March. I'D, sellers March and
April 1919 Sid, values; April and
Nav. S-64Q3 9-64d.. sellers: May and June,
9-6id.. buyers; June and July. lO-6id.,
sellers: July and August. l0-Giq3 ll-tid.,
buyers: August and September ltd,
sellers: September and October. lO-6i0
1l-6id.. buyers; September and October,
8 lO-6403 Ltd, value.
NEW YORK, December L.-The scope
OF fluctuations in the cotton market to-
day was comparatively narrOw-a matter
OF pOnts-with speculation OF fair pro-
portions and quite general From the
start the bull contingent had the upper
4 Tod n
tiOnal gain of { 10 points shortly after
the opening, on their lead Of 10 points,
made Saturday. News was anything but
satisfactory 10 shorts, rejecting stronger
spot markets in the south, unfavorable
weather conditions i'm large area of the
cotton belt. a most encouraging state OF
affairs in print-clOth circles throughout
New England and abroad full response
in Liverpool 10 the advance Of Saturday
and continued good demand for spot cot
ton i'm the English market In addition
TO this array OF bull influences were
liberal investment buying orders from
old-time outside speculative houses. OF
the other class Wall street interests took
the lead. purchasing quite freely the
March and May deliveries. AS the res
sion progressed. local longs were seen
to be taking profits and under this pres
sure prices at times went of slowly. But
taken on the whole. the days develop
ments were quite gratifying 10 friends Of
the staple a forecast for rain. snow, or
sleet i'm many cotton States tonight and
tomorrow added 20 the general stability
Of the market in the afternoon. The
close was steady at a net gain Of 10 4
Cotton firm; middling. 513-1Cc.: net re-
ceipts. 4Gi bales: gross receipts, 6.27S bales;
sales 800 bales: stock, So i6 bales; eX-
ports-to Great Britain, 1875 bales: TO the
Continent. go bales; 10 France l.S}S bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 8.jl3 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, ll,eJ5 bales; 10
France. 13 1872 bales, 10 the Continent,
28.slT bales: stock. ,139 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 1874 40 bales;
exuOrts-tO Great Britain, S,45l bales; TO
France. 1882 bales; TO the Continent,
2415G bales.
ceipts. 4Sf3,35l bales; expOrts-to Great
Britain. l,nS,51 bales; TO France. 356,S13
bales: 10 the Continent. LEASH bales.
Cotton futures opened steady at the adj
vance: December, S.57; January, 1874;
February. $50; March. s5.el; April. 1854;
May, s5.6S; June. $50; July. SS; August
ST; October, S.1t
Futures closed steady; December, $3.50;
January. $3.50; February. S5.5S: March,
$3.50: April S.6}; May, S5.67; June. $50;
/ July, s5.7S August, S.76; September, SdS;
october, $50.
Spot closed firm middlng uplands,
Z ls-16c.: middling gulf, Lice; sales, 800
bales
NEW ORLEANS. December l2.-Cot-
ton-Futures steady: December. 1913 bid;
January. S5lJQs5l6: February, S520qS52l ;
March. s525M$5. IS; April. S.3J4S.3l; May,
e. 36Gs537: June s. t0u sal; July. S.til
SO. August. Ss4lds5 10; September, {5.i1
bid: October 1873 bid.
NAvAL-sTORE MARKETS.
SAVANNAH. GA. December 12.-Spirits
Of Turpentine-Opened at SIC. with sales