Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-08
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, February 7.-Flour-
Again active at barely steady prices;
city-mill patents, $5.6On$5.%.
Rye FlOur-Quiet.
Buckwheat Flour-Steady at $125as1.30.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
COrnmeal-Steady.
Rye-Quiet: No. western, 55d55 1-2c.
| car lots J0d52 1-2c.
Barley-Quiet: feeding, 3SQ3S i2c.
Barley Malt-Steady.
Wheat-Spot steady: No. red. sl.0t 3-S.
| Options duh and easier at first, under
| big Northwestern receipts. lower cables.
and rains In California. Foreign houses
were moderate buyers at the decline, and
! later helped by export rumors. and a
liberal English visible supply decrease,
prices partly recovered, closing l-Snlc.
IS IS Use crossed at ''''' 90 May ''0''D ~
Corn-spot steady: No. 2. SO 1-2c. OPP
tions fell off early under cables, but raj
lied, with provisions, and closed steady
at 1-Sc. net decline; February closed at
"a 5-Sc.; May closed at 3ic.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. g % S-lc. Options
neglected all day. and closed nominally
unchanged; May closed at 80 l-Sc.
Feed--Firm
! Beef-Firm.
Cut Enthusiastically; picked bellies 3-s
! as lac; do. shoulders, S-4c.; do. hams,
( Z Lar lie.
Lard-Frm; western steamed. s5.22 IL;
! May. $.35. nominally.
Petroleum-ttrm.
POrk-Firm.
Butter-Firm; western creamery. 141-20
20c.; do. factory. 1lnl4c.; Elgins. 2Oc.; imi-
tation creamery. Bale. State dairy, 1870
15c.; do. creamery. 14nl9c.
Cheese-Dull; large white. September,
/ 1-2c.
Eggs-Firm; STATE and Pennsylvania,
10 1-2c; western. fresh, 1Sc.
Potatoes-Steady; New York, $2.37 1-2fJ
| 81 JO sweets S}6fci
Cottonseed-Oil prime crude,
| is 1-2ql9c.; do. yellow, PC.
Rosin-Quet.
Turpentine-Steady.
| Rice-Firm.
Cabbage-Steady at $3J0dA
Coffee-Options opened steady at 5d10
points decline. ruled fairly active, but
| generally weak, under lower European
| cables, heavy receipts, at Rio and Santos,
and moderate receipts Warehouse de-
! liveries and frmness of spot holders
checked future selling. Closed barely
/ steady at a 5di0 points net decline: sales,
| April, S75. Spot Rio steady; No 7. in
voice. S-Sc.; No. T. jobbing, 6 7-Sc.; Mild,
market steady; Cordova, 5 1-2dl5c.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining, 5-sc.
centrifugal, 9-test 1-Sc. Refined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK, February THE opening
| of trade in the dry-goods field was fea-
|
| There was a fair percentage OF buyers
present, and they seemed to take hold OF
! goods at second hand with considerable
vim. Jobbers, in fact, have had less cause
10 complain since the nrst OF the year
| The extent of trading I'm the jobbine
| houses has steadily increased. Reports TO-
| day from out-of-town jobbers say ma
| markets have been Of fair business in al
| lines Seasonable goods are in steady de-
mand, and replenishment OF stocks is be.
| larxr Ia he a
| first hands the market Is firm. but with
| out feature Buying is irregular. In cot
ton goods the orders have been urgent IT
| many cases and fairly numerous, but they
| are for small amounts, and not calcu-
lated TO fortify sellers. Print-cloths are
unchanged at 3-1sc. for sixty-four square
| extras.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE. MD, February t.
| Flour-Dull; western superior, s2.S(d$5.D
! do extra $3.45QS4.l0, do. family, A4Vu
! $40: winter wheat patent, A.SnS5.l0
| spring do. S5.l0nS5.S0 spring wheat
straight, Si90aS505.
| 81 5-SG97 3-4c; March 9S 1-4q9S 3-Sc.; May
Sc l-4d96 1-2c; steamer No. red S 5-5g
| 90 3-4c.; southern wheat. by sample, $50
| SO 1-2c do, on grade, 94uSSc.
| Corn-Easy; spot and the month, 80 l-5l
80 5-Sc.; March, 53q33 l-Sc.; steamer mixed
80 1-2a32 3-4c.; southern white corn, ga
| 34l-4c; do. yellow, 32u34c
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white, 20 1-243Oc.; NO
| 2 mixed, Csc.
Rye-Sllghrly easier No. 2, nearby
| SO 3-4c.; No. western. 81 3-4c.
| Hay-Quiet; choice timothy, $3 asked.
| Grain Freights-Very dull; steam, tc
Liverpool. per bushel, I'D, March
| Cork. for orders. per quarter, Ss.nSs. 3D..
February; Ss. March
Sugar-Strong; graduated. $50 l-2.
Butter-Quiet; fancy creamery. &c; GO
imitation. leQl7c. do. ladle, l5c.; gooc
| ladle. 13plfc.
Eggs-Quiet: fresh lie.
| Cheese-Steady; fancy. New York, large
9 3-4ll0c.: do. May. 10al0 l-ic.; do. small
10 1-4Ql0 lie.
Lettuce-sl. 25G$l.5O per basket.
Whiskey-sl. 3u$l26 per gallon Tor mn
| ished goods. I'm CARROTS; $LzuSlzo PEI
gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO. February 1.-THE influence
which the Letter interests have on whea'
| trading was well illustrated to-day. NOT
| withstanding news that under ordinary
| circumstances would be sufnclent t'
break prices very sharply, wheat decnnse
| only &c and when Letter brokers
started TO bid a general covering move
| ment ensued, which carried prices bach
| 10 within lie. OF Saturdays final fgures
! corn closed unchanged. Oats added l-sc
"a the former price, and provisions ad
! yanced 5dl2 lie.
Leading quotations ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
wHEAr-No.2
E Esq.. 80. ie;5sn a5M o4A s4E,
Iuly..........s4a5s S4bs 1923 SAY
| cnpg-No.g