Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-17
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

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sell; Minnesota patent, S.20aSIO.
Rye FIOur-Dull.
Buckwheat Flour-Nominal.
Buckwheat-Dull at 43c.
Cornmeal-More active; yellow western,
69c.
Rye-Easy; No. 2, sass he; State rye,
541-2d55 1-2c.
Barley-Strong; feeding. Al 1-2c.
Barley Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red. S1.O3 3-S.
Options opened tirmer. on covering. and
better early cables than expected, but
were nervous and unsettled all day.
Bears resumed their tactics. aided by fine
weather prospects, and although forced
to cover once or twice, ultimately pre-
vailed, and closed the market weak at
"a l-2u1 1-4c. net decline, although May
was 3-Sc. above last nights curb; No.
2 red, March. closed at sl.03 IA; Nay
closed at IS J-Sc.
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2. &c Csc. OPP
tions weak all day. under active May
liquidations, big western stocks, and
favorable weather, closing j-Sc, net lower:
Export business enormous; May closed
at 81 lie; July closed at 80 lac.
Oats-Spot lower; No. .. SIC. Options
weak and lower. with corn, closing at a
1-2c. net decline; May closed at 20 3-ic.
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Quiet; picked bellies, $40
7c.r picked shoulders, 1924 5-Sc. picked
hams. 73-4dSc.
Lard-Easy; western steamed. $3.50;
May. so. nominally. Refined Quiet.
POrk-Dull.
Bu~tter-Steady; western creamery, 1J0
l9c.: do, factory. l2Q15c.; Elgins, 1870.
imitation creamery, liGi6 l-2c.: State
dairy. 141-2d1Sc.; do, creamery. 15d19c.
Cheese-Dull; large white, September,
E~ggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
10 l-2a10 3-tc.; western, lO3-ic.; southern,
10 1-id10 1-2c.
Potatoes-Steady: New York, S2.3 1-2@
80 80. sweets 20 T5nSl2S
Cottonseed-Oil-Dull prime crude, 2G@
% 1-2c.t
Petroleum-Dull.
~Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Steady at 3jd3j 1-2c.
Rice-Firm.
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Quiet at S2GS.g
Coffee-OptfOnS opened easy az q de-
cline Of 10 points. under bearish European
cables. continued heavy receipts. at Bra
I'll, = decline of 1-4c. i'm the price of spot
coffee locally, small distribution of coffee
from warehouses, and lack Of outside sup
port; switching a feature of transactions.
Closed steady. with prices 10 points lower;
sales, 1880 bags. including March. s.;
May. $40. Spot cOfee-Rio weak: No.
Z invoice, 55-Sc.; No. Z, jobbing, G1-Sc.
Mild quiet and steady; Cordova, S1-4O
l6c.
Sugar-Raw barely steady; fair refining.
8 1-Sc centrifugal, 95-degree test, also.
Refined quiet.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK, March 1.-THE dry-goods
market is irregular. Business is done
by spurts and jerks i'm most cotton goods.
ana conditions are such that the mar
ket is liable TO show almost any turn
within the near future. without astonish-
Ing operators. Jobbers i'm all grades con-
tnue TO report a fair business. Woollen
goods in mems wear fabrics continue
dull. In c%ottons, there is no change in
the position of staple goods. Print
cloths are quiet at 21-Sc., but the bids
Tor extras are at 2l-l6c., n there are
not many OF them at that. Odd goods
are in quiet request. Sales are light
and stocks are heavy. Prints show no
change i'm anything. Ginghams contInue
active and generally satisfactory.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. March l6.-Plour-DuI
and unchanged.
W~heat-Steady at the decline: spot and
me month, SS4sS lo4c;; April, 9S asa
2 red. "a l-2Q9i 3-4c.; southern wheat, by
sample, 5g9Sc.; do, on grade. 94l-20
9S l-2c.
Corn-Weak; spot and the month,
% l-faS 3-4c.. April, 80 3-Sn33 l-2c.; May,
30 3-4c. bid; steamer mixed. 81 3-4a33c.;
southern white and yellow, 33d34c.
Oats-Dull and easy; No. . white, 3ile
81 l-2c.; No. 3 mixed, 32a32 1-2c.
h~ye-EdSlef, no. Z near by, % lac; No.
2 western. 50 IL.
Hay-Quiet; choice timothy. N2.5OaSl3.
Gnain Freights-Quiet; demand slow;
unchanged.
~Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Firm and unchanged,
Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
Cheese--Steady and unchanged,
Eggs-Quict and unchanged.
Ch~eese-Steady and unchanged.
Bettuce-Per basket. Sl.JUds1.75.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March l5.-The generally
favorable weather caused the largest H.
quotation In the wheat market that has
taken place for some time. The closing
decline was l-4d3-Sc.. covering by shorts
being responsible for the reaction, Corn
and oats suffered from the LIQUIDATION in
wheat. and closed 5-8c. and l-Sc. lower
respectively. Provisions were slow and
showed little change at the close.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closin1.
WHEAT-No. =.
May. 104 l04k 1927 roa
July....... s51sass s5h "a s4Mass
CoRN-No. ..
May.,.... 2934aX 2976 oaIE oot<oa<