Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-09

loaf unchanged. Butter firm; creamery,
- l-zalsc.; dairy. 12giic. Eggs nrms
| fresh. 12c.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
| week.
Rye Fiour-Duil at 4oRfsc.
| Cornmeal-Dull.
| Rye-Easier; No. 2 46c.
| Barley-Weak; mailing, $3.50.
| Barley Malt--Dull.
Wheat-Spot easy; No. red. rs $50
| ~ l-sc. Options opened firm. on cables
and continental buying. but failed to hold
the rise. Active selling based on pro-
| spective larger receipts and a bearish re-
port weakened prices. The close was
| heavy, at q net loss OF iHi f-Sc.: No. 2,
September. II 7-sc.; closed Il 5-Sc.; Deem
Der, Il l-sftS0 1-2c.; closed 20 l-2c.
Corn-Steady; No. 2. 30 lie. options
| opened easier on liquidation. but rallied
on covering, inspired by export business.
and closed lac. net lower. September.
| 81 Use; closed 81 5-Sc.; December, 81 7-Su
| IS Lie; closed 30 1-Sc.
| Oats-Spot firm; No. 2. 2Sc. Options
quiet but barely steady. closing Use. net
| lower; September closed 26c.
| Beef-Steady.
Cut-Meats-Quiet.
| Lard--Nominal: western steamed. w55:
| steady.
Pork-Dull.
Butter-Firm; western creamery. Il l-2Q
| lsc.; do. factory, Hate. Elgins, l9c.: imi-
tation creamery, l3Ql6c.; State dairy. $50
| lie.
| Cheese>-Steady: large white. raj 1-2c.
| Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
ii l-24l5 l-2c.; western fresh. II lie.
$3.50.
Cottonseed-oll-
Petroleum--Dull.
| Rosin-Quiet.
urpentine-Steady.
Rice-Steady.
| Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Steady; Long Island. steady
| at S1.21 1-2.
Coffee-Options opened firm, with prices
| 10nl5 points higher, advance increased on
active foreign buying, covering by shorts.
! and purchases for investment account.
| aided by bullish cables from Europe.
| Closed steady, with prices 1542o points
higher. Sales 22,25o bags. including Sep
TENDER, $5.60q$565; October S.60a$9.69.
| Spot Rio steadier under undertone: No. I,
| invoice, &C.; jobbing, lie; Rio steady;
| Cordova, Halle.
Sugar-Raw strong and still tending up
| ward; fair refining 3 5-sc.: centrifugal, sc
degree test. I 3-l6c.: refined, firm.
THE DRY-GooDs MARKETS.
NEW YORK, August ss-The dry-goods
market was fairly active at the opening
!
of the larger jobbng establishments in
| the West had a good effect on the mar
! ket generally Mail orders were also
| fairly heavy. These heavier orders in
| fused considerable spirit into sellers, and
| efforts to dispose of goods were more
marked than has been the case for some
days. The pript-coth situation is also
crystalllzing. < slightly better market
for print-cloths was noted. AS a result
] of this report extras at &C. were not
nj on Dnf dc al har
| were many bidders in evidence. odd
| goods show firmer tendency though
there are no changes In quotations yet.
| Staule cottons show q slightly better
position. Printed cottons are firm.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD. August S-Flour-
Western super $2.5OG$2.75; do. extra,
&.SOqS.&; do. family, $.JGS4.
| Wheat-Weak; spot, rs 3-4c.; the month,
| 70 1-2q75 3-4c.; September, q 3-iq7ic.;
| southern wheat, by sample, 7od7Sc.
| Corn-Easy; spot and the month. 81 Ii
@37 1-2c: September, 81 1-4Q3T lie. south
| ern white and yellow corn, 39Gti0c
| Oats-Quiet and steady; No. white.
western, 32q32 lie.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2. near by. 49c.; No.
| 2. western, Ole.
sugar-Strong; graduated. 5a5 l-2c.
| Butter-Steady; fancy easy at 2Oc.; iml-
| tatiou. tic.
Eggs-Firm; fresh. ~ 1-2c.
Cheese-Steady; fancy New York, large,
S1-2c.
Lettuce-5Oa75c. per box.
| Whiskey-Sl 2SU$l.29 per gallon for FIN
ished goods, in carloads, and sl5OuSiSl
per gallon for jobbing lots.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. August 8. p. Moot
| ton-Fair demand. and prices UNCHANGED
| to 1-Sd.; American mlddling, fair 29-32d. ;
good middling, 3 2l-32d.; American mid
| ding, 15-32d. low middling, 5l-61d.; or
| binary, 3l-32d.
Sales of the day were 10000 bales: re-
ceipts, 1900 bales, including 1900 Ameri-
| can.
Futures opened quiet with poor de-
| mand, and closed quiet but steady; Sep
TENDER and October 3 22-Gid., buyers;
| October and November, 3 2l64d3 22-G4d,
| buyers; November and December,
| 3 21-6ld., sellers; December and January,
| 3 2l-64d., sellers: January and February.
| 3 2l-6id., sellers. February and March
3 2l-64a3 22-64d., buyers; March and April,
3 22-GiG3 23-64d.. sellers; April and May
3 23-6id, buyers; May and June, 2i-64d.,
value.
NEW YORK. August s-Cotton-Dull
| middlng, 1-l6c.; net receipts, 81 bales;
| gross. 230; exports 10 the Continent, 2,i0l
| bales; forwarded 81 bales; sales, 2.25I
| bales; spinners, 81 bales; STOCK S''ieS
! bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. $50 bales;
exports to the Continent. 300 bales;
stock 234.2 33 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts. 81 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain, IL bales; 10 the
! Continent. l033 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
! ceipts S5l9 i67 bales exports 10 Great
| Britain, 3t77 10 bales; TO France, 6l3,SOS
| bales: TO the Continent, 2.97S,lGO bales.
There was but little speculative interest
| shown In cotton to-day. After the open
| ing, at unchanged prices, an advance OF
| 2 points on covering followed by more
| favorable cables than had been expected
| the market commenced to sag In the aD-
| sence Of outside support. and sold OH "a
| 4 points. M
Selling orders were a feature. The local
| bear contingent sold In a conserVatiVr
| way. Sentiment is still pessimistic, but
still for short account, Is characterized
| bV caution. owing 10 current comparative
J low prices. The market closed du1, 10
| 3 points net lower. -
Futures opened steady; September, S.@:
| October. s. SO; November. S.9S; December,
| $500; January, @6; February. ~w;
| March. 2.12; April. 1915; May, 1913.
Futures closed dull: August. 1885, Sep
tember. $3.50; October $3.50; November.
| &. SO: December. &.99. January, %.03; Feb
ruary, $500; March, 500; April, SlS'
Gotton closed dull: middllng lille;
| noiddIing Gulf 6 5-sc. Sales. 2.N7 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, August S.-Cott0n-
Futures quiet; August, D.J7uS5.59; Sep
| tember s5.5GMs5.57; October. $3.50 SOB:
| November. s562u<G3; December, s5.6ln
| * az. January, S5.7lG<5.72; February, %.lff
| 5.75; March, S5.7su$5.Is.