Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

| s.@ 10 ~ gross.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. January 3.-Flour-Quie
and lower on choice brands OF sprinB ane
! winter: city mill patents, so.b0uyo.yV, WIN
ter patents, H.s0u>.l5.
| Rye Flour-Steady at $26OuSzO, tns
! latter for fancy.
! Buckwheat Four-Dull.
uckwhcat-Nominally Sc 1-2u3lc.
| Cornmeal-Quiet yellow western. sc.
! Rye-Steady; northwestern, Doc. bid.
J Barley--Quiet; feeding, STAGE
! Barley Malt-Oull at - l-2uUc.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. red, $lOo o,S
| Options opened weak under cables, de-
| clined further on the heavy visible sup
ply increase. and closed lower, having
/ received very little support; NO. red
January. * l-2qa 3-ie, closed q q s- &c
/ May. 80 1898 3-lc.. closed SO 5-Sc.
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2. 30 l-ic. Options
opened easier with wheat, and suisse
quently decline. under cables, closing
5-sc. net lower; January, closed IS I-ic'
May. closed "a 1-lc. ,<.o,,
Oats-Spot weaker; No. 2, % i-i42S l-2c
Options quiet and easier. closing az a 5-Sc
net decline; May closed &c
Beef-Firmer; family, $lusllp.
Cut. Meats Steady; picked bellies %
&C.. shoulders &c. hams. 7c
Lard-Firm: western, sos.
Pork-Firm; mess. $S.70uS9.zo.
Butter--F Firm; western creamery. l0n
PC; do. factory. 12pl5c.; Elgins, &c; mi
tatiOn creamery. IL l-2Hlsc.; state dalry'
f3lt20c; do. creamery lJuZlc.
Chcese-Steady; large white. Septem-
Der, 5 l-20S Sic.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania, %
G25c.; western fresh. 22u2oc.
POtatoes-Quiet. New YORK, VIZ l-zV
1925; sweets. S2n2.25.
Cottonseed-On-Ouiet and frmer; prime
crude. p l-2c: do. yellow. Is l-2nl9c.
Petroleum-Dull; United closed no mar
ket refined, New York. 500
Rosin-Steady; steamed, common 10
good sl.i00Sl. 70.
Turpentlne-Quiet at 80 1-ia5S S-ic.
Rice-Quiet.
Enthusiastically: New Orleans. open
kettle. good 10 choice, 26n3lc.
Cabbages-Quiet at S3.5OH$l
COffee-OptiOns opened steady at D
points advance. on firmer Hamburg ca
bles; ruled inactive all day, with specu-
latiOn checked by an absence or Bra
lillian and Havre cable news. increasing
American visible supply. prevailing low
prices, and slack spot demand. and closed
quiet. with prices at TO 10 points net
advance Spot coffee: Rio easier; NO. Z,
invoice, $3.50; mild quiet; Cordova, $500
SIS.
sugar-Raw strong; fair refining. S-4c.;
centrifugal. sc degrees test 4l-2c re-
fined strong; NO, 6. s-loc.; noulu "A;
a. 1-Sc, cut loaf. 7-Sc.; crushed, l-Sc.;
powdered. 57-l6c.; graduated, 51-4c.;
cubes. 7-iSc.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. January 3.-The dry-goods
market to-day shows few actual results.
The taking of inventory, the setting or
accounts the changes I'm firms ana re-
movals. and the fact that the day fol-
lowed two holidays. prevented the re-
cording of many actual sales. The dlvl-
sions of the market at first hands showed
,l,,,, IN
cottons were duh bleached goods are
featureless I'm all lines. the buying being
still lax. Brown goods were the subject
Of a limited inquiry to-day Export
goods in all grades are quite as quiet as
heretofore. Colored cloths are without
feature. Prnt-cloths continue dull.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, January 3.-Flour-Un-
changed.
Wheat-DulI and lower; spot and the
month. 81 7-SGTc.; May, SO 3-4c. bid;
steamer. No. red. 81 7-SI92c, southern
wheat. by sample, sSqsSc.; on grade, 81 IL
u97 1-2c
Corn-Weak; spot and the month. 80 S-S
G32 5-sc.; steamer mixed. 80 5-Sa3O 3-4c.;
southern white and yellow corn, 29D
% &c
Oats-Frmer: No white, % 1-2GSOc.;
No. mixed. q 1-2d2So.
Rye-Easier; No. near by, 81 Bic; No.
2 western. 50 Sic.
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, $l3.
Grain Freights-Very quiet and I'M
changed.
sugar-strong; graduated. 1913.
Butter-Quiet; fancy creamery, &c; imi-
tation 1sGl9c: ladle 17c. good ladle $50
Ice; store-packed. l2u1+c.
Eggs-Steady fresh l9c.
Cheese-Steady; fancy, New York, large,
3-l010c.
Whiskey-sl 25d$l26 per gallon for fin
ished goods in carloads; Sl.27nSl.29 for
jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. January 3.-There was more
interest displayed i'm the annual Board
of Trade election. which took place to-
day, than in trading. Wheat was weak.
following statistical information Of that
tendency and closed lul l-Sc. lower.