Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-30
NEW YORK rNopUCE MARKET.


NEW YORK. March 29.-Flour-Was
affected by the further weakness In
wheat, and closed lower.
Rye FlOur-Weaker.
Cornmeal-Quiet and easy.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2, 57457 lie; State rye,
57c.
Barley-Qulet; feeding, 42c.
Barley Malt-Dull: western, 5SG65c.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red. 800 5-S.
Options opened weak. and continued so
all day. except for a brief midday rally
on liberal decline in Bradstreet's visi-
hle. The bearish influences vert disap-
pointing cables, disguieting Washington
news, and heavy liquidation. especially
near the close; final sales, 1-sql l-Sc; net
lower; March, closed 80 l-Sc.; May, closed
IS 1-Sc.
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2, 80 Rsc. OPP
tons opened easy. with wheat, and ruled
weak all day, influenced by liquidation,
lower cables, and scarcity OF buying or
ders. Close 3-Sc. net lower; May closed
80 Csc; July closed "a / &c.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2. 80 3-Sc. asked.
Options quiet and easier, closing 1-sc
lower. A heavy export trade was a fea-
ture. May closed Is Csc.
Realistically
Cut Meats-steady; picked shoulders.
Lard-Firm; western steamed, s.22 1-2@
$5.25: May. $50; refined steady.
Pork-Steady.
Butter-Ffrm; creamery, 15d19 1-2c.; fac
tory, 12d14 1-2c.; Elgtns, 10 1-2c.; imita-
ton creamery, 14q1Ic.; State dairy, 1ilp
IS 1-2c.; do. creamery, 15@l9c.
Cheese-Dull; large white, September.
71-2c.
Eggs-Firm; State. and Pennsylvania,
10 1-2allc.: western fresh, 10 1-2c.; south
ern, 1Oql0 1-Sc.
Potatoes-Steady; New York, s2.37 1-2G
$3.50; sweets, $3nsi5O
Cottonseed- Oil-Quet prime crude, $50
10 1-2c: do yellow, pc.
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsn-Steady.
Turpentine-Steady.
Rice-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Quiet.
Coffee0Optlons opened steady. with
prices 10 points higher; ruled fairly ac-
tive. with upward tendency, on favorable
United States cables. falling off in Brazil
clearances, warehouse deliveries, and en-
cOuraging increases in speculative in
terests. Close irregular. with prices at
a sails points net advance. Sales, 20,2J0
bags. including March sos; May, 5.l5;
Spot Rio steady; No. 7, invoice, 1872 IL;
No. T. iobbers. $6J2 1-2; mild quiet; Cor
dOva, SS.25GSl6.
Sugar-Steady; fair refining, he; CEN
trifugal, SO degrees test, &c; refined
NEW YORK GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 29.-4Dry goods are
still quiet i'm all lines. The conditions
based on war talk are aggravated I'm the
dry-goods market by the unsatisfactory
details of the market for cotton goods.
The low prices prevailing are not suffi-
cient TO render trading possible at
profit, and neither buyers nor sellers are
making any very strenuous efforts TO
prosecute business. The low price OF
print-cloths and the seeming apathy of
buyers have produced a necessity for
further curtailment of production. III
staple cottons there is little or no ac-
tivlty. Tha demand for brown goods. in
both narrow and wide lines. is still very
small. The price tone Is irregular. In
some lines it IS well sustained. while in
others there are very liberal concessions
Print cloths are quoted at about 22-l6,
though there are not many buyers of eX-
tras at this figure. Odd'goods are quiet,
and without feature.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, March 29-Flour-Dull
and unchanged.
Wheat1-,Dull and easy; spot, the month.
wheat, by sample. 95uS9c.; do, on grade,
9iQ9Sc.
Corn-Dun and easy; spot and the
month. 33dSS 1-Sc.; April, 33aSS 1-ic.; May.
30 l-49SS lie; steamer mixed, 80 la
30 5-sc.; southern white corn, 3id35c.; do,
oats--Easier; No. 2 white, S3aSic.; No.
2 mixed. 30 1-215lc.
Kye-Dull ana easier; NO. near by,
So l-4c.; No. western, So l-ic.
Hay-Quiet; choice timothy $12. 5OdSl3.
Grain Freghts-Very quiet; rates
steady; steam TO Liverpool. per bushel,
3 lid. May; Cork, for orders, per quar-
ter, IS. Cd. April.
Sugar-StrOng and unchanged.
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Quet and unchanged.
Cheese-Unchanged.
Lettuce-Per basket $1.50QA.75.
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, March 9.-The grain and
provision markets were all lower to-day.
the weakness being especially pronounced
in wheat. The Washington news con-
tributed to general unloading. Wheat
closed with a net decline Of &c for July
and 1c. for May. Corn and oats closed
A49sc. lower. each. and provisions de-
clined 2i2d for ribs and 10c. for provisions.
Lard was better supported, and advanced
2l2c.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest lowest. Closing
WHEAT--No.
Aay......... 1904 lO4H 1914 iO44
Iuly....... s31sa3s S3Ss sl4 Sl7saS2
'ep..... 77I4 77A 71A 76l6