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

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NEW YORK, March a.wtl S s,eaas
with wheat; winter extras, S.cvusLlo.
Rye Flour-Dull.
Cornmeal-Dull
81 l-2c. a.,
Barley Mait-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red, N.@ 30
Options opened shade easier, Oh ac
count of scattered unloading. but rallied
on cables. and closed 1-Sul &c. net higner'
Nav closed es s-4c.: July closed 50 l-sc:
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2. So 1-sc. OPP
tlons dull all day, but steadily neid on
Wheat closing partly i-Sc. net higher
Nav closed SO 5-Sc.; July closed 81 SIC.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2. 5oc. options
slower and featureless, closing uiicnahs-
ed May closed 2sc.
Cut Meats-steady; picked bellies,
1896 1-2c. s
s5.s7 l-2; May. s5.45. nomnaily; refined
frmer; Continent, s5.65; South American
$3.50: compound. $412 1-2aN.G IL.
Pork-Stsxdy; mess. ssz5aSsIS: ooooo
Butter-Frrm; creamery, 10 l-2azOc.;
factory. 12glt1-2; Elgins, zoe. imitat ion
creamery: lie,lIe.;; .,, state ate da'rS' i'~
Cheese-Dull large white, September
1-2c.
Eggs-Steady; State and pennsylvania
10 1-2qlic,; western fresh, 10 lie; SOUTH
ern, 1910 l-2c. 1900
Potatoes-Steady; New YORK, Szoi A-1V
$3.50; sweets, s3uA.JO.
Cottonseed- Oil-Quht and steady; prime
crude. 1919 l-2c.; do. yellow, 22g22 l-2c.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Firm.
Rice-Steady
MolasseS-t1rm.
Cabbage-New quiet at slaN.9. .,.,,
Coffee-Options opened steady, with
prices 5Gl0 points higher, in response 10
firmer European cables than looked for;
light Brazilian receipts. and hperai
warehouse deliveries; furtner inpr1,so '
on local covering and investment buying;
and closed steady. with prices at 0qlo
points net advance; sales, 1900 bags, in
Guiding May. S3Sa$S4o: August, $50.
| I. iobbers, s6121-2; mild steady; Cordova,
sS.25aSl6.
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining, BIC;
| centrifugal s6 degrees test, 4 -sc.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK, March S1.-In the dry;
| goods market staple cottons In detail
| as a whole are dull. There is bet
| ter price tone in some grades than in
! others, but the tendency throughout Is
| toward weakness and concessions, with
| light sales reported In all lines. Inc eX-
| port trade is fairly heavy. and TINS Is
| extras are bid for at 2 cents III small
| quantities. but manufacturers, OF course
| will not do business on sueh pas sis
| odd goods are dull and weak, the price
| basis being on a par with the bid price
of extras Prints in all lines are dull
| and unsatisfactory.
| BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, March a.-Flour-
| Dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Steady; spot ana line the mouth
81 3-lq97 7-Sc.; April. 81 S-4gsoc.; o., Nay ~
"a 1-2c.; southern white, by sample 800
s9c do. on grade, sass lie.
Corn.steady;o spot; the % month nth a., ana
April. - l-4Q33 Csc; May. 80 5-SaS5 5-fc.
white corn SlGS5c. do. yellow, s9GS4c.
Oats-Quiet; No. white, Ssq34c.; NO
2 mixed 30d3O Csc.
| Rye-Steady; No. 2, nearby, 50 l-4c; NO
western. s. 1-2c. .,o
Grain Freights-Dull; no demand; I'M
changed.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
| Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Lettuce-$l. 25q$l.50 per basket.
Wlhskey-Unchanged
! CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO, March 3l.-Uncertainty II
| regard to the outcome of pending nego
| tiations between the United States anC
Spain gave almost a holiday character L
trading In wheat and coarse grains 10
dy There was a general undertone o
frmness, however wheat closing 1-Sc
| higher for July. Corn advanced Use.
and oats closed unchanged. Provision
were very firm, affected by talk or larg'
orders for naval supplies, and close'
1-2d20c. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
| onantn1 Highest ,,oyest. Closin Q