Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-07

in fair demand and steady. No. 2 spring
wheat. si.l0; No. 3 spring wheat. N.l5; No.
2 red, $l.ij. No. 2 corn, "a l-ic. No. 2 oats,
Bkc.; No. 2 white. SS.c.. No. 3 white. $40
33Ac.: No. 2 rye, 6Sihc. No. 2 barley. 42fD
5c. No. 1 faxseed, N.35 Ia. Prime timo-
thy seed; S25Slis27o. Mess pork. per bar
rell, $l0.S0. Lard. per loo pounds. S.s0asc.S.
Short-rib sides. loose. G.30uS.1O; dry-salt-
ed shoulders. boxed. A.lyQS. short-clear
| sides, boxed. S.9odS6.l0 Whisky, distil-
ler's finished goods; per gallon. 80 sg-
standard "a" S.Sl. Butter steady;
creamery, lSalsc.; dairy. l2ul5c. Eggo
steady; fresh, loo. Cheese dull and un-
changed.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, O.. May 6.-Flour--Quiet,
Wheat-Unsettled; No. 2 red. s1.ls.
Confirm and higher; No. 2 mixed,
3SI2c.
0ats-Ffrm; No. . mixed, S2l1a53c.
Rye-Firm; No. 2, 7Oc.
Lard-Easier at $40.
Bulk Meats. S.6.
Bacon-Easy at S6.3li2.
| Whiskey-Actiye vt Sl.22.
| Butter-F1rm.
| Sugar-Steady.
E~ggs-Steady.
NEW YORK, May 6.-Cotton-Dull;
middling, 8 3-Sc.; net receipts, IN bales;
gross. l.li9 bales. exports TO the Conti-
nent. 69i bales: forwarded, lSi bales; sales,
$50 bales; spinners, $50 bales: stock, 1889
bales.
Weekly: Net receipts, 1.5O9 bales; gross.
1856 bales; exports 10 Great Britain,
i.425 bales; to the Continent, 4,l24 bales.
forwarded. 2.OTS bales; sales, 1898 bales;
spinners, 40 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 5,97i bales:
exports to Great Britain. lO,769 bales; to
France. 500 bales; TO the Continent.
$3.50 bales: stock, 629. ilS bales.
Consolidated Net receipts. "a bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain, $3.50 bales: to
France, 800 bales; TO the Continent,
2.S74 bales.
Totals since September: Exports to
Great Britain, 3,17l. O92 bales; to France,
l6},5S7 bales; to the Continent, 212,soi
bales.
The cotton market opened steady. at an
advance of 3d5 points. with the subse-
quent variations unimportant, and the
market finally steady at a net gain OF
3G4 points. Total sales of futures. 800
bales. Selling was restricted by conflict
ing crop accounts. following recent re-
ports by the Agricultural Department. IN.
dicating cold and wet weather I'm various
sections Of the cotton belt. as retarcin9
the development of the plant. Another
drawback 10 business hs9been the rapid
rise i'm the tributaries OF the Mississippi
river. The second condition has led &c
some buying for investment account.
The following are the total net receipts
of cotton at all ports since September ]
1897: Galveston. 1881 ,2i2 bales. New Or
leans, 2.570,J0S bales; Mobile, SJS ,26 bales
Savannah, l,l6j, l32 bales; Charleston
Il WfffN IL " 49,
Norfolk. 5il,0i2 bales; Baltimore, c5,tZ'
bales: New York, l37,57l bales. Boston
1902 bales; Newport News, l5.0SS bales
Philadelphia, 75,Ts bsies; Brunswick
2S9. g2S bales: Port Arthur, II, $50 bales; Pen.
%sacola, 1861 bales; Port Royal, oo,E
bales. Total, S.2S0.Sl3 bales.
Cotton futures opened steady: sales,
100 bales; Nay, s0, Sept yTpe, "a 81 q. '9 os.
tober, 1928; November, $3.50; December
$6.32: January. $3.50.
Cotton futures closed steady. sales
sS'25; August, 1929: September, 1928 octo.
Der. $6.2S; November, $.s; December,
s6.Si: January, s6.a.
Cotton: Spot closed dull, middling up
lands, 6 3-Sc. middling gulf, 65-Sc.; sales
NEW ORLEANS. May 6.-cotton-Fu,
lures steady; sales. 1900 bales: May
1919. bid; June, N.s2Mf5.st; July. Sls'e
$3.50: August. S.SsaS.s9; september, SS
1850; October. s.. 9On< J.92; November
s5.93Qs5 1894; December, S.97g$5.ss; January
5000 $6.0l.
NAVAL STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 6.-Turpen'
tine-Quiet; quotations unchanged; sales,
none.
Rosin-steady n unchanged; sales
none.
SAVANNAH. GA. May 6.-Spirits OF
Turpentine-Firm, at &c.; sales. l'Ss
casks.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA. May 6.-(SpeciaL)-
Peanuts-Dull; farmers fancy, 23-tn3c,:
strictly prime. 2l-2G2 3-4c.; prime, 2l-t1
21-2c. prime, common. ll-2a2c.; Spanish,
53054c.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET. -.
PETERSBURG, VA, May Especial
Cotton-Quiet at 6l-Sc. for good lots.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, May s.-tspeciail
Virginia firm prime, 23-ic.; extra primo
&c: fancy. 3 lie; Spanish. 80 l-2c.