Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-03

NEW YORK, March 2.-Flour-Inac-
tive. but firmly held at some advance
on the opening grades; winter patents.
$4.90G $50.
Rye FlOur-Firm.
Buckwheat Flour-Quiet AZ $3.50
Buckwheat-Firm at 4lc.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Barley-Dull.
Barley Malt-Steady.
Wheat-SpOt easy: No red. $l.07 use.
No. 1 northern Duluth, $.l33 -S. OPP
lions opened firm at a l-Sc. advance, and
later showed positive strength on clique
support, bullish Argentine reports, and
foreign buying. The trade was over
loaded, however. and an afternoon eff
fort TO get profits broke prices sharply.
The close was 5-Sc. up on near and 3-4c.
off on late months: No. red, March,
closed at $1.O6 3-S; May closed sl.0i 3-S.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2 81 l-Sc., in ele-
vator. Options opened firm at 1-sc.
advance on cables and sympathy with
wheat. but later declined under small
clearances and realizing. Closed lac.
net lower; May closed at 30 Lie; July
closed at 36 3-Sc.
Oats-Spot dull; No. ?, 31a3l 1-ic. OPP
lions quiet and easier, with corn. closing
Lie. net lower; May closed at 30 S-Sc
Beef--Firm.
Cur Meats-Qulet: picked bellies. $40
7c; shoulders. Sac; do. hams, 3-4aSc.
Lard-Steady; western steamed. $40:
May. $3.50 nominally. Refined quiet.
Pork-Quiet.
Butter~Quiet; western creamery, $50
20 l-2c. imitation creamery, 10 12dl7c.;
State dairy, Bale; do. creamery, l40
zoe.
Cheese-Dull; large white. September,
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
Is l-2c.: western, fresh, 13c.; southern,
Potatoes-Quiet; New York. s2S7as25O;
sweets. $3aA
2002lc.; do. yellow. 23a23 1-2c.
York. $6.O7; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
IS; do. in bulk, $50
Rosin-Steady; strained, common TO
good. Sl.40nSl.4j.
Turpentine-Quiet but firm at 36q36 1-2c.
Rice-Firm; domestic. fair to extra,
4 3-Su6 1-2c.; Japan, l-Sg5 lac.
Mola sses-Firm.
Cabbage-Quiet at s3aS3.50.
Coffee-Options opened steady at un-
changed prices 10 ) points lower. under
lack Of speculative interest and indif-
ferent European news; improved later
on active local buying. following late
Havre cables. and closed steady at
bags. including March s5.454s5.55; May,
S5G0d$570. Spot dull; No. Z, invoice,
l-4c; No. T. jobbing, 3-4c. Mild steady;
Cordova, l-4ul6 lie.
Sugar-kaW SltduSs IdlT refining,
ll-lGc; centrifugal, 96-degree test, 3-4c.
Refined steady.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 2.-Midweek con-
dtions are practically unchanged. There
is. perhaps. a trife less strength i'm the
market for cotton goods, and print
cloths are reported to have sold al a
there is a fairly-well sustained demand
reported by local jobbers. In woollen
goods there is, on the whole, feeling
that stocks have been fairly well taken
Just now there Is noteworthy increase
i'm the demand for worsted goods. In
staple cottons there Is no change in quo
tations. although buyers say that they
can purchase certain lines of brown goods
at lower prices than they could two
weeks ago Converters are still very
heavy operators I'm the market bleach
ed goods are quiet I'm the main. and
coarse colored cottons show no change
of moment. Print-coths are said TO be
slightly weaker.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March 2-There were plenty
Of legitimate reasons Tor an advance In
wheat to-day. and the market up to
fate hour did show great deal OF
strength. May closed at an advance OF
! 3-Sc Shorts in July. however, got
filled up. and that option closed 1-Sc.
lower than yesterdays final price. Corn
closing out of long lines, corn closing
1-4d3-Sc lower and oats l-8dl-lc. Pro-
visions were dull and showed very little
change at the close.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest lowest. Closing
WHEAT-No. >.
March. ..l05h lOI l05L lOoN
May, ......lO3l4 10Y lOolS lOoH
Iuly........9lHass 9"ls 81 81
CoRN-No. ..
30seaN 3Os4a7s 3oA 3oiasN
july. ...314aA ~ STA 3lH
September. 327sa33 33al 32ss 32ss
OATs-No. =.
26A 26ssatS 263saH
:4A z4ss 2sas
MESS P0RK-Per BbL
NAV. 1880 sl0.55 5000 s10.45
July. 10.57Is 10 57t5 lO.47h 1000
LARD-Per 100 IDA
Nav OcIL siI-t. sJ.l1h