Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-25
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 24-Flour-Weak
and lower to sell; trade entirely In small
lots; Minnesota patents, S5.l5q$5.45; win
ter patents, A.90d{5.So.
Rye Flour-Steady.
Buckwheat Flour--Nominal.
BuckWheat-Flrm. ..
CornmeaI-Steady; yellow western, s9c.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2 IS S-4c.; state rye
IS LAG 50 l-2c.
Barley-Steady.
Barley Malt-Quiet
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red A.O3 IL.
OPTIONS opened steady, on cables ana
moderate covering, but were unable 10
sustain the advance long, owing 10 re-
norris of warmer weather Liquidation
again developed as an afternoon feature
in spite Of fair export orders, ana prices
closed weak at a l-2ql 3-Sc. net declhe,
No. red, March, closed $l.Gz; May CLOSED
20 1-2c. ,>.o- o.
Options opened about steady, with wheat,
but eventually yielded to liquidation, ana
closed weak at l-4c. net declinei May
closed 80 l-2c.; July closed 81 I 9coc' ont,ors
duh and weak, from the, depressing ef7
fects OF surrounding markets, and closed
lie. lower; May closed y l-2c.
Beef-F'irm.
Cut Meats-Steady; picked bellies,
5-SG6 1-2c.; picked shoulders. 4S-sq
41-2c.; picked hams, Z l-2l7 SIC.
Lard-Easer; western steamed, $500
1915; May. s5S5, nominaiiy; rehned
weaker. -.
Butter-Firm; creamery, Is 1-2nl9c.; Ell
gins l9c; imitation creamery, 1905 l-2c.
State dairy, 1iqlSc.; do. creamery, ID La
Cheese-Quiet; large white, September,
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
1OaiO Lac; western fresh, 10 lie; south
ern, 10ql0 1-4c.
PotatOes-Quiet; New York, WI Leg
s.. 80; sweets. S3aSi.50.
Tallow--Steady.
Cottonseed-O ll-Weak.
Petroleum--Dull
Rosin-Quiet; strained, common to good
81. 40q$l .45.
Turpentine-Qulet.
Rice-Quiet.
enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Dull at s2d$2. So
Conee-Options opened steady, with Au-
gust points lower and other months
Unchanged; ruled fairly active, with Up
ward tendency. on local covering 5nd
some investment buying, the result OF
better foreign cables than looked Tor,
marked increase in American warehouse
deliveries. and rather better feeling In
spot department. Close steady at I'M
changed prices to 5 points net higher.
Sales, q 600 bags. including March, A.sj;
April. $500. Spot Rio quiet; No. T. in
voice, $50: No, Z; jobbing, IS; mild quiet;
Sngar2Raw quiet; fair refining, 31-2c.
centrifugal, So degrees test, &C.; refined
quiet.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, March A.-Continued I'M
favorable conditions, such as war-talk.
the unpleasant weather. the position OF
print-cloth, etc, continue to exert a
quieting effect on the local market for
dry-goods In neither cotton nor woolen
goods. at first hGnds, Is the demand
heavy just at present. and the local job
bers report a considerable falling off In
the sales of the week. Reports from out
of-town jobberS are TO the effect that
business for spring is we'll sustained, but
they are not heavy buyers. and refuse 10
operate. except to fill actual needs. Print
cloths show no strength or activity. Ex-
tras are bid for in small quantities at
2c.-a price which manufacturers refuse
to notice. The nominal quotation Is still
2 l-Sc., less l per cent.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD. March 2L-Flour-
Quiet and unchanged.
Wheat-Dull and lower; spot and the
month, SO l-4fi9s 1-2c.: April, So $50
IS Use: May, cease l-lc.; steamer, No.
red "a 3-4I95c.: southern wheat, by sam
pie. csc. fsi; do, on grade, "a 3-4q9S Bic
Corn-Easy; spot and the month o 81 7oSp
&c: April 3Sd33 i-sc.; May. 80 3-Sd33 l-2c.
steamer mixed. 80 3-S4S2 l-2c;; southern
white corn. S3G34c.; do. yellow, ~ La
80 1-2c. - oa1
Oats-Duil and easy; No. white, 3q
sac.; No 2 mixed, 3ldG 1-2c.
Rye-Easier. No. 2. near by, % l-4a
551-2c.: No. 2 western, b6 l-4a5e lie.
Hay-Dull: choice timothy, $i2oosEsix
Grain Freights-Little more Inquiry for
parcel-room; steamers quiet and un'
changed.
sugar-strong and unchanged.
Rutter-steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Ouiet and unchanged.
f.beese-Steady and unchanged.
fattuce--Per basket. Sl504Si.75.
Whiskey--Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March A-Prices on tht
Roard OF Trade to-day continued on ths
down-grade. Fine weather and war
taiL were about the only factors. For