Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

Quiet. owing to the advanced views of
holders.
Rye Flour-Dull.
Buckwheat Flour-Nominal.
Buckwheat-Steady.
Cornmeal-Stsady.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2, 5S3-4c.; State rye,
So 1-2I5i 1-2c
Barley-Dull
Barley Malt-Steady.
Wheat-Spot firm: No. 2. S.06 rs. OPP
lions opened firm at partially 1-4c. adj
vance and with few exceptions ruled
strong all day. closing 1-i91 l-2c. net
higher. The rise was attributed TO
scare of shorts over Unexpectedly higher
Liverpool cables. big reduction in the
visible supply, and foreign buying. Ex-
ports were shut out by the advance; No.
2 red, March. closed at N.O5 3-S; May
closed at Sl.00 3-S.
opened firm at lac. advance, rose further
on bullish estimates of farm reserves,
heavy clearances, and fair export inquiry,
finally reacted slightly under realizing,
and closed steady at 3-8c. advance; May
closed at 35c.: July closed at 3oc.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2. Bic. options
quiet. but steadily held, with the other
markets. closing 1-Sc. net higher; May
closed at 30 l-ic.
Cut Meats-steady; picked bellies. 5s-4
Lard-Easy: western steamed, $50;
May $5.45 nominally. Refined quiet.
ButterDFirm: western creamery, $50
pic: do. factory, Halle; Elgins, nc; iml-
tation creamery. 134l7c.; State dairy, LOO
lie: do creamery, IA 1-2n20c.
Cheese-Dull; large, white, September,
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
Is l-4d15 1-2c.; western, Is 3-4c.; southern
Potatoes-steady; New York, s2.s7 i-2@
observation-disclosures refined--New York.
$500; Philadelphia and Baltimore, Sl5;
do, in bulk, s3.65.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentne-Firm.
Rice-Firm.
Enthusiastically.
Cabbage-Quiet at $3GS4.JO.
Cottonseed- Oil-Infiuenced by an easier
lard market. Prices were somewhat In
BUYERS favor, with. demand slow; prime
crude. 20q2lc.: prime summer yellow, &c.
asked: off summer yellow, % lie.
Coffee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices. ruled slightly irregular.
with selling checked by large warehouse
deliveries in this country and smaller re-
ceipts at Rio and Santos but with specu-
lation and demand for spot supplies in
open market also small. Closed steady.
and net unchanged to 5 points lower;
sales. 1900 bags; May, $3.50. Spot Rio
dull: No. 7, invoice, l-ic.; No. Z, Joboers',
3-4c. Mild steady; Cordova, 1-24l5 l-2c.;
sales. 800 bags Maracaibo. p. 1.
Sugar-Raw, fair refining. ll-l6c.: cer-
trifugal S6-degree test, 9-l6c. Refined
steady.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. February 2S-At the open
ing of the new week there Is much of
interest in the dry-goods situation. Buy
ers at second hand are quite plentiful.
and iobbers are again looking forward
tn n lucrative week. At first hands, the
market is still quite firm. The demand
coming forward for cotton goods Is sui
limited. Mail orders showed generally
fair results to-day. but store-buying Is
still limited In nearly all quarters. Staple
cottons continue irregular. The constant
and consistent demand which finds It's
origin i'm the needs or the converting ana
finishing trades continues a hopeful fea-
ture of the market In brown goods the
demand is quite regular. Wide goods
are also steadily active. with greatly re-
duced stocks reported In some quarters.
Ttyport goods continue unsatisfac-
tory in all quarters. Bieached
cottons are strong. and an IN
creased demand is noticed in some lines.
print cloths show no change. Prints are
generally in fairly good shape. sellers
ar first hands have moved the bulk or
their seasons goods. and are beginning 10
figure on the fall trade.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, FEBRUARY Zo-N neat aSaih
developed into bull market to-day. I'm
expected strength at Liverpool and
large visible decrease were factors in
general covering movement. and little
shorts We're started at the opening, and
kept up all day. The close showed adj
vances of 2Ac. in May. and 5-sc. in July. .
Corn and oats were also strong. and adj
yanced 3-SaZ4c., respectively. Provisions
were irregular pork and ribs showing
slight closing advances, but lard closed a
little lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
wHEAT-No.
Feb .....103H 105H 1O3M 104N
l05% 102ss l04N