Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-16

| but closed steady at lie advance. req
ruary closed 30 S-sc.; May, closed 81 j-sc.
quiet all day. but stronger on the advance
| In cash oats, closing 7-Sc. net higher
May. closed 81 lac.
Beef-Firm.
Cut Meats-Firm: picked bellies, 51-2n
| l-2c.; do. hams. 7I-2n7 3-3c
Lard-Firm; western steamed. $40
! May. $3.50. nomlnally: refined hrmer; Con-
tinent. s5.e5: South American, s.; com
pound. A.l2 l-2Q$437 1-2.
| Pork-Strong: mess. HlTSll-2j: shoTi
clear. siO75asi275: family. sii50
Butter-Steady: western creamery, y Il
fi20c.: do. factory Halle; Elgins. NC
imitation creamery. i3llIc:; State dairy,
| 1SniSc.: do. creamery. i3nl9c.
cheese-Quiet; large white. September,
Size.
Eggs-steady; state and Pennsylvania,
l5c;; western fresh. l. l-iai4 l,2c. ~,
=, P.So POI New York. s2-s' La
Tallow-stcady; city. s5-Sc.; country,
l-2G3 5-Sc.
Pe,roleum-Dul; United. no market
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Quiet.
Isice-Steady.
Molasses-Quiet
Cabbage-Quiet at s3.50G$f
Cottonseed-Oil-The upward movement
the strength OF lard. Prime crude and
yellow are the grades chiefly affected.
Prime crude. 1919 l-2c.; prime summer
yellow, BE; off summer yellow, 22g22 l-2c.
butter oil. &n26c
Coffee-Options opened quiet and steady
at unchanged prices ruled inactive and
featureless, with downward tendency. un-
der heavy Brazilian receipts. increased
American visible. disappointing European
cables slack consumption demand. and
lack OF speculative support. Close steady,
with prices unchanged TO points net
decline. Sales. 5000 bags. including March.
$3.50; May. $40; spot Rio steady; No. Z.
/ invoice $625: No. T. jObbng. 1915: mild
firm; Cordova. S.5Oli $3.50.
Sugar-Raw strong; refined firm
NEW YORK DRY-GOODs MARKET.
NEW YORK. February 15.-The week
in dry goods shows a fairly active trade.
with a larger number of buyers in town
than during the early days Of previous
weeks. The price tone is decidedly bet
ter White Star. as by 81. brown cottons'
Majestic y. Il. Brown. Marian. and NOrtn
Star bleached cottons, Graniteville and
/ Maginnis brown sheetings have all been
advanced 1-Sc. per yard. Other advances
! are expected tomorrow. The tone OF
/ staple cOttons Is particularly strong. Inc
higher price Of cottons has been the chief
/ incentive 10 higher-priced quotations IN
/ the absence of heavy demand. there is
! little opportunity to test the market on
the basis of these new quotations, Dus
| so far as can be learned, the advances
/ have been well sustained. In coarse cor
ored cottons there is corresponding
strengthening, but sellers do not ieei
/ justified in quoting higher prices RIM
| cloths unchanged Prints firm ana III
good demand.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. February 15.-flour-in-
active and unchanged.
Wheat-StrCng; spot and the month,
! 81 90 1-20N 90 SIS: March. Sl.O0 3-id$l.vO 30
May 80 1-2d99 S-4c.; steamer, No. req
9e 129s6 5-Sc.; southern wheat by sd sample p,
g6c Gsl OF -: do. on grade. @cnSlu
Corn-StrOng: spot and the month, 90
35 lac. March and April. 81 I-Sa5oc.
steamer mixed, "a l4G34 lie; southern
white corn. "a las lie; DO. yeiio"'
SO 1-2d34 1-2c.
Oats-strong and higher; No. 2 white,
% 1-2GSSc. No. 2 mixed S0QSlc
Rye-Firmer: No. near by, 81 S-fdooc
No 2 western, 50 S-4G56c. -.,.,.
Hay-Steady; choice timothy, $l25od So.
Grain Freights-Rather more active, but
unchanged.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter and Eggs-Quiet and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Lettuce-Per basket, SIS.
Whiskey-S1 .25aS1.26 per gallon for I'm
ished goods in carloads; N.2uN.2S per
gallon for jobbing.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO February l5.-May wheat to-
day advanced TO within a small fraction
Of the dollar mark. and closed strong,
with a gain of nc over yesterdays
figures. The advance was due more to
the anxiety of shorts TO get out than to
the news. The impression increased that
wheat is pretty well tied up by the Letter
interests. Everything else on the floor
was active and strong. Corn closed &c
higher. and oats 7-SGlc. higher. Provisions
advanced sharply, but reacted on rea-
liZing, pork closing 20 cents higher, and
lard and ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
wHEAT-No. ,.
February ....100 100 100 100
May.. g8ssaA g976 $685. 9g3EaLs
July. s6al4 sos S544 s5sl
CoBN-No 2.
Manu.. so99sa.@ 81 so'4 5 SoNe5s
September ...32A 1885 32A 33
OATs-No. =.
.26isa27I4 27I6 264 27HaA
July. a51s 24A <s
NESS PoHK-Per Dbl
May....s1I.05 slI.35 si1.05 s1L15
july. 11.25 l35 lilo Ills
LARD-Per 100 IpA
May .......s5.25 s5.97I6 s5.17I6 $500
July. 5.3(M 5.35 5.27h 5.27H
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
s5.37y6 $40 s5s9l6 s5.32h
July. 5.42I2 5.45 5.37I8 $40
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
yellow corn, p l-2c. Flour draggy. No.
spring wheat. 9S0Slc.; No. spring wheat.
s6dg7c.; No. 2 red. SO 12c. al. No. 2 corn,
% 1-2c No. 2 oats, &c; No. white, I.
o. b.. 90 l-2029 Sic; No. 3 white. f. o. b..
2Sd2S SAC. No. 2 rye, IS $-4c. No: ? bar
ley. (. o. b., 32G40c. No. l faxseed, Sl.23 -;
new. Sl.27 II. Prime timothy seed, S2s5q
$3.50 Mess pork per barrel, sll.05Q Sll.1O
Lard, per 100 pounds S5.l2 II. Short-rib
sides Qoose). S52O0$5.45. Dry-salted Shout
ders boxed, Si75QS5. Short-clear sides
(boxed). S55OQS56O Whisky distillers
finished goods. per gallon, Sis IL. Su-
gars-Cut-loaf unchanged. Butter-Firm;
creamery 13019c.; dairy. Halle. Cheese
quiet at SaS l-2c. Eggs-Firm; fresh, Nc
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