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

Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2
yellow corn q lie. Flour draggy. No. 2
spring wheat, 9SNSic.; No. spring wheat
s0d97c. No. 2 red. SO 1-2c. al. No. corn,
0. b., 20 1-2Q29 Sic; No. white, +. o. b..
2Sd2S SAC. No. rye, IS S-4c. No; bar
ley. f. o. b.. 32G4Oc. No. iaxseed, Sl.2S -;
new. S1.27 IA. Prime timothy seed, $2.s5a
100 Mess pork, per barrel, SlO3u Sll.lO.
Lard. per 100 pounds. s5.l2 -. Short-rib
sides Qoose). 5000 IS. Dry-salted shout
ders boxed, $i7jnS5 Short-clear sides
(boxed). S5.5OQ$5.6O. Whiskey, distillers'
finished goods per gallon, N.lS L. SUI
gars-Cut-loaf. unchanged. Butter-Firm;
creamery. 13Nl9c.: dairy Halle. Cheese
quiet at 8qS lie. Eggs-Ffrm; fresh lie.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI o., February 15.-Flour-
Wheat-Firm and higher; No. red, s7a
CSC
Corn-Firm and higher; No. mixed,
Oats-Firmly held; No mixed, 27l4Q2sc
Rye-Firm; No. 2 5lc
l.ard-Firm at 1896.
Bulk Meats-Firm at $3.50
Bacon-Firm and higher at IS.
Whiskey-Quiet at Sl.19.
Butter-Duil; Elgin creamery, dc;
Ohio. Boise; dairy, lOc.
Sugar-Firm.
Eggs-Firm at re.
Cheese-Quiet and steady
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. February ID p. NJ
Cotton-Spot in moderate demand; prices
lower: American middling. fair. 3 Sd. !;
good middling. 31-2d. middling. ll-32d. {;
low middling. 3-l6d.. good ordinary
3 13-S2d. ordinary. ? 7-Sd. The sales OF the
dav were 5000 bales OF which LOO We're
for speculation and export; ana included
1850 American. Receipts, h'VJO Dales' IN
GUIDING 2t American.
Futures opened easy. with a fair de-
mand. and closed barely STEADY; American
midding. low middling clause. February.
3 l7-64n3 1S-64d.. value, February and
March. 3 17-64n3 lS-6id.. value; March and
April. 317-64Q3 1s-64d.. value; April and
May 8 lS-64d., sellers; May and june
3 lS-64li3 19-64d.. sellers; June and July.
l9-6ld.. sellers; July and August. ls-6in
2 20-sld. sellers; August and September,
3 19-6lG3 20-6id.. buyers; September and
October 2O-6id buyers; October and
November. 3 2O-64fi3 2l-64d., sellers; No
vember and December. 2O-64Q3 4-6id.,
buyers.
NEW YORK, February l5-Co;ton-
Quiet: middling, 8 1-4c.: net receipts, l,loi
bales; gross receipts. 2.429 bales, exports
TO the Continent 32l6 bales, forwarded.
IA bales; sales. none; stock, 1885 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 52,5l4 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 5sOS bales; to
France. IL. AS Bales. 10 the Continent, H.
l66 bales; stock l.2626C6 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, 1868 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. 1888 bales; TO
France. II .957 bales; TO the Continent. 49,
Us bales.
Totals since September list: Net receipts.
.O30,l7S bales; exports-to Great Britain.
2 i19,Ose bales; 10 France. 65S,SS4 bales; 10
the Continent, l.955095 bales.
Cotton futures closed steady; sales.
1iS. 500 bales; FEBRUARY. $3.50; March. IS;
April. s603; May, $607: June. S6.l0; July.
s6l3: August S6l7; September, $6.1S; Oc-
tober. s6.l5; November s6l5; December,
$6i6
Futures opened steady at the decline;
sales. 1880 bales; March, $5.95; April. s5.9S;
May. S6.03; June, S6.06; July. $500: August,
1913: September. 1914; October. 1912; Mo-
yember, 1913.
Spot cotton closed quiet; mlddling up
lands. 6hc: Gulf. &C; sales none.
NEW ORLEANS, February la.-Cotton-
Futures quiet and steady; sales, 81. $40
bales: February. nominal; March, s5.561
S5.57: April. s5.elGs5.68; May. S.674s5 .6s;
June s51Q$5 ": July, S. 76mS5.1; August,
81. Scfs5 81; September. IS. soN g. 50; October.
s5 S3nSy IS; November, s.. S3ux.sj