Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-14

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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, October B-Flour-In
some instances 10qi5c. higher; winter
straights. s3.50Qs3.6o.
Rye Flour-Quiet.
Buckwheat Flour-Weak.
Buckwheat-Weak at 49c.
Cornmeal-F1rm yellow western, nc.
Rye-Steady; No 2. 81 lac.
Barley-Steady; mailing. Al 1-2g49c.;
feeding. Ga37 lie.
Barley Malt-Steady; western 55d64c-
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red. "a Lie.
Options were at frst strong, on Liver
pool cables. but gradually eased or under
disappointing export trade, closing with
a slight rally. at S-Sn1-2c. advance.
Foreign houses sold moderately: Sea-
board clearances were liberal. Sales In
Guided No. red. March. closing 73c.: May
closed 10 1-2c.: December II 1-ic
Corn-Spot firm: No. 2, 5-sc. Options
opened firm. with wheat, eased of under
realizing. but closed steady at 1-SG3-Sc.
advance; May closed 80 Use; December
closed SO 3-Sc.
dull.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Steady: western State closed at
s. 2elps5.22 l-2; city AS: October closed
S.2e. nominally; refined steady.
Pork-Firmer
Butter-Firm; western creamery. 15lp
q 1-2c.; do. factory. II 1924 1-2c.: Elgins,
q he; imitation creamery 13G17c.; State
dairy 1401S lie.
Cheese-steady: large white. s5-sc.
Eggs-Firm State and Pennsylvania,
IS l-2Q19c,; western fresh. II 12G1sc.
Potatoes-Easy: Jerseys. SASS; New
York, slasl.37 IL; Long Island. 81. 25ds1. 81;
sweets. Jersey. $lasl.75; southern. 75c.
Petroleum-Firm.
ROsin-Steady.
TurDentine-Steady.
Rce--Steady
Cabbage-Qulet: Long Island s17JdS350
Cotton-By steam. 3ec.
Cottonseed- Oil-Continued strong I'm
spots; prime summer yellow ~ reported
with stocks light and demand good; prime
crude, lSc.. nominally; prime summer 22fp
| % 1-2c.. spot: butter grades, 26d27c.
Coffee-Options opened dull at I'M
changed prices and ruled inactive. with
| narrow fluctuations all day: foreign news
OF Indifferent purport changes I'm stattsti-
| cal position unimportant. and outside In
terest lacking: traders disposed to hold
| off for news from Brazilian markets.
| which were closed to-day on account OF
holiday Close at unchanged prices. Sales
1000 bags. including November. s545: De-
| cember $5.55. Spot Rio quiet; mild quiet
sales. small iobblng business.
Sugar-Raw firm but inactive; fair re-
| fining. 1-l6c.: centrifugal, 96 degrees test
3-16c.: molasses sugar. 37-l6c.; refined
| steady.
| NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET
NEW YORK. October l3.-The market
| to-day showed unchanged conditions, in.
| terest crystaliZing In the print-clOth mar
ket, in which IT was supposed more aie-
| tivity would be noted than was actually
the case. Locally, buying is still belnf
done very slowly, I'm both cottons and
| woOlens. Trade Is kept up fairly vel
in jobbing stores. but It is Of the hand-to-
mouth variety. and very little OF actua
gain is developed.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. October 1s-Flour-Dull
Wheat-Quiet: spot and the month, 72a
70 l-4c.: November. II 3-id72c. December
II Lam 3-8c.; southern wheat. by sample
G6G73c.
Corn-Easy: spot and the month. 90 3-ia
! 35c.: November, ~ 3-Sn35c.; new or old
November or December. "a 3-idN 7-Sc.
January. 43-4a3i Use; southern white
| corn. 35c.
Oats~Firm; No white 2SGS2c.
Rye-Firm: No. 2, near by, 81 3-ic.; No
western, 50 3-4c.
| Sugar-Strong and unchanged
| Putter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Lettuce-Unchanged.
Whiskey-Unchanged
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. October 13.-Cotton-Spo
In fair demand and prices unchanged
American mldding. fair, I'D; good mia
ding 3 9-32d.; middling, 3-32d.; low mid
ding. 27-l6d.; good ordinary S-32d
ordinary. 1921. The sales Of the day
were 1900 bales, OF which 500 were To-
speculation and export, and included 100
bales OF American; receipts, ls.Vo bales
including H. 100 American.
Futures opened quiet with moderate
demand. and closed steady; American
middllng. low middling clause. October
2 63-64Q3d.. sellers; October and Novem
Der. 2 62-6id2 63.6d., buyers; Noyem5e
and January, 262-64d.. sellers; Januar.
and February. 62-6id.. buyers Februar
and March. 2 62-64d, buyers; March an,
April. 3D.. sellers; April and May, 81
lad, buyers; May and June. 3l-6il
2-eid.. buyers; June and July. 3 2-6lG
3 3-64d., sellers: July and August sS-6id
buyers; August and September, $3.50
3 Aid, buyers.
NEW YORK. October bit was da
OF narrow fluctuations in the cotton mar
ket. Prices moved up lu2 points ar IN
opening In response To the estimated ad
vance In futures. and the continued goo
demand for spot cotton at Liverpool
Scattered covering was the feature OF IN
small early business done, after whic
scalpers had the market pretty much
themselves for the balance OF the sftel
noon. BY midday the Improvement Ia
melted away. by sheer absence Of speet
, latiye support and light realizing. Ye
low-fever talk was rife, but cut lit
figure as a bull influence. Shortly aftt
| midday shorts became nervous on Of
hciaI forecasts OF frost In the Nortf
| western part OF the belt tonight. VIII
| no important damage was anticipated, n
: ! hears were disposed &c be on the sal
' side. and evened up their obligations
| a moderate way. On this demand prfc'
again turned upward. but the volume
business was small, and almost entire
| OF a local character. The shipmen
J | abroad continued 10 offset In conside
able measure the free receipts al u
| ports To-days exports aggregal,
so bales, making the total shipment
I thus far this season COS, AZ bales. III
local future market closed steady, WI
prices net unchanged TO points highe
Cation futures opened quiet: Noyer
bsr * 10: December. S.N: January, So
February. 1894: March, S.I; April; 50
May. 1916; June, Ss; July. S.S2; A
$ SI r,,,ures closed steady; October, s..
Noysmber. S.22; December. $55; Jan
!. ary SsI. February. sJ.34: March. S.;
: Arm $40; May, S.F; June. $50; Jul
!, Saa. August, x.57.
SDot closed steady: middling upland
$3.50: middling gulf b5-sc.; sales. u
:. NEyy ORLEANS. October B.--Cottor
. r,,,,,rsx ouiet: October, SASS; Novembs
4 q, ss9isi.so: December. ste3nsis: JanuaI
n 0l,N.%; February. 3.O2nG.e: Mare
E9ssl1.0s: April, Sl34{5.H: MAY. Si'
4 Sie: June. s5.2342.25: July. 1yM$5.D.
NAVAL-sTORE MARKETS.
|; WILMINGTON. y. G.. October II