Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-22
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.


NEW YORK, February A.-Flour-
Moderately active, firm, and a shade
higher. on Chicago grades; city mill pa
tents. S5.S5m$615
Rye Flour-Dull.
Buckwheat Flour-Steady.
observation-disclosures at 39q39l2c.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2, 5Sl9c.
Barley-Eirm.
Barley Malt-Firm.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red. S1.09 is.
Options opened firm at a 5-8dlAc. ad-
vance, on war rumors, and another
squeeze of May shorts The bulge in
vited selling, however. which, with week
ly statistics produced a midday reaction.
followed at the close with sharp rally
on covering. The market was finally
steady at hGlc net advance; No. red
March, $1.0S2t May closed Sl.03 1-S.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2, 37A. Options
opened firmer at a 3-Sc. advance, on pad
weather west, but declined under libe-
raj visible supply increase. and local I'M
loading. closing at Isaac. net decline;
May 35&G36 1-Sc., closed 30 5-Sc.; July
Oats-spot quiet; No. p S2c. Options
quiet and "a shade easier with corn,
closing &c net lower; May closed SO&c.
Beef-Firm; packet. sloaSu; city extra
India mess. S155OGSl7.
Cut Meats-F'irm; picked bellies, $685.
Lard-Firm; western steamed. $3.50
$547la; May, $3.50. nominally; refined firm
POrk-Firm.
Butter-Strong; western creamery, IA
20c.; do. factory Halle; Elgins. 20c.; imi-
tation creamery, 13Gl7c.; State dairy, l3u
lie; do. creamery, lfdl9c.
Cheese-Quiet; large white September,
slkc.
Eggs-Strong; State and Pennsylvania,
15zc.; western fresh. 15isc.
Pota.oes-Quiet; New York, $2.37lzn2.5O;
sweets $5G4.
Tallow-Firmer; country. 4iaG4 5-Sc.
Cottonseed- Oil-Ffrm; prime crude,
2Okc.; do. yellow, 2Sa25lzc.
Petroleum-Dull.
Rosin-steady; strained, common to
good, S1.4Ou$l.45.
Turpentine-Firm at Slas4Ac.
Rice-Steady.
Molasses-Quiet.
Cabbage-Steady at S350dA
Coffee-Options opened steady at un
changed prices TO a 5-pOint decline. ana
improved slightly on local and European
buying. Foreign news too conflicting to
be important factors. Liberal Brazilian
receipts about offset by American ware
house deliveries. Speculation checked by
possibility of serious political complica-
ti0ns. Decline near the close under bear
hammering. Closed barely steady, with
prices unchanged to 10 points lower; sales,
20 500 bags, including March at $3.50 $50.
Spot Rio quiet; No. invoice, 6.3; No.
jObbing, 1913; mild steady; CordOva, $500
$3.50; sales. LOO bags Guatemalan, ana
$50 bags Maracaibo, on p. {.
Sugar-Raw strong; refined firm.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, February H.-Rainy wea-
their conditions and the effect of to-mor-
rows holiday tended to make to-days
market a quiet one in dry-goods. There
was no very marked attempt to boom the
market. and buyers were few. II Is proba-
BILE that the real beginning of the sea-
sons trading will be on Wednesday. me
price-tOne for cottOns remains firm.
Slight advances have been announced IN
the New York mills for white sheetings
and some other lines The demand is still
restrained. ro-day's mail orders showing
little change from previously reported
averages. ConVerters stu figure quite
prominently in the market. and are more
liberal in their bids. Print-cloths remain
fairly active in all odd goods. Prints are
fairly active at strong prices.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. February 2l.-Wheat was
very nervous and unsettled to-day, and
fluctuations covered a wide range. The
news. as a rule was bearish. but owing
to the fact that tomorrow is holiday
and TO the prevailing Letter influence,
shorts were anxious to cover. May closed
al "A 3-4c. advance; July l-2c. higher. Corn
and oats were heavy. on free liquidation,
closing l-4G3-Sc. lower. respectively. Pro-
visions show some irregularity in closing
prices. ..,,o
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing