Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-06

81 5-Sas 7-sc.-closed o. 5-Sc.; May closed
| % 5-sc.
corn-spot easy; No. q BE-, & o: b..
afioat; options opened steady, on light re-
,eipts. but eased off later. with wheat,
| and closed 1-Sc nef lower: January closed
80 i-Sc. May closed "a l-Sc.
Oats-Spot dull; No. 2, q l-4c.; options
inactive and easier. with the other mar
kets. closing 1-sdI-4c. net lower; February
closed q 3-ic.: May closed n 5-Sc.
Beef-Ffrm.
Cut-Meats-Steady.
Lard-Flrm; western steamed, @lo
Butter-Steady; western creamery. 1sfp
&c: do. factory. 12ni5c.: Elgins. &c; imi-
tation creamery. 10 i-2n1Sc.; state dairy,
13u2oc.; do creamery. 15u2lc.
Eggs-Easy: state and Pennsylvania,
22Gf2ic.: western. fresh. 2lG23c.
Potatoes-Quiet; New York. s2l2 i-2V
1925: sweets, 81. f0NA.
-Oil--Steady; prime crude.
IS 12619c. do yellow, p 1-2c.
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsin--ouiet.
Turpentine-Quiet.
Rice-(luiet.
Molasses-Steady.
CONGREGATIONS opened steady at n l0lt
10 points decline, further declined
points under demoralized European mar
kets. lower spot markets. and liquidatlons;
selling checked by low prices and fairly
liberal United States warehouse deliveries;
closed steady at a i0n15 points net de-
cline: January. $50: December and May
s.. 90: spot Rio easy; No. Z, invoice, $.3l IL;
No. Z, iobhing. s6.S7 IL; mild easy; Cor
dova. $S50Hss15.
Sugar-Raw and refined steady
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. January 5.-The dry
goods market shows scarcely increased
activity to-day. The quota of buying In
I'll. nIf rCls
have been many arrivals during the last
few days. The mail-order totals are not
heavy. and except In one or two divisions,
which shine as notable exceptions 10 the
rule. the situation is a dull one. yobbers
locally are moving some special lines or
goods, but on the whole are not doing a
heavy business. There is universal trouble
about the arrangement of displays. IN
woollcn and worsted dress goous' DOM
plain and mixtures, the demand is fairly
well sustained. while mems wear fabrics
are. in the main, satisfactory
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, January 5.-F1our-Quiet
and unchanged
Wheat-Weak; spot and the month. $50
90 1-Sc.; Nav. 90 1-ic. bid steamer No. z
red. 9ln9l 1-4c.; southern wheat. by sam
pie. 92d97c.; do. on grade. 81 l-2d96 1-2c:
Corn-Steady; spot, the month. and FEB
ruary. 30 1-46i32 1-2c.; steamer mixed,
30 1-2d32 5-Sc.; southern white corn, 29 l-+Q
IS i-2c; do. yellow. SldSi S-4c.
Oa'ts-F'irm; No. white, 5Oc., sales; NO.
mixed. &c. sales.
Rye-Steady; No. 2. nearby, 80 S-4c.; No.
western. 50 3-4c bid.
Hay-Firm; choice timothy, 3d.
Grain Freights-Steady; parcel room
quiet: unchanged.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Quiet and unchanged.
Eggs and Cheese-Steady and I'M
changed
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, January 5.-Wheat was
rather heavy to-day. and II the local
talent had not been afraid OF being caught
by the Letter party the o-SaS-4c. decline
which marked the close In May might
have widened into a heavier loss. Cash
news was strong, speculative weak. Corn
did not move enough 70 be worthy of no.
tice. and closed unchanged. Oats declined
1-Sc. Provisions were the strong market
Of the floor and showed closing advances
of false.
Leading futures rangeS as follows:
Opening. Hignost. Lowest. Closing.
January. 49,. eOss 9ox ss4 soN
May ..s sas1asa 80 s5's'H e 80 s sa,
CORS-No. =.
M NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. :e;S.%aA 20 2s1s
July........30 30A 80 30ls
OATs-No. =.
January"........... II
Mey...."....."2oHaA "3A 2J1s 23B
KISS PoRK-Per Dbl
J.aunry. ss.97's ss-l sz sss.955% s9ls
May ...- y. 10 S3l15 o.l-R 800
LARD-Per 100 lbs
May 49,. 1925 400 4.sO 400
SHORT RIBs-Per 100 lbs.
January. $40 s45716 $500 s4.57ls
May....... 1925 4.72Is 4.6J 4.72I4
Cash quotations ranged as follows Flour
dull. No. yellow corn. 26 1-2u26 5-Sc. No.
2 spring wheat, s. S-ic;; No. spring
wheat. S3dS9c; No. 2 red. SO 3-4u9Oc. No. ?
corn. 26 1-2G26 5-Sc. No. oats 22c.; No. 3
white. T. o. b., 23lfS} 3-4c. No. rye, 45 1-2c.
No barley, 2Sn42c. No / faxseed, $l.l6U
Sl.20 Prime timothy seed. s267 IL. Mess
pork, per barrel $9lOQ$9.l5. Lard. per 100
pounds, S.75a$. n IL. Short rib sides
1oose). $i5GaN75; dry-salted shoulders
(boxed) $f50n$475; short clear sides box
ed. $754S4S5 Whiskey. distillers finish
ed goods. per gallon, S.l9. Sugar, cut
loaf. unchanged. Butter firm; creamery,
15021c. dairy 12G1sc. Cheese quiet at S4
8 -2c. Eggs steady; fresh. &c.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., January 5.-Flour-
Wheat-Firm; No. red. s2c.
Corn--Easier; No. mixed, 2Su29 3-4c.
OatS-EdSler; NO. mixed, Zf4z l-ic.
Rye-Quiet No. 47c
I.ard-Active at 466I70c.
Bulk Meats-Firm at A.45.
Bacon-Firm ut $50.
Whiskey-Steady at Sll9.
Butter-Ouiet.
Sucar-Firm.
Eggs-Firm at Is l-2c.
Cheese-In fair demand.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, January 81 =. Moot
ton--Spot good business done; prices easy:
American middling 3 lid. The sales of
the day We're 1900 bales Of which 1000
bales were for speculation and export,
and included 1l.400 bales American: re-
ceipts. 5000 bales, including $500 bales
American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand. and closed quiet; American mid
ding. low-middling clause. January.
l0-6ia3 1l-64d.. buyers January and Feb
ruary. 9-6ffi3 10-64d.. buyers; February
and March. 10-6id., sellers; March and
April. 3 10-5id3 ll-64d., sellers; April and
May 11-64u3 12-64d. sellers; May and
June. 3 12-64li3 l3-64d., buyers; June and
July, l3-64ff3 HID. buyers; July and
August 14-6iQ3 Ibid. buyers; August
and September. l5-64li3 16-6id.. buyers;
September and October, 3 16-64H3 l7-64d
sellers: October and November, l7-64d..
buyers; November and December, 3 l7-64g
3 lS-64d.. buyers.
NEW YORK, January 5-Cotton--Dull; |
middling. l5-l6c.; net receipts, 1,766 bales
gross receipts. 5.22S bales; exports-tO |
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