Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-30

May .....A771s Ns2h A.7Is St@l4
July ......si.so 1896 ANI2 x.95
Sept ....s5.O2ls sos s5.O2ls *.o5
Cash quotations were as follows: No 2
yellow corn. 35Isc. Flour duh 'and un-
changed. No. 2 spring wheat, 7Olzq72c.;
72Q75lgc. No. ? corn, S5hc. No. oats,
27Ad27izc.; No. 2 white, SC93lc.; No. 3
white. 2912MSOhc No. rye. 5SiEc NO.
2 barley, 374Hc. No. l flaxseed, N.2lR;
Mess pork, per barrel s9.l0l.@.25. Lard,
per 100 pounds. $5.25GS5.21ls. Sho1t-rib
sides. loose, $il5dS450 Dry-salted shout
ders. boxed, SL37IzgSi5O. Short-clear
sides. boxed $5.05a$5lO. Whiskey. dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon. 81 PC.
Sugar-Cut-loaf unchanged. Butter nrm;
creamery. lM2lc.; dairy ukulsc. Eggs
steady; fresh. lllzc. Cheese steady;
e. cams. 1ll4al2l2c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March 81 +. Moot
ton-Spot in fair demand; prices I-32d.
higher; American middling, l5-32d; good
midding. 3 1921; middling, l3-32d.; low
middling, 7-32d. good ordinary, l3-32d. !;
ordinary, 3 N-S2d.. The sales OF the day
were 10000 bales, OF which 1000 bales were
for speculation and export, and included
$500 bales OF American Receipts, 7,OJO
bales. including $3.50 bales Of American.
Futures opened steady, with a moderate
demand and closed barely steady; Ainerl-
can middling, low middling clause, March,
3 eO-64lf3 2l-64d., buyers; March ana April,
20-6i43 2l-G4d., value; April ana May.
20-6iI3 2l-6ld., buyers; May and june,
3 2O-64lI3 2l-G4d., buyers; June and July,
3 Y-64d, sellers: July and August, Zl-6id.
buyers; August and September W-bH
3 21-G4d., buyers; September ana October'
3 20-64a3 q ed. sellers; October and NO
vember. 2O-Gid.. sellers; November and
December. 3 l9-6id3 2O-64d, sellers; De
cember and January, ls-6ia3 20-6id., sell
ers: January and February, 1900
20-6id., sellers.
NEW YORK, March @.-Cotton-Quiet;
middling. 65-l6c.; net receipts, l6S bales;
gross receipts, s. i3i bales; sales, zoo bales I;
stock, l4i,lN bales exports-to Great Bri-
tain. 3Hf bales; to the Continent, 1881
bales 10 France, i57 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. H. 400 baies ;
exports-to Great Britain, ls,94S bales; %
France. 1877 bales; TO the Continent, l,59s
bales stock, 1880 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts. u 800 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, D,Sl1 bales; 70
France, 81 bales; to the Continent, z5'wo
bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 1866 552 bales; eXports-to Great
Britain, 3.ll7,4S bales; 10 France. 6J5 SJ2
bales; TO the Continent, 2327.S35 bales:
In anticipation of the brace or holidays
at hand in the cotton markets or THIS
country and Europe. trading In futures
was conducted with much caution to-day.
and not much is expected OF the market
FOR the rest OF the week. unless there
should develop some unforeseen FACTOR.
The opening cables were regarded as sat
i.factory, but there was little In the way
OF support from outside interests, ana
local sentiment was Dearishly inclined.
The opening call developed barely
steadv feeling, with prices unchanged 10
1 uolnt higher for old-crop positions and
10 2 points lower for new crop positions.
Subsequently business increased the de-
cline 10 AS points later cables being IN
satisfactory. Following the call there
vas a sudden upward movement on the
nnhlication OF the weather bulletin, which
reusel a demand from shorts, who were
alarmed BY the indications OF cold rains
for The Atlantic States and unreasonable
weather for the rest Of the cotton belt.
The loss of the early part or the session
,.as promptly recovered, but later the
market eased off again. and showed q
~ooi deal OF irregularity. At noon the
nr,ces were again low. Business showed
q lack OF resolution on both sides OF thu
"crount. and for the day was small. with
The market finally quiet. with net loss
| OF $40 points.