Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-05
GENERAL MARKETS.

| GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Flour-Dull and
| easier; Minnesota patent, $3i0nS3.b.
| Rye FlOur-Dull.
| Cornmeal-Steady.
4 Rye-Dull
| Barley-Nominal.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot dull: No. rcd S0iac. OPP
| tons weak. on cable news, foreign sell
! ing, and better hOme-crop conditions.
! The crowd Oversold, however, and In the
| last hour covered shorts, on news or
| higher Northwest markets, leaving the
final tone frmer, although ease. below
last night. Seaboard clearances and eN-
port trade were small: May closed at
76Ac.; July closed at 10Ac.; September
! closed at 733sc.
Corn-spot steady: No. .. f&GSc. OPP
tons opened easy, on the decline In wheat,
and selling off with cables and fine wea-
Their West until finally rallied by shorts:
| Close partly sc. net lower: May closed
at 393c' July closed at $3.50.
Oats-Spot dull; No. =, BE. Options
quiet.
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Steady
I.ard-Dull; western steamed, 500;
April $3.50, nominally. Refined dull.
Pork-Dull.
Butter-Steady: western creamery ia
|
| imitation creamery, l3i2HlsHc.; State
! dairy, 1fbG22c.; State creamery, Ha2lizc.
Eggs-Steady; State ana Pennsylvania,
end western, fresh, E3.al3c.; southern,
cheese-steady; large white and colored,
Potatoes-Quiet: New York. s.gas2.5o;
Long Island, s2QS2.5O; Jersey, S2gSJl
d-Oil-Steady.
Petroeum-Dull.
ROsn-SteddY.
| Turpeutine-Steady.
! Rice-Steady.
Cabbage-Quiet.
Coffee-Options opened barely steady
and unchanged 70 points lower, ana
ruled dull and featureless, with local ope-
rators IN control. Bearish crop cables
from Santos produced little or no eIlSc.,
Statistical changes unimportant Foreign
markets destitute OF Influential feature.
Close steady 10 5 points lower; sales, $500
bags, including May, 500; June, $9:lo
No. Z, jobbng, 9-l6c. Mild quiet; Cor
sugar-.Raw strong and tending. up
ward; fair refining, l5-l6c.; centrifugal
96-degree test. 47-l6c.; molasses sugar
l3-l6c Refined firm and active.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 1.-THE weather has
been better to-day than for considerable
| time past and, so far as local influences
are concerned, has been the only chahse
| In conditions. Inc DuslnesS uoHS III W
ton goods. in staples and tancles, mas
run on moderate lines. The general tone
continues quite steady and all prices are
without change. Print-clothS are quiet
in regulars at ? 3-Ic. Moderate business
i'm odd goods. without change in quota
tions. Cotton, wOolen, and worsted
dress goods for fall in lively demand.
Woollen fannels are tending upward.
Exports OF cotton goods last week I'M
usually large, reaching N4O0 packages
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE. April 4.-Flour-ouiet
Wheat-Dull, steady. ard unchanged;
spot and the month. II l-2Q72c.; May,
Is l-2G75 Sic; June, 75c; southern wheat.
Corn|Easier; spot and the month, $50
SS1-ic.: May, 80 l-2n3S Bic, June, 500
80 l-4c southern white corn, Ale.
Oats-Dull and easy; No. white S1g
90 R ave and lower; No. 2, nearby,
57G57 1-2c.: No. 2 western, &c., sales
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Steady and unchanged.
Cheese-Firmer but unchanged.
Lettuce-$l.754S22 per bushel box
Whiskey-Unchanged
THE COTTON MARKETS.
| LIVERPOOL April 4.-COtton-Spot
ouiet. prices unchanged; American mid
ding & 3-6d The sales OF the day were
| bales.
speculation and export, and included 400
bales American. Receipts since last re-
port, 1900 bales, including 1890 bales
American.
Futures opened easy, with moderate
demand and closed barely steady; Amer-
can middlng. low-middlng clause, April,
lg-6443 2O-6id. sellers April and May,
| 3 i9-6lll3 20-6id.. sellers; May and June,
3 l9-6iU3 2O-6id., value; June and July,
z l9-6t6t3 2O-6id., buyers; July ana August,
3 2O-Gld. sellers; August and september,
3 l9-64d3 20-6id., sellers; September ana
October. 3 l9-6id., buyers: October ana
| November, 3 $500 lS-54d., buyers; NO
vember and December, lS-9id., buyers,
December and January, s-6ld., buyers
January and February. ls-oid., buyers,
February and March. lS-GfgS l9-6id',
buyers.
NEW YORK. April 4.-cotton-Qu
middling, 3-l6c; net receipts, oS3 oales;
gross receipts, 3S9S bales; sales, 40 bales,
Stock. 1904 bales cxports-to Great Bri-
tain $50 bales, 10 the Continent s9s Dales.
Totals to-day: Set receipts, 1855 bales,
exports-to Great Britain LIS baies' 70
France. 300 bales; 10 the Continent 800
bales: stock, iG% bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, $500 bales,
exports-to Great Britain, LBS bales; 70
France. $500 bales; TO the Continent -oii
bales. ~. -
ceipts. 76lS,N3 bales; eXports-t0 Great
Britain. 3,lZS,657 bales; TO fiance, oo'09-
bales: 10 the Continent, 220J,'oi bales:
The market for cotton futures MADE
steady stand to-day, bu, later tdrned
weak, under liquidation. The bear element
Hammered the crop positions quite freely
on ihe break. baslng their views on the
Continued liberal crop movement, ana
forecasts for better weather In the belt
Generally. The opening was al unchanged
nrices 10 a point above, where business
sor a time was light. During the first hour
The market was nervous. and orders were
sew and far between. Shortly after mid
dav unloading OF old long stun was
started by a more bearish semi-weekly
report than was expected, coupled with
estimates for continued moderate receipts
sion orders were soon reached. and for
| a time the bull crowd was extremely ncr-
yous. The near-at-hand months suffered
most in the slump, May selling OF 10
$50 and August TO $50 before the de-
cline was arrested. The handsome profits
in sight tempted foreign and local shorts
10 cover later. but after several reaction
ary turns the market closed quiet and
steady. az a net loss Of 10 ) points. The
reopening Of Liverpool this morning de-
| yelopsd less favorable state OF affairs
I'm that market than the crowd had been
led 10 expect Speculation In futures, ac-
cordlng 10 private advlces, were very
slack. while demand spot cotton was de
cidedly less urgent than before the holt