Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-14
GENERAL MARKETS.

news from the W tol anu otlihhfNNNn
buying Export demand and seaboard
clearences were light. Close was steady
at a %A1c net advance. March closed at
Sllsc; May closed at 1876; July closed
at 73lac.
Corn-Spot quiet; No. 2. 42lsei4S.c. Op-
tons opened steady. with wheat. Trade
was quiet but steady. Cables and lack
of sellers helped the market, and final
prices were save. net higher with the
undertone steady: May closed at $3.50.
July closed at 4ONc.
oats-spot steady; No. 2. s3c. Options
neglected
Beef-Steady.
Cut Meats-Quiet.
Lard-Steady: western steamed. $50
March. s552. nominally. Refined quiet.
POrk-Steady.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, l5g
20c.: do. factory. 120lrAc.: Elgins, 2Oc.
imitation creamery. 13al7l2c.; State dairy,
14Gl9i2c.
Cheese-Steady; large white, 12c.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania
lie: western, fresh, Nc; southern, l2l2u
lie.
enthusiastically: New York, sl25ds2;
Long Island, $L5OqS2.25; sweets Jersey
cottonseed-o il-steady; prime crude
dc.
Petroleum-Dull.
Realistically.
Turpentine-Firm.
Rice-Firm.
Cabbage-Quiet at $idSi0 per 100
Coffee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices 20 3 points advance fur
Their improved . points on some positions
with fair activity on covering, following
better European cables and continued
large warehouse deliveries. Buying
checked by continued large movement al
Rio and Santos. Very light outside spec
ulative interest. Close steady and UNI
changed to 3 points higher, sales, $3.50
bags, including April, SJ.05 May. $3.50
$40 Spot Rio dull No Z, invoice, CSC.
No. 7. jobbing, csc. Mild quiet and
steady; Cordova, SQl4c.
Sugar-Raw strong, fair refining. 37sc.
bid: centrifugal, 96-degree rest. 1890.
bid; molasses sugar. $40. bid $50 tons of
Jamaica Muscovado spot. extra wharf. at
3ssc.. S6-degree test. Refined firm and
active.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 13-The influx of
buyers IS still very heavy. and trading
to-day was along broad lines. Nearly al
divisions OF the market both at first
hands and with jobbers, were scenes OF
liberal buying. Print-cloths. according 70
corrected reports, sold TO the extent OF
nearly 10000 pieces az Fall River and
other eastern markets during last week
None of these goods were extra. The
latter are quoted nominaily at 2Ac., but
i'm reality cannot be secured at that
Southern print-cloths have kept pace with
the advances in eastern goods.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. March 13.-Flour-Dull.
Wheat-Steadier; spot and the month
"A 3-407i 7-Sc.: April, 70 lie: May, 70 LA
Is lie; southern wheat by sample, 7OQ
Is 1-2c.
81 lie; April, 81 3-4Q3Sc.; May, SS 3-ia
IS 7-Sc southern white corn. 3Tu3S l-4c.
Oats-Easer; No. 2 white, 35nS5 l-2c.
No 2 mixed, % l-2Q33c.
Rye-Dull No. 2 nearby, So l-2q6oc.
No. 2 western. 62c.
Sugar-Strong: granulated. $50.
Butter-Steady; fancy creamery, 2la92e.
store packed, l1ql3c.
Eggs-Firm at l2c.
Cheese-Firm and active; fancy New
York. COO: large. II l-2nl3c.
Lettuce-Steady.
Whiskey-$L 304Sl.35 per gallon for finish
ed goods I'm carloads; N.3lnsl.32 per gal
Ion for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March l3-Reports Of
drought i'm the Indian Territory together
with domestic crop claims, had a bulish
effect ON wheat May closed Sc. higher.
Corn gained &c. and oats asui2c. Lard
unchanged. Ribs. 2lzc. lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Eheat-NO. T.
May ......6gizQA 70i. 6sas G97s 40
July ......Gs7sqA 1915 tSas eSAa7s
Corn-No. >.
May .......335sqh 55ss 3l7s $ls
July .......3J+iH1s 80 31le S9e.n4i
Sept .......3Glsah @i@q1s S6ls S6Aa4s
May .-...'.ss +. ssaA sssa s s;3g
July .A%441s p A7s -ft
Mess Pork-Per BbL
july july .......$s.27lk Ss.55 1925 ss.s2la
Lard-Per 100 Lbs.
May .......S.S1l2 $40 $3.50 $40
July .......N.5O S5.J2lz 500 s95D
Sept .......s5.62is $3.50 S562is sot2l2
short RiDs-Per 10 Lbs.
Nay Nay .......M-7ee Sc SO H. siso
Sept .....s 1886 $i97is 1886 sis7lA
Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2
yellow corn 3p4q3ii2c. Flour quiet and
unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat, G5g6sc. ;
No spring wheat. J4uo. 12c.; No. red,
6elsQ70i2c. No. ? corn. Sac No. oats.
25IaQ2c.; No. 2 white, 2Si2c.; No.
white 2sc. No. 2 rye, 5Sc. No. 2 barley,
timothy seed. $40. Mess pork. per bar
rel S9QS9.05. Lard. per 100 pounds, S5.lil2
1850 Short-rib sides, loose, S.J5df4.6J.
Dry-salted shoulders, boxed, A.25ast51n.
SnOrt-CiedF SlucS, DoNtu, Sf'oSA sf9Vs W ih'-
key. distillers' finished goods. per gallon,
$.25. Sugar-Cut-l oaf unchanged. But
ter steady; creamery. lidlsi1c.; dairy liz
nl7c. Eggs steady al l2iaMl3c. Cheese
steady; creams. 10tgdlli2c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, March i3.-Cotton-Spot
inactive demand; prices barely support
ed American middine. 1920. The sales
II the day were 1900 bales, OF which 10
90 were for speculation and export, and
included IL 800 American. Receipts, 500
bales, including 20 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand, and closed firm; American mid
ding, low, middling clause March
sellers: April and May 2l-6id., buyers
May and June, a-64aS 22-6id. buyers;
June and July, 3 22-6id.. sellers; July and
August 2,-64d., buyers: August and
September. 8 s-6id.. buyers; September
and October. 2l-8iq3 22-6id.. value; DC
tober and November. 1-64d.. value; No
yember and December. 3H-tid., sellers
December and January. 2l-6id., sellers;
January and February, H-sid. sellers.
NEur VnRK March l3-COttOn easy,