Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-17
OpenIng. HIghest. Lowest. CIosIng

Wheat. No. ?
Oct. .......70 70 G9ia 692t
Dec. .....n9G4 7lH 7lis4t M
May ....7lAQ7s 7i7s 7i2sgla 74sGI
Corn, No. p
Dec. ....s57sa3i 81 500 564,aB
May. .....Sl%a32B 1928 Slal 90
RS RS a.. :. Nc: s sSoa "a g gs
HESS Pork, per bbl.-
Jan. ......$J.i1 $54ll2 $40 $40
Lard, per 100 lbs
Dec. .....SiZll5 SJ.2lia S.22is S.22is
Jan. ......SJi0 $40 S.35 @.3l1s
short Ribs, per 100 lbs
Jan. ....".....$sLS9s $is5is $50 $50 =
Cash quotations were as follows: No.
yellow corn. 32d32iac. Flour easy. No.
spring wheat 69N70ihc.; No. spring
spring wheat. 6iaG9c.; No. red, 7l072lec.
No. corn, 3ll-li32c. No. ? oats. 22iec; 10.
2 white 25l2c, No. white. Ai2H2jc. No.
2 rye. Jjiac no. barley, 39izuHc. No. 1
faXseed &.H. Prime timothy seed, $3.50.
Mess pork, per barrel. S9JASLsJ. Lard
per 100 pounds. @.Zll24S5.3O Short rib
ders (boXeO. S6NSjl2i2; short clear sides
(bOxed), $500 500. Whskey. distillers'
finished goods. per gallon SLS Butter
easy; creamery, lJ12c.; dairy l5l2nlsc.
Cheese steady; creams, uSi0l2Ac. Eggs,
fresh l6l4c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. October lG.-4 p. Moot
tOr--SpOt in increased demand, prices
favor buyers; American micdling, 3 29-32d.
The sales Of the day were 1900 bales, OF
which 1000 bales were for speculation and
export, and included 100 bales Amerl-
can. Receipts, 1900 bales-lS,2OO Amsfi-
can.
Futures opened easy and closed Iuiet
but steady at the decline; America mid
ding. low mddiing clause, OCTOBER,
geld. sellers; November and Deem
Der, 5l-64d., sellers; December and Janu-
airy, 50-64d., sellers; January AMI Feb
ruary, 49-6iQ5 50-6id.. sellers: February
ana March. i9-eig3 0Std., sellers; March
and April, 49-64g3 5O-6id., sellers; Apul
and May, l9-6iQ3 J0-6fd.. buyer May
AMI June. 50-Gid.. sellers; June ana july
50-Gid., buyers; July and August, Jy-Gil.
buyers; August and September i9-6id.,
NEW YORK. october Is-Cotton
steady: mlddling, I'D; gross receipts.
1862 bales; sales, l,l50 bales; stock lOs,fh
Totals to-day: Net receipts 80 $40 bales
eNpcrts-to Great Britain. II ,O4 bales; 10
France. 1881 bales: to the continent
Consolidated: Net receipts lll.9i bales;
eNports-to Great Britain, %. $3.50 bales; 10
Frarce. 1883 bales; 10 the Continent
o. Glg bales.
Totals since September Let: Net re-
ceipts. i.374,S7S bales: eXports-tO Great
Britain. SS0.0H bales; 10 France l9D,iS
bales. 10 the Continent, S6g.2O5 bales.
There was a marked falling of In spec
ulative interest in professional cotton
circles, as well as among outside inyes-
tors. to-day The market needed only
weak cables 20 send prices downward on
the call. and 10 keep longs IN a nervous
state throughout the session. But while
sentiment was momeutarily bearish. the
market kept all its bullish features, such
as light receipts, frm southern markets
strong cloth markets, and contrasting
cotton estimates. The movement from
the ports 10 Europe reached an unusual
figure to-day. over tO.0o0 bales being clear
ell Total port receipts were 2S,0O bales
less than on the same day last year. on
the opening prices went Off gas points.
and after a slight rally, on covering, broke
heavily. The late market showed nesi-
tation on both sides. with the disposition
about equal " even I'd rather than 10