Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-18

Cash quotations were as follows. IlCur
firm; No. spring wheat. 7lI2q13c., No. 3
corn, 35i4c. No. 2 oats, 17&4a2Sc.; No. 2
white, 30q3lc.; No. 3 white. 29iaq D1ac. No.
rye, 5ji2c. No. 2 barley. 4oqiic. no /
faxseed 81 .20asl2t Prime timothy seed,
$3.50. Mess pork, per barrel $685.. Lard,
per 100 pounds, S517l20S.2o. short-rib
sides. loose. SA4Op4. 10. Dry-salted shout
ders. boxed, $i37l2qSiJ0 Short-clear
sides, boxed, A.9Jq$5. Whisky clstill-
ers' finished goods, per gallon, SIS.
Sugars-Cut-loaf $3.50; graduated, S5.ij.
Butter quiet and easy; creamery. 1910
dairy, nl2c. Eggs steady; fresh, l2.24
13c. Cheese steady and unchanged.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, April III p. Mot
ton-Spot firm fair demand. prices l3-l5d
higher; American middling, 29-32d.; good
mddling, 39-lGd.; middling, 3-sd.; low
middling. 3 3-l6d good ordinary, 3D.. or
binary, 13-l6d. The sales OF the day were
10000 bales. OF which 500 bales were for
speculation and export. and included $500
bales American. No receipts.
Futures opened and closed steady, with
a fair demand; American middllng, low
middling clause, April, 2O-6id., buyers;
April and May, 2O-6id., buyers; May and
June 20-6id., buyers; June and July,
3 20-64q3 2l-6id., sellers; July and August,
3 2O-6lff3 2l-6id., buyers; August and Sep
TENDER. 20-6i03 2l-6ld., sellers; September
and October, 20-6id., buyers; october and
November. 3 2O-6id.: November and De-
cember. 20-6id3 2l-6ld.. sellers; Novem-
Der and December 3 2O-6id, sellers; Janu-
airy and February, 0-6id.; January and
February. 3 2l-G4d, buyers.
NEW YORK. April -Cotton-Steady;
middling, 5-l6c. gross receipts, 2,9bs
bales; sales. 525 bales stock. l57, $50 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. l.226 bales; 10
the Continent 1896 bales; 10 France, III
bales.
rr,to1c todov. Nat receints II 279 halee.
exports-to Great Britain, 2.0ie bales; 10
France. III bales; 10 the Continent, 4,l66
bales; stock, 79i,lH bales.
Consolidated Net receipts l,lI5 bales;
expOrts-to Great Britain. 2l02 bales; 10
France III bales; to the Continent, 52G5
bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts. 7,74092O bales; oxports-to Great
Britain. 3.l72,T9 bales; 10 France, 10000
bales; to the Continent, 2iOQ,SI bales.
The cotton market opened steady, win
prices 4d6c higher, on unloOked-for bull
ish advices from the other side, and quite
a scramble OF local and foreign shorts TO
cover. With the exception or one or TWO
slight reactions, the general tendency OF
prices was steadily upward. on persistent
demand from the bear ranks. and contin-
ued buying for Liverpool short account
AT the best figures for the day, an ad-
vance OF 6q10 points was apparent, the
distant deliveries exhibiting the greater
degree OF strength throughout. On the
rise Wall Street and other outside inte-
rests purchased moderately, on the theo-
nv that cotton was In position 10 90
better. with anything like announcement
from abroad or in the shape on ADVERSE
croD accounts. New Orleans houses ana
q well-known Philadelphia firm were con-
snicuous as sellers around the opening,
hur later were closely identified with the
buying movement. giving special atten-
ton to the May and August deliveries. Al