Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-10
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODr-cr MAI

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 9.-Flour-Low
grades We're offered sparingly, while me-
dunn and the better grades We're offered
more freely. at unchanged prices. Tine
market closed slightly irregular; Mime
sofa patents, S.95N$425.
Rye FlOur-Quiet at S.
Buckwheat Flour-Steady.
Buckwheat-Steady.
Rye-Quet; No. 2. G6hc.
Barley-Dull; feeding llGi3c.
Barley Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot weak: No. 2 red. 767sc
Options opened steady but quiet al a isc.
advance. and further advanced lkc on
better early cables than expected. Sub
sequently the market turned easier I'm
the absence Of speculation. the Chicago
market being closed later cables beng
unsteady and the visible supply. partly
estimated. showing larger increase than
had been looked for. The close was weak
at net decline OF &c; March closed at
Slsc.; May closed at SOHc; October closed
at 7i24c.
Corn-Spot firm: No 2. hssc. Options
opened firm. at an advance of 5sc., on
favorable cables and foreign buying. and
further advanced Sc on covering. Later
the market closed firm. at an advance of
S7QAc.; May closed at 377sc.; December
oats-spot steady; No. ?, 29c. Options
nominal
Cut Meats-Steady.
Beef-Dull.
Lard-steady; western steamed, $5S2l4.
Refined steady.
POrk-Dull
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady
Petroleum-Firm.
Turpentine-Firm.
ROsin-Firm
Butter-Strong; western creamery, 170
DC; State dairy, l6d22c.
Cheese-Firm; large white. 11ac.
Eggs-Firmer; State and Pennsylvania,
2ll9g22c.; western, ungraded, at mark,
156lgc.
Potatoes-steady; Jersey. $lqsL4O 10; Long
Island, Sl.25GN.75; New Jersey sweets,
N.7jH2; southern sweets $lG$L25.
.Cabbage-Dull; Long Island, $2a$350 per
Coffee-Options opened firm and un-
changed TO 10 points higher. and showed
great activity and strength most of the
day. Shorts We're disconcerted and
covered eagerly. The market eased off
at the close. under prOfit-taking. Close
steady; October 10 points lower; others
3 points higher to , points net lower;
sales, 1000 bags including october, A.5yu
$500; November, $3.50. Spot Rio firm; No.
firm.
Sugar-Raw unsettled and nominal. Re-
fined unsettled and inactive.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 9.-The week
opens with well-sustained demand for
cotton goods of all staple descriptions,
and, as of late, much business has been
turned down by sellers. Advances Of &c.
reported in some makes Of brown sheet
ings; also. in bleached cOttOns and I'm
cottonades. staple prints are selling well,
and there has been an improved demand
for fancy. Percales are in a strong pO-
sition No change in the Bingham market,
and sellers have full command OF the sit
uation. Men's-wear wOrsteds firm. Wool
lens quiet Dress goods selling readily
for next spring.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, October 9-Flour-
Frmer; western superior, S2.30n$2.45.
Wheat-Dull; spot and the month. ia
re; December, 7jls0l5Ac.; southern, by
sample, 61173i2c.
Corn-Flrmer; mixed spot. 3Shd3Skc;
the month, 3S43SAc.; NOYemberD Deem
ber new or old, 36l4 G363sc.; January and
February, 364c.; southern white, 4lg
0ats-steady: No. white. 29Q3Oc.
Rye-Firm; No. 2. nearby, 5g52q6Ol2c.;
No. western. 6il2c.
Butter-Firm; fancy creamery, 2iq25c.;
store packed, 1iHljc.; rolls. 15dTc.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged; fresh, Ia
lSc. per dozen.
Cheese-Firm; large. l2NGl3c.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged; fine and
coarse graduated 500.
NO CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, October 9-This is general
holiday in Chicago, on account OF the
laying Of the cornerstone Of the new
Federal building by the President and
the opening Of the Fall Festival. All OF
the exchanges are closed, and in conse-
quence there are no market reports.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. October 81 p. Moot
tOn-Spot. moderate business; prices lilo
10 3-32d higher; American middling, fair.
I'D; good midding. 7-32d.; middling. 4d.;
low middling. Bed; good ordinary,
Esd; ordinary, I-l6d
The sales OF the day were $500 bales,
Of which 800 were for speculation and eX-
port, and included 1890 American. Re-
ceipts, 1900 bales, including 1880 Ameri-
can.
Futures opened firm and closed barely
steady at the advance; American mid
ding, low middling clause, October,
8 5g-6ld3 G0-64d. sellers: October and Mo-
vember, 5s-6id.. buyers; November and
December. - It'd, sellers December and
January. j6-64d.. sellers; January and
February. 56-6id. sellers; February and
March. 3 j6-64d. sellers; March and April.
3 56-6ifl3 J7-6ld.. values; April and May,
57-6id. sellers; May and June, 57-6fa
5S-6id., sellers June and July, oS-oid:,
sellers: July and August. 3 5s-6id.. buyers;
August and September. 57-6id., buyers.
NEW YORK, October 9.-Cotton-
Steady: middling. 5-l6c.: gross receipts.
J.24s bales; sales. 1910 bales; stock, 1878
bales. -,
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 5S95S bales;
exports-tO the Continent, 1851 bales;
stock. 732, GO4 bales.
consolidated: Net receipts 9S5lS bales
exports-to Great Britain. o,4s bales; 10
the Continent. 2222l bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts
los 5l3 bales; expOrts-to Great Britain,
AK Ss7 bales: TO France. s227s bales; 10 the
Continent. 279.ll2 bales.
The cotton market. at the best prices
OF the day, showed a gain Of 7QlO points,
mis- near the opening, but later became
weak easing on 10 slightly below the
final figures of Saturday. Initial sales
showed a rise OF 5ql0 points, which was
well sustained during the early moments
Confident bulls snapped up the onetli iis,,i
on the idea that current prices were sun
TOO low. considering legitimate influences,
but as the morning wore on II became
evident that there were more sellers IMAM