Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-08
GENERAL MARK ETS.
NEW YORK PRoDrCE MARKET.

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but very steady. at unchanged prices, with
| low grades tending upward, on account OF
| scarcity.
Rye Flour-Quiet; Good to fair, }S.2o9
| $3.50.
Buckwheat Flour-Quiet at $22j0;-.50.
| BuckWheat-Steady al J1HjSc.
Cornmeal-Firmer; yellow western, sc.
Rye-Steady; No ?. 66llc
| Barley-Steady; feeding. 4lH43c.
Wheat-SpOt firm; No. red, 161so. OPP
| tions opened quiet at a &c advance, on
| less decline I'm cables than expected, ana
moderate Northwest receipts. Ruled
| very steady but quiet on local covering,
| I'm anticipation Of the holiday at Chicago
| Monday. Buying was checked by the eX-
pected increase i'm the visible-supply state
ment made. Closed firm at &c. net adj
vance; March closed at S0Ac.; May closed
| at S0hc.; December closed at ne.
COrn-SpOt strong; No ?, A%c. OPP
| tons opened quiet at unchanged prices,
and ruled very steady on small local
covering and continued export demand.
| Business was checked by the scarcity and
| firmness of ocean tonnage. Close firm
| at a &c. advance; May closed al 37Ac. ;
| December closed at 37l2c.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2, 29c. Options
nominal.
Beef-Quiet; family. $lO5OaSr.5O; mess,
| 800: beef hams. S2iuS2j.
! Cut Mrats-Firm: picked bellies. S6diS.
| picked shoulders, 81; picked hams, $6.75n
| Sl025.
Lard-Steady; western steamed. $3.50
Pork-Dull; mess $9.2jH9.75 short clear
| slO2jNSl1.7j. family, Sll5JNSl2
Butter-Firm; factory, l4QlGc.; State
| dairy. 16N22c.
Cheese-Firm; large white. 1lNc.
Eggs-Strong: State and Pennsylvania,
20izG2lc.; western, ungraded, at mark,
l0Sc.
Potatoes-Steady.
Cabbage-Dull.
Petroeum-Firm; refined. New York,
1895; Philadelphia and Baltimore, $3.50;
do. I'm bulk. $3.50.
Rosin-Firm; strained, common to good,
Turpentine-steady at 5lHa52c
Rice-Firm: Japan F.M59sc.
Cottonseed- On-Steady. with sales Of
200 barrels OF prime summer yellow. No
vcmber and December, at JOc., and with
prime crude dull.
Conee-Optlons opened steady and un-
changed TO points higher. and developed
pronounced strength. on active local
covering demand from abroad and invest
ment buying. Further advanced $40
points. Larger receipts at Brazilian
ports and small American warehouse
movement were more than offset by the
marked strength Of foreign markets. The
close was steady and unchanged TO 10
points higher: sales. TO- go bags, including
October. $3.50: November $500 Spot Rio
steady 10 firm; No. Z. invoice 5'sc.; No.
Z. iobbng. Csc. Mild firm; Cordova, G&4
Sugar-Raw dhn and weak; fair refn-
Ing. SIC; centrifugal. @-degree test. 44c.;
m0lasses sugar Gee; market dul and
nominal. Refined. mould A, 1-l6c.; gram
ulated 3-l6c.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, October THE dry
goods market closes the week very strong
on all lines Of staple cOttons, but without
open advances. Prices are steadily tend
ing upwards The demand for brown
bleached and coarse cOlOred cottOns is
I'm excess OF what sellers are disposed 20
accommodate. Sales Of print-cOths this
week were very large, probably 100000
pieces of regulars and odds. The market
closed with a strong upward tendency
staple prints advancing. but fancies ir-
regular still. Giughams strong. Cotton
yarns very strong I'm all numbers. and
advanced LNi2c. on week. without check
irg buyers Men's-wear wOrsteds tending
upward. Dress goods selling well at firm
prices
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. October Mondays holt
day on Change and the uncertainty Of
affairs I'm the Transvaal made the grain
and provision markets dull in the eX-
IRENE to-day. EVening-up transactions
comprised most OF the trading, and the
fluctuations were small. Wheat closed
IsN8sc. higher: corn &c. higher; oats
shade lower 10 q shade higher. and pro-
visions about 2iac. higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
OpenfnQ Higuqst. l,oWegf Closing