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


but firm, with low grades still tending
upward, on scarcity; close steady; rye
flour iirmer; buckwheat flour steady.
Buckwheat-Steady.
Cornmeal-Dull.
Rye-Dull.
Barley-Steady
Barley Alalt-Steady.
Wheat-SpOt easy; No. > red. 763sc.; op-
lions opened weak, an a decline of i2c.,
under satisfactory cables and foreign SELL
ing. Rallied partially, on covering, fol-
lowing disappointing receipts; again turn
ed weak, upon the publication Of the visi-
bic supply statement, which showed n
larger growth than expected, the in
crease being 3OH,0J0 bushels. At the low
est prices the market showed a decline
of &c Local covering caused partial
rally later. Close steady. with prices at
3s0I5c. net decline. March closed 79a,c.;
December closed 762sc
Corn-Spot easy; No ?. 4Oiac. options
opened dull at a Sc decline, under slack
ening export demand and disappointing
cables; further declined Ac.. under liqui-
dalton. but rallied partially before the
close on local covering; close easy at
&c. net decline; May closed at SI3sc.; De-
cember, 3S%c.
Oats2Spot dull; No. ?, 29c.; options in
active and nominal.
Beef-Firm
POrk-Easy.
Cut-NIeats-Firm: picked bellies. $500
$50; picked shoulders, 81; picked hams,
SS7j0$9JO
Lard-Easier; western steamed. $3.50;
onseed-On-steady: prime crude,
24c; prime yellow, 30U3lc.
PetrOleum-Firm.
Rosn-Steady; strained. common to
good 81 22i20$l25
q Turpeniine-Firm at 57izaJSc.
Rice-Steady.
Butter-steady; western creamery, 169
pc
Cheese-Firm; large white. 11ad12c.
tIFra FrNF 4rfn y
211ad22c.; western ungraded, at mark,
15nl9c
Potatoes-New Jersey. $l12ikG$llO; Long
Island. SL2jn$L75; New Jersey sweets,
$,75QS2; southern sweets Sln$L25.
Cabbage-tluiet; Long Island, NaS0O
per 100.
Cotton-By steam to Liverpool, 26i4c
CO1cc-OptiOns opened quiet and UNI
changed to points lower. following DIS
appointing news from European markets,
larger receipts. and lull In spot demand,
stiffened near the close in sympathy with
a late rally in Havre. and closed steady
and net unchanged to . points higher;
sales. 1l,&0 bags, including November
A.5JG $3.50; December. $LlOaSLl5; spot no
steady; No. T. invoice $50; No. Z, job
bling. $6.25; mild steady; Cordova, $3.50
$17j
Sugar-Raw steady and firm; fair re-
filming, 3 l3-16c.; centrifugal c6-qegree
test, 45-lGc.; molasses sugar, 39-l6c
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. October GA further up
ward movement in leading makes OF
! bleached cOttOns Is the chief feature OF
| the day. The demand has been good.
| Brown sheetngs and drills are also IN
| better demand than the supply. -Four
yard sheetings occasionally advanced &c.
| No change i'm wide shcetings, cotton HAN
| nels. blankets, or coarse cOlored goods
/ Prints I'm average request staple INES
| very firm. Ginghams strong. Print
cloths quiet and against buyers. Woollen
and worsted goods situation without
change.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, October l6.-Flour-Quiet
Wheat-Dull: spot and the month. 10
/ 1Hc.; December 7fQ7hc.; southern, by
sample, G5d72hc
| Corn-Easy; mixed spot. 3Sasa3SMc; tho
| month. 3Si.N3Si2c.; November and Deem
| Der 3SisN3SAc.; November or December,
new or old 36T364c.: January. 352Q36c.;
| southern white. 4lHniac.
| Oats-Firm; No. white. 29iaQ30iAo.
Rye-Dull; No nearby, CSC.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
| Butter-Firm and unchanged.
| Cheese-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
| CHICAGO. October 1G.-Liqudation. en-
| couraged by a heavy addition 10 the visi-
| bic supply, favorable crop reports, and an
| abundance Of bearish statistics, including
| enormous worlds shipments weakened
| wheat to-day. December closed with a
| loss Of Ease Corn declined We. and
| oats closed a shade lower. Pork lost l0Q
l2isc.; lard. 7izul0c., and ribs. 7lac.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing