Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-09
FINANCIAL.

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LOWEST AAvss. CAREFULLY DRAW
sat-.
opened steady and unchanged. developing
subsequent strength on light receipts
firmer cables. light offerings, ana ~" IT,
mand from shorts. Close strong az faV
&C. advance. May closed $3.50; Decem-
Der closed 3yAc. .
Oats~Spot firmer; No. 2. 29lxc.; No.
white 3lAc. options inactive 80
Cut-Meats-Quiet; picked bellies, bAV
&c.
Beef-Firm.
Lard-Firm: western steamed, S.G5; re-
fined firm; Continent, $3.50.
Pork-StrOng 49,
Butter-Firm: western creamery, zSV
27c.: State dairy. lSnEc.
Cheese-Strong; small September, l2AQ
l3c.
Eggs-steady: State and Pennsylvania,
24d25c. loss of; western ungraded, at
mark. 16d2iRc.
Potatoes-Firmer; Jerseys. sl.25aN.50;
New York. $l62i5: Long Island, N.50uSl.15;
Jersey sweets, S2.50aS; southern sweets
Teiiow-Ffrm; city. 4ssa5c; country.
4Ssn5c.
Petroleum-strong; refined, New York.
$3.50, Philadelphia and Baltimore, 500;
do. in bulk, S25.
Turpentine-steady at 5la5li1c.
Rice-Steady.
Cabbage Steady; Long Island. $500
$3.50 per 100
Coffee-Futures opened steady and 8
points lower. a bare response to weak Eu-
ropean. cables advanced sharply soon
after the opening. on covering, large de-
msnd from foreign interests and brisk
investment buying. The better feeling re-
suited largely from an incre ased ware
house movement, very light Brazilian re-
ceipts. firmness in the spot department.
nd tI,af h., t.fo ell In
Santos was more formidable than here
tofore believed. The market closed firm.
at an advance Of l0dl5 points. Total sales,
5000 bags, including January. S.sJuS.s5:
No. T. invoice. 67sc.: No 7. jobbing. 7ssc.
Mild steady: Cordova, G4nl&c.
Sugar-Raw steadier. but not quotably
higher. Refined steady.
Cottonseed Oil-Quiet and not offered
freely, closing very steady and generally
unchanged. Prime crude. barrels. &c.
nominaliy; prime summer yellow. 32c.: OF
summer yellow. nominal; butter grades
&c, nominally prime winter yellow, 1870
55iRc.; prime white, 32a3ic.; prime meal,
s2S.5Od $3.50.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, December s-Gencral
market still quiet Spot business conf
paratively slow. Mail orders of late ave.
rage dimensions. Buyers, however, still
unable TO get all the goods they want
No material change in prices to-day.
bleached of &c. not followed. as yet but
probably will be later. Prints are In
good demand, and full prices paid. No
further changes In ginghams. Linens are
quiet, but supplies are still limited, aid
prices easily maintained. Burlaps quiet
but firm.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. December s-Flour-Dull
and unchanged.
Wheat-Dun; spot and the month. 7l9
1lsc:; January, 7lAd72c.; May. 75d75hc. !;
southern wheat, by sample, 66a72c.
oC9Srn-Dull; spot; SSisqSSAc.; the month,
SS%c.: January, 37i4a37%c.: February
S73s0375sc.; southern white. Sid3Siac.
Oats-Steady; No. white, AA02l%c.
Rye-Dull; No. 2, Sc; No. western
sc. nOminally.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
Butter-Firm; fancy creamery, 27d1sc. !:
store-packed. l5Ql7c rolls, l7020c.
Cheese-F'irm; large. 13l.0l33sc.
Eggs-Firm at 2ld22c. per dozen.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. December S.-Wheat ruled
strong to-day, supported by light receipts.
rain in Argentina, and the frmness OF
Liverpool; May closed 3sui9c. over yes
terday, at 70lspf0i4c. May corn closed Sc.
and May oats shade higher. Provisions,
strengthened by a good shipping demand.
were strong. closing 7iggl0c. up for May
lard and ribs, and 2Oc. higher for May
pork.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat. No. .
Dec. ......eel9 667s 6GNak G6ss
May .......s91sQ7o 7ohQss s97s 7o%QA
pee Pc sS'" '..! 10. g s9N So s 80.
May .......32ssg&4 80 1928 80
Dec. .....s2ss0la 22la 2eas s2ls
May .......2iB 2ilsGh "a PAS
Mess Pork, per barrel
Dec. ......S so $50 $50 $500
Jan. .....sa65 $3.50 S9G5 1915
May ......ss.S2i4 SlOO2is S9.s2i3 5000
Lard, per 100 lbs
5 Kan .:.E3S IL :;.%;i. :Es 81;
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs
Nay May ..a; 81; @Eis G s:aiis Sc Sc
Cash quotations were as follows; No. 2
yellow corn. S0A43l4c. Flour steady. No,
3 spring wheat, G2u60i2S, No. red. 6I1sg
6Si2c No. corn, 3OA96c. No. oats, ga
25isc; No. 3 white. 24lzq25lgc. No. 2 rye,
53n5ic. No barley, 374i2c. No. / fax
SttQ, Slsii, new 94tf AliivAhJ 0N'Nf
ST. 4Oq$2.4j. Mess pork. per barrel. 5000
$3.50. Lard, per 100 pounds, SasJ 52l2; short
rib sides 0oose). SJ.O5nkJ.40; dry-salted
shoulders (boxedD, S5.Slnq35.So; short
clear sides boxed. S53J4s5l45. Whisky,
distllers finished goods. per gallon,
Sl32h. Butter easy; creamery, lJu25c
dairy, 1GH22c. Cheese steady al ll&ul2l2c.
Eggs firm; fresh. poe.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, December S.-Cotton -
Spot in fair demand; prices l-32d. higher;
American middling, fair. 2l-32d.; good
middlng, l5-32d.; mlddling, ill-32d.; low
middling, 5-32d.; good ordinary, 32-32d. /;
ordinary. 25-32d. The sales OF the day
were 1000 bales. OF which 500 were for
speculation and export, and included $500
American. Receipts, 1000 bales, including
800 American.
Futures opened steady and closed quiet
at the decline: American middling, low
mddling clause, December, ll-6id., sell
ers: December and January, 4oS-6ip
09-6id. buyers; January and February,
O7-64d., buyers; February and March.
O5-6llIl Os-6id., sellers; March and April,
404-6id, sellers; April and May 03-6id.,
sellers: May and June. I0l-Gldi O2-6id.,
buyers: June and July 4d.d4 0l-64d., buy
ers; July and August, 63-6ia8 6i-6id., buy
ers; August and September, 60-Cid., buy
ers; September and October, 56j-64d.,
value.