Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-13

quiet and steady. No. yellow corn. $50
/ S6Ac. No. spring wheat 67q69c.; No.
No. 2 corn, S55sQAc. oats No. 2 white,
2ohq3Oc.; No. white, 2S1zGl29c. No. 2 rye,
45c. No. barley. 4la5Sc No. ! flaxseed,
$l1Sk Prime timothy seed, &S5. Mess ,es
Qoose), 81 7oGS5: dry-salted shoulders
(boxed), si5.NtLe21s; short clear sides
boxed, $.O5aSl5: Whisky, o. dlss SiIeds
cut-loaf, unchanged. Butter easy; cream
cry. 1fq2Oc.; dairy, l2qlsc: Cheese steady;
creams. 91zallc. Eggs duh; fresh l9c.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET
BALTIMORE, January l2.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged. -
Wheat-Firmer; spot and month, 1880
76hc.; February, 763sH76ssc.; southern
wheat, by sample 72q0c.
Corn-Firmer; spot and month, 4Ssp
40Ac.; February, 4asu4lc.; southern white
and yellow corn, 3Sqlc.
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white. Silt3ihc.
Rye-F'irmer; No. near by, 6Oc. No. 2
western. 6212c.
sugar-strong and unchanged.
Butter-Steady and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cneese--Steady and unchanged.
Dettucs-Per bushel box, N.25qN50.
Whlskey-Unchange
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. January 12.-Cotton-
Spot good business done; prices favor
buyers; American middlng, 3 5-32d. The
sales of the day were 1900 bales, OF
which 1900 bales were for speculatio and
export. and included 1860 bales Ameri-
can; receipts, 1900 bales, including As, 900
bales American.
Futures opened quiet. with a moderate
demand, and closed steady; American
m.ddling, low-middling clause, January,
SID, sellers; January and February
36-94d., sellers; February and March
s-6id., sellers; April and May, 9-64d.,
June and July. ll-eid.. value; July and
August, Esd. sellers: August and
September. 8 II 6iQ3 i3-eid., sellers; Sep
TENDER and October. 3 12-64n3 i3-64d., buy
ers; october and November, 1i-6id.. SELL
ers; November and December. l3-e4d.,
sellers.
NEW YORK, January 12-speculative
interest in cotton at this point was well
sustained to-day Contrary TO tho expec-
tations Of a good many, the market OPEN
cd steady at an advance OF IaZ points,
cables being sized up as very encouraging
in view OF the break In prices here last
night. The large sales OF spot cotton in
the English market--l5.Oo0 bales-were a
particularly encouraging feature in con-
nection with reports OF continued strength
and activity In spot cotton In the south
ern markets, exporters and American
petition at full prices. Following the first
call the market further improved 3n5
points The advance was accelerated by
continued favorable adyices from Ameri-
can. spinning centres and from some OF
the dry-goods markets. The bull element
was further embroidered by claims re-
garding the inattention Of cotton planters
as 10 acreage next season, and general
backwardness In preparations for spring
work, notably as reflected in the small
sale OF fertilizers. IL was also claimed
that New Orleans parties were heavily
short In the New York market. as well
as New Orleans and Liverpool, and that
covering on southern orders had much
TO do with advancing prices al this point.
Still another bullish factor was the mod
crate movement and estimates for small
receipts tomorrow. Several attempts
were made by the larger shorts 90 under
mine the leading interest. but cotton Of
fered in this way was promptly absorbed.
leaving the bull interest finally in con-
troll. Profit taking caused reaction near
the close. The market was finally steady.
unchanged. 20 points net higher.
Cotton steady at 6 Lie; net receipts.
572 bales; gross receipts, 3.0S2 bales; sales.
$50 bales stock. 100 bales: exports-to
Great Britain. '75 bales: coastwlse, 1905
bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. IS. i2s bales;
exports-to Great Britain, Isis bales; TO