Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-17
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET


NEW YORK, September l6.-Flour-
Quiet, but steady. with patents @5OpS..o.
Rye FlOur-Steady; good TO fair S.lo1
$3.50
Buckwheat Flour-Steady at S2.60aS2.75
new.
Buckwhcat-S
Corrmeal-Flrm; yellow western, 4a
7Gc
Rye-steady: No p sic.
Barley -Steady; feeding. 4l04Sc.; malt
ing $L5Od$j.50.
Barley Malt-Steady; western. 55d65c.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. 2 red, ~ 3-fc.
Options opened steady and Csc. higher,
on cables. but ruled quiet and teatureless,
casing off 1-S01-ic.. under local liquida-
ton. export demand not being sufficiently
sustained and receipts in the Northwest
being heavy. Close easy at "A l-4c. net ad-
vance; May closed 70 lSc.: September
closed u 1-2c. December closed IS l-Sc.
Corn-Spot firm: No. 2. 40 3-Sc. Options
l-sc.. but very quiet. the advance follow
ing wheat. Close steady at l-Sc. ad-
vance; NAV closed IS S-Sc.: September
closed 3S lie. December closed 36c
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2, % 1-4a26 l-2c.
Options dull.
cut Meats-Steady: picked bellies. : "a
al 1-2c: do. shoulders, 646 1-ic.; do. hams
3-ia9c.
Lard-steady; western steam, $3.50; re-
Pork-Steady; mess. sS.75GS9.5O: short
clear. S102j0Sl1.75: family, S1l.50qSl2.
Butter-Frm; western creamery. 1S4
DC: do. factory, lSGl6c.; do creamery
L. 1-2022c.; State dairy, lJd2Oc.
Cheese-Weak: large white. 10 S-i4llc.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania
l9020c loss off; western ungraded al
mark. 13G16 1-2c
Petroleum-Firm; refined, New YORK,
1856; Philadelphia and Baltimore, Ss.oo;
10 IN
Rosin-Steady: strained, common to
good Sl2j6Sl.27 -.
Turpentine-Firm at 40 1-215Oc.
Rice-Steady; domestic, firm: talr 10 eX-
ira. 43-SG7 lie: Japan, $40 3-Sc.
Cottonseed-Oil prime crude homi-
nal: butter grades. 29030c.
Coffee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices TO an advance or points
and after brief period OF active tradlng
became dull. with unimportant variations.
Foreign market news indicated inslgnil-
cant changes abroad. Close quiet and
unchanged to points lower: safes, pow
bags. including September, S4l5; OctoDer'
sis. Spot Rio dull and easier; No. q IN
voice. 7-lec.: No 7. jobbing. 515-l6c.
Mild quiet; COrdova, 63-40l 1-Sc;
Sugar-Raw quiet: centrifugal, 30 de-
erees test 43-Sc.; nrolasses sugar. 3 11-l6c.;
refined quiet; mould A, 9-l6c.; granu-
lated, j-l6c.
THE DRY GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, September 16.-There was
no change in the general character or
the 6rv-goods market to-day. The de-
mand for bleached brown and coarse
colcred cottons is well up to the previous
average. and IS strong throughout. No
charge I'm quotations, but further ad-
vsrces expected next week. In prints
staple lines are good sellers but iancies
are still quiet. Percales In good re-
quest for spring, with prices against buy,,
ers. Cotton yarns very strong, demand
good and prices steadily advancing Wor-
sted yarns also strong.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, MD, September 10
Wheat-Spot and the month, iOQ0l4c.'
December, 73l2a753sc.; southern, by sam
pie. G5H72c.
Flour-Steady and unchanged.
Corn-Firm: mixed spot. 3Sn3Si2c. bid;
the month, 3SHG3S3sc.; October, 3id5iAc.'
November and December, new or Old
3ili3p4c.; January and February, %Ap
SIC; southern white, 4lnlli2c.
Oats-Firm; No. . white, 2Sa2sc.
Rye-Steady; No. ., near by, 5Ic.
Sugar-StrOng and unchanged.
Butter and. Cheese-Firm and I'M
changed.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. September 16.--Wheat to-
day was heavy for deferred futures ana
firm for September. Large receipts ana
a poor cash demand were factors IN the
weakness, developed shortly after The
opt ming. September had enough local
support to maintain a good advance. De
Gerber closed sc. lower and september
sc. higher Corn was firm, closing sc.
higher for September and &c. higher Tor
December. Oats closed unchanged 10
lie. lower. and provisions unchanged TO
Sc higher. Trade was dull in every
The leading futures ranged as follows: