Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-02
GENERAL MARKETS.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. August Flonr-Wea,,
and fully i0c. lower 10 sell.
1910.
Cornmeal-Wea
Rye-Ouiet
Barey-Duu
Barley Malt-Dull
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red. 75iSc.
options opened weak and sold off through
the influence of disappointing cables. sup
plemented by continued excellent crop
news from the Northwest. brief rally
ut midday. on the decrease I'm the world :
stocks. preceded a second sharp drop. due
TO liquidation, and the market closed
weak and unsettled at &c. decline; Sep
TENDER, 4isc.; December. 761zc.
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2. S6ikc. Options
opened easier at a sc. decline owing to
bearish hOme~crOp news. and under UNI
usual liquidation declined all day in the
face OF good export trade. Close weak
at lzc. net decline; September closed
355sc.; December closed size
Cats-Spot quiet; No. 2. BE. Options
quiet
Beef-Quiet.
Cut Meats-Firm.
POrk-Steady.
Lard-Easy; western steamed sJ.5j; re-
fined quiet.
Cottonseed -Ol-Quiet
Petroleum-Firm.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Firm al 4iis045c.
Ricc-FiTm
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 15a
1Sc.: State dairy. f3Hl7c
Cheese--Firm; large white. 9hc
Eggs-Irregular; State and Pennsylva-
MIA, 15diGc. western fresh. l0Gl5hc.
Potatoes Easy; fair TO prime. SlnN5O;
common. 5Cd75c.; fancy. Sl.75a$2; southern
sweets. S2QA
Cabbage-steady: Long Island. Sass
per lC0.
Cotton-By steam. to Liverpool. l5c.,
nominally.
Coffee-Options opened steady at un-
changed prices and ruled generally dull
and featureless all day. with rather weak
undertone, following lower cables. heavy
Brazilian receipts. slim warehouse de-
lveries, and slack spot market. There
was no outside speculative interest. Close
steady and unchanged; sales 400 bags,
including September, 1896; December.
SLS. Spot Rio dun and nominal with
weak undertone. Mild quiet and barely
steady.
Sugar-Strong. with decided upward ten
dency: fair refining. 1J-l6c bid; centrifu-
gal. SO degrees test 4i2c.; moasses sugar,
8 1850. bid; refined strong, with good de-
demand.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 1.-Conditions In
the dry-goods trade are. on the whole,
satisfactory, the market IL generally an
active one, both spot trading and mail
orders being on a good basis. The STAPLE
cotton-goods market is fairly active. EX-
port goods continue to be the object OF
considerable inquiry in all grades. The
most Of the brown goods for domestic
trade are I'm fairly good shape. Bleached
cOttOnS have been ordered quite freely IN
small lots, in spite of recent advances.
Coarse cOlored cottons are firm and In
steady demand Denims are unchanged,
with orders of considerable extent re-
ported. Print-clOths are quiet in regu-
lar lines The price tone Is well sustained.
and there IS little bidding for cloths on
any basis lower than that OF Csc. for
extras Tho demand for prints continues
very active. Ginghams and other woven
cOlOred goods show excellent general re-
suits.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 1.-Muskmelons IT.
regular; fancy firm; under grades pressed
for sale and weak Watermelons demo-
rallied; offerings will not average enough
TO pay expenses.
Muskmeions-Jersey Gem, and Jenny
Lind per crate. 75c.m$ l.25; do, per barrel,
81. 5Od 80. 40: do. Baltimore, per bushel bas-
ket. 4Od75c.; do Maryland, Rocky Ford
seed, extra per crate. $l7502; do, fair
10 good. 2lG$l.50; Baltimore. per carrier.
Use. lIS1.2 %; do, Gem and Jenny Lind, per
two-basket carrier. 50c.MSl; do. Virginia
and North Carolina, per basket, 5OcNl;
do. Virginia and North Carolina, per car
rier 3Ou5Oc.; DO. per basket, S0a30c
Watermelons-Pe carload, S65Q 300;
do, per 100, $5H$l2.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, August l.-Flour-Qu!et
and unchanged.
Wheat-Steady; spot and the month,
70lg(i705sc.; September 72d1@lsc.; October,
72l,c.: southern by sample, 6Ganc.
Corn-Steady; spot and the month, $500
3j3sc.: September. 3Jd3jhc.; November or
December. new or old. S3c. asked; south