Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-20
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 19-Flour-Low
grades continued very firm, being scarce,
while the higher grades were In good sup
ply and freely offered: Close steady; Min
nesota patents s. 35fJ$Sy0; rysD flpur nrm,
buckwheat -four steady.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Rye-Steady.
Barley-F1rm.
Barley Malt-Steady.
Wheat-SpOt steady; No. red, 1880;
options opened weak at a decline Of Ac.,
cables being unsatisfactory and specua-
tive support small. Later, the market
firmed up and became mora active, on
small Northwestern receipts and follow
ing corn. which caused active selling To-
cally, and led to an advt nee OF &c. Tor
the lowest point. Buying was checked,
however, by qn unexpected increase in
the visible supply by next Mondays
statemect Close hrn at net is4Ac. de-
cline; March closed 7eAc.; May closed
T9iac; December closed 757sc.
COru-Spot firm; No. 2 40isc. options
opened quiet at a 1T. decline, ana Tor n
time ruled easier, but later a decidedly
firmer feeling prevailed, on Disappointing
receipts oauEing covering and some in
vestment denend, with the market iinal-
~ firm at n &c net advance; May closed
Size; December closed 3siac.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2 2Sl2c.; opuons
Inactive and nominal.
t9594'slO; beef hams, $2tdS25; packet. Sl0g
81: city extra India mess. sloqSA
-Meats-Steady; picked bellies,
i559g 81 3 Pr pickles. x g shoulders !" picked
Lard-E9sy; western steamed. $780, re-
fined steady.
POrk-DuH.
Cottonseed-O i-weak; prime crude. 26c.
Petroleum-Firm.
Turpentine-Stead
ROsln-Firm.
Butter-Steady; western creamery. no
24c: State dairy, l6G2lc.
Cheese-Firm large white. 12alH5c.
Eges-Easy: State and Pennsylvania,
20l2lc.; western un8raded, at mark, 40
enthusiastically; New York. sl12ls@
sl.25; Long Island A3oSlG2h; New Jer-
scy sweets Sl.j07f.2
Cabbage-Dull; Long Island, S20S per
100
Cotton-By steam 10 Liverpool, 26hc..
Coffee-Options opened firm al an ad-
vance OF - 10 % points, and ruled sensa-
tionaliy active 'and strong, with an up
ward tendency, on wild demand from
shorts and heavy foreign buying The
buying was founded largely on Tepy,rts
of bubonic plague in Santos. All foreign
markets were hrm and higher; receipts
In Brazil were light-but 1909 bags. Close
steady and 10 10 . points higher sales
$1,000 bags including November. SQ5o.JV;
December. S515n $50. spot Rio strong;
prices nominal; no. Z, invoice, Is; No. I,
jobbing, $3.50; mild hrmer; Cordoya, %.I5Q
sugar-Raw firm and held higher; re-
fined steady.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, October l9.-There has
been somewhat less snap In the demand
for staple cOttOns. to-day bat 1t has sim
been In excess Of what sellers are Will
ing TO FILL IL has also been quiet day
i'm the matter Of advances, none or any
moment being recorded. There are no
definite indications that the market has
reached it's top limit. Ginghams strongly
held in both first and second hands.
There has been no business IN regular
print-cloths Wide odds are strong. There
has been no change in the woollen goods
division.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. October 1s-Weakness
abroad and an over-supply in stock OPP
pressed wheat to-day, but corn came 10
the rescue and December wheat closed
with but a &c. loss. Corn closed with a
gain of lSmLc. Small receipts and
good shipping demand were the strength
sning influences. Oats ADVANCED NC. Pork
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