Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-16

NEW YORK PKODOtE
NEW YORK, February b-tIouI-ln-
active and nominally easier; Milheso'a
patents $S.|JitSfN. o-~,.o ~
rive Flour-Dull; good to fair S3.25qS5.S5.
Buckwheat Flour-Neglected.
BuckWheat-Dull.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Steady.
Barley-Quiet. ~
Wheat-Spot strong; No. red, S99sc:
Options weak on opening, as result ol
improved weather West and lower caDies;
Local houses unloaded, foreigners traded
both ways seaboard clearances were
light, export trade was smaler' anu
weakness continued until checked In inc
afternoon by covering on predictions OF
rain west to be followed by cold wave.
Close firm at partially sc. net ad-
vance; March closed at &ssc; May "1sc''
co CSorn%spot firm; No. 2, 4S7s@DAc. OPP
tions. after a weak start, on cables ana
liquidation. rallied later, with wheat, ana
closed steady at a &c. decline; May
closed at 4l5sc.; July closed at 4214c.
Oats-Spot strong; NO. 2 So12c' Up
tons dull
Beef-Dull.
Cut-Meats-Dul but firm.
Lard-Dull; western steamed. $40 Fep-
rrary, 1915, nominally. Refined STEADY
ButterNFirm; western creamery, ia
Csc. do, factory, rRQl4c.; Elglns,, Co.
imitation creamery, 14ql9c.; State dairy
20 Cch he's. large white, lOG1Olzc.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
2sG29iac; western, fresh DC; southern
Potatoes-Steady; New York, $1.2jaN.5O;
Long Island, N.5O@s2 sweets Jersey @'zo
NA.50 ooe
Cottonseed- Oil-Firm; prime crude, @9
201zc.
Petroleum-Dull.
RoSin-Steady.
Turpentine-Steady
Rice-Firm
Cabbage-Dul
Coffee9options opened steady and I'M
changed; ruled quiet, with narrow
changes: buying checked in forenoon by
decline at Havre and Hamburg, and full
receipts at Rio and Santos; steadied III al
ternoon, on covering following late hiu
HaVre cables, and closed STEADY ana D
points higher. with sales OF 2.VO bags
including March, S5.50a$5.56. Spot RIO
DIM and nominal: No. T. invoice, 6l2c.;
No. 7, jobbing 7c. Mild dull; Cordoya'
sugar-Raw quiet; fair refining, 31-l6c.;
centrifugal, 96-degree test. 5-l6c.; mo-
lasses sugar. 9-l6c. Refined steady
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, February 15.-Demand for
cotton goods showed an Increase TO-DAY
More buyers We're in town and man or
ders were more numerous. some sOou-
sized bids for brown goods turned down
slightly below current quotations bIedcn-
ed cottons are tending upward, and ad-
vances are expected In some i edult.s
makes. Prints in strong position throusn-
ant: also, strong market IN SlhBhdths'
STAPLE dress goods in all-wool ana cot
ton-warp cashmeTes and Henrlettas
against BUYERS ...,,
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE February l5.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged. 80,
month 74EM7ite.: March. 75l4a75Ac.; May.
7e&,m77c.; southern. by sample. 1OnI5kc.
corn-Easy: spot and the month, SAG
2S75c': March. S9u39isc.; April, 299sc.; south
er9 white corn and southern yellow, SAC
'6ats-Firmer; No. white, western, 56le
rye Ryyse-steady; No. 2. nearby, eoa6lc.; No.
2 western. 63c.
sugar-strong and unchanged.
Butter-Steady: fancy creamery. N1Z5c {;
store packed, lql3c.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Lettuce-S1. 25GS1.50 per bushel box.
Whiskey-sl 30QSl.3l per gallon for finish
ed goods IN carload lots; sl3lnslS2 per
gallon for jobbing lots.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO February l5.-Heavy buying
for the long account and covering py
shorts to-day rescued declining prices IN
the wheat pit After an early slump OF
%asc., May wheat left off unchanged.
Corn closed with a loss of &c. and oats
with one Of sc Pork and ribs are
shade higher
The leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest CLOSING
Wheat-No. 2
May .729sQls 70 y KS
July ......1AqR 7l7s us IA
Corn--No. 2. -, o..,1.,t
May 36@aH 36!sg5i SSe1saSs III
July .......1qh 1925 s1, az
Sept .......37ss 311s ''7s
Oats-No. 2. oOY
July ......26A B<g7s ~
49, porl Par Rbl.