Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-29


yellow corn. 3lQ3lhc. Flour steady. No.
3 spring wheat cassie; No. 2 red, 6lis9
G83.c. No. 2 corn, 3O4,03lc. No. oats,
2Ziac. No. white, Use; No. 3 white,
2ln2l%c. No. 2 rye JZl2c. NO. 2 barley, 3SQ
43c. No. ! flaXseed, SL49ia. Prime timothy
seed. S2.35. Mess pork. per barrel. $3.50
Sl02j Lard. per 100 pounds. $53OH3.02la.
Short rib sides QoOse), 5000 sob, dry
sailed shoulders (boXeO, $3.50 leQ{5.50;
Whisky. '' dstilers' fnished goods per per-
gallon, N.23ia. Sugars-Cut-lOaf, 1870;
graduated, S5l8. Butter steady; cream
cry, l6n25c.: dairy. 16022c Cheese firm at
12Ql2t4c. Eggs firm; fresh, lie.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, December 28-Cotton-
Spot in fair demand; prices 1-32d. higher
American middiing, fair, 1l-l6d.; good
middling, 9-32d.; good ordinary, S-32d. ;
ordinary. 29-32d. The sales Of the day
We're 1000 bales, Of which 500 were for
speculation and export, and included 800
bales American. Receipts, 5000 bales,
including 20000 bales American.
Futures opened firm and closed steady
at the advance; American middling, low
middling clause, December 4 lS-0iu
l9-6id.; value; December and January
l5-GifI4 16-6id.. buyers; January and Feb
ruary, 413-6ial HID, buyers; February
and March, Hid, buyers; March and
April, 9-6ilif l0-6id., buyers April and
Nav. 4S-6id., buyers; May and June,
G-6fa4 It'd, buyers; June and July,
It'd sellers; August and September
3 6s-6lfi4d.. sellers; September and Octo-
Der, 3 J5-6id., value.
NEW YORK, December 2S.-COtton-
Quiet: middling, 1-l6c; net receipts,
i'10s bales: gross receipts. 9.c5S bales;
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 3O3Ol bales;
exports-to Great Britain, $500 bales;
stock, 114Ol7O bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 1iS27 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 5O,l0O bales; 20
France. 3,6l1 bales; 10 the Continent, o5,0go
Totals since September LIST; Net receipts,
2 $50. 432 bales; exports-to Great Britain,
1926 bales; TO 6TS Sa ~ D-iiea 10
Cotton futures opened steady; Deem
her T32: January, 1885, February. $40;
March. TH: April, I.lS; May, June, and
July. N5l: August, @.iS, September, $40;
OT Fptnrss closed firm; December. 1873;
January, S7.S9; February, Ti5; March.
S7 40. April. I.52; May, SL3J, June. S-Jl;
INV N59: August, N.55; September, SIP;
october. SI.O2, November, S6ss.
enot closed quiet and l-6c higher; mid
ding uplands, u-lec.' mlddiinS quiz,
z 5-lGc.: sales, 26 bales.
Ruu speculation was the feature OF to-
5.,,'s operatiOn on the Cotton Exchange.
Prom the very opening shorts were ner-
,-ous the news IN general having depicted
,cnch firrner conditions than were calcu-
iated upon. while offerings, even at the
advance. were surprisingly light. Chief
@r,one the buliish influences we're the
Fnglish cables and strong spot markets
omr market made a steady start, with
rr,cas TO 6 points higher. During the
forenoon there was very littie departure
;,,nnsinr proportions. Early in the after
noon noon however, there Was decided
change, the volume Of speculation ana
SnSing bv shorts and aggressive action
Nv btiils. on the upturn. New Orleans
ana other southern speculative centres
sant snbstantial buying orders, while
Europe bought the March and May OPP
,i@ns eagerly. Bear confidence was
shaken by indications that receipts would
1Irther dwindle away. and persistent
rumors that foreign spinners Were be-
coming frightened by the meagre showing
of stocks in Liverpool, light supplies IN
European mills, and the reliant atttude,
of holders in this country. Nearly all
southern SPOT markets reached higher