Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-23

Cash quotations were as follows: No. .
yellow corn. 3512@3534c. Flour steady.
No. spring wheat. &c.: No. spring
2 corn. s5aS5hc No. oats. 2sAas4c.:
No. white. 3Oc: No 8 white. 2sq2s34c.
No. rye. &c. No. 2 barley, SSa3sc. No.
flaxseed. N.O4qsl05; new, N.OS. Prime
tisothy seed. s2.S5Q$2.i 40 Mess pork, per
A.s2t94s5O2l9 Short-rib sides, loose. &50
@si.so. Dry-salted shoulders. boxed,
s5aSlo Whiskey;, distillers finished
UNCHANGED. Butter firm: creamery, Ia}siS
lSc; dairy, iOal5l5c. Cheese firm at SO
Sac. Eggs barely steady; fresh, l2lhc.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. June p, 4 Z. M.-Cotton--
Spot, good business done; prices lower:
American midding fair, 32s-32d.; good
middling 39-l6d: middling, iI-32d.: low
middling. sgd; good ordinary, 81 -32d.:
ordinary. 25-32d. The sales OF the day
were 15,OOO bales, OF which 5000 were for
speculation and export. and included "A. 900
American. Receipts, 500 bales-ali Ameri-
can.
Futures opened easy with fair de-
mand, and closed Irregular and unsettled;
American mlddlng. low middling clause.
June, 3l7-6id. buyers; June and July,
3 l7-6id.. value; July and August, 317-6id..
sellers; August and September. l6-G4fD
3 l7-64d., buyers; September and October,
3 l6-6id., sellers; October and November,
3 15-6ld. sellers; November and Decem-
Der. 1f-6jd.. value: December and Janu-
airy. 3 14-6id., value; January and Feb
ruary. li-6id.. buyers February and
March. 3 l5-64d., sellers: March and April,
3 i5-64u3 16-6id., buyers: April and May,
8 l6-6ia3 l7-6id., sellers.
NEW YORK, June 22-cotton-Quiet;
middling, 6sc.; net receipts, IA bales;
gross receipts, S,eiS bales; sales. 70 bales;
stock, 1882 bales; exports-to the. Con-
hal 20. 4 hQ
Totals to-day: Net receipts, 1854 bales;
exports-to France. I,400 bales: to the Con-
t'nent. 2,i7s bales; stock 59o,si9 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts; %, $50 bales;
France. 1854 bales; to the Continent, H.
0S5 bales.
Totals since September list: Net re-
ceipts, S,2l6,SSS bales; exports-to Great
Britain. 1851 bales; to France. 75S,3U
bales; TO the Continent 1851 81 bales.
Cotton market opened steady at an ado
vance of las points, early cables coming
better than had been expected. In view OF
the pronounced weakness developed nero
yesterday II soon became evident, how
ever that the liquidation OF long ac-
counts, which many thought was prac-
tically finished on yesterdays break. was
being renewed, August unloading became
a feature, and most Of the forenoon Au-
gust contracts held weak relation TO
the general market. while showing con-
siderable regularity; Inc genera, Isl
prices of yesterday. when the iecilne
was arrested by covering, supplementen
by some pretty fair investment buymS.
Good commission houses pougnt on nno
decline. European buying, which was
considerable was directed chiefly TO the
new crop positions. some conservative
traders bought on the break on tne re-
action theory, as they considered that mo
decline had been too sharp. August con-
tracts having sold down from Ssy satur-
davis price TO s5.62 to-day, while January
sold at from s5.9s TO SJ.i6. Inc nam lac.
tor in the weakness was the generaiiy
naarlv ali sections OF the cotton belt
Tho saving factor In the English caplo
was the increased demand Tor spot COT
ron I'm the Liverpool market, connrmihS
the claim that raw cotton was neeaea , lot
afternoon steadied the market. ana prices
returned to the opening hgures. Inc
market was finally steady. at net gam
or TO 4 points. s.. r,
SEQ; July. $3.50; August. 800; Ssptempers
SEQ: October $50; November. S.Z. Des
cember. s5.75; January; s9'sa reoruM, ~
s5Ss; March. S.s6; April. S@; MAY i hss'
* eS. August. s56s: September so.bs; oc-
fober S1; November, S75: DecemDer.
ssTS. January. $751; February, $aSs
March. SIS; April. s5.g: May. $3.50
Spot cotton Ia,S clos "a ns as,e' S''"'' w
NEW ORLEANS. La. June Set.
ton-Futures steady: June, Ses biz; July,
s.. 5Sns5. 80; August, 1850 .: -. osptsm,
her. IS. 42ns5. 43; October. 1.iShsS' ~ "a 20.
yember. $685. 6: December, s s'Wts2's% 90
January, $5.52Ns5.53; FeDruary' s'''Se~."s
March. s.. 59gs5.6o
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA. June z2.-tspeciai)
Cotton-Easier at &c. for good lots.