Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-20

BALTIMORE PRODUCE MAkhEt'
BALTIMORE, July ls.-Flour-DIil. q
-Wheat-Steady at the decline, no, :
red. spot and July, 1Usu1c.; soutnSrh'
by sample, 63pT2c. ,
Corn-Firm: spot. mixed. t6isli762sc.; No.
white, spot, 36iac. asked; July. 36isa36lsc.;
August, 5ei4 q3e3sc; September. S6lsuS6s4c.;
southern white or yellow. +2c. asked
Oets-Steady. but inactive; No. white,
3ld3ltc.
Rye-Dull.
Cheese-Unchanged.
Butter-unchanged
Sugar-Unchanged.
Eggs-Unchanged
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. July 81 p. Motion:
Spot I'm fair demand prices firm: Ameri-
can middling. ll-32d The sales OF the
day were 1900 bales, OF which 1000 were
for speculation and export and INCLUDED
II 300 bales Of Americana receipts, 2"p
bales. including 1900 bales of American.
Futures opened steady, with FAIR de-
mand. and closed steady; American md
ding, low midding clause, July, ls-o4u',
buyers July and August, ls-64d., sellers
August and September. 3 ls-64d.' sellers
September and October, l.-1td., sellers, )
October and November, Ibid, sellers,
November and December and December
and January. l5-sId., sellers; January
and February, l5-54d., buyers; February
and March. g l6-6.d. sellers; March ana
May. 3 l7-64aS lS-Gid., sellers; May an"
June. lS-Gld., buyers
NEW YORK, July 19-Cotton steady;
middling, 6Ac.: net receipts, y bales
gross receipts, 2.6f bales; sales, ~ bales
stock. 1850 bales; eXports-to the Con-
tinent, 4,9i7 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts 2,O9O bales
exports-to Great Britain. 400 bales; 70
the Continent, 1879 bales; stock, ilo'iS'
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 1859 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. 6,2n bales; 10
France. 800 bales; to the Continent, lG9l
| bales.
Totals since September 1st Net re-
| cepts, 1921 1895 bales eXpOrts-to Great
| Britain, 3,t6OoM bales; to france. tSs osl
| bales; to the Continent, 2.1903S5 bales.
| The shorts were scared to-day, and the
| New York cotton market advanced SNW
POINTS. There was nothing particularly
new 10 account for the rise, except that
| the English cables were somewhat better
| and crop accounts somewhat less favor
! able: but only somewhat in either case.
The feature of the English news was
the indication OF sustained, IL not In
creased interest I'm spot cotton az Liver
| pool, tending 10 confirm the proposition
| that American cotton was wanted Tor
! foreign consumption, 10 meet the require
| ments OF orders for cotton goods, extend
| ing we'll into the future. Private cables
| were quite pronounced on this point, ana
| gave considerable ENCOURAGEMENT. espe-
| cially in keeping with an increased for
| elm demand for futures, seen at TINS
point to-day. Wall street parties were
| also pretty good buyers throughout the
session. but covering was the principal
feature. The shorts were the principal
| buyers The deficiency OF rainfall in tht
| cotton States was potent factor in de
Gliding the shorts 70 cover. This, figured
up since March LIST, is as follows: Column
bia. s. c., 73 inches; Charleston, So
| Savannah, "a; Atlanta, 81; Mobile, %
Montgomery, 1874; New Orleans lly
Shreveport. 10I; Little Rock, 49, Calves
ton. 1.3, and Memphis, w.. while II wa.
generally known that there had been {
deficiency Of rainfall az most points, i
had not been understood TO be so decided
as announced. The bears distrusted thei
position. which has betn predicated OF
decidedly favorable assumptions. Th'
analysis OF the weekly government wea
Their report indicating an absence OF RAN
over a large part of the Gulf and Soutt
Atlantic States during tho past week, ais'
increased the apprehensiops OF the bears
with the conditions OF the eastern por
| lions OF the cotton belt less favorable
! than last weeks, and the crop havins
| suffered not only from drought, but iron
insects. The course Of torday's mafke
was I'm the main as follows: Opened
steady at a 1d3 points advance: further
advanced sal points, az influenced by the
! factors enumerated above; eased OF par
TALLY under liquida ton. and closed steady
at net rise of 7ltl0 points.
$50 S!. August at" SIS: september s5ss, 0cio
Der s572; November. S.U December
$50; January $751; February, $3.50
March. $3.50; April. s5.97; May, $3.50.
Futures closed steady; July, 50 81; Au
gust, $50; September, $50; October. $5.79
| November, $3.50; December, S.@; Janu
| airy, $j92; February. $J.9j; March, 1873
April, s6.Ol; May. 5000.
Cottoni Spot quiet and steady; middlns
| uplands, 5-l6o.; gulf, 67-l6c.
NEW ORLEANS, July ia-Cotton-Fu
lures closed steady; July, s5.57; August
s560QS.6l; September, $.52u5.eS; October
| $j62iS5.53; November, $3.50 $3.50; Decem
Der. sj.604s5.6l January. $5.63gS5.64; Feb
ruary, s66QS567; March, 5.HQS.72.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, July l9.--(Special.
Cotton-Quiet at &C. for good lots.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. July S.-Calves.-Marke
lower; butchers reporting trade with then
dull at late asking prices. Receipts am
pie. We quote: Strictly choice veal, PEI
pound, &C.; good veal, per pound. 6l4u5izc.
rough to good, per head, siQS.5o.
Lambs and Sheep-Market firm on th'
better grades of lambs, with good de
| mand for nice, smooth stock In fat cOnpi
| tiOn. Such will readily draw top prices
| while poor or understood lambs are dis
| eliminated against, even at lower hgures
| Old sheep dull unless extra choice. We
| quote as follows: Spring lambs, good &
choice, 5i2a534c. per pound; poor, small
| stock, &c. per pound. Sheep. per pound
| choice, 3Q3s4c.; good, per head, %nS.5v; in
ferior, per head, NaSi5O; Old bucks, pet
head. S2.5oHS.
| CHICAGO. ILL, July S.-Receipts OF
! cattle were small to-day, and prices ruled
about unchanged. Good 70 fancy steers
brought $52saSS; commOner grades
$65Q$.O; stockers and feeders. -
$3.50; bulls, cows, and heifers, $500 S.lV
Texas steers, S3.50qS5.2j; calves, AJ0gso.zO
The supply of hogs was not equal 10 tht
demand and prices advanced lVql9c
Heavy hogs brought SA.ZJnS4.Jo; mixed lois
| $425M$L521e; light hogs, A.3Olfi.5Zi7; piss
| 80 SGa$4.i5, and culls and rough lots Nl
| A25 Lambs sold 25435c. higher; western
| range sheep, lOc., lower, ana n IN w,
| s. 25 for culls. TO $685. for prime weth
| ers. Texas sheep brought S3uA2o. and
western range sheep SAioGs46o fearhng,
sold for $4.5OqS5.5O. and the better class
OF lambs at S6lSaS, with Gun lamps ., ~. y,
x3254SL5O. Ordinary focIs brought $500
| $3.50 Receipts-Cattle. 5000 head; hogs
| i6OoO head; sheep. 1lO0O head.
| NEW YORK, July lS.-Beeves-Receip
6g6 head; no trading; feeling steady
| Gables steady; exports, 80 cattle ano
APO quarters OF beef; tomorrow S,6i'
quarters. Calves-Receipts. 10 head. III
| on sale. Market steady but slow, IL I'M
sold. veals saS650; common butterInilks
ESQ Sheep and lambs-isecelpts. 9,Z
| head. S6ia ears on sale. Market slow
| sheen I5(I25c. lower; lambs. 25Q35c. lower
| n cars unsold. Common TO good sheep
| ss0Sf5O; no choice sold. Common TO choice
ion,bs "a 5GdH.75: one car, $3.50 Hogs
| Receipts. 2.S6l; none for sale. NominallS
| steady.
NAvAL-STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, s. c., July i9.-Turpen
| tine-Narket steady az SOC: sales. none.
Rosln-Firm; sales, none; quotations
unchanged.
SAVANNAH. GA, July 10. Spirits Tur