Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-05
GENERAL MARKETS.


NEW YORK. August l.-Flour-About
steady and somewhat easier on lower
| grades; general market closed quiet and
unchanged; Minnesota bakers. S2.90dS10
Rye Flour-Dull; good to fair, S2.90a $40
| Cornmeal-Dull: yellow western 72d73c.
| Rye-Firm; No. 2 western, 59c.
Barley-Steady: feeding, S7isq3Sc.
Barley Malt-Firm.
! Wheat-Spot firm; No. red. 1850. OPP
| lions opened firm at &c. advance, which
| proved TO be the best OF the session, and
| was due TO local buying. on firmer cables
yesterdays liberal export sales. and local
covering; sold off SC, under realizing
but again rallied and closed steady at
about best prices. September closed 75c.
| December closed, The.
Corn-Spot firm; No 2. S73sc. options
firmer with wheat, bat ruled quiet and
eased of about Sc, in the absence of out
side interest, but again rallied, with
wheat. and closed steady, at isuhc. adj
vance; September closed S6hc.; December
oats~spot dull; No. 2. &c. options
neglected.
Beef-Steady.
-Meats-Firm: picked shoulders. &c.
picked hams, l0Ql0Ac.
Butter-Firm; western creamery, $50
1Sc.: State dairy Bale.
Cheese-Weak; large white, 9Ac.
Eggs-Steady: State and Pennsylvania,
15GlGc: regular packing 10dl0 l-3c
IUidlpfN-NfAiflf ldit ~ lliAiif. FAAflrVf
common. 5GN75c.; fancy, H.75Q$2; southern
sweets S2GSi
Cotton-By steam to Liverpool, 15c..
normally.
Lard-Firmer; western steamed, $5E;
refined hrmer.
POrk-Firm
CottOnseed-O il--Firm.
PetrOleum-Firm.
Rosin-SteadV.
Turpentine- at isi4Gioc.
Rice-Firm.
Conee-Options opened steady at an adj
vance Of points. and rapidly advanced,
on investment orders and on bad scare
Of shorts, supplemented by strong cables
and slightly better statistical conditions.
Trading was more active. Close steady,
and 20 10 points higher; sales. - go bags,
including September. s. lOaSL45; october,
S4.45. Spot coffee-Rio steadier and more
active: No. T. invoice, SIC; No. 7 job
hing. &c Mild steadier. with increased
demand CordOva. 7iaullc.
Sugar-Raw strong with good demand; ;
refined strong. active, and tending up
ward.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET.
NEW YORK, August 4-Muskmeons ir-
regular; about steady for fancy stock.
Watermelons unimproved.
Muskmelons, Jem and Jennie Lind, per
barrel. slQSl 30; per crate, 60c.MSl Mon
mouth county, Hackensack seed, per bar
rel 75c G$l %; Baltimore. Gem, and Jon-
ME Lind per bushel basket, 30a35c.; do,
Rocky Ford seed per crate, 75c.4Sl50; per
carrier. 75c.uSl; per two-basket carrier,
50cq$l; Virginia and North Carolina, per
barrel 50c.NSl: per carrier, 3OaJ0c
Watermelons, per carload, $5Ou$lOo; per
hundred, @HSl2.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 4.--The general
demand for cotton goods to-day has been
on a more liberal scale. Large sales are
-. dc L.-in -
squares-these goods selling at the ad-
vanced price Of 3l2c Heavy brown goods
are very firm, export grades tending up
ward in price. Ble3ched cOttOns are
strong, with good sales. Prints are n
fair demand. prices being steady. GlnB-
selling more freely, and are tending up
ward.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, August 4.-Flour-Qu.et
and unchanged
Wheat-Dull and easy; spot and the
month, 70is4l04c. September, UlZqnsc.;
October, ia a73c.: southern, by sample
62c.
Confirm; spot and the month. S5l2tp
352,c: September 35bn352sc: November
and December. S3Ac.; southern white corn,
4Oc. asked.
Oats-More active; No. 2 white. ,2Sd29c
Rye-Dull and nominal; No. 2, nearby
53Q5Slac.
Cheese-Actiye.
Sugar-StrOng.
Butter-SteadY.
Eggs-F1rm at lie
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, August 4-Corn and provi-
slons cut out the pace on Change to-
day. A heavy cash demand for corn re-
suited in a complete recovery OF an early
decline, the market closing Isu4c: higher
than Yesterday. Provisions closed at adj
vances OF from l2is TO 2oc. Wheat ruled
weak early, but recovered with corn, and
closed l.o. higher Oats closed shade
higher
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.