Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-19
GENERAL MARKETS.
rw Work. pRODJTcE MARKET.

NEW YORK PkODICE MAfshEi.
NEW YORK. October S--Flour-Mode-
rately active and about STEADY, AZ un-
changed prices, closing firm for low
grades and easy for high grades.
Rye E1Our-Firm. .-.-,
B3ekwheat Flour-Steady at S2Soqs2.O.
Buckwheat-Steady.
Cornmeal-Steady.
Barley-Firm.
Barley Mslt-Steady.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2 red, 76c. Op-
lions opened about steady az q sc. ~
vance on receipts falling below esti-
mates and an absence of expected foreign
selling There was a further advance
of &c on local covering. Following better
later cables. but there was an entire iack
OF outside speculative support, ana trans
actions were exceptionally small Tor the
day with the market finally firm, WIN
prices at a $3.50. net ADVANCE Match
closed at 79l5c; May closed at ,9Ssc.; de-
cember closed at 16c. 49,
Corn-Spot steady; No. q 4O1sc. op-
lions opened steady at unchanged prices
and ruled weak, declining Csc. under local
iouidation, cables being lower and eN-
port demand disappointing. Later the
market rallied with the steadier rullng
of wheat Close firm and net unchanged,
May closed at 3il2c.; December eioseu ~
6;ats-spot easy; No. 2. 2slzc. Options
dull and nominal.
T TGsI@naisaussiid at 5slsa5ic.
Beef-Steady.
Rye-Nirm. .e,,~,
Cur Meats-Steady; picked hams, SSig
92c.
Lerd-Dull. Refined easy.
Pork-Easy.
Cottonseed- Oil-Dull and weaker, owing
TO more liberal offerings; prime crude
summer yellow. 29iz13oc. ,-0
Butter-Quiet; western creamery, nu
24c.; State dairy. lod2lc. II. 100
State large white. l-C.
Eggs-Dun; State and Pennsylvania
2IlsM22c.; western, ungraded, at MARK
1JMl9c. ., ,o,/o,e, an.
New York. Sl.12l2nSl25; Long isianu' fi.-'
msl .G2ib; Jersey sweets, A.SOaS2; southern
Cabhage-Easy; Long Island, Sass per
Cotton-By steamer to Liverpool 2I4c.
Coffee-0ptions opened firm, WITH prices
ia IS points higher in sympathy win
a marked upturn I'm European mathels,
an smaller Brazilian receipts, warehouse
deliveries. frmer spot market, ana hDeIal
buving for investment, European, any any
dav. close steady and TO ~ points ne'
higher: sales. 1900 bags. including Octo-
Der. $3.50: November. Ai2dSAS. Sp9t ny
firmer; 40. Z, invoice, 5tsc. tld;, ~. q
iobblng. csc bid. Mild hrner; Coruo'a'
'SSuuaaiafGRaw firm and held higher
fair refining 3l3-l6c bid; centrifugal, ~
degree test, 4 5-l6c. bid; moiasses s"Sdl'
2 9-lGo. bid. Refined steady.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK October lS-The dry,
| goods market has not shown any material
| Change to-day. either In the character OF
| the general demand or i'm tone. All stSpie
cations are distinctly against buyers. I uI-
| ther advances I'm prices have not peen
| important. but the tendency Is Sun 70.
| ward a higher range Of values III nios'
lines of brown and coarse coloreu COT,
tons. The latest advances IN Dleacheo
will probably mark the top limit for ut
tia while as the demand to-day - less
persistent No change in the market toi
| prints or ginghams. Print cloths nrin ~
| previous prices. Silks in moderate re-
quest. Piece silks steady, but ribpons
| easy ana irregular.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, October 1s-An improved ex-
port demand and diminishing receipts
favored a reaction in wheat to-day, apd
the market. after a steady decline Tor
over a week, closed with gain or l2c'
for the December option. Corn closed IN
changed; oats. 1sNl4c. higher. PROVISIONS
| were stagnant but closed with irac-
tional advance. ..,,
The leading futures ranged as iolioWs'
Openlng. Highest. Lowest. Closing.