Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-01
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODT-CE MARRIOTT

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, August 3l.-Flour-Weak-
er on spring brands and barely steady on
the winter grades; Minnesota, S.S04Si,
rye -four quiet
COrnmeal-Dun.
Rye-Firmer; No. western, GlHq62c.
BarleY-Quiet.
Whea Spot weak: No red, 74Ac.; OPP
tons opened weak at a sc. decline under
heavy Northwestern receipts and disap-
pointing cables, and further declines dd-
ring the day were influenced by iiquida-
ton. favorable spring-wheat news, light
clearances, Southwestern selling, and
more favorable Russian-crOp reports.
Close weak at a lsnsic. net decline May
closed SOC; September closed 13l2c.; De-
cember closed 10atc.
Corn-Spot weak: No. 3 3SAc.; options
opened steady, on frost news, but later
followed the decline in wheat, and dis
appointing export trade. Close easy at
unchanged prices; May closed 35hc.; Sep
cember closed &c; December closed 3lgc
Oats-Spot quiet and steady; options
quiet.
Beef-Quiet
ut-EIeats-Dull.
Lard-Easy; western, $3.50; refined easy
Pork-Steady.
Butter-Quiat; western creamery, l1U
Gle. State dairy lJHl9c.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
1Sc.: western ungraded at mark, l2l2nl5c
Potatoes-Duu, fair to prime $LEi2n
1875: fancy. fL40aSl5O; southern sweets,
Sl0$l2j; New Jersey sweets, $2iN0V.
Cabbage-Dull; Long Island, sass per
10O.
Cotton-By steam 10 Liverpool, 26lzc.
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady
ROsin-Steady.
TurUentine-Steady.
CONGREGATIONS opened steady and un-
changed to points lower. and ruled quiet
and feature.ess with a weak undertOne,
owing 10 unsatisfactory cable adVlces,
large receipts, and consumption small IN
contrast with the increasing visible sup
plv. Close steady and unchanged 10 10
points lower Sales, 100 bags, including
September. A40: November A45; Deem
Der. SL75: spot dull: mild quiet.
Sugar-Raw steady; molasses' 5Hc'; re-
fined quiet. .
NEW YORK MELON MARKET
NEW YORK, August M.-Muskmelons
show irregular quality. Market Tor wa
termelons demoralized, with very 10"
Mus nskmelons Rocky Ford, per case.
81 5O42 so; do. Maryland seed. N2o9S{;
do. Jersey, lQA.D; DO iiacK. M, ..,.i
tiania. SiGs2; do. Gem, $lA$l5O; do, Jenny
Watermelons-Per carload, $2j0$lO0; do,
Jersey, S20lty25.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, August 3l.-Go0d demand
I'm the market for brown, DleaChed' am
coarse colOred cOttons. but business sun
restricted by short supplies. one t5 FSls
buf firm at 2&sc. for regulars. lde
cloths cleaned UP for this year. Sales Tor
next January and February AT go iot
3SIa-inch 6i-squares ana az - IuI %
inch 6Sx72s. Prints in improving cerndnd,
without change in prices. Ginghams
scarce and firm. Men's-wear worstedS
strong.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. August 3l.-Flour-- Firm
Wheat-Firmer, spot. the month, anu
Sentember. 7Oh a702sc.; october, llts9 z'se.'
December. f7FtN75c.; southern, by sam
Pc C,or Firm mixed, spot. and the
mouth gGnG3Glac.; September and Octo-
nor 854M36c.; November or DecenDel'
-, or Old 23LQ33i4c.: January, 1SitN
S8ilc.: southern white SsqSSs &c ,ooo
sSyeorIstrong and unchanged.
pntter-Firm and unchanged
cbeese- steady: large lli4NlliAc.
Fggs-Firm at l5i2dl0c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. August a.-Heavy under
burden OF large and increasing -, -
tbe wheat market to-day moved sius-
eishIv within a Nc. range, and closed AT
she Sottom~asc. under yesterdays clos
i i oats and provisions followed me
greater market, corn losing 7sc'' oats So
ar, ,rbe leading futures ranged as follows;
Onening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat. No. = go, co.
+, 'ic '72t3 ~ rs. 1l2.H7s
Nav .......I5i;@% 755sab 75s ms
Corn. No. 3 49,, oo,, ,o,,