Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-10
GENERAL MARKETS.



NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, December 9.-Flour-Dull
Dut steady; rye flour quiet; fair TO good
| $5482O; choice to fancy, &.25qS3.5O
Observation-Disclosures.
Cornmeal-Quiet; yellow western, soc.
| city, use.
sl Ryye- St No. a. western, sll4c.;
.B8alrley-Firm; feeding. 41c.; mailing,
Barley Malt-Dun; western, 55G65c.
| Wheat-Spot steady; No. red. 7i%c.
| opuOhs opened nrm at q isc. advance, on
| favorable cables, a bullish Michigan re-
port, and moderate foreign buying Later
| the rise was lost. under realizing. In
me last half hour the market was quiet,
closing steady and unchanged: March
| closed l0sc.; May closed 75kc.: July
| closed 75iac; September closed 76I4c.; De-
| cember closed 727sc.
Corn-Spot steady; No 2. iOssc; option
| market opened steady and unchanged,
| holding its own through strong cables,
! small receipts, and general RANT. Close
| STEADY ana unchanged; May closed 3S7sc.
! December closed 39Ac
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2, 2slkc.; options
dull but steady.
Beef--steady; family, sl25oaSl3
Cut-Aleats-Steady; picked bellies,
| S5758N; picked shoulders, 50; picked
| hams. @150S95.
Lsrd-steady; western steamed, s565;
refined quiet; compound. S.2lM S3i2.
Pork-firm; mess. sss9uSl0.2j; short
cfar, Sl0.5oQSl2; family, N1.5OnSl2.
ButterOf1rm; western creamery, go
&c; State dairy, lsa25c.
Cheese-Firm; fall-made fancy. small,
12a.Vi3c.
Egss-steady; state and Pennsylvania,
0Z5c., loss of; western ungraded, at
mark, 16N2ibc
Potatoes-steady; Jersey. $l25asL5C;
New York. N-3QN e2iz; Long Island,
$L5J0Nl5; Jersey sweets, S2NHS3; south
ern sweets. S2.250S250
.Tallow-Firm; city, 45s95c.; country,
45sN5c.
Petroleum-Strong.
Realistically; strained. common to
good, 1.40N3l.4j.
Turpcntne-Q quiet at 5iQ52c.
Rice-steady; domestic, fair to extra,
fQiiac.; Japan, 4ai05c.
Cabbage-steady; Long Island, s2.5O@
$3.50 per 10o.
Cotton-By steam. 10 Liverpool sc
COmec-tutures opened steady at 5fl0
points advance, on better European cables
than expected, and covering, i'm the alb
sence Of cables from Rio and Santos
closed on account Of holidays. The trade
was encouraged 10y heavy warehouse de-
liVeries, reaching 2eOiJ bags; light local
liquidation caused a further advance, and
caused partial reaction near the close,
with the market finally steady and net
sales, $50 bags. including March. $50;
April. $Gl5; May. $500; July, $3.50; Sep
TENDER. t63j COffee-SpOt Rio firm; No.
z, invoice, s.; No. T. jobbing, $40; mild
steadier; Cordova. SG.750$l175.
Sugar-steady for raw fair refining,
s 13-l6c.; centrifugal Gd-degree tesO. 4hc.;
mOlasses sugar. 9-l6c; refined steady;
standard A. 15-l5c.; confectioners' A.
4 Bile; cut-lOaf. 9-l6c.; crushed, 9-lGc.;
powdered, 5isc.; graduated, 3-l6c; cubes
5-1Gc.
Cottonseed-On 49, Was inactive but
steady, with Hight offerings. and with no
change I'm prices. Prime crude. barrels,
&c, nomnally; prime summer yellow,
Sc; off summer yellow nominal; butter
grades 35c.. nominaly; prime winter yell
low. 3fik025i5c; prime white, 3Sq34c;
prime meal, S235o0S2t5e.
NEW YORK DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. December 9.-There was
no change az any Importance In the dr.
goods market to-day The demand Tor
staple cOttOns Is Of ordinary character,
and supplies of brown bleacneu ana
coarse cOlOred goods continued lnsuu-
Client Prints are in good request at the
new prices made this week. NO chahse
in ginghams. High-grade woven-pdtteFn
fabrics advanced 70 10 per cent. PRINT
cloths quiet for denims. but GOOD Tor
narrow odds. Prices firm. Cotton wor-
sted and wOollen yarns are al surohR'
and difficult TO buy
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. December 9.-Flour-fllm
and UNCHANGED.
Wheat-steady; spot and the month,
7lNdsc.; January, l#ul,sc.i .hayt t.3F
75kc.. southern wheat, by sample, tSh,-c.
Corn-Steadv: spot. gU.N3sasc; the
month 3S03gtc.: December. new or Oh,
S79sNI4c.: January, 5i5sN3iiZc., feDIu-
airy. 37ial37Mc.; southern white 5f't $3.50 ..
Oats-Firm; No. white, ah1o-.2c.;
No. mixed, Ss4,NS9c.
Rye-Unchanged. ,,
Hay-Frm; No. 1 timothy. N3ao pid'
SUgar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter. Cheese, and Eggs-tirm and I'M
changed
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO December 9.-The grain and
provision markets were dul to-uaS'
Wheat was firmly held, but eased or,
on prOflt~taking and rather free selllns
against weekly calls. closing &c. uneer
yesterday for May. May corn ana May
oats closed a shade lower, and provisions
The leading futures ranged as followsy
opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat. No. = e.,,
Dec. ...... .Gslka5s e6a, e5s ,e,-o
May .......7oasaA 7oA eS's e''sg'O
Dec sS'1 ... NO. / ~ sea 1913
May May . .......ss az 80 as ss3 sasass
oats. No . .. $500.
Dec. ......22isgts 22kp9s Z2sgi2 23Ss4 Y
May .......2hs -issHt "a "a US
Mess Pork per barrel
Jan. $3.50 sa3zls s.9 ~ SZis
May .....tl0O5 N0.O5 $99a $lO.o5
Lard. per 100 lbs
Jan. ......s5.35 S.3lls 80 $9.3Ila
May .....s5.55 s557is S5.52ls s5.52ls
Short Ribs. per 100 lbs
Jan. .....H.20 S.25 so S.25
May .s5.SIis t5.S3is so.So so.5Ils
Cash quotations were a. follows: No.
yellow corn. size. Flour steady. No.
spring wheat. 62G66c.; No. red. 6lia9
CSC. No. corn. Bic. No. oats, 2'l2Asc.;
No. ? white, 253sc.; No. white. 2ilSa25i4c.
No. rye 53c No. 2 barley. SlQ+2c. No.
fiaxseed. s. 10; new. sl.i5. Prime timothy
seed. 81 i0lIs2.45. Mess pork, per berral.
S. 4Gdssss Lard per 100 pounds, $3.50
s5.8. Short rib sides Qoose). N35eisl.i0;
drv-salted shoulders (bOxed). $5.Sl2fi s. 80;
short clear sides boxed, S5.SaISo.i -.
Whiskey. dlstillers' finished goods. per
gallon. A2sis Butter steady: creamery,
lG625c: dairy, l6u22c. Cheese steady at
lilG12ihc Eggs firm at 2Oc.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. December 9.--Cotton-
Spot IN limited demand; prices l-l6d. low
err; American mddling, fair, 13-32d good
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