Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-19

| NEW YORK, September 1S.-ElOur-
Weak and lower to sell, following wheat
| Rye-Firm.
| Buckwheat-Quiet
| COrnmeal-Steady.
Barley Malt-Steady.
. Wheat-Spot weak; No 2 red, 1SAc. OPP
hons opened lower. following Saturdays
curb decline, but rallied kc. on cables
and subsequently sold off 1c.. under in
crease In visible supply, disturbed Trans
vaal conditions, big receipts, and disap-
| pointing export demand. Close easy at a
| SsNlc net decline; May closed 7S5c.: Sep
TENDER closed 72hc.; December closed
| 75i2c.
Corn-Spot steady; No 2. 39Hc. Options
| opened unchanged and ruled quiet and a
shade easier. The decline checked by
further talk of a contemplated September
| corner at Chicago. Close quiet at I'M
changed prices to &c. net lower. May
closed 352sc.; September closed 3Sl2c.; De-
| cember closed 357sc.
Oats-Spot firm; No. 2, 2satc. Options In
active, but steady, on cash demand.
| Beef-Firm.
Cut Meats-Steady.
Lard-Steady; refined quiet.
| Pork-Steady.
CottOnseed-O il-Steady.
| PetrOleum-Firm.
Rosin-Steady.
Turpentine-Frm at 5045012c.
| Rice-Firm.
Butter-Firm; western creamery, 1Sa
&c: State dairy, 1jd20c.
Cheese-Easy; large white, 10Ac.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
1920; western unchanged. Bale.
Potatoes-Steady; Jersey, A4A.50; New
| York. sl.25G$l.4O: Long Island, sl.25qS1.75;
Jersey sweets, $l.75a$225; southern sweets,
| $l.25G 81. 30.
Cabbage-Quiet; Long Island, s2Qs3.5O
| per 100
Freights to Liverpool-Quiet; cotton, by
steam 26Hc.
Coffee-0ptions opened steady at un-
changed prices, and developed little specu-
latve activity, with professionals in abb
solute control most Of the time. Foreign
market news cut little figure as an influ-
| ence, and the statistics offered no in
centive one way or the other. Outside
investors held alOOf, in the absence Of
strong bull leadership. Close steady and
unchanged to points higher. Sales. 7.250
bags Including October. s4.15; December,
A40qA45. Spot coffee. Rio dull and fea-
tureless. Mild quiet, but steady.
Sugar-Raw quiet and barely steady;
fair refining 37sc. centrifugal 96 degrees
test. &c. molasses sugar, 39sc. Sales.
2,57j bags of centrifugal and 40 bags OF
molasses. Refined quiet.
THE DRY GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, September 1S-There has
been fully an average demand for staple
cottons Bleached goods are strong.
Coarse colored cotton tended against buy
ers. Print-cloths unchanged In both regu-
irregular. American Indigo-bue prints
reduced &c other staple lines steady. NO
change I'm ginghams. White goods well
sold for spring, and prices firm. Woollen
and worsted fabrics without change.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD, September B.-
Flour-Quiet and unchanged.
Wheat-W Weak; spot, 7Ohn70Ac; the
month 701kn702.c.; October. 7lm1lsc.; De
cember 73AQ732sc.; southern, by sample,
65G72c.
Corn-Steady; mixed. spot. Sslsc.; the
month 3Sd3Shc.; October, 37d31hc.; No
vember and December, new or old $40
3iHc.; January and February, 33a43ic.;
southern white corn, 410nl2c.
Oats-Firmer; No. white. 2Sa29c.
Rye-Steady; No. 2 near by, &c; NO.
western SEC.
Sugar-Fine and coarse graduated, s5Ss
Cheese-Large, 120l2l2c
Butter-Firm; fancy creamery Z5dZic.;
store-packed. 12Gl4c.; rolls, l2qlic.
Eggs-Firm at 17ulSc
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, September l8.-The addition
of over 100000 bushels 10 the visible sup
Div of wheat overshadowed in influence
everything else to-day, and caused a de-
cline of 2sai2c Corn and oats were frm,
corn closing unchanged and oats Is TO
&c. higher. Provisions closed without
material change. x,,
The leading futures ranged as tolloWs'
Open,ng Highest. Lowest. Closing.