Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK pRoDrrcE MARKF

NEW 1OKh PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, August l9.-Flour-Quiet,
but flrmer
Rye Flour-Firm; good TO fair, $500
$40.
GSornmsal-Firm; yellow western, 7297,c.
Rye-Firm; No. g. 60c.. T. o. b.; State
rye. 55c.
Barley-steady; feeding. s7lsas7sc.;
mating 4SqJ5c
Barley Malt-NomInal; western. 55ds3c.
Wheat-Spot strong; No. 2 red. roc. OPP
tons opened strong at lac. advance,
controlled by higher cables and rains i'm
the Northwest. Later. they ruled quiet
and firm, on a demand from shorts. Close
easy, under final realizing. Mt a %ni4c.
net advance. Sales included No 2 red;
May, closing S27sc.; September closed
Tssc: December closed S0isc.
Corn-Spot strong No. 2. Ale. Options
opened firm at 5s4izc. advance. on COW
ering. Market was fairly active. all the
morning sustained by light receipts and
good cash inquiry, August closed SSlsc';
oats-spot firm; No. 2, 2slaa27c. Options
Beef-steady; beef hams. s27; city extra
India mess, A4q$l550
Cut Meats-Steady; picked bellies, 6m
nc: do. shoulders, &C.; do. hams, lOqp
iokc.
Tard-Firm: western steamed closed
$3.50; city. s5.15; August closed $3.50. nomi-
nally; refined steady.
clear. lO25dslI rs; family, Nl@sl3.
Butter-Frm: western creamery. 174
&c; state dairy. 14glS4c.
Cheese-Firm; large white, ssic.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
l7alSc.: western fresh. ungraded, l24l5c.
Potatoes-Quiet; fair to prime, N;sVp
a.75: fancy. s2as225; southern. sl.JOas2.,
Petroleum-FHrm; refined. New York,
$50: Philadelphia and Baltimore. 800;
u9 ~ u, t,eoGv. strained. common TO
Eur Turrpentine-ouiet at 52d52lkc
Rice-Firm; domestic, fair to extra
tssG5c.
Cotton-Ry steam 10 Liverpool. 2l2Q22ic.
Cottonseed- Oil-Dull. but steadily held;
prime crude nominal; butter grades, $40
Coffee-options opened quiet and ruled
exceptionally slow with a weak under
tome most OF the short session Euro
pean and Brazilian cables were lower
while receipts at Rio and santos con-
tinued heavy. There was no . Gntsia 1S
speculation to speak Of. Close dull ana
net unchanged to 5 points higher; sales
none SPOT Rio dull and nominal: NO; :;
invoice BIB: No. 7. jObbing, $6.2o. MILO
quiet; Cordova, s950qSll.
Susar-Raw held higher and ilrm; 1air
rnfnlne &c: centrifugal, % degrees test
g-lGc. refined firm; mould A, 4e4c.; gran
ulated, SIC.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 1s--Fancy musk,
melons meet some demand stocks sun
mostly inferior and pressing for sale az
low prices. Watermelons closed ABOUT
steady. .. 49,.
rel 75c.G$l; do. Monmouth county, Sh ,,S
tiana. per barrel, c.Q$l; do. Jenny LIND,
5Oc.dSl25; do. Hackensack. SEED. 4y9.oc.'
do Monmouth county, half-barrel box.
l0675c.; do. South Jersey Gem ana o Jenny
Lind. per barrel, 50cMSl; average, 4VeoVS,'
Rocky Ford, Seed inferior, ['nT ~ 5 en-
Emerald Gem, per crate, 5QGOc. DO. Gem
and Jenny Lind, per two-basket carrier
Vat Wetermelons-Pe carload, s75Gsl50; do.
per 100, sass
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK, August 19-The dry-goods
market closes quieter. so far as demand
goes. but the weeks business in both cot
ton and woOllen goods has been large.
Tone good throughout. No further adj
vances reported, but gains on earlier days
this week being readily secured. Print
cloths frmer in regular and strong in
wide orders.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, August 19-Flour-Quiet
and unchanged.
Wheat-Firm: spot ana the month, 72ls4
72asc.; September 7l&W'Zc.; OCTOBER, f2g
75c.; December, 77$ic. asked; southern by
sample, 65lI73c
Corn-Firmer; mixed spot, and the
mouth. 36s4 q367sc.; September and october.
36ibI36s,c: November or December, new
or old. 33d33Ac.; January, 3QSAc.; south
ern white corn, 40n4OiRc.
Oats-FHrm; No. white, new. 264aisc.
Rye-Firm: No. near by, 521ea53c.
Butter-Unchanged.
Cheese-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Sugar-Steady and unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, August l9.-Advances Of rs
In September corn and 4a7sc. in Septem-
Der wheat were the features OF to-days
trading on the Board on Trade. In corn
small receipts and large shipments drove
alarmed shorts TO cover. Wheat demands
rain in the Northwest, and strong foreign
markets had a similar effect. oats adj
vanced Alt2sc. in September and pro-
visions closed 2Ac higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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