Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-11
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

L.
NEW YORK. August l0-Four-Quiet
and steady.
Rye FlOur-Quiet.
COrnmeal-Quiet.
Rye-Quiet: No. 2 western, 59Hc.
Barley-Steady.
Barley Nalt-Quiet
Wheat-Spot easier; No. 2 red. 759sc.
Options opened firm at unchanged prices,
influenced by cables. government report
gossip, and covering. Later, the market
became easter, under local realizing, and
closed duh At a isc. net decline; Septem-
Der closed ne; December closed 76Ac.
COrn-SpOt easier; No. 2 377sc. Options
opened steady, on covering and strong
cash position easing off later because OF
more liberal farm offers. and closed duh
at a ssG12c. net decline September closed
3Giac.; December closed 3f2c.
Oats-Spot dull; No. 3 27c. Options dull
all day and entirely nominal.
Beef-Quiet.
POrk-Dull and weak.
Cut Meats-Quiet: picked shoulders, ca
6ikc.; do. hams, l0QlOl2c.
Lard-Weak; refined easy; Continent,
5sc.
Butter-Firm; western creamery, 1870
19c.; State dairy, 13l5ql7isc.
Cheese-Dull; large white, y449hc.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
l511nl6lkc.; western ungraded, 1lal3lac. at
mark.
Potatoes-Quiet; fair to price. sldS.75;
common. 5Ga75c. fancy, N.75Gs2; south
ern sweets, N9MSl.3O
Cabbage Steady: Long Island s2Gs4
Cotton-By steam to Liverpool, PC, Au-
gust.
Cottonseed-O iI-Quiet.
Rosin-Steady.
Rice-Firm
Turpentlne-Fi at 5O05Ol5c.
COffee-OptiOns opened quiet at I'M
changed prices 10 n decline Of points
later. in sympathy with weakness abroad,
and ruled generally dull, with a weak I'M
dertone. The foreigners sold. as did some
Of the more reliant bears. Shorts bought.
Statistical changes were about "A stand
of. Brazilian cables were disappointing.
I'm the main. Close barely steady and un-
changed 10 3 points lower. Sales. lVH
bags, including september NS; Octo9er'
$40 SpOt coffee. Rio dull and easy; No.
I. invoice. $5.75; No Z. jobbing, $9. Mild
quiet and about steady; Cordova, SDasu.
Sugar-Steady; refined steady and quiet.
NEW YORK MELON MARKET.
NEW YORK, August l0.-Muskmelons
very irregular: stock largely poor, ana
pressing for sale at any reasonable BID.
Watermelons firmer for good, fresh stock.
Observation-Disclosures county, Jenny
lind. per barrel 75c. uSl25; Hackensack
| seed. GiG75c.; do, South Jersey. Gem. and
Jenny Lind. per barrel, 5oc.ad: do, per
crate +OQ6sc: do fair TO good 4Ou6Jc.
| Maryland, Rocky Ford seed, 1alr 10 goou'
-
| land Christiana. per large crate, slu
| 81 a.. do Gem and Jenny Lind, per two
| basket carrier, 5O4 ioc' .-~,,,-o.
Watermelons-Per CARLOAD, S'JdSloi
| do, per 100, SJ9Sl2
NEW YORK DRY-GoODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. August l0.-There has beer
an Improved demand to-day for cotton
goods in all staple lines. Sellers have real,
| lied advances OF sc. per yard on 4-yaru
brown sheetings In some quarters. some
| large sales reported in gray goods IN mar,
| row widths. Bleached cottons nrm' ano
some large orders placed by shirt manu-.
| facturers Prints are steady, win tali
| GALES Print-cloths without demand IN
regular goods. but with prices nrmly
maintained. Ginehams are very nrm IN
both staple and dress-goods styles. Hosie-
ry and underwear firm and good business
| doing In next-spring lines.
| BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
| BALTIMORE, August ie.-Flour-Dull
| and unchanged
| Wheat-Very quiet: spot and the month
] 70lAa7oXc.: September. Ilnnhc.: Octoper