Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-20
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARK

uckwheat-Nominal.
COrnmeal-Dull and easy.
Rye-NOminal.
Barley-Dull.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. red. 75isc. OPP
lions opened weak at sc. decline, in re-
Spouse 70 bcarish and Disappointing ca
bles, reports Of English victories in South
Africa. and general unloading. The latter
continued all day, helped by small clear
ances and unsatisfactory export news.
Close easy at a sale. net decline; March
closed 755sc.; May closed 7J2sc.; July
closed 75i5c.; December closed 72ssc.
COrn-SpOt weak; No. 2, 40Ac.; option
market opened easy. with wheat at a sc.
net decline, and was depressed later by
liquidation, following very small clear
ances and a light export business. Close
weak at a I0iac. net decline May closed
3S7sc.; December. SOC.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2, 29c.; No. 3,
2Slac; options neglected and easier.
Beef-Steady.
Cut-Meats-Quiet.
Lard-Easy; western steamed, S.6212;
December S5.6liz. nominaly; refined easy;
Pork-Firm; mess. scaSfo.75; short
clear SllQSl2; family. s12QN2.50
Butter-Steady; western creamery, go
&c; State dairy, 1SH2Jc
Cheese-Firm fall-made fancy, small,
l23t0l3c; do. large fancy. 12aiQ1Sc.
Eggs-Firm; State and Pennsylvania,
2iI2jc.; western ungraded. at mark, 1sq
2lko; western, 2lQ24c., loss Off
Potatoes-Irregular; Jersey. SL25ciSl.5O;
New York. S15OQa.75; Long Island. sL50a
g: Jersey sweets, Sl.50nN.75; southern
sweets. Sl.25nSl.5O.
Tallow-t'irm.
Petroleum-Firm.
Rosin-Quiet; strained, common to
good. H.45.
Turpentine-steady at 5llzG52c.
Rice-Quiet
Cabbage-Steady; Long Island, Sass per
100.
Cotton-By steam. to Liverpool. 25c.
COnee-Futures opened about steady at
unchanged prices TO "a 5-pOints decline.
following disappointing European adj
yances, but selling was checked by small
receipts at Rio and Santos. and better
Wall-Street conditions, without increas-
ing speculative activity. Liberal ware
house deliveries encouraged holders some
what, but sentiment genralH was weaker.
and the close was steady and unchanged
10 points net lower. Total sales 1850
bags. including March, S5.0U$5.9J: May,
6liS605: spot Rio quiet No. Z. invoice,
500: mild steady.
sugar-Raw firm; refined steady
COttOnseed-Oil-Nery quiet and about
the same as yesterday I'm price. closing
rather nominal, in the absence of demand;
prime crude, barrels, CSC. nOmnally;
prime summer yellow, 32c.: off summer
yellow, 3ll5c.; butter grades, S5c. nomi-
tsr
white, 3in35c.; prime meal, $2L500$25
NEW YORK DRY-GOODs MARKET.
NEW YORK. December 19--The mar
ket to-day has ruled decidedly quiet There
has been slight spot business, and mail
orders, as usual on Tuesday, have been
below the average of other days. Prices
for quick deliveries Of all descriptions Of
cotton goods are decidedly firm, on ac-
count Of the scarcity OF ready supplies,
but brown cotton sellers are occasionally
reported easier to deal with. No changes
in bleached cOttons wide sheetings, or
coarse colored goods. Print-clOths in
active but firm. Prints and ginghams
very firm. Men's-wear woOllens and wOr-
steds strong, and such lines as have been
opened for next fall are selling well.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, December l9.-Flour-Dull
and unchanged
Wheat-Steady; spot and the month
1i5N1hc.; January, n%QTlAc.; May, 1873
W70ssc.; southern. by sample, 66nI2c.
COrn-Easier; spot and the month. UQ
37l4c.; December. new or old. $lU5hc.
January Nhm37Ac.; February. &3sUGhc.
March, 37i5c. bid; southern white. 33hd
3ly-c.
0ats-steady: No. 2 white, 8lqsllzc.; No.
mixed. 2SaQ9c.
Rye-Dull: No. near by. SIC
Sugar-StrOng and unchanged.
Butter. Cheese, and Eggs-Firm and UNI
changed.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. December i9.-The failure OF
the Liverpool market 10 respond 20 the
advance here yesterday weakened wheat
to-day. May closed 7sd1c. lower Corn
closed asN We, and oats isuHc., depressed
Provisions were lower, with grain. May
pork closing PFC, May lard &C., and May
ribs 5n7i2c. under yesterday.
The leading futures ranged Is follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing