Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-03
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET

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and barely steady: winter extras, 1850
-; winter low grades, S2.351S2.io
Rye FlOur-Easy.
Buckwheat Flour-Quiet.
Buckwheat-Quiet
Cornmeal-Quiet.
Rye-Weak; No. 2 western, 59c.
Barley-Quiet.
Barley Malt-Dull; western, 5JG65c.
Nheat-Spot firm; No 2 red. 72Ac. OPP
lions opened steady and unchanged, inn
medlately advancing, particularly on De-
cember and March, owing to light offer
ings and good foreign demand. General
market news was bearisL- however, In
GLIDING lower cables. large Chicago stocks,
and prospects for million increase In
Mondays visible. Close easy, after late
break, under sharp realizing at unchang-
ed prices to isc higher. the latter on De-
cember; January closed 7Ac.; March
closed 7iisc.; May closed 1856; Deem
Der closed 707sc.
Corn-spot firm: No. 2. 4OAc. Options
opened dull and unchanged. but later i'm
proved. with wheat, in view OF steodier
cables and prospects Of larger receipts
West. The market finally sold OF under
realizing, and closed unchanged; May
closed 3SAc.. December closed CSC.
Oats-SpOt quiet; No. ?. 20. Options neg
lected and nominal
HOps-Quiet; state, common 10 choice.
1896 crop, &C.; Pacific coast 1896 crop, 4g
&c.
Potatoes-steady: Long Island. $3.50
$40; New York, Sl0N.s0; Jersey sweets,
S0sl$7i2; southern sweets. $l5oQSl75.
Cabbage-Dull
Freights-Dul.
Beef-Quiet
Cut Meats-Easy.
IArd-Firmer western steamed. s5.45;
! refined firm: Continent. $40.
Pork-Quiet; mess, Sn&l5: short-rios,
| sO50dSl2; family, Sll2JuSil.yO.
/ Buter-Steady; western creamery. $50
/ &c.
Cheese-Qulet; large fancy, September.
Eggs-Dun; State and Pennsylvania,
| 2lQ2ic., loss off; ungraded, at mark lag
Talow-steady; city. 49sc; country, 49,
Turpentne-Quiet at 5lQ5lisc.
Rosin-steady; strained. common 10
Petroieum-Frm; refined. New York
1875: Philadelphia and Baltimore. $500;
do. In bulk 1895.
Rice-Ea.y; domestic. fair to good, 40
! Cleo. Japan. 4AQ5c.
coffee Futures opened firm at an adj
vance OF 10 TO = points. and further i'm.
| proved. following the call on scare OF
shorts together with active bull specula-
ton. based on strong European cables
| favorable news from Brazilian markets,
! marked Increase In warehouse movement
| and fears that bubonic plague had OBJ
! tained stronghold upon shipping points
/ in the coffee belt. The market closed
| steady AT a gain OF - points. Total sales,
| 2i750 bags including December. 500
| G15: MAY, s5.2J0S6.30; July, $3.50 $50;
! August. S645G3650: September s65gqS0 20 ;
| October $3.50. Spot coffee, Rio market
| firmer. No Z invoice 7c.; No. Z. 1Obbing,
| nc. Mid firm; Cordova. 62.dl1c.
| Sugar-Raw steady: fair refining
? fg-iec.; centrifugal. 90 degrees test flc;
molasses sugar seize; refined steady
| Mould A, l5~l6c.
| firm. with shorts urgent buyers; not mueh
| offering and prices more or less nominal;
prime crude, barrels, &c; prime summer
| yellow. 32032ikc.: of summer yellow, nom
| iual. butter grades. nominal. prime WIN
ter yellow. SiQs5c; prime white, S5Q3ic.
prime meal $23.5OuS2
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. December 2-Flour-Dufi
and unohanGed v -o,.
January. T0hq70iRc.; May, fAc. asKeoi
southern. by sample, 67d7OiAc.
Corn-Dull; mixed spot, Tsq87kc; me
month 37d37lc.; December; new or OLD
ary. S6l.q36a.c; southern white. s3hdssc.
! Oatg-Firm: No. white, 32d32lec.
| Rve-Dun and easy; No 2, nearby tc-
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, and Sugar-Un'
changed
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. December Wheat wa
steady early, but weakened on poor de
mand from outside. closing l20hc. unde
Yesterday. Corn. Influenced by the wheat
market closed a shade under. oats CLOSED
a shade higher and provisions 501l2c
up the latter supported by a good de-
mand and light hog supply.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat. No. ,
Dec. .....6i3s 6i%Q7s 63B 6iis
May ......6SBd69 69i4 6SAG$ GS2sGl.
Corn. No. g
! Dec. .......ovit oV'sHf2 81 ~
| Ian 2nlh 205s 2nILH2. 3OMM2