Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-06
GENERAL MARKETS.

GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 5.-Flour-Firm
but only moderately active.
Rye FlOur-Firm. ..-.
Buckwheat Flour-Easy at s225Qs25O
Buckwhcat-Dull
Cornmeal-Steady.
Rye-Firm; No 2 66 lac.
Barley Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot firm: No. red. Il use. Op-
lions opened to-day ut a &c. advance, on
higher cables and further advanced 1-Sc.,
on covering. following Disappointing
northwest receipts. Later the market
turned easier under realizing operations,
following weak advances from Chicago,
disappointing as TO the magnitude OF the
purchases by exporters. Just before me
close the market rallied little from the
low point on covering by local shorts'
and was about steady In tone, at net
gain OF 3-Sc.; March closed 80 &c May
closed 50 Sic: December closed n 7-Sc.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2, 4lc. options
| opened steady. at l-Sc advance. on bet
ter cables than looked for, but ruled quiet
| with little or no further change. ana
! closed about steady. with prices UNI
closed SO 7-sc.; December closed 81 Lie.
Oats-Spot duh; No. ?, PC. Options
| nominal.
Petroleum-Flrm.
Rosn-Steady.
Turpentine-Steady.
| Rice-Firm
Butter-Firm: western creamery. T0
| dc: State dairy, lGG22c.
Cheese-Firm; large white, IL La
| II 3-ic.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
| 20 1-2a2lc.: western ungraded at mark,
li01Sc.
Potatoes-Firm; Jerseys. SlaSliO; New
York. Sl.25dSl.i0: Long Island. $L25dSLio;
Jersey sweets, SLi5a2; southern sweets
Cabbage-Fun at S2aS9.5O for Long
Island, per 100.
Cotton-By steam 10 Liverpool &c IL.
Beef-Quiet.
Lard-Easy; western steamed, $50 IL;
| refined easy.
| POrk-Dull.
Cottonseed Oil-Flrmer; prime summer
| yellow. 30c.
Coffee-Options opened steady at an adj
vance Of points, on favorable European
! cables. smaller receipts than looked for,
| better spot demand from the short side.
and absence of sellers. After squirt or
| activity at the start the market became
! stupidity duh. and varied but little for the
! balance Of the session. Close steady and
! 10 10 points net higher; sales 1900
! bags, including November A.25aN40;
February, $i75. Spot; mild steady; Rio
| steady
Sugar-Raw dull; refined dull and weak.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. October 5.-The feature
Of the market was great activity In print
cloths. Sales OF Fall-Riyer committee
! goods this week so far about 10000
| pieces. No change made In quotations.
| Wide sheetings. 3Sh-nch, GS squares, Be-
/ 39-inch. So squares, tc., and 39-inch 6SNI2
squares. generally held for 4i2c. Heavy
brown cottons still decidedly against buy
ers. without quotabe change. Good cot
tons selling steadily az recent advances
I'm all grades. Some Eastern makes OF
denims Withdrawn from sale, ana all
! coarse cOlOred cOttOns strong. Demand
for fancy prints improving. Staple linens
I'm good request. Turkey-red occasionally
| advanced Ic. per yard. Glnghams all
strong and scarce. Cotton Innings are stiff
fleming. No change in the woollen-goods
| division.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. October 5.-Flour-Quiet
! and unchanged.
Wheat-Firm: spot and the month 49,.
! 73lzc; December, 7j5sd76c.; southern, by
! sample. 65n l4l2c.
Corn-steady; mixed, spot. 2Slzc. asked;
| the month. 3Sc. asked November and De-
| cember new or old. 35hG35a4c.; January
and February 3jhN35lAc.; southern white,
| 4lql2c.
Oats-Duu: No. white, 296SOc.
Rye-Firm: No. 2 near by. 59G60c.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged.
Butter-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-F'irm and unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. October 5-The antics OF
the Liverpool market. due 10 the uncer-
tain Transvaal situation. made wheat de-
cidedy nervous at times. December
closed at a &c. advance. shorts apparent
ly being unwilling to take chances while
the present TransVaal condition prevails.
Corn and oats were practically unchanged
at the close. Provisions closed about
2tsGjc. lower
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing
Wheat No ,