Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-31
GENERAL MARKETS.
rv work. PRODUCE MARKET

| NEW YORK, March 0-Flour-Fea-
| tureless. except for its steady tone; WIN
ter straights. s3.5odSS.6o; rye flour steady.
| Cornmeal-Steady.
| Rye-Steady; No. 3 csc.
| Barley-NOminal.
Barley Malt-Dull.
Wheat-Spot easier; No. red. Sc; OPP
! tions opened strong, on higher cables and
crop news, but subsequently sagged off,
under realizing, big Argentine shipments,
and "A sharp break in March wheat. Near
| the close there was a second advance on
/ active foreign buying OF July wheat.
which closed that month l2c. net higher
/ and the market firm; March closed &c.
lower and May unchanged; March closed
S2Ac; April closed 1886, May closed Use.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2 43dHi5c.: OPP
tions dull all day, though market opened
| steady. with wheat, yielded to unloading,
| but finally yielded on demand from shorts,
and closed steady at Il Ac. net decline;
! MAY closed 405sc.; July closed 4lc.
Oats-Spot frmer; No. 2, SS3saSS12c.; OPP
tons dull.
Beef-Steady.
t-Meats-Dull.
Lard--Easy; western steamed $500
$3.50; March, $5.52, nomnally; refined
quiet.
Pork-Steady.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 17D
pc: do. factory. l2alil2c. Elgns, 22c. !;
imitation creamery, l3l24lSl2c.; dairy.
State. 14lzG2Oc.
Cheese-Firmer; large white. l2Gl2Hc.
Eggs-Steady; State and Pennsylvania,
l2A.c.; western, fresh, l2Ac.; southern,
l24c.
Potatoes Steady New York. s5Oda.75;
Long Island, S2a$2.jO
Cottonseed-Oil-Dull; prime crude. &c,
nOminally.
PetrOleum-Quiet.
ROsin-Steady.
Turpentine-Quiet.
Rice-ttrm.
Cabbage-Quet; domestic $3.50 per
hundred.
COffee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices 10 > points advance but
ruled easier under slack speculation and
unsatisfactory cables until Havre report
ed franc advance Market closed
steady ana unchanged to points higher:
sales. 600 bags. including MAY. sos: SEN
TENDER. $3.50; spot coffee-Rio dull and
nominal: No. 7. invoice. 6 ll-l6c; No. Z.
iobbing, 5-l6c.; mild quiet and steady.
Sugar-Raw steady and quiet: fair re-
filming, 7-Sc.; centrifugal G6-degree test.
4 3-Sc.; molasses sugar. S1-ic.; refined
steady.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 30-There has been
fuller inquiry in the market to-day for
staple cottons, and a number OF bids
under sellers quotations have been turn
ed down. Stocks on all hands continue
very light and prices are steadily adj
IDENTIFY quiet In regard TO the cotton
goods situation. Prints and ginghams
very firm. Cotton hosiery and underwear
in fair demand. for both spring and fan
goods. Woollen lines quiet. No change I'm
woollen and worsted dress goods or
mems wear fabrics.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March 30.-Wheat was err
ratio to-day May fuctuating wildly be-
tween 72l2alSl2c., but closing practically
unchanged from yesterdays figures. Crop
damage complaints still Influenced buy
ing. and enormous Argentine shipments
encouraged selling. Corn lost &c. Oats
are off a shade. Pork declined TIC, lard
2l2d5c.. and ribs 5iza7lac.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat-No. g
May .....7s a 4 7ils 72NaH 7sHa4
July .....727sa7sls 1873 72as Y
Corn-No. 2.
May 49,. 36IsaH seas s52a% SO
July .......36Aa7s 1913. S6asqls S65s
Sept ......&hqAs 37as 81 37is
M os's ....''.2s5.aa 27a 1854 2sxag
july july .......25asa2s g as 25Eaa 5Sa ." .
Mess Pork-Per Bbl.
5 May .:sass ssss SIS SIS 81 sssis
Lard-Per 100 Lbs.
July ......s5.4S ST. sl!2h s9.9
Sept. $50 $3.50 500 S.57h
Short Ribs-Per 100 Lbs.
May .....,sI77s s4.S15 N.I5 $.77is
July ...sl@ N.si2 si-s5 si.Sia
Sept. ...s5.02ls sos $500 $500
Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2
yellow corn. s5isc. Flour in moderate de-
mand and firm No. 2 spring wheat. 1p
ne; No. 3 spring wheat, 66n7lc.; No. 2
red. 75isf76c No. ? corn. 35lac. No. =
oats. g7iza2Sc.: No. . white. 30Q30s.c.; No.
white, 29lzekS0c; No; rye; bthc: No.
$685.. Prime timothy seed. 1876. Mess