Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-10
GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK pROnIICE MARk

| NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
| NEW YORK, March 9.-Flour-Inactiye
but steadier. with wheat.
| Rye FlOur-Easy: good to fair, $3.50.
! COrnmeal-Steady.
! Rye-Easy.
| Barley-Quiet.
Barley Malt-Quiet.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red. S3hc.
| Options. after steady opening, eased
! Off. under short selling. Then crop-dam
| age war. and export news developed, and
shorts, becoming alarmed, covered ac-
| lively. Prices jumped cent bushel
in the afternoon, and closed strong az
| 9sH1kc. net advance; March closed SZl4c.
May closed 76c.; July closed 1iAc.
COrn-Quet: No. 2 43ssM44ssc. Options
| opened steady; subsequently II advanced
! on covering. impelled by higher cables
and the lump I'm wheat. and closed firm
at a &c advance; March closed 421sc;
May closed 40&c.; July closed mac.
Oats-Firm; No. 2. 33i2c. options dull.
Beef-Firm.
Cut Meats-Steady
Lard-Steady; western steamed. $500;
March. 1851 nominaly; refined firm.
Pork-Steady.
Butter-Steady; western creamery, 156o
2Oc do factory. 12n1rsc.: Elgins, 29c. :;
imitation creamery, l3@l7l.c.; state dairy,
1fnl9i5c.
Cheese-Firmer: large white. ll&c.
Eggs-Weak; state and PENNSYLVANIA,
l9c: western fresh. l9c.; southern, 16ulyc.
Potatoes-Steady: New York. N.25U2
Long Island. Sl.50QS25; sweets, Jersey,
N.1JMs2.75.
Tallow-Firm: city, nc; country, al
&c. according TO quality.
Cottonseed- Oil-Steady; prime crude,
&c.
Petroleum-Dull.
ROsin-Steady
Turpentne-Steady.
Rice-Firm.
Enthusiastically at siaslo per 100.
Conee-Options opened steady at un-
changed prices. ruled fairly active with
firm undertone. on higher Hamburg ca
bles. slightly steadier spot market. and
extra and heavy warehouse deliveries,
which offset lower Rio and Santos market
and full Brazilian receipts, ana closed
quiet and points lower. Sales, $50 bags.
including March. $50; May. $40. Spot
Rio dull No. T. invoice. $6l2le: No. Z. job
bling. s6G2h. Mild quiet: COrdova. SSnSl4.
Sugar-Raw strong and higher: fair re-
filming. 37sH3 Lice; centrifugal, 96 degrees
test. l2-32c: mOlasses sugar. 34n3 l3-l6c.;
refined strong and active.
THE DRY-GOODs MARKET.
NEW YORK. March 9.-The general
cOtton-goods situation at first hands
shows fully as strong a tone as before,
but there has this week been some falling
of I'm the volume of business actually
passing There are bids for large quanti-
ties Of staples floating around but buyers
do not come up 10 practicable prices in
such instances with any celebrity Adj
vances I'm quotations are less frequent
There is no giving way in any direction,
but the upward movement is less pro-
nornced than Of late. Cotton hosiery and
underwear are i'm better demand than of
late. No change in the woollen-goods di-
vision.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. March 9-F'lour-Dull
and unchanged.
Wheat-Firm: spot and the month,
75a.0f75ssc: April. 76n76kc.; May b1sD
76ssc.: southern, by sample. IOaitc.
Corn-Firm: spot, 3olsH3Shc.; the
month. 3Sa8Shc.; April. 3Sl9n3SAc. May
39Hc: southern white corn, 3sn59t2c.
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white 3t45512c.
Rye-Dull and easy; No. :, nearby
59l5G60c; No . western: &c
Sugar-Strong and unchanged;
Rutter-Steady and unchanged.
Fggs-Firm at l9d20c. per dozen.
Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
Iettuce-Scarce at 2.25nS per bushei
box
Whiskey-Unchanged
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO. March S.-Numerous crop
damage reports to-day together with
revival of the export demand caused
sharp reaction i'm wheat and May closed
AT an advance Of 1mlhc. Corn gained ne.
and oats Nc Pork left of TIC. lower.
Lard and ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as iolo"s'
Onenfna. Highest. Lowest. Closing