Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-04
GENERAL MARKETS.

| GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
! NEW YORK. April 3.-Flour-Quiet and
/ easier on the choice grades of spring anC
winter -four; Minnesota patent s3.s0uSi20
rye Hour easy.
Cornmeal-Dull; yellow western. Scqsic
| Rye-Easy; No. ?, Gii4c.
| Barley-NO minal.
Barley Malt-Dull; western, G0lI70c
Wheat-Sp0t weak; No. 2 red, SOasOl5c.
| options opened strong. but became top
| heavy, and under subsequent vigorous
| bear attacks declined sharply. Attendant
new features We're light export demand
| disappointing visible supply reduction
and smaller clearances. Close weak at a
l2nsc. decline from Saturdays official
close: sales included No. 2 red, May
closing i5l2c.; July closed 764c.; Septem-
Der closed nc.
Corn-Spot easy; No . 417sGB2sc. OPP
tions opened steady. with wheat; declined
under liquidation. rallied later on cover
ing, but eased off again, and closed bare
~ steady at a re. net decline; May
closed 393sc.; July closed 4Oc.
Oats-Spot easier; No. =, &c.; options
dull
Beef-Steady
.Cut-Meats-steady; picked hams,
Lard Steady: western steam closed
500 city, S515 April closed $50, nomi-
nally; refined steady.
Pork.steady; mess. ;9as9.5o; short
Butter-Steady; western creamery, ia
2lkc.; factory, l2ulil2c.; Elgins, Pie
imitation creamery, 13i4@lSIac.; State
dairy 1ilaG2Oc.
Cheese-tirm; leading white. 12Giic.
Eggs-Steady; state and Pennsylvania
BE: western, fresh, lSa1ic. southern.
l2hc.
Potatoes-Qulet: New York, sl5Od$2. 90:
Long Island, S2q&.50; sweets, Jersey So
$50.
Cottonseed- Oll-DuI.
Petroleum-Dull.
Realistically
Turpentne-Dull at 42dl2izc
RiCe-Steady.
Cabbage-Dul.
COffee-Optons opened quiet and ruled
at unchanged prices during greater part
of the session. I'm the absence of Havre
and Hamburg cables. with Brazil adviccs
featureless. and only local trading. Near
the close made sharp uDturn, on demand
from shorts. Close firm and 5Hl0 points
net higher Sales. 975 bags including May
s.. July, sob; spot Rio steady; No. Z. in
voice. . Lice. No Z, jobbers, 9-l6c.; mild
quiet and steady; Cordova. sGi1ic.; sales
continued small jobbing trade.
Sugar-Ilaw strong and tending upward
fair refining 3 l5-l6c.; centrifugal (96-de-
gree tesD 7-l6c.: molasses sugar, 3 1870. :
refined strong and active.
THE DRY-GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. April 3.-There has been
no change OF importance in the dry-goods
market to-day The spot demand has
ruled quiet. Mall orders Of about average
volume. The weather Is still too cold for
full seasonable business. and jObbing
trade is quiet also. The tone Of the mar
ket continues quiet and steady. No lead
ing lines OF merchandise are being offered
at any easier prices in brown, bleached
a. ha4KFy gOlpTgH a In
gnghams. Print-cloths, in both regular
and wide goods, are steady. Dress goods
for fall I'm both cotton and woollen lines.
are i'm good request. Men's-wear fabrics
are quiet.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. April 9.-Flour-Qniet,
western superior, S2.2JQS2iO.
Wheat-Dul and easier: spot. 75%c. the
month. 159snl5Ac.; southern wheat, by
sample 70n7Gizc.
Corn-Steady; spot and the month, sSH1
3Si2c.; May, SS7s039c.; June, 29l4c.; south
ern white corn. f0niOlac.
Oats-Quiet; No. = white. 3j03Gc.
Rye-Quiet: No. 2, nearby, 57ikq5sc.
No. western. 59l2c.
Sugar-StrOng.
Butter-Steady; fancy creamery. 22d23c.;
do. imitation. lS0l9c.; store-packed, Ia
Re: rolls. Pale.
Checse-Flrm and active; fancy New
York. Coo; large. l2laul2Ac.
Whiskey-$l. 3CN$l3l per gallon for fin
ished goods in carloads; SL3l12 per gal
Ion per jobbing lots.
Lettuce-$l .7j0t2t5
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, April 3.-Heavy receipts. In
association with prospects Of milder wea-
Their, caused longs TO liquidate freely to-
day, In the wheat pit. After an early
advance of 1c.. May closed with a net de-
cline OF %.n5sc. Corn lost ismAc oats
are a shade lower. Pork declined 2il45c
Lard and ribs left off practically un-
changed.
Openlng Highest Lowest. Closing