Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-05
GENERAL MARKETS..
lEw YORK pRopucE MARKET.

GENERAL MARKETS.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK February 4.-F'lour-Dull
and weak: winter patents, S.SnsilO; rye
/ -four dull; good TO fair, $500 $5.iV; DUCK
/ wheat -four quiet at $50.
! Buckwheat-Dull at 5Sc.
Cornmeal-Duli; yellow western, SqSic
Rye-Weak; No. 2, 669sc. ,,,,1
Barley-Quict; feeding western, 4o12V
! flzc.; mailing, 5Sq55c.
Barley Malt-Quiet; western 5SG6Sc.
! Whcat-SpOt steady; No. : red Sl2sc.;
options had a strong opening. through a
demand from shorts, but quickly deFel-
| oped heayincss. under renewed hqulda-
/ ton. Local crowd was bearish, owing 70
| easier cables, favorable crop news, ana
| absence OF outside support. close weak
| at "A 3sG3tc. net decline; March closed
! 7SHc; May closed 1850; July closed ii3sc.
| COrn-Spot steady; No. >, 4S4c.; options
/ opened easy and broke under liberal Lon
| don account selling. influenced partly by
! colder weather West, and the heaVlness
J i'm wheat. Close weak and SsWtsc. net
/ lower; May closed 4l%c.; July closed 42ssc.
Oats-Spot dull; No. 2. Sllsc.; options
| dull.
Beef-steady; family. sloasl1; extra
mess. $S50QS9; beer hams, slsaNs5o;
| packet. $9.50qSl0 extra city India mess,
| ii5a$l6
Cut-Meats-Quiet; picked bellies. s5@
$50 pick ed shoulders, So; picked hams
Lard~Easier; western steamed. $3.50;
February, $3.50 nominally; refined quiet.
POrk-Steady: mess. S975uSlO.5Oi short
clear. S).500$250; family. $l0.5Oa$l.
Butter-Steady: western creamery, liD
100: factory. l201lc.: Elgins. l9c.; imita-
don creamery. 15ql6l4c.; State dairy, 800
lie.
Cheese-Steady; large white, 1O1Ec.
Eggs-Steady; state and Pennsylvania,
/ QILIfD0c western fresh lgtc.. southern.
Potatoes-steady; New York. $3.50
$G-19; Long Island SL75g$2; sweets Jer-
Petroieum~Dull: refined. New York,
$40: Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1913;
do in bulk, $i&.
Rosin-steady; strained, common to
Tufipentinc-Steady at 45lkai6c.
I Rice-Steady; domestic, fair to extra
. 4LN6c.: Japan, Jd0kc.
{ Cottonseed- On-Quet but firm, but held
| higher; prime crude, 19l2u20c; butter
Coffee-Options opened steady at un-
| changed prices and ruled very quiet WIN
/ but slight further changes fayorapie
/ Brazilian cables Offset by irregularlty IN
/ European markets. and statlsucal
! changes bearshly construed. Trading al
/ most entirely Of professional nature; Close
steady and unchanged 10 points l0eWceI,
sales. 1900 bags. including Marcn' s2.1JV
u
/ voice S6.62ls; No. !, jobbins' $"Z'2' hlid
| quiet: Cordova, S75Oq$l4. o-,
! Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining, 31sc.;
centrifugal @6-desree tesU 49sc'; IiT1
! lasses sugar. use; reuned sIoHS' Hio"'u
! a, SIC; graduated, &c.
THE DRY-GOODs MARKET
NEW YORK. February 1.-The signifi-
! cant change of the week has been IN the
/ market for print-cloths. which nave peeh
! advanced TO orc. for extra o. squares.
! Other lines Of staple cottons nave peeil
| advanced. though not 30 radlcaily as
/ print-cloths. The demand has. OF course,
] been small while these changes were IN
I progress. but orders previously received,
/ which had to be filled, were or suihclent
weight to keep stocks moving. Inc de-
mand for spring lines or calicoes mas Deel
/ q very heavy one. Cotton dress goods
! are I'm good steady request al well-Sus-
! tanned prices Ginghams have held their
/ own through the week. The woollen and
worsted and woollen goods Market mas
/ been a steady one. The opening OF the
several lines Of mems heavy-weights at
| advanced prices has helped the tone or
| the market but has had the erect or
making buyers cautious.
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE. February 4.-Flour-Dull
| and unchanged.
month 7fRn745sc.; March, 15lE4l5Ac.;
! May. 1850 bid; southern wheat, by sam
! pie 7CQ75Isc.
Corn-Easy; spot and the month, $3.50
| 3919c.; March. 397ka40c.; southern white
Oafs-Firm; 10. 2 white. S5kG26c.
Rye-Steady; No. near by, 6lAc.; No.
! . western. 634c.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged
! Butter-Steady and unchanged.
! Eggs-Firm and unchanged
/ Cheese-Steady and unchanged.
| Lcttuce-Unchanged.
! Whskey-Unchanged.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
! CHICAGO. February 4-Contnued liqui-
/ dalton Of long property to-day caused an
| other drop In wheat, and May closed AT
a decline of &c. Corn lost A67sc. and
oats ila@sc Pork declined l2l1c. lard
| 2l2H5c., and ribs TIC.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat-No. q
May ......79BdA 737s p 72bQh
July mil az M 7ois 7c%aA
May ey'H .......s!s.qa as.q4 ss4q7s se4g7.
ss SPt. : ......5sii 5s4 SIS 57ss
May .......2SisQA 2SbGA 277. 277s
July .......26ia 26la 257sq26 %
Mess Pork-Per Bbl
May ........SlO.2o Sl025 slO.O5 slOO7l5
Lard-Per loo Lbs.
May .......S5.75 s575 S567ls IS 70
July ........S SIS S5.S s $50 $3.50
Short Ribs-Per 100 Lbs.
May ........S 5O7i2 S SO S5.O2ls $500
July ........S $40 $50 5l2is $515
Cash quotations were as follows: No. 2
yellow corn, S5l5c. Flour dun No. 2
spring wheat, 6SQ6S3c.; No. spring
wheat, Gia6Sc; No. red, 70laQ7c. No. 2
corn. 35A035$sc. No. 2 oats. 27i4G2711c.
No. white 294c: No. 8 white DOL G3Oc
No. 2 rye, 55c. No. barley. AQ5lc. No.
fiaxseed, N.112. Prime timothy seed.
s2.3JGS2.40. Mess pork. per barrel, 1880
1886. Lard per 100 pounds. $552isQ$5 80.
Short-rib sides Goose), A75Q$As5. Dry
sailed shoulders (boxe6. H4042sc. Short
clear sides (boXed. s5.05G$515. Whiskey
distillers' finished goods, per gallon, 81
Sugar. cut Loaf unchanged Butter firm;