The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-05
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, ETC.

LIVERPOOL. Jan. 4, 1870 p. m.-Wheat quiet; ;
demand poor Corn firm; demand fair.
quiet. Wheat 3s@5sc lower. Corn 14Q36c
lower. Pork steady; mess SIS 500 II co. Lard
easier at SS o. Freghts dull
500 p. m.-Southern -four in light demand
but steady. Wheat-optlons declined 1e@2sc
early on free selling later reacted 340e1c. closing
at best; spot 1i0)lsc lower but more active for
export, closing firm; No. red, January de-
livery 20 Oh, ll.l6gRs9i1&c February glS34%2sc
later recovered, closing firm. No. 2, January de-
livery 622sc; February 6234@ G31sc, May $3.50
$3.50. Oats steady; No ,, January delivery 89c,
February 1855 May 4l3k0t4116c. Hops dull and
easy. Coffee, fair Rio on spot nominal: OPP
tons lower but fairly active; No Rio January
delivery Is o0115 DOC, February Is 200l5 Doc,
May Is o5@l5 i5c. Sugar closed quiet and firm;
534c white do. 51sG6c, yellow 51l953Sc, off A
61S0614c, mould a nc, audard a Gbsc, con
fectioners' a &c cut loaf and crushed 7%4c. pow
dered nc, graduated &C. cubes nc. Molas
ses steady. Cotton seed oil. &c crude, 4l0lg5c
for refined. Hides quiet but steady. WOOL
steady. Pork quiet and unchanged. Beef dull
Cut meats quiet but steadily held. Middies
nominal Lard 106i2 points lower but mode
rately active; Western steam February delivery
81 98@S o., March IS 07Qs Is Nay s. 2l@S 30.
Freignts dull.
PITTsBrRd. Jan. 4.-Oil opened at Doc, sold at
9715c, and closed at 925sc. Great excitement
prevailed through the day About the same
range of prices prevailed on the New York
Exchange. during the RAPID IdJl OF prices mere
in the afternoon one man ainted on the floor Of
the Oil Exchange. He is reported TO be heavily
long of oil.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 4.--Flour quiet and unchanged
Wheat Lc lower; No. 2 red. cash S2i5@ SO SC;
May delivery 8536aS6c Corn higher; cash iS4c,
January delivery 4759@ 4S14c. May 0l&G50isc.
Oats easy; cash 32Ac, May delivery 33Ac
Whiskystead at 81 05. Provisions--Pork new
mess S15 O06l15 D. Lard s. CO. Dry salt meats
boxed shoulders 81 l5@5 SIC, long clears
81 81 II, clear rios 81 61l6Ni -, short clears
81 $685. %. Bacon Boxed shoulders So 50, long
clears and clear ribs 81 05. snort clears IS 6715
Hams steady at $40 256Cf2 OO.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4.--rhere was a general desire
to sell at the opening of the Board of Trade to-
day and all the markets were lower In provis-
ions the market was weak on big local stocks of
lard rs per official monthly statement, and
large receipts of hogs at the yards May wheat
opened 1SnLc lower at Sic May corn Lc
lower at 5f}ac, and May pork 15c off at S15 CO.
In the first bours business May wheat declined
to si14c and reacted 10 S45Ac. May corn went
down 10 $3.50 and reacted to 549s0n 5434c and
May pork sold Off TO Sl5 -, aud reacted TO
Sl5 So Around these last named figures all of
the markets were quiet and steady Heavy de-
ilveries of corn yesterday afternoon had a
rather weakening effect There was free selling
also at the start, and these Influences, combined
with weakness in wheat, caused early declines
Some outside buying and the reaction in wheat
caused reaction TO opening prices. There was
plenty of demand for pork around S15 So AS
the day advanced there was good demand for
wheat around S415c. When heavy buying began
the price was run up to 9476c. Around l2:3J the
May corn fir ned up TO 5i5sc. Its rallying price
was 5494c around which figure 1t held quite
steadily. May pork held steady around Sl5 521f
M15 So