The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16

LIvEaPoor, March I6-Cotton-- Business fair:
niddln9 uplants 62sd, uiiddlilg Orleans Ind;
1000 bales.
4 p. rn.-Futures: Upands. low middling
clause, March delivery 2l-o4d, value; April and
May Esd, sellers; May and June 2S-64d,
BUYERS; June and july 24-6id, ouyers; July
and August 26-64d, sellers: August aud Sep
TENDER 2664d sellers; September and October
lo-t4d, buyers; September 26-64d, sellers.
Market closed Quiet.
New YoRK March Is, noon.-Cotton quiet {:
middiing upands l01sc, middling Orleans 1014c;
no sales.
PROVISIONS, aRocEsrEs ETC.
LIVERPOOL, March IS, noon.-Wheat quiet
and unchang d. Corn dull an unchanged.
New YoRx March l6-Flour steady and I'M
changed. Wheat weak; options closed heavy
with speculation moderate; un grade red 90I4@
gee, No red, April delivery 901GH90 9.l6c: Nay
delivery eo>&@ 902sc, june S9's99olsc. Corn
lot lower, with more don- for export; options
weak and heavy; ungraded ;9l@061Llc, No. ,
April delivery 59ls0 599sc May ~ @y59Ssc, June
5S96Qo91lc. Oats lower, closing weak; mix d
Western 3'841c Hops dull. Coffee, spot fair
Rio nominal at 1315;options "a 20 points higher
with less doing; March delivery 8 90MD 95c
April 75@0 soc, May 9 504 8 zoe, June 50@p
9 zoe Sugar dull and nominal: fair refining
quoted at lS Ice; refined dull but steady: prices
nominal. MoiaSseS duh; so test 200,20l5c. Cot
ton seed oil, 341SGl35c for crude and 41c for
refined. Wool dun; domestic fleece 225131c,
pulled 15m33c, Texas l3t822c. Pork ia rly ac-
tive and steady; mess Sl4 756315 90. Beef dull
Cut meats unchanged Lard-options dull and
heavy: cash steady; Western steam on spot
So O2l6G1S o.; May delivery 81 956l7 %.
CHICAGO March l5.--The bearSh feeling
which prevailed at the close of business vester
day was even more profound at the opening of
Change this mo ming, The big increase in the
amount of wheat in ocean paSSa e was still the
depressing influence, and while tel graphic com
munication with New York was fully stored.
the few orders from there were to sell instead
of to buy. The short interest was nearly all
HnVPrph a nd ha
weather in the wheat helt according TO this
mornings advices, was favorable to the crops,
and, theref re, unfavorable TO the bulls May
wheat opened az 7g}6c aud dragged through the
flrt no r with the price sagging between 7914d
'9I2c. Prof ssionals in wheat were chiefly en-
gagged In coppering the market Whenever it
started up they sold and when it declined they
were buyers Toward the close decide weak
ness developed and the final fl ure for May was
191sc. Corn was weakened by the large receipts
as well as by the general spirit of weakne S
which seemed to prevail all over the floor
there was no large short int rest in the pit; no
outsiders to buy no encouragement in foreign
advices, and on free selling early there was a
lower opening and slight decline This was fol
owed by rally to last nights prices for all
months, and aga n before the close there wa
weakness and depression. There was some
stubbornness in oats and while offerings were
free early. there we're many orders to buy May
at 3lc. Mess pork was unsettled and opened
weak and 71s0 Toe lower owing to larger re-
CENTS of hogs and lower prices. Offerings were
small, ana IL required Httle eHOrJ on tne part OF
buyers to reverse the course OF values. and later
in the day, when grain became firmar, strong
feeling developed and prices advanced l0m191Sc
tie market closing firm at outside figures. Lard
remained slow aud a shade easier. Short ribs
like pork, opened weak and lower and after de
clining shade reacted aud closed steady, with
all the decline recovered.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat-No spring 49,
G17715c: No. red SEC Corn - No. ,, 50Ac
Oats-No. ?, 279s@D3Oc: Mes pork s. 05. Lard
at So 6212. Short rib sides. loose s. IS Dry
sailed shoulders, boxed So 0o@6 10. Short clear
sides, boxed s. 6517 70 WHISKY 81 10.
Leading futures ranged as .oilows: