The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-20
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH 20 $780,

Wheat firm. Corn active. Psrs active and
steady al 10 255ls ~ lard steady at s. %.
Erei ghts dull.
SOD D. m.-Fiour. Southern closed dull.
Wheat firmer but quiet. No rel SSisGlsS12c
in elevator; options more active and firm-No.
red, March delivery SSlsc, April delivery SSc.
May delivery SsIsc. JuGe delivery SIC. Corn
weaker and dull; No. ? cash. S5lsGS5kc in
March delivery 36ke. Aprii delivery $3.50,
May delivery 37l4c Oats firmer and quiet; Op
tioas firn-March delivery ISIS, April delivery
re, May delivery sslsc; No spot sseSGB5Oc.
Hops cl0sei easy and quiet: STATE. new 800
19c; old. sGIl2c. Coffee-options opened barely
steldy, aDMsO points dOwn-March delivery
Il IS 'nis Sc: April delivery L 2oeDl1 soc; May
delivery - 01Gl7 Sc; spot Rio lower and quiet
fair cargOes 20l6c. Sugar. raw steady and
quiet; fair refining 3-16c; refined q Used duh
AID weak-C 5SsGD53Sc, extra IsG3 l3l6c,
mould A f53sc, standard A 3-l6c, cOnfectioners
4 5 5IGc, powdered 6tsc. granula ed 5-l6c,
cnbeS lice Molasses - Foreign lOwer-50'
test at 22l.c; New Orleans closed steady
common to fancy. 3ieDl5c. Petroleum closed
firm at CSC for crude. Wooi-DomeStc fleece
S2035c. pulled a16e3ic, Texas l3@25c. Pork
active aud firm; mess old, $40 - q 10 20; new
Sll 5Ogl2; extra prime - 90 10 Beef closed
dull Beef hams closed quiet Tierced beef
dull Cut meats firm; picked bellies 585ssc
plcxled shoulders 4,S@4ssc, plckied hams Se4@t
9l4c. Middles quiet Lard closed dull; western
st cam So 30; options-liay delivery ST i2st6 A,
July delivery So 80. September delivery So 600
6 62. Freights to Liverpool steady; cotton, per
steam. 11-6ld
CHICAGO March 19.-In wheat a good bust
ness was transacted and tle feeling. while a
l!ttlo unsettled. was rather firm. Opening
rather lower than yesterday, il rallied 95c, re-
ceded, and closed at 14c higher than yesterday.
Outside trading, was falr. a prominent local
operator started as a free buyer at the open
ing, and his buying with others following
assisted in Advancing prices. The undertone
was apparently firm. though many operators
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dition that prices may weaken off some more.
CaOles generally steady. The strike 10
Liverpool IS materially 70 restrict trading
Crop damages were received from ONO, Mis-
souri,. Indiana and Kentucky. and just about as
many reports denying serious damage Corn
was dull and inactive the greater part or the
session The feeling was easy early, but later
showed little better tone. The market opsned
a trltle under the closing prices OF Yesterday,
was very tame. finally closing = shade lower
than yesterday. Oats We're nloderateiy active
and steady, with the most interest ia May.
There was liberal selling by large operator.
from whom buyers obtained all they wanted at
2136Ge2II5c for May. More deferred futures
were a shade higher, with very little trading
In pork the trading was sIaller tnan Tor
several days, and chiefly IN May. Opening at
&c advance, but upoa slightly Increased offer
ings a weaker feeling was Developed, and prices
receded 13X6Di5c. Later more stead!ness pre-
vailed, ana prices rallied - dlec, again de
clined 501l6c. and closed steady IL lard
trading was comparatively Hight. aud the eel
ing easy. Prices ruled stsc lower. use market
closing rather quiet. In ribs a lighter business
transacted, and the feeling was easier.
Prices ruled 2)h05c lower, and tae market
closed tame. .47 v
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was
firm ana unchanged. Wneat-No. spring ~
2, 2Sttc. Olts-No. 2, &c. Mess pork $40 -
0gl0 40. Lard at So Ola Short rib sides. s. 90
0o5 05. Dry sailed shout lefs AZ 81 S5694 40.
Snort clear sides. boxed S. 45@,5 30. Whisky
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