The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-04

ATLANTA, Dec. 3-Cotton closed quiet;
middling nc; receipts 1.079 bales
ceipts at all cotton ports to-day were 1851
bales; exports, to Great Britain 2, 207 ales 70
France - bales. 20 the continent 6.643 bales;
stock az all American ports i,l9',0ls bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEw YORK, Dec. 8. noon--Flour active
and easy. Wheat active and firm. Corn quiet
but firm. Pork quiet aud steady at 50 1910 IS.
Lard quiet and steady at 50 s. FrelShts quiet
but steady.
Nav YoRx, Dec. 8 500 p. m.-Flour,
southern fair demand, steady; common 10 fair,
extra, IS 656sS -; good 30 choice. extra,
- 3O03 rs; supernne. "a I3G4 ~; buckwheat
active and firm; No. red. 81 0i4GI O5 in
store and elevator; 81 05Sl 0oss anOat op-
tons generally strong with trading upward all
through the day without much animation,
closing i1llsc above last night on cold weather
west, some falling OF In receipts and generally
weak cables; No. red, December delivery
81 0i7s; January S.05; May delivery 81 OS5s.
Corn lower. weak and moderately active; No.
cash, 6901ic IN elevator; 70AIic ahoat; options
advanced 5s1S6c on disposition 10 sell and fear
OF squeeze on this months options; December
delivery 6llSc; January $3.50; May delivery
$3.50 Oats higher and quiet; options dull but
firm; December delivery 4015c; January deliv-
cry C; May delivery 3gI1c; No spot 40lSG
4lAc; mixed western 390fe. Hops firm;
State, common TO cnoice, l5GD2lc; Pacific coast,
1602lc. Coffee-Options closed tlrm 10 up TO 20
down; December delivery IL l50l2 -; January
delivery 8; March delivery Il 4O0ll 50; spot
kio quiet and steady; fair carEoes C; No. z.
refining S1sc; centrifugals, go test,
s]fc No. q. 8Jsc; No. 8, SIC; refined quiet
and steady; or A, 5 l5-i694I4c; mould A. 4Ssc;
cut loaf. SIC; crushed. SIC; powdered. 47-I6c;
granulated. $685. 7-1oc; cubes, 4esc. Molasses
Foreign nominal; SOC test l}4Gl2J5c in
hhds; New Orleans firm and and an n good demand;
steady; crude in bills. Parkers' s. %;
crude in bulk, 50 90; refined New York.
%; Philadelphia SsP "a s%s 90 BA GoPf%S
seed oil strong; new crude 25c; crude of
grades Csc; new yellow 3003lc. Wool steady
and quiet domestic fleece 80 L36c: pulled
2e@sSc; Texas 16024o Provisions Pork
extra prime 80 5091o 90. Beef quiet, steady;
family 81 000il so; extra mess 50 600
10 90. Beef hams firm. quoted at $19 co.
Tierced beef dull; city extra India mess, $40 90
ais 30. Cut meats steady; picked shoulders
55s1516c; picked bellies 55Sc; hams 1011
@llc; Mtddles firm and quiet; short clear De-
lrm western steam 50 s7.s; city s. 0s bid;
December delivery SO SO bid; January deliv-
cry So ~ bid. Peanuts firm; fancy hand
picked 4414I6c; farmers S0aS4c. Freights
TO Liverpool dull and heavy; cotton. per steam,
31607-s2d; grain Sd.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.-Trading in wheat here to-
day was largely of professional character.
The market seems TO have fallen into a rut and
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it, as a consequence, commission houses are
having light run on orders. 1t Is only when the
boom is on and there are prospects of
higher prices that the outside public
dabbles In grain or provisions. Just
now the situation. both at home and
abroad, is bearish and but for purchases of pro-
fesslonals, who are buying to cover shorts or
for Investments on the theory that prices have
got low enough and that they are due to the
advance, values would probably have gone
lower to-day. The situation is that with very
m ri af n md a run Of aa lama fhar
was an undertone of strength throughout most
of the session, resulting In an advance OF
nearly 1c in prices. There was less liquida-
tion than at yesterdays session, during
which most Of the tired longs got rid of their
burdens, while the decisive break of the past
few days stimulated covering by the shorts to
realize their profits May opened at &C. sold
at 965sc, then went up quickly TO 972sc. weak
ened to N16c on Bradstreefs report that the
available stocks increased 3,S0O 900 bushels
last week, grew strong on renewed buying dur
ing the last hour, advancing to 97zsc and clos
ing firm at 97Mc Corn displayed good deal
of strength early year opening nc higher than
1t closed yesterday and selling up 9lc more.
The firmness was due to free covering by
shorts, who were somewhat alarmed at the poor
inspection. Out OF $40 cars inspected, only
thirty five cars, or about psr cent, graded
contract. Fear Of manipulation, owing to diff
hculty In getting contract corn, started brisk
buying But when most urgent shorts had
covered, buying became slack, and there was q
drop from 4794c to 475sc. Later wet weather
was reported all over tne west, tendlnB TO
lower the grade, caused renewed buying and an
| advance to 4Sc, the market closing Nc
| lower. Fluctuations In the more deferred
| futures we're confined TO 14Q26c range Oats
were very dull but strong, closing with an ad-
| vance Of sc for December and Sc for May.
Provisions were weak in the early part OF the
session on account OF the continued heavy run
of hogs. The decline In the price Of products
| was moderate, however, and during the after
noon there was a reaction In sympathy with the
strength in grain. which left prices at insigni1-
can't changes from yesterdays last figures
CHICAGO, Dec. Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour weaker; spring patents
81 6564 90; winter patents 81 50O4 90: bak-
ers', 81 1904 25; straiEhts 81 s5A445 Wheat
No. spring, eo9409O5sc; No. 9 red 909zc
Corn No 2, 47Sz. Oats No. 2, 317Ac. Mess pork
per barrel. $S eoOs eS. Lard, per 100
lbs, S. 97If06 90. Short ribs sides,
loose, IS 1905 go. Dry sailed shoulders.
boxed, 81 1z1444 IS. Short clear, sides, boxed.
50 7O06 rs. Whisky at 81 IS.