The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, OCTOBER p. 1891.

family VII oo0i2 90: extra mess e. OO9
10 ~. Beef hams quiet at sla 50. Terced
bsef steady but dull; extra India mess, $40 90
shoulders 614c: picked hsllies C; hams C;
Middles weak short clear. November delivery
81 TO- Lard dulland weak; western
delivery IS s.; December delivery G9ve ~ Sc:
January delivery 81 IS. Peanuts steady:
fancy hand picked SysGD4c; farmers 2IS0
S]Gc. Freights 10 Liverpool strong and
active; cotton. per Steam. l5.old; grain6d
CHICAGO, Oct. -. In wheat today a good
business was transacted. the market ruling
weak and lower. The opening was JkGlsc
lower than Saturdays closing figures, rulvd
temporarily weak and then became firm. ad-
vancing NC. but later developed a very weak
feeling aud prices declined lac, held steady for
a while and closed ss0s1c lower than Satur
heavy at the start, but they were soon alb
Sorbed Influenced no doubt by ths stronger
tone of cable advices. There was very liberal
increase in the visible supply, and very
heavy receipts in the northwest. which ex-
ceeded any previous Mondays receipts this
season. Country elevators in the northwest
also showed material increase Local re-
ceipts were largely In excess of the estimates
and arrivals in the northwest were enormous
2,4Ol cars, but early cables were steady and
there was good buying on New York account,
and prices we're strong and advanced some dur
ing the frs. hour or So, December selling from
9S$4 q 9514c But indications of big increase
in the visible supply and large receipts in the
northwest, with weak cables aud easier
domestic markets, finally turned prices
downward. December declined TO 94tkc. re-
acted some and at IL O'Clock was 9i1lc against
95lsc az the close Saturday. When the visible
supply was posted showing an increase of 5, CO.,
OOO bushels there was rush 60 sell and Decem-
Der fell off to 94c, reacted to $3.50 and at
o'clock was 9l3sc, Corn started weak and
lower, but improved later and held
up very well, notwithstanding the weak
in wheat Local rrp0iO1g nh
eighty cars more than expected. and, with a
moderate demand, an easy Keeling ruled, No
vsmoer selling at 1890 and May at 4sl4 142ssc.
but New York was higher aud the demand in
creased, November Improving to 5l36c eased
off to 50Is;. and at IL o'clockiwas 5016c: Nay
sold up 10 425ec. and at i2 o'cl OK was 421Sc.
hour, and October sold TO 56Iec; November adj
Vanoed to DISCO aud May to 4294c,
and ruled firm. A decrease of
l,OS2.00O bushels reported in the visible
there was good demand from shippers, both
( r October and November, aud shorts got
alarmed. Oats were quiet and easy. mainly on
liberal receipts, which were 400 cars against fhe
299sc, and at II O'Clock was 293sc. MAY sold at
3l4@315sc, and at 12 O'Clock was 3l1zc,
The market strengthened a little dur
ing the closing hour in sympathy
with corn. and a decrease of $4,000 bushels
in the visible supply November sold to 2alkc
and May to slice. Hog products were rather
firm at the start, but sold of largely on esti-
mated liberal receipts of hogs for to morrow,
$1,000 head, and the weakness in wheat
January pork sold at Gil d early, Off
to $3.50 and at 70 O'Clock was $l1 32Ib
January ard sold from Sc 1905 311S, and
January ribs from g. 9TI9Gn5 80. The market
continued weak during the last hour influenced
largely by prospective heavy receipts Of hogs
January pork sold off TO 81 81, January lard
20 Sc 321h, and January ribs TO So s716. but
there was slight reaction in all products
CHICAGO, Oct. 2j.-Cash quotations we're as fol-
lows: Flour steady, unchanged; spring patents
81 1904 80; winter patents 81 501476; bak-
ers 81 1904 %; straights 81 65O5 10 Wheat
No. spring. 93c; No. red, 94c.
Corn-No. 2, 561c. Oats - No 2 295Gc.
Mess pork, per barrel, IS 75 Lard,
per 100 ms, 80 e2tS. Short ribs sides,
loose. S6 S06G IS. Dry sailed shoulders.
boxed, SIS s5Q5 80 Short clear sides, boxed,
IS $500 90. Whisky at 81 Is.
Leading futures closed as follows: