The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-05

IS soG7 %; refined. in bulk. a. s5. Cot
ton seed oil quiet, steady; crude prime 25G2Tc:
crude OF grade 2i127c; yellow of grade
feecs s4asTc; pulled 25Gssc; Texas i7G29c
Hides dull and easy; wet sailed, New Orleans
selected. IS TO 50 Ds 1850; Texas selected,
mess Sl3 15G14 90: extra prime sli 500
Il %. Beef quiet AMI firm; family 81 500
10 50; extra mess 81 oo97 So Beef hams.
quiet and firm; city extra, India mess,
S14 0041S 90. Cut meats firm and quiet;
picked bellies 61zc; pckeled shoulders 40
quiet: short clear Sc s.. Lard weak, closed
firm; western steam So 92If; city Sc $50
20; options-April delivery Sc 90; May de-
livery IS "a; June delivery July delivery
tinent s. 2OG7 so. South America SIS OO. But
ter quiet at iSD25c. Cheese active; light
skins 50S1sc; Freights to Liverpool dull and
unchanged; cotton, per steam, I'D; grain 11ed
CHICAGO. April A concentrated drive at
the market was made by some of the heaviest
operators as soon as trading got under way, and
they were powerful enough to maintain
throuRout the entire session the advantage they
secured at the start. The result of the days
operations IL wheat was break in May Of 1890
and in July OF 1910. Corn oats and provisions
acted in unison with wheat. The entire crowd
started to underbid each other. offers to sell
varying all the way down from 81 O5 to 81 04l<,
and there was no buying to speak of above the
lowest of these prices. The trading was enor-
nous for few minutes, but the vast number
or selling orders In the hands of commission
houses limited all around s 05 were impossible
OF execution. 1t was difficult to account for the
very sudden change. From 81 039z May wheat
recovered to 81 04Ss. hesitated which direction
TO take next, then sumped to 81 033S. The
market lifted itself in a weakly manner when
the closing cables to the board of trade came
in. reacting May to 81 0356 but although those
foreign advices were Of unusual strength, there
was no further response and the bears con-
tinued in possession TO the Close which was at
81 031z for May. The corn market started with
sellers at 6814c for May and 659kc for July. The
few sales which could be effected at these prices
at the opening were the highest prices that
could be effected all day. The weakness be-
came very pronounced, and decline mmedi-
ately took place before it rallied again. There
was a n Covery to 6SHc, and for Some time
business was quiet, but the market again broke,
recovering slightly and closet at G7Hc, or 1c
lower than It did yesterday. Oats followed other
cereals pretty closely The market was excited
at the opening, when Nav sold at $3.50, with
few trades as high as 54G543sc and others at
54Hc. The price went Off to sic, tluctuated
around 5405l14c and closed at the lowest point
of the day-534c, Indicating 34c decline. The
hog market was quoted considera bly, higher at
the yards, and, influenced by that, the provis-
ion market started strong. The weakness in
grain of all kinds turned prices down and the
closings were at near the bottom of the day IS
range.
CHICAGO. April Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour firm; spring patents 81 GOO
4 80; winter patents 81 5065 90; bakers S3 300
S5. Wheat-No 2, spring, ST 029561l O83s; No.
2. red, 81 O2s40$1 035s. Corn, No. =, 674c Oats,
912 3715 Lard at So 57lS066O Short rib sides,
loose. IS S51Do 90. Dry sailed shoulders, boxed,
s. 01O5 10. Short clear sides, boxed, 81 $50
30. Whisky at 81 Is.