The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-20
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Grain, Provisions, Etc.
New York, Dec. 19.-F'lour dull and weak;
winter wheat low grades 70 00ll22 As; winter
patents 50 4OaS3 IS; Minnesota clear s. 500
s. 90; patents 50 sO0s4 35: low extras s. Oj6D
s. IS; southern -four duh and weak: com
mon TO fair extra 81 006DS3 90; good to choice
extra 50 10dA 20. Wheat, spot market firm
and fairly active for exports; No. red in
store and elevator 663fGD61c; atioat 6St16Sl4c
options opened weak and declined &c, rallied
sc, and closed firm at 1sc over yesterday,
with shorts covering and light trade closing
No. red December 66Ac; January 61lsc;
February 683sc Corn spots dull and steady
No red 44IsG451.c elevator; 45lB@i6lsc
afloat; options declined 1s@2sc. rallied lsD
&c, rallied 1s@4c, closed steady. trading
dull; December 44l4c; January 43lc; Feb
ruary 43S4c Oats, spots dull and weak
options more active and easier; December
93lsc; January 33asc; No. . white, January
80 sc; spot No 33fD33I4c; No. ., white 3laGD
35I4c mixed western 331sGJ34l sc: white west
ern 35156G39l?c. Hay firm and fairly active
shipping $4,000; good to choice 10000. Beef
duh and steady; family Sl2 00QSii 80; extra
mess $40 50l0Sll 90. Beef hams. Sl2 %. Tlerced
beef dull and steady; city extra India mess,
$40 0Ho820 90. Cut meats steady and quiet;
picked bellies sac; picked shoulders 6(g6Ac;
picked CHAINS 9091ac; middles nominal.
Lard quiet and lower; western steam closed
nj 90; city 81 25; December 81 co. January
81 50; refined duh and easy; continent s. 40:
south American 50 81; compound 80 0006 %.
Pork quite and unchanged. Butter quiet and
fairly active; state dairy 9126c state cream
cry Z2027c; western dairy 18Q22c; western
creamery 20d2855c; factory 161a@lSisc; Elgins
ga 28Isc. Molasses-foregn nominal; New
Orleans open kettle, good TO choice 3Od3Sc.
quiet and steady. Peanuts quiet; fancy hand
picked 35s0ic Coffee, options barely steady,
10 points up to down; December II 90 Feb
ruary 10 50dl6 80; May 10 700l5 70; Septem-
Der Is O5; spot Rio easy and quiet No. Z,
1874. Sugar, raw. firm and quiet; fair re-
filming 25sc; refined steady and fairly active:
No. 6, 10 i6dic; standard 3l664%c'
cut loaf 5a5 3t6c; crushed 5Q5 3-16c; granu-
1af tod q tZ~- A ggI iCrI1f
TO Liverpool moderately active and steady;
cotton, by steam, 1920; grain, by steam, Sd.
Chicago, Dec. 19.-Wheat opened easy and
sagged off, then reacted, held steady for
time and closed with a slight display of
strength, During the last hour there were
enough buying orders on the market, IN the
absence of very free offerings, to advance
prices ls914c over the final figures OF yester-
day for May. Corn was weak within a mar
row range. May opened trlhe lower than
yesterdays close, sold off another &c. re-
acted that amount, and the close was frac'
tionally under Monday. Oats were weak, with
corn. AS in the other markets, dullness
was the feature. although there was some
evening up of trades. The market sold off
3sd1sc from yesterdays close for May re-
acted and closed with about sc loss for the
day. Provisions were higher and strong al
the opening on the receipts Of live hogs at
the yards falling 1,C0) short OF the number
expected. There were free offerings at the ad
vance, however, resulting in a break, prices
going below yesterday 5 close. The excite
Hlenb SuDSlulllg,- JQ6 MARKET DeCdiL6 SJ6duSy
later ruling firm, prices recovering all they
had lost. The close was l0c higher than yes
terday for January pork; re higher for
January lard and loo higher for January ribs.
Chicago, Dec. 19.-Cash quotations were as
follows: Flour quiet, prices easy. in buyers
favor. Wheat-No > spring 6.06l14c No, ,
red, 61G6l4c. Corn-No. ,, 35]fc Oats-No.
2 27lsc. Pork, per barrel. Sl2 359l2 37h.
Lard 81 81. Short rib sides, 81 25C6a 321a.
Dry sailed shoulders, SIS 25lOSG 80. Short clear
sides, Sc 75G1s7 co. Whisky, 81 Is.
T.aa5fpy Futures ran Jed n fOllOwa.