The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-30
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.


New York, Dec. 29-Flour dull, easy;
winter wheat, low grades 81. 0602.G0; fair
to fancy, S2.50Q295; patents, $2.750S.00;
S205d2 60 Wheat dull firm; No. 2. red,
store and elevator, 5934 acc: ahoat, 60i&G
6o5sc; options weak and declined 10ll2c,
advanced SAC at the close, firm at sc over
yesterday. Corn dull, firm; No. 2, 5lAc,
elevator; afloat. 53c. Options were duh
and steady at unchanged prices at &c adj
vance. December, 5l9sc; January 5l3sc;
December, 34i4c; January SAC February
and May, 35l2c. No. ?, 34hc. mixed west
ern, Silac., Hay quiet, easy; shipping, 50
d55c; good to choice, 7OM75c. Wool, mod
crate demand, steady domestic fleece, II
G20c; pulled l2GI3ic; extras, 10rl2c. Beef
quiet, unchanged. Beef hams unchanged.
Tierced beef quiet; city extra Indian
mess. su 60U1z00 Cat meats DUH steady;
picked bellies, GlsG6Ac; shoulders, DC
hams, sQS52c; middles nominal Lard
quiet. steady; western steam, 800; city,
$G.6212 December and January, SL0, nom
inal; February, $40, nominal refined
firm; continent, T.55; South America, $3.50;
mess, S1275Ql3.25. Butter dun: fancy crea-
merry, firm; state dairy, 10G19c; creamery,
16d22c; western dairy, l0Gl5c; creamery
150f24lac; Elgins, 24G24lac Cotton seed oil
quiet, steady; crude. 24iac; yellow, 2ec.
Petroleum steady. Rice fairly active
steady: domestic fair to extra, 44aGc; ia
pan, 44G4lac. Molasses steady, I'M
changed. Peanuts quiet. Coffee steady
5Ql5 points up; January, 1850; May, 1900
d1310: March, 12.75012S0; September
12,65I12.70; spot to rio duh, steady: No. T.
l512c. Sugar raw, dull, easy; fair refin-
ing. 29sQ2%c; Centrifugals, 96 test, 3isc.
Refined dull, steady, unchanged. Freghts
to Liverpool dull, nominal.
Chicago. Dee. 29.-Another break in
wheat was looked for this morning. and
for a time it seemed every probability
that expectations would be realized. At
the opening there was quite good trade
although it was for the most part local
.4s.asY III. l.
shorts We're the best buyers. At SIC for
May-the low point OF the market-there
was about $50, 600 bushels sold but it was
taken unhesitatingly, leaving the impress
sion that buying orders at that quotation
were numerous. The burning of an ele-
vator at Toledo (the Dayton "B'0 and fur
Their talk of quarantine against BueDos
Ayres, were the items that were credited
with turning the market. In the elevator
mentioned there were $4,000 bushels No .
soft wheat the destruction of which will
cut quite a figure in the visible supply
Short after wheat was covered literally
during the latter portion of the session
resulting in a good rally with prices clos
ing at the outside. May wheat opened
from 5714@57l2, sold between SIC and 577sc.
closing at the latter-i4c higher than yes
teFday. Cash wheat was quiet and I'M
changed.
Corn was without change of interest. At
the opening the market was weak; then it
became stronger and finally ruled steady
to firm. May corn opened at 4Sc, sold be-
tween 477sG4Sc and 4Si4c, closing at $50
4sAc-unchanged from yesterday. Cash
corn was dull.
oats dull and inactive. May oats closed
at S15sc a shade higher than yesterday
Cash oats were steady at yesterdays quo
tations.
Provisions-The energies of yesterdays
buyers was devoted to selling their hold
ings with as little loss as possible to-day.
The packers helped prices to move down
ward without disposing of any noted
amount of property. 1t was an unimpor-
tant trade, and prices closed with May
pork TIC under yesterday.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
ODening Highest Lowest C,loei,,er