The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-02
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Dec. Flour, steady; winter
wheat, low grades, $195q2.50; fair to fancy
g. 40d2S5; patents, S2.65d3.10; Minnesota
clear, s. 20q2,6o; patents, SS.SoQSS5; low
extras, S1.95Q250; southern flour, dull,
steady: common to fair extra, 2.l0u3O;
good to choice do, S3.lOd3.50. Wheat, spot
market moderately active, unchanged,
firm; No. red, store and elevator, 59Aq
59i2c afioat, 60Q60&c. Options were active,
excited and Irregular, with heavy
switching business, advancing l40Ssc, de-
changed to sc up. January, 60Q60i2c;
March, 62l2c; May, 6S5sc; December. $3.50.
Corn, dull firm; No ? 5Sl2c; elevator; SEC
ahoat. Options advanced Ease, declined
AG12c, rallied sc and closed firm, but dull.
December 55l4c; January. 53H53isc; May,
5Slsc. Oats, dull and irregular; options
easy; January, spot No ?. S35sQ332lc; mixed
western, 3il2q35c. Hay, moderately ac
tive, steady; shipping, 50d60c: good to
choice, 70q75c. Wool, moderately active,
steady; domestic fleece, 17Q22c; pulled, pa
3ic. Beef. quiet, family SO. O0d12. 90; extra
mess, SS0O4S.5O. Beef hams, dull, $1,000
1850. Tierced beef. inactive; city extra
weak; picked bellies, $685.; shoulders, 52s9
51sc; hams, Sl2n9iac; middles, nominal.
Lard, quiet, firm; western steam closed
N95q1Sll2; city, 6Ae; December, $3.50,
quiet; continent $40; South American,
$50, compound, 5lan52c Pork dull
steady; old mess, Sl3.5OQl4.0O; extra prime,
dairy, 13q29i5c; creamery, 1Sd25c; western
dairy, 1lal6; creamery, i5a26c; Eigins, 26c,
Cotton seed oil, dull, easy; crude, Csc
asked; yellow, 29lad29s4c C. Petroleum.
steady. Rice, moderate demand; steady:
domestic fair to extra, 412d6c: January
4Ag4lac. Molasses, foreign, nominal; New
Orleahs open Kettle, good to choice, 2Sd
oVc' moderately active, steady. Peanuts,
quiet. Coffee, options opened stea.,:
closed nrm. Spot Rio, duh. firfr; 80. :,
loAci sugar raw, quiet steady; fair to
resillnlngg, 5ci refined, more active, steady;
or A, 3&q4c; standard A, 4 11-16d4Ikc: cut
loaI $500 l-l6c; crushed 45sG5 Lice: gran
ulated, n-l6q42s Freights, Liverpool.
80 or urn, gram active and firmer. Cot
chicago. Dec. 1.-The deliveries of wheat
on December contracts, contrary to ex-
pectations, were light to-day and The
crowd computed the worlds visible srnniv
Dg reporting decrease in stocks Tin and
anoat Tor Europe" of zoos 600 bushels
LIEgerPool and London cables We're strong
anu hlgher Ihat prices did not work
lnelr way through calls, was a disap-
PpinIment 70 the bulls, and after a reason
aDIe period they disposed of their hold
Ihss WIN as little appearance Of display
as possible. Then came an easing off nm
uer the pressure of selling but before
tne close, values stiffened up a trife and
closed fraction under the top. Nav
wheat opened from 60l5 to 6Ostc. declined
10 b9A46O4sc, rallied to and closed AT $3.50
wzsaAc higher than yesterday. Cash
wheat was firm and unchanged
Corn-Local scalpers and room opera-
tors mad the corn pretty much to them
selves Today. sympathy with the finer
grain, firm cables, light deliveries on De-
Seember contracts and soft weather com
bined to start prices firm, but the trade
soon dwindled away until practically no
business was doing: May corn opened
from 40 to 49lsc sold between Acc and 49ssc
closing at 49AQ492sc-Ac higher than YES
terday. Cash corn was weak and LSIiLc
lower than yesterday ~
Oats-Prices in oats moved about 1kc
during the entire session. 1t is unneces-
sary, therefore, to refer to the trade. be-
cause there was practically nothing done
A steady feeling ruled the generally firm
tone elsewhere, extending to oats Nav
closed unchanged yesterday. Cash oats
were a shade easier
Provisions-A little activity was notad
in product at the immediate start, and al
so at the end of the session, but the inter
yening time was dull and monotonons
strength early came from the wards,
where hogs were firm and in light siInniy'
Later better feeling obtained. A raiiv
az the close was due to some covering by
the shorts, The close was TIC higher fbs1
yesterday for January pork; sc for lard
and 215c higher for January ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening. Highest Lowest. CLOSING