The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-31

New Orleans. March 30--The following is the
New Orleans cotton crop statement from
Sept. l to March So inclusive: Port receipts
5.4iS,260 bales, against $500 100 bales last year
and 645s, i6i bales the year before last, over
land to mills and Canada 669,sl2 bales against
100 lt6 bales for the same time last year.
and l0S 500 bales the year before last Inte-
rior stocks in excess OF Sept I. 1874 2i9 bales
against 25S, l0l bales for the same time last
year, and 3S2 $40 bales the year before last
southern mill takiags, exclusive OF consump-
tiOn at southern out-ports, 534 1856 bales this
year, against 5l5,374 bales last year. and 467 iSS
bales the year before last Crop brought into
sight during 2ll days to date, 6,S37.t57
bales against 6OS8S3i bales for the same
time last year. and s, 1896 440 bales the year be-
fore last rop brought into sight for the
week 5O9O6 bales. against $3.50 bales for
the seven days ended March 30 last year and
Gi,96S bales for the same time the year before
last. Crop brought into sight for the first
thirty days of March, 1888 4S1 bales.
against ga, 4Ss bales last year, and 409,4s6
bales the year before last. Comparisons IN
these reports are made up to the correspond
ing date last year and year before last, and
not TO the close OF the corresponding week.
Comparisons by weeks would take In 2l2
DAYS OF the season last year and PA days
OF the year before last, against only 2ll days
this year
Grain, Provisions. Etc.
New York, March 30. 49, Flour dull
winter wheat low grades, s. 00D&2 45; pat
ents 81 LOS 30; Minnesota clear s. 500
s. 30; Minnesota patents S3 @@I 40; low ex-
lEdS o. uiil X So SOulLtIu NouT hlEdugt Gull
mon to fair extras 81 0OlDS3 o.; good TO choice
extras g. lO1Sl 20. Wheat dun, and closed
steady; No red in store and elevator, 6i3l
afioat 64ia06iJ.c: options opened u c advance
fell A6tc, and closed u ll5sc over yesterday
No red March 62Ac; May 69Ac; July
65Sc. Corn easier: No. 2, ACC; ungraded
mixed 47c elevator 4Tci steamer mixed
45hc; options advanced S@lPc. fell &c.
closed steady; March acc; April 4ssc; May
2bc Oats firm; options dull; March Csc;
April SbAc; May S5lac; spot No. RED soc;
No. white 394c; mixed western, 56GpS7c
white western 3s0t2c. Hay steady; shipping
6Ol165c; good to choice, 75GlS0c. Beef steady;
family Si2 0O0Sl4 90; extra mess ~ OgGSs 5t
Beef hams quiet at Sle 000sl0 10 Tierced
beef dun: city extra India mess Sls 0O0
81 co. Cut meats steady; picked bellies
6bc: picked shoulders &c; picked hams a9sc,
refined firm; continent - o.; South American
~ 40: compound SO l2M. Pork firm; mess
Sl2 SO05l3 81; extra prime sl2 0JG ~ 30. But
ter steady; state dairy, new 4@20c; state
dairy, old, l0Dl6c; state creamery, new, &c;
western dairy, new, llG1l4c; western cream
cry, new, 15Q123c; Elgins PIC. Molasses,
nominal: New Orleans open kettle. good 10
choice 30lt3Sc. Peanuts quiet. Coffee-op-
tions opened dull closed tirn, 51ol0 points up;
May lG 10; September 10 %: October IA rs:
December II 40 spot Rio steady; No. Z, l7h0
175ac. Sugar, raw. dull and unchanged; re-
fined steady; fair refining 256c; of a lie
&C: standard A, i-ltO44c; cut loaf 1915
Gl5c crushed l3l6l15c graduated i-l6
MiaSc: cubes 5-lG34i9c. Freights TO Liver
pun NChhNAA
Chicago. March 3J-Lhe southwest played
an important part in the wheat market to-
day. 4 hey sent numerous reports of crop
damage and bought wheat. he market
opened firm, but eased on shortly after, later
be- oming strong and scoring good advance,
a portion of which was lost before the close.
May opened at 604c. declined to 51A0591 &C,
advanced TO dc, receding to and closing at
6O5sc. net gain OF sc for the day. What
little action was in the corn market was
within range OF 146DAc. and was upward or
downward as the fluctuations In wheat took
place. May opened ana closed at the
tinal dRures Of yesterday. 57lac Cats were
equally as dull as corn. The business was so
small that attention was attracted To the
market ProVisions-Pork was the strongest
of the hog products. The packing season is
over and stocks are very light. The oppor-
tunity for manipulation is considered very
favorable Lard and ribs we're less firm, in
fact they dragged At the close May pork
was 32ls 6 higher, May lard SC higher and May
ribs i0c higher
Chicago, March 3O--Cash quotations we're
as follows: Flour, firm demand from local
| jobbsrs. prices hrm and unchanged. Wheat
| No. = spring 504c; No. 2 red 5JAc. Corn
No. 2, 80 &C. Oats. No. 2 30B03lc. Mess
pork per barrel. I'll SOnSl1 82h. Lard, per
| loo pounds a. 2J0tS7 221a Short rib sides
| g. 8550S6 o. Dry sailed shoulders S. 57laG1
80 12la. Short clear sizes Is S7140s6 621z
/ Whisky 81 10.