The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-20
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Oct, 19,-Fiour easy, light de-
mand, freely offered; winter wheat, low
grades I.75Q240; do fair to fancy 81 40Ge
2I0Q2.45; patents $3.1563.7O; low extras
A65Q2A0; southern -four dull, weak; com
mon to fair extra $2.1043.00; good to choice
SlOQ350. Wheat firmer, active; export de-
mand; No. 2 red, store and elevator, 54la0
56lBc; ahoat 56A456lec; options were fairly
active Irregular, advancing Ae, declin-
ing 5249sc, rallying ssc, closing firm at 3sc
over yesterday; No red, October 545sc;
December 56Bc; May 60%c Corn duh,
frmer; spot No. 2 551aQ55a4c elevator;
b5% u56c afloat; options advanced h65sc,
and closed firm, but dull; October 55s4c;
December $3.50; January $780, May 53Ac.
oats quiet steady; options firmer; Octo-
May 86%c; spot No. z 311SG3lkc; mixed
western 32032lac; white 35d39c. Hay
steady moderate demand; shipping SOC;
active, steady; domestic fleece 17q22c;
pulled 12q34c. Beef slow; family $4,000
lZOOi extra mess IS. coos. 90; beef hams dull,
S7OOdl150; tlerced beef steady; city eX-
IRA India mess $l6.00Gl6.50. Cut meats duh,
weak; picked bellies 734Q8c; shoulders
q%06c; hams 9AQ1Oc; middles nominal.
Lard dun, weaker; western steam $3.50;
clty 6Ac; October 7.55 asked; January TAP
asked; refined dull; continent 1850; South
american $50; compound &c. Pork dull,
STEADY; no sales; mess $14,75G15.00. But
creamery lSQ25c; western dairy 1212I16c;
40 creamery l5G25c Elgins 25c. Cotton
SEED OIL dull, weak; crude Csc; yellow zoe.
Hice firm, moderate demand; domestic
lair 10 extra 414G57sc; Japan 43sd45ac Mo-
asses, foreign nominal; New Orleans open
Kettle, good to choice 27@S6c; moderately
active, steady. Coffee steady, 54l5 points
up; October l2.90413.00; December 11.5O1
LOO; March 1g85sll Loo spot Rio dull
steady; No. l4A6l5c. Sugar, raw easier
dlll; refined quiet, steady; off A 1850
5-l6c; standard A 7-16a49sc; cut loaf
9-l6c; crushed 5d5 3-16c; granulated
: +t-i65qi@c; Freights, Liverpool quiet
steady; cotton I'D; grain 1Md.
=, chicago, Oct. 1S-Reports from New
lork OF heaVy export sales at all the sea-
BOARD markets saved prices of wheat in
Jhls market from an inglorious decline to-
gay. All day, until the last hour there
was heavy feeling hanging over prices,
lears that some of the big lines bought
yesterday would, at the immediate open
ing, 80 overheard from lack of outside
news, frightening the crowd and inducing
mem 10 back down, when offerings were
heard, Partridge and his followers We're
pressing their advantage and selling quite
Freely The first advices gave the export
sales at acc, but at the close they had been
worked to M.l6 and a decidedly bullish
sentiment then peryaded the pit Deem
Der wheat opened from 525s to 521sc, sold
between 62&c and 52bd52Ac closing at
os3bc-Bc higher than yesterday. Cash
wheat was In good demand. red winter
ior spot offerings being 1ac over yesterday.
Corn-Whilst corn displayed a willing
ness to advance with wheat, prices were
not in touch with the weakness of that
vet weather produced marked strength in
me December future during the first hour,
but May was well up with il at the close,
business was not active, but the demand
was OF better character than the offer
mgs. May corn opened at 49ihd493sc, sold
rom 492ic to 49A 6492kc, closing at the out
side, x Of a cent over yesterday. Cash
corn was steady, the nominal close being
strong
Elevator owners were taking most Of the
offerings of oats to-day, the tendency Of
prices being TO sympsthize with corn. No
news Of Importance was received and as a
whole, the trade was of the usual uninter-
esting nature. The close was strong, with
May &dAc higher than yesterday. Cash
day.
Northumberland found It an easy
matter to cover their product TODAY with
out influencing prices in perceptlble man
ner. This was the result OF the live hog
situation. The receipts Of tho animal nj
the yards to-day were large, the estimates
Tor tomorrow Q heavy one for Saturday,
and prices were lower. The cash situation
was another stumbling block TO an adj
vance the demand I'm that quarter being
OF the most Indifferent kind. The close
was i7ihc lower than yesterday for JPnu-
airy pork. 1i6W10c lower for January lard
and Tic lower for January ribs.
Leading futures ranged az foilowe;
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing.