The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-17

New Orleans March i6.-Tho following Is the
New Orleans cotton crop statement from
Sept. to March IS, inclusive: Port receipts
5,354Oil bales, against 4,4l5,g37 bales last year
anu $50 9s bales the year before last Over
land to mills and Canada 6i5 O9l bales, against
Ti3,429 bales for the same time last year
and l,lO6 .O30 bales the year before last, Inte-
rlor stocks in excess OF Sept. /. 222 .207 bales
against 2S3 OO2 bales for the same time last
year, and 3S6559 bales the year before last.
southern MIL taklngs, exclusive Of ConSump-
ton at southern out-portS 5O6.596 bales this
year against 4S7 964 bales last year and 443 2sJ
bales the year before last. Crop brought into
sight during 1877 days to date 6127 935
bales, against 5,930,326 bales for the same
time last year and SOB S67 bales the year be-
| fore last. crop brought into sight for the
week, 1l4lO ebaleS, against GO,s2g bales for
the seven days ended March 10 last year and
ll4,2i2 bales for the same time the year before
last Crop brought into sight for the inst
sixteen days of March 4239 bales,
against 155 9s3 bales last year and 2G6 gl3
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 1873
DAYS Of the season last year and 200 days
OF the year before last, against only l6 days
this year
Grain, Provisions, Etc.
New York, March 10 -Flour dull steady,
winter wheat, low grades 81 00Ip32 40; pat.
entS SO 2J0S3 30; Minnesota clear a. 500
s. 30; Minnesota patents 50 1904 50; low eX-
tras 81 O50& AS southern flour dull and
steady; common to fair extras 81 00D83 %;
good to choice extras S3 OlG8l 20 Wheat
active and nrm; No red In store and eleva.
tor, 6Oa4U6l44ci atoat 62AQ61l3c; options
declined nc, rallied IA sc, closed firm at &c
over yesterday; No. , red March GJ4W6lalc;
May 624c, June 634c. Corn dull and firm
No. 2, 44c elevator; 45c atloat; options dun
and lower; March 4gAc; April 42Ac; May
42Bc. Oats dun and steady; March Soc; April
35c; May 3lasc; No. white March 3Sc; spot
No. 2 35c; No. white 3sc; mixed western
Sl@sc; white western 35G42c. Hay quiet;
shipping 6UDb5c; good 10 choice 42HSac. Beef
quiet and steady; family 8l2 0OQlS1l %; extra
me 81 008SS 80. Beer hams dull at $40 90.
Tlerced beef quiet; city extra india mess,
SlS 0Ou 800 20. Cut meats dull; ptckleI bellies
65sc picked shoulders 64c; picked hams
CSC mfddles nominal Lard quiet and ea5Y
western steam 81 Ia; city 10 5O March 81 90;
May So 30; Ieuned quiet continent 81 So
South American IL %; compound d5 875a0o
So o. Porkquiet; mess $l2 b.0LSl3 90; extra
prime Sl2 0OlbSl2 80. Butter firm; state dairy.
new 5G521c state dairy, old, l26l65sc; state
creamery, new, y; western dairy, new, TO
l5C; western creamery, nswl5622c; western
factory and rolls l00l5c; Elgins 224c Mo
lasses-foreign nominal; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice 30n35c. Peanuts quiet.
Flax seed nominal. Coifee-options firm 90
Is points up; April 10 IS; June Is 50; Septem-
Der "a 80; December IA 20; spot. Rio quiet
and steady; No. Z, l71aQDl7S6c Sugar, raw,
easier and quiet; fair refining exc; refined
dull and steady; of A 1904 l1-l6c; standard
A, 4l4G04 7i8c; cut loaf SOS 3-l6; crushed 30
Liverpool, steady and fairly active cotton
96id: grain 2lad.
Chicago, March 16.-Wheat was in a rut to-
day again, May ranging most OF the session
between 5s0b55as and il was not until near
the close that the price worked outside those
limits Even then, 1s@54 Of a cent was all
that cOnld be recorded in the over
flow, so that the entire days business
was transacted within put" and call" lines.
The close was at a net gain OF a ~ a6 over
yesterday. Corn-As on yesterday this mar
ket was dull and the feeling was generally
weak one. Prices followed those Of wheat
when they declined but did not respond as
readily TO their reactions. May Closed with
a net loss OF 4 cent for the day
Cash prices were 4 0e "A lower
Oats ran side by side with
corn to-day all the late irmness seeming to
have evapc rated. There were no features of
interest in the trade The close showed a net
loss of &c Tor the day Provisions opened
firm on the better tone OF the hog market
The 9Th was however. but short lived.
as upon the appearance OF selling orders
prices gave way. May pork closed NC lower
than yesterday. May lard sc lower, and May
ribs to nc lower
Chicago March l6.-Cash quotations we're
as follows Flour was quiet, prices steady
and unchanged. Wheat-No. 2 spring 56hc;
No. red 5714c. Corn-No. q 3535G136c. Oats,
No. 2, 3040301zc. Mess pork, per barrel,
$40 s5CDSlO s71z. Lard per 100 pounds, 10 72h
ass 75 Short rib sides IS 65GD85 67h. Dry
sailed shoulders 60 0y1R5 %. Short clear
sizes So 0O9S6 %. Whisky, 81 IL.