Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-05

sion. May wheat opened at 5fi4061tac, de. cined to 6ossc and closed at 6Ul2 @do4sc, lac lower than yesterday. Cash wheat trading was at an advance of lac per hushel oyer yes- terday, but the nominal close was weak.
 Corn-After previously resisting all efforts sympathy with wheat during the latter part of the sassion. May corn opened nt 49ssc, sold between 49s and 49l2c, closing at 9l2 e l9ssc, 4 shade hirher han yesterdny 'C,hsh corn Was firm and l2c higher.
 Oats absorbed some of the weakness of 7heat, but did not decline much on account of the ex remedy light volume Of trade. At the close May oais were lsc lower than vest erday. Cash oats were firm at an advance of A@l2e per bushel
 Provlsions-The provision market was with out feature, prices drifting downward. The close was 22l2c lower than yesterday for Jan- uary pork, lc lower for January larG and 1e lower for January ribs.
 Cash quotations were foliows Flour was red 56c. Corn-No. 7, 47lsc. oats-No. Z, 2glqc. Pork. SIP .oOa12. 12. Lard, per 100 6.ooo6 12l2. Dry. salted shoulders, boxed, S5. 5Oa5 63lg Short clear sides, boxed, S6 37l2. Whisky, $1.23.
 NEW YORK.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 4.-Flour was firm and more active; winter wheat, low grades, S2.05@ S2 ,7ja3.2o; Minnesota cear,i S2. 3o02. 70; patents, 340d3 30; low extras, $2.059 d2.Bu. Southern flour quiet; oBinhon to fair extra, S2 loo 300; good iosehoice extra. S3. lOQ3 30. Wheat was active on export ac- count, Nltn prlceS lIC higher, csOSluE strong: No. 2 red in store and elevator, bO4 a6Ohc; ahoat, 61 Ad62c; options were active, excited and irregular, advancing Ss lac, declining 34 q Isc and closing firm at llal2c lower than yes terdayi No. red:-December, 60Ac; January, 6lRc; March, 63lsc; May, 64Ac. Corn was duii, but easier, closing steady; No. 2, 57Ac in elevator; 5sc a1oat; options.were dull and irregular, with the close steady at lsc advance 10 l2c decline; December, 9alae; January, hrlner; options were steady and unchanged to lsc advance; December 3llse; January, 35c; western, 54A Sa5lac. Hay was steady ship ping, 500J0c; good to choice, 7O075c. Wool was moderately active and steady; domestic fleece, l7@22c; pulled, 12G34c. Beef was quiet; family $10 00a $12 .O0; extra mess. SS.00Gs. 50. Beet hama were dull at ST O00 17.50 Pierced beef was inactye city extra India mess, $16.0UG17 .0U. Gut meats quiet but steady; picked bellies, S6.75; shoulders, So a7l2G5.aQi hams, $s. 5oG9 .25; middlcs, nominal. Lard was quiet and lower: western steam. S7. 90; city steam, s6. 750 i o7l2; December, S7 25, nominal; January, $7. 1Oi South American, $s.2o; compound, $5.a0a5.75. Pork quiet, but firm; old mess. S13. .50a14. 25. Butter was dull and lower; state dairy, 13d 23c; creamery dairy. 1sG24e; western dairy. l1G16c; western creamery, i5@25c; Elgins, 25c. Cotton seed oil was dull, but easy; crude, 24a2il2e; yell low, 29029t2c. Petroleum was steady; Wash ineton, in barrels, $6 %; Washington in bulk, s, t0: refined New York. So. Is; Philadelphia, Rosin was quiet, but steady; strained, common To good Sl. 3O01. 30. TurDontine was dull, but steady, at 27a4d2sc. Rice was steady and in fair demand; domestic. fair to extra. 4A0 6c: Japanese, IA 4l2c. Molasses-Foreign was nominal: New Orleans open kettle good to choice, 2503Sc, steady and fairly active. Pea nuts were quiet; fancy hand-pioked, 3I20 3%. Coffee options were fairly steady at Is points decline to 10 points advance; December deliv- cry. S13 s5@14 %; February delivery, $13.40 a13.45; May delivery, 3I2. .5oa1275; July delivery, $12.5 55; October delivery, SIP. 400 a12.50. Spot Rio WAS dull, but steady; No. 2, 15s4c. sugar-Raw was dull, but steady: fair refining. Sc. Refined was dull and unchanged; of A, 345@37sc; standard A. 1-16@4lsc; granulated. 15-16 a4Ac. FreIghts 10 Liver pool were active and firm; cotton, s-64d; grain, 3Ad.