The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-17

Charleston ....... 4.S63 500 $500 ...
New Orleans 600. 2i.577 l0I22 I3lSS 6lS8
Newport News. 5O4l 46 ~ 800
Port Royal, bl09 .... zoe. ....
West Point. $3.50 Gee. eco. ....
Portland 900. .... 1I7S 900.
Galveston ........ 1889 1891 5il 6,iS5
Norfolk .-....... 800 5,i6l .... ....
Baltimore ....... .... 1000 2O95 .
Boston .......... 9e67 49,. 800. $500.
New Orleans, Feb. l6-The following is the
New Orleans cotton crop statement from
sept, l to Feb 49, inclusive: Port receipts
5O8ll7 bales against T. t79 Isl bales last year
and 5,S3i,5S2 bales the year before last. Over
land to mills and Canada 6O7 ,0l3 bales, against
GIL .s3l bales for the same time last year
and 900, llS bales the year before last Int
rior stocks In excess OF Sept. J. 290 500 bales
against 3l5 $50 bales for the same time last
year. and 4s2.OO7 bales the year before last.
southern mill taktngs, exclusive OF consump-
ton at southern out-ports, 446026 bales this
year, against 4269s2 bales last year and 1888 22S
bales the year before last. Crop brought into
sight during 1862 days TO date. 64O6,67S
bales, against .624 bales for the same
time last year, ana $40 $50 bales the year be-
fore last. Crop brought into sight for the
week, b449 bales, against % 3bO bales for
the seven days ended Feb. 10 last year and
l7794l bales for the same time the year before
last, Crop brought into sight for the first
against 2374l7 bales last year, and 462 sos
bales the year before last. Comparisons in
these reports are made up to the correspond
ing date last year and year before last, and
Comparisons by weeks would take in 10
days OF the season last year and i72 days
of the year before last against only 1863 days
this year
Grain, Provisions, Etc.
New York Feb. 16.-Flour, weak freely
offered with light demand; winter wheat low
grades, 81 O00& a. patents 81 256lsS so /;
Minnesota clear g. 5O1E gO Minnesota pat
ents SO 70lD4 Is; low extras e. 050S2 45;
southern -four dull and weak common to fair
IN OH
So l01Si 20 Wheat hrmer and moderately
active for export; No red In store and
elevator 60a4@6lhc; anoat 624c. options de-
clned 74gle; MAY selling to 62asc, advanced
lGDlhc. closing sD4c over yesterday; No 2
red February 60}sC; March 6lhc: May 63Hc
Corn very dull and armer; No. ,, 421a942Aic
elevator; 43lSQ43AC ahoRt; options moder-
ately active and firm, &6E1 higher; Febru-
airy 42aac, march ic5o, May i3ido; July 20 SC.
Oats dull and tirmer; options moderately
higher; February 3514c; March 35c; May 34lR:
No. white, March, 36Ac; spot No ., SIC;
No. white 3sc; mixed western 37146o3SHc;
white western 40b04lc. Hay quiet ana easy;
shipping 6OD65c good TO choice 70nS5c Beef
dull; family 81 OOLpSl3 %; extra mess ~ 90
61SS 80. Beef hams quiet at $40 so Tierced
beef steady; city extra India mess SlS 600
g. 90. Cut meats quiet; picked bellies nc;
picked shoulders 63ac; picked hams 91c
Lard quiet; western steam 81 95; city 81 rs;
February 31 90; March 81 75 May ~ On: re-
fined quiet continent * 35, South American
g. IS; compound 10 so. Pork quiet mess
Q2ic; state creamery l7D2lc; western dairy
l3nD17c western creamery l1127c; Elgins
pc. MOlasses foreign nominal New
Orleans open kettle good to choice 30,t3Sc.
Peanuts quiet fancy hand picked 3Hd3 do.'
Coffee options trm, 100 % points up; Feb
ruary 10 05; May Is 80; July IA 80: Septcm
Der IA 30; December Is 50; spot Rio quiet and
steady: No. T. l7Q17Ac. Sugar, raw, firm;
fair refining Is l6c: refined fairly active
and irm; No. s, lG04c; standard A, 40
4 7-5c; cut loaf 56D5 3l6; crushed 56e5 side;
RFaunlnfpd al HTNiPhtg IIVpT-
pool quiet and steady; cotton 64d bid; grain
Chicago, Feb l6-sales OF May wheat at
the opening to-day were made over range OF
HcIlc limited by 57Ac ald bsxc. In twink
ling the tone became firm, and trading was
then around 5S4o. The market ruled irregu-
lar throughout the rest Of the session. About
the middle OF the day there was quite large
line Of long" wheat sold, which caused quite
a slump In the price, May declining To 57hc,
a new low record. After this pressure was
removed a hrmer feeling became apparent.
accompanied by reaction. with a gradual
advance to 56a &c for May The close was at
5S3sO5s@4c net gain OF 1sB4c for the day.
There was not much announcement to be de-
rived from the news which was received, and
the advance could not be ascribed to any
change in the situation. Coma continue
ton OF the talk that eastern freight rates were
being cut and that those Of western roads
were to be restored, was effective in causing
quite firm corn market. Trade was quite
active at this ana there n decidedly
better buying demand 0 AT the start there
was a short period OF weakness, but
thereafter prices remained firm, and we're
unaffected by the fluctuations Of wheat The
opening was slightly lower than last nights
close, easing on a trihe further, reactinR and
advancing 3S3Ac, again receding little, and
the close was q net gain OF k4Hc for the day.
Oats were featureless prices being governed
in their changes by the fluctuations Of corn.
There was good cash demand, and prices
were steady. In the futures May closed &c
higher than yesterday. Provisions strong and
higher all day. Initial trades were at
an advance over yesterday. The better tone
was derived from a depreciation in the values
of hogs. Later there was good support given
toprOiuct ty the packers. AT the close, the
feature was the very strong prices for pork.
May pork closed 3Oc higher, May lard 1214c
higher and May ribs i0n124 higher.
Chicago, Feb. l6.-Cash quotations were as
follows Flour very dull feeling weak, prices
nominally lower, though no quotable change
in values Is recorded. Wheat-No. . spring
551,c; No. red 55hc Corn-No. 2, 3A1o
3IHic. Oats-No. 2, 2a92s4c. Mess pork,
per barrel sl2 22h0Sl2 25 Lard per 100
pounds, 81 400T 421a Short rib sides s6 32h
@36 37I. Dry salted shoulders 60 $3.50 80.
Short clear SIDES so 1901 l2h Whisky,
81 Is.