The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-19
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, oct. 1S-FIour duh, weak.
freely offered, light demand; winter wheat
low grades 81. 8502.40; fair to fancy $2.40T
30; patents S265; Minnesota clear $2.l0H
245; patents $3.15GD3.70; low extras S1.S5a
lao; southern -four dull, weak; common
to fair extra $2.10qS.0O; good to choice do
So lOq3.50. Wheat sc higher firm; No.
red, store and elevator, 54l5c; afoat SEC:
options advanced sc, declined AG3sc, and
closed firm at Aq9sc over yesterday. with
a fairly active trade; No. red closing
October 54lac: December SEC; March SOC;
May 609sc. Corn dun, tirmer; No. 2 55d55Ac,
elevators; 551sQ55&c afloat; options dull
and steady, s@4c advance; October 55lsc;
December 53Ac; January 52Ac: May 53c.
Oats dull, firm; options firmer; October
3lstc; December S3c; January 34c; March
3612c; spot No. Sl12q3l%ct No. white
35A@3512c; mixed western 3212d33c; white
do 35d40c. Hay quiet, about steady; ship
ping SOC; good to choice 65G75c Wool
quiet, unchanged. Beef dull; family $11 GOA
$l200; extra mess SS00dS.50; beef hams
inactive; $17.00dl7.50 tierced beef dull,
steady; city extra India mess $16O0d16.5O.
Cut meats easy, quiet; picked bellies
7%dSc; shoulders 5s4Q6c; hams 9I61Oc;
middles nominal. Lard quiet, lower; west
ern steam $40; city October 7.9O; January
7.55 asked; refined quiet; continent SIS;
South American $40 compound 6a6Ac.
Pork steady, quiet: old mess $l4,758l5.00.
Butter, moderate demand; state dairy
14a23c creamery 18a25c; western dairy
12l2@16c creamery 15G25c; Elgins 25c. Cot
ton seed oil steady, quiet; crude Csc; yell
low Gle asked. Petroleum steady; Philadel-
phia $40; do in bulk 26002 s.. Rice, mod
crate demand, firm; domestic fair to ex-
ira AZ GD4bc; Japan 42sG49sc. Molasses, for
good to choice 27d36c; moderate demand,
steady. Peanuts steady. Coffee options
steady, 10425 points up; October 1880
1890; December II .40dll.55; March 10000
1890; May 10.70q10.S so; spot Rio dull, steady;
No 14a4G15c. Sugar, raw fiat; fair re-
filming 3q3lsc; refined dull; off A $3.50
5-16c; standard A 4 7-16d49sc; cut loaf
5d5 ALEC; crushed 5q5 3-16c; granulated
4 7-16Q4&c. Freights, Liverpool market
firm, quiet; cotton, by steam sd; grain, by
Chicago Oct. 17.-There was a big line
of calls that prevented wheat prices from
holding the entire gain they made during
the days session, the selling against those
privileges being most active at the close.
There was decidedly a better tone to the
market to-day than has been felt in some
time, and the bulls were inclined to pluck
opened at 621Rc sold between SO and 523sc,
closing at 521ac-1Ac higher than yesterday
Cash wheat was strong and }2c higher
than yesterday.
There was not enough business in corn
to permit of a very wide range to prices
the disposition to follow wheat however
being well defined. The news was of the
routine order. sympathy with the final
easy tone of wheat carried prices a shade
under yesterdays last quotations. Where
they closed. May opened from 1870 to
1850, sold between 1875 and 1875, closing at
the latter.
a moderate range, no important trading
being seen, the strength in wheat and corn
finding a reflection here. Prices at the
close were easier than at any other period
of the day. May closed a fraction under
yesterday. No change in cash values took
place, the market ruling firm.
Provisions-The hog market had an
easier tone to-day, the product showing a
similar one. The estimated run for to-
morrow was heavy and dampened any
buying desire in the provision market
which otherwise would have undoubtedly
sympathized with grain. The absence Of
business was noticeable and more
than anything else contributed
to the indispositon of prices
to move in either direction. The close was
71ac lower than yesterday for January
January ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Arnrlrn IIlghest Lowest Closing.