The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-25
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Oct. 2l,-Flour dull, freely Of
ferred weak; winter wheat, low grades,
y a5sS35g5.d 40; fair to fancy $200q2.7o patents
ents $315d3.65; low extras 81. s562 40:
southern flour dull, weak; common to fair
extra ~. l0q3.0O; good to choice extra So 100
No. 2 red, store and elevator, 547sI56lsc;
at1oat 14d56lac; options advanced 1sGAc
declined &c, closing steady at sc below
yesterday, with a fair trade, No. 2 red
October 5iBc; December 561sc; May 6O5sc
Corn dull, firm No. SIC, elevator, and
pc a1oat; options advanced kGphc, fell
4sQ9sc, closed steady and unchanged to 1c
down. with quiet trade; November 5l3sc;
May $3.50. Oats easier, fairly active; DC
tober l1ac; December 32l9c; January 331Ac;
May 36c; spot No. 2 31Nm3l1hc; mixed
western 32q33c; white do 35a39c Hay duh,
choice steady; shipping soc; good to choice
65QI5c Wool steady, moderately active;
inactive; family $lO0OQ1200; extra mess
$S.00dS,50; beef hams dull, $17OOGD175O
uerced beef slow city extra India mess
Sl6.O0ql6.50 Cut meats quiet, easy; picked
bellies TIC; shoulders SIC: hams 9G9l6c:
middles nominal. Lard quiet, weak: west
ern steam closed T,40 city 6lad69sc or
TONS sales none; refined quiet; continent
S.75; South American $500; compound 81
&c. Pork dull, steady; mess $l4OOd1550
Butter, moderate demand, weak; state
dairy 14d22c creamery Hobo; western
dairy 12d16c; creamery 15G23c; Elgins 23c.
Cotton seed OIL crude Csc; yellow soc
asked. Petroleum steady; refined New
1OIk So.l5s Gnllduelpnla and Baltimore
$50; do in bulk 81. SOAP G5. Rice moderately
active, steady; domestic fair to extra
M45&c; Japan 49sd49sc Molasses, foreign
nominal; New Orleans open kettle good
TO choice 27a36c; steady, moderate de-
mand. Peanuts weak. Coffee options
steady, 5 points up to Is points down Oc-
tober 13.25@13.30; December 1t60d11 20;
March lO.7531O.8O; spot Rio dull steady:
No. 14s4 d15c. Sugar, raw quiet steady;
fair refining &c; refined quiet, steady; off
3 15-l6q4 5-l6c; standard A 7-166l5sc;
cut loaf 56l5 3-16; crushed 595 3-16c; gran
ulated A 7-16d424c. Freights Liverpool
quiet, firm; cotton 7,64d grain 1Ad.
ket opened this morning there was a rem
nant of yesterdays closing strength in
the tone, made more noticeable by the
strong tenor of English cables particu-
larly those quoting the London cargo
market. About the middle of the day a
cable was received which stated that the
car of Russia was in a very critical con-
dition. A great deal of wheat was COW
cred by shorts" on that announcement.
but before the close the strength apper-
tanning to the report had almost entirely
disappeared, prices holding barely steady
near the bottom figure of the session. De-
cember wheat opened from 53xM53Ac,
sold between 5314 and 529sc, closing at 52f4c
-1s4l4c lower than yesterday Cash wheat
was unchanged in price, a steady feeling
marking the trade.
The support of corn was of the kind
that does not support A temporarily sus-
tained position at the opening was due
to strong cables, but when the downward
course Oh wheat was determined, corn WAS
found to be following in the same direc-
ton. May corn opened from 5O3sc to 50Ac.
sold between 509sc and 49a464y3kc closing
at the inside-14q%c under yesterday.
lots were readily taken at unchanged
prices.
There was no occasion to doubt the
weakness of oats. The selling was promi-
nent and the inclination to buy indiffer-
ent. With no independent motive the
tone OF wheat and corn assumed control.
May closed ssM52c under yesterday. Cash
oats were steady at the time trading was
in progress, but the nominal close was
easier.
Provisions-Produdt was friendly to-
day. The live hog market gave the idea
at the start and liberal selling by com
mission men and scalpers carried the
weakness through TO the end One large
commission house, whose reputation for
raiding is pre-eminent. sold without re-
gard to price, but some people, whose
knowledge Of the trade Is above question.
said that the same firm bought more than
they sold. The close was weak with jan
uary pork 35c lower than yesterday, jan
uary lard and ribs each 17iAc under that
days final quotations,
Leading Futures Ranged az Follows
Opening. Highest Loweld. Closing