The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York. May s.-Flour firm. buyers
holding on; winter wheat low grades.
>2.@U2.i5; do fair TO fancy. S2.S5dS.30: 10
patents, @ioa3l5' Minnesota clear, $40
uS.l5; do patents. &.50NA60; low extras.
S2.aou2.35, city mills. &55n2G5; southern
Hour quiet; nrm. common 10 fair eXtrE,
S2.25HS.l0. good to choice do. s. 20fe ~.
Wheat dull' nrmer. with options. No
red, store and elevator. 6Sisc; ahoat. zoe;
options were less active and irregu-
advance No red Nav. ss,sc: june se and "a
July. 69lsc, August. 69a.c September 693sc;
December, nAc Corn dun; firmeri No.
,. 579tc asked. elevator. 5s34c asked aaoat:
steamer mixed. 543, 0553,c. options adj
yanced @H sc; May. 5tAc; July. 5i'sc;
september, 55lsc. oats dull' dirmer' op-
July. $3.50. No. white May. SIC. spot
prices: No. ?, 33c, No. white. 3fi4c. mixed
western. S3haSii2c. Hay flrm; shipRlng.
55gy0c; good 10 choice. 75dSQc. Wool
quiet. firm; domestics fleece. 15Gl9c; pull
ed, Posse. Beef firm; slow. family. Nl0o
Wl3OO, extra mess, SS5009.O0. Beef hams
quiet; firm. $3.50. Tierced beef steady;
quiet, city extra India mess. SlS.O0120uO
cut meats easy, duh. picked bellies, 6iaci
do shoulders she; DO bans, 9u9lac; mid
dies quiet; nominal short clear, $3.50
Lard quiet; weak. western steam. S6.S7ia;
city, 6Au6asc. May $500 nominal, july
SO nominal refined quiet; continent
5AG5iac. Pork steady; fair demand !,
mess, Sl360ul400 Butter fair demand;
steady; state dairy Snllc; do creamery
l9c; western dairy. SaiSc; Elgins, 49,
Cotton seed oil strong quiet; crude, 2ic.
yellow prime, Nd2izc. Petroleum NOM
lnal refined New York. S. %: Philadel-
phia, $50. do in bulk. S5.l005.75. Peanuts
steady. Coffee steady; l0d20 points down;
May, 1A20dl425c: June. 1405Gf1410, Sep
sport Rio dull; steady; No T. i6l4c. Sugar
raw. hrmer; more active; fair refining,
2Ac; refined active, Lilac higher; off a,
S&N4 1-l6c; standard A, 4isM4 5-l6c; cur
loaf and ln-1N O.
4is6i4 7-l6c. Freights 10 Liverpool. cot
ton, more active and lower; grain quiet;
quiet: steady and '' Unchanged.
Chicago. May 3.-Noon.-The market
opened for wheat. May, 6Sisc; corn. May,
i9lsc pork May Sl2:W bid lard, July,
SS.S7iA: ribs, July, W.2Jia.
Chicago. May 3.-Wheat promised TO be
weak, declining wheat market at the OPP
intensely gratifying to the bulls. There
were the usual periods OF activity and
quiet, alternating with each other, but
the total bushes fov the day was good,
Vanced TO 65ihc and closed at 6issc-hc
higher than yesterday. In the sample de-
partment trading was at steady prices,
the nominal close being strong with the
futures.
The output of corn from store during
the twenty-four hours Immediately past
were very large The source OF the
strength that prevailed at the opening OF
this market was traceable TO this fact. a
feeling OF confidence was shown by hold
ers and firm tone ruled all day. July
corn opened at ACC sold between iS5sa49c.
aksd 50c, closing At $3.50 49A c-%n&c
higher than yesterday. Cash corn was
steady to ikMhc higher.
oats were steady. The firmness OF corn
extended to this grain, "A fair business be-
ing transacted within narrow range Of
prices. Trade was mainly local, no out
side orders of Importance being received.
The close was lAc higher than yester-
days July. Cash oats were easier al yes
terday's prices to a. shade lower.
observation-disclosures brokers were the
principal sellers Of product to-day IL Is
not believed that the big packer had
changed his views. but rather that his in
tentions were to weed out the smaller
fry and procure the property at lower
prices. The receipts Of hogs were lighter
than expected and that market was a lit
tie higher. This strength found It's way
into provisions az the opening. but was
lost later. The close was Doc lower for
July pork. l5c lower for July lard, and
l2kdl5c lower for July ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing