The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-17

steady; family. Sl0.OOd10 80; extra mess.
St5VQo5oi beef hams dull, Sl5.00I15.50.
uerced beef hrmer; city extra India mess,
Slo-50dllo0; cut meats dull, easy; picked
Del.-es, 41sc; shoulders, sc; hams, Sl4GS2tc;
mlddles nominal. Lard firmer, better de-
mand; western steam, soc asked; city,
5.lOa5.15c; December, $500; refined quiet /;
continent, 6l5c; South American, 6.35c;
compound, 4SsN5c. Pork steady. moderate
mess $loqs.29, Hutter, fancy, tirmer;
state diary, l3q2Sc; do creamery, 2Gd26iac;
western dairy, llQlyc; Elgins. Sc. Cot
ton seed oil weak, quiet; crude, 25i2G26c;
yenoW prime new, 29c, asked; do off grade,
zSqzSl4. Rice firm, fairly active; domes-
TIC fair to extra, 3d35sc; Japan, 3s4G4c.
AolasSeS firm, fair demand; New Orleans
open Kettle good to choice, 2SQ36c. Pea
nuts firm. Coffee steady, unchanged 10
10 points up; January, Is. soc; March, Is. Coo;
spot Rio dull steady; No. T. 14iac. Sugar,
raw, dull, steady; fair refining, 3sd5l4c;
standard, 49sc; cutloaf and crushed, sac;
graduated, 4Ss05c. Freights steady,
quiet, unchanged. Freights to Liverpool
Chicago. Dec. 1s-Noon.-The market
Tor wheat, December, 55Ssc: corn. Deem
Der, 25l4c; pork. December, $500; lard, jan
uary, S5.32ls; ribs, January, S4S2ie.
Chicago, Dec. 16.-The visible supply
statement cut a very important figure in
determining the value of wheat today.
The full consequence of the big increase
shown (30iS,o0O bushels) was not perrna-
nent, however, the buying against puts,
ana by the early sellers returning prices
" dboul lne opening quotations, Wnlch
were still below the close of Saturday. AL
most all the statistics of Monday were
against prices. There was a very notice
able absence of confidence amongst the
bulls, the buying being of the sort that af-
fords but little aid to values. All the trade
seemed TO come from local operators with
only an occasional outside order. May
wheat opened from 595sq595sc sold be
tween 597sd60c and 59I4c, closing at $3.50
59s4c-AGt9sc under Saturday. Cash wheat
was nc bushel lower.
Corn-At first corn resisted the influence
of the weaker wheat market but SUISSE
quently yielded to IT, Within the last hour.
everything seemed in a more encouraging
condition, corn having a share in the gen
eral improvement. May corn opened at
2S1sc, sold between 2Sd2Slsc and 2S14 d2S3sc,
closing at the outside-1s6Ac higher than
saturday. Cash corn was Ac per bushel
lower.
The buying of oats for short account.
scale to-day. The latter class were offer
ing rather freely, but it was observed that
brokers were buying for them. The sem
timent against an advance was strong,
however, the weakness of wheat being
the potent factor Slight gains in prices
were made before the close May closed
Ac higher. Cash oats were Aq5c per
bushel lower, closing nominally firm.
Frovisions-There was a more assurance
to the buying of product to-day than has
been noted for some time. Even during the
period of heaviness in grain, there was lit
tie inclination to weakness. Hogs were
firm, but not Quotably higher. The close
was l0Ml2l2c higher for May pork, &c
higher for May lard and 21sQ5c higher for
May ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows