The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC

New York. March 2S.-Flour dun. ao,,,
held firmly with wheat; winter wheat
S2.S5q2.75 patents. S2.90Q3.o0; AIinnesofs
clear, S2.2JQZ60; patents, s3.250410: low
extras. Sl.0H2.30; southern flour Gtlipt
STEADY; common to fair extra. $L900275:
quiet, firm, &c higher with options: M
red, store and elevator. 60c; ahoat, 6a8,T
Gle; options We're moderately active AM
nrm, at &c advance; No ? red, March
60c; May, 6Oisc; June-July. 6O5sc Corn
dull firm; No. 2. Soc, elevator; 57f,e
af1oat; options were very dull, but firm
TENDER, 50Ac. oats dun, frmer; Marcel.
33l2c; April-May, 33i4c; spot, No. ? 33t.
mixed western, s4935c. Hay quiet, steady:
shipping, 5Od55c; good to choice, 70T75e
Wool moderately active, firm: domesfie
fleece, 15lll9c; pulled, 12G33c Beef firm.
firm family, s975GJ1200; e ttra mess, 81 500
S.25; beef hams strong, $3.50; iereed beef
quiet. strong; city extra India mess
SlS.00Ql5.O0. Cut meats firm. fair de-
mand; picked bellies, 6ibc; shoulders. Re.
hams, Sl4g9c; middles strong; short clear,
nominal. Lard higher; western steam
1.2Oc; city, 6AM65sc: March, 7.20c, nomi-
nall May, T.S0e, nominal; refined quiet.
strongers continent, I6oc; South Amer
can. 7.s0e; compound, 5ss05l2c Pork
quiet firm; mess, Sl3.00Il3.50 Butter,
fancy, firmer. fair demand; state dairy.
Sl1lsct creamery, old, l0ul5c; western dali
SlaQl4c; Elgins, &c Cotton seed oil
strong; crude, 2235c; yellow prime, 260
261hc; petroleum nominal Rice fairly
active, firm; domestic fair to extra, 4l46
&c; Japan, 4A04lzc. Molasses, foreign,
nominal; New Orleans. open Kettle, good
to choice. 2SQ3sc. firm, fair demand. Pea
nuts steady. Coffee dull, unchanged to
10 points down. April, l3.lOe; May, l4.9oc.
observation-disclosures, r14.75c; December,
IL 60c; spot Rio firm, dull; No. Z, l694c
Sugar. raw, quiet. firm; fair refining
2 1l-l6c: refined quiet, firm: off A., $3.50
57sc; standard A., 3 15-16d4tsc; cutloaf and
crushed, 9-16m4Ac; graduated, l5-l60
4hc; freights. Liverpool, quiet, nominal.
Chicago, March 23.-The following were
the closing quotations at 70 m: Wheat,
May, 55Ac bid; corn, May, 46isal6ttcs
pork, May, SlZ20; lard, May, S6S7la bid.
Chicago. March 23.-The recovery which
was due in wheat took place to-day. It
occasioned no surprise, considering the
persistent short selling of the week with
the continued decline from IS to 81 cents
for May. 1t was to be expected that
wheat. which has been put out, would, in
process of covering, bring about a rally
and the expectation met with no disap-
pointment Extraordinary or influential
leading was noticeable, but the aggregates
of scattered orders was of fair proportion.
May wheat opened 54ssc, advanced to
55ssc and closed at 55l4c bid-5sc higher
than yesterday Trading in car lots wers
at unchanged prices.
Shorts covered corn because that class
of traders in wheat were similarly bent
The situation presented no particular
change and only a small share Of the
business came from the outside. May corn
opened from 455sc to 45s4c, advanced TO
46A046$sc, closing at a61s046lzc
higher than yesterday No material alter
atoms In cash values were reported
The half session gave emphasis 10
anotherwise dun oat market Prices wers
dependent on wheat and corn for motive
and tone, the close being &c higher than
yesterday for May. In the cash depart'
ment prices were without change
Provisions-The hog market led the
product market to-day. The advances
from the yard were encouraging both ear
ly and late, and with grain moving higher,
provisions could scarcely do Otherwise
than advance TwO-thirds of the trading.
it was said, was in the way of changing
from May into the more distant options.
At the close May pork was 15c higher
than yesterday; May lard 21a05c higher
and May ribs 10c higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing,