The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-07

steady; common to fair extra, 81 .90d2.75:
good to choice do, 81. S04325. Wheat quiet;
weaker with options; No ? red, store ana
elevator, 5Siad5S&c afioat 60Ac options
opened weak at 1sai4c decline, rallied
lsQAc, declined %a3sc rallied &c and
closed steady at 1sGssc under yesterday,
with fair trade; No. . red March, 5Sqsc;
May, 59l4 July. 59lac. Corn quiet; easier;
No. ?, 4Ss4c, elevator; 5Ohc ahoat; options
realizing; March, 4Siac; May, 4S&tc; July,
4S7sc oats dull; steady; options easier;
March, 33lsc, April, 33Ac, May, 53lsc spot
No. 2, 33hc; mixed western, S4H3il2c. Hay
steady shipping, 50U55c; good to choice,
70p75c. Wool firm; fairly active; domes-
tic fleece, l5Ql9c; pulled, l2n&c. Beer
quiet; unchanged; beef hams firm, SlI00
0l750; tierced beef. dull, city extra India
mess, S12.j0a1450 Cut meats easy; picked
bellies, 5asc; shoulders, dec hams, 1%d
SIC. Lard quiet; ftrmeri western steam,
per 100 pounds. So. 70; city. S6.3006.37la;
March, S5.75, nominal; May. $3.50, nominal.
refined dull; continent %.l5 South Amer
lea, $3.50. compound, S5.25a5.31I2 Pork
steady; mess, $l125112.OO. Butter, fancy,
fairly active and steady; state dairy, ga
1Sc; creamery, old, 12dl6c; western dairy,
8H13c; creamery, new, l4M2Oc; old, l0nl6c;
Elgins, 2Oc Cotton seed oil dull; steady;
crude pc. yellow prime, 26c; do choice,
26lac. Molasses, foreign, nominal; New
Orleans open kettle, good to choice, 2Sq
use; fairly active firm. Peanuts steady.
Coffee firm; sale points up; March, l455c;
May and September, 14J5dl4bDc; Decem-
Der a. SOC; spot Rio Quiet: firm; No. z,
1880 Sugar. raw, quiet; firm; fair re-
firing 2 li-l6c; refined quiet; firm off A,
3isd33tc; standard A, 13-16G4c. cut loaf
and crushed, 4 7-l6Q45sc; graduated. 1916
Q43sc. Freight to Liverpool quiet; steady;
cotton, 7-6id; grain, 2Ad. nominal.
Chicago, March 6, noon.-The market
opened for wheat May, 9sM5415c; corn,
May, 445sc pork May, SlO.67l2; lard May
s6571a; ribs, May S545.
hopes on Bradstreets, the wheat bulls
were constrained to accept a decline in
prices, with as much grace as possible to-
day. The agency mentioned gave out that
the worlds visible supply had decreased
2. 900 bushels during the past week, but,
as that reduction and possibly a great deal
more had been fully discounted, holders
were obliged to reluctantly sell out,
"short" sellers helping values down the
declivitv The French crop gossip was
again plentiful, but as II was of contra
dictory character, it had little, If any. in
fiuence on the market The opening was
cables Large clearances from the At
1antic ports, 562,723 bushels, Including
wheat and -four, of which Baltimore
cleared ST. 1876 barrels of flour, encouraged
buying for while, but as the day adj
vanced all the strength disappeared and
the close was at almost the inside May
wheat opened from SAC to 54A054ssc' sold
between 541kc and 53%d537sc, closing at
53S-%G55c under yesterday. Cash wheat
was steady.
which has been notable in corn for fort
night, was not relieved by to-days mar
ket. A quarter Of a cent was the extreme
range of prices and during most of the
session values were absolutely stationary.
Bradstreets reported an increase of 14S-
900 bushels in available stocks. May corn
opened at 447sc, sold between 44A445c and
445sd44s4c, closing at 44%c-1sc under yes
terday. Cash corn was firm.
Oats were no better nor no worse, as re-
CARDS activity than they have been for
many days past The ruling tone was
steady the immediate close taking on some
of the weakness Of the other grains, Brad
streets gave a decrease in available stocks
of 10000 bushels. May oats closed sc I'M
der yesterday. Cash oats were hc per
bushel higher
observation-disclosures plodded along with
its accustomed monotony until about half
way in the session when, from some mex
plicable cause, shorts suddenly developed
an abnormal desire to buy. The packers
and other holders were not anxious to SELL
so that there resulted quite a fair ad-
vance After the furry was over, recess
sions took place the close showing a gain
over yesterday of TIC for May pork and
5Gi7l4c for May ribs May lard closed a
shade higher than yesterday. Domestic
markets were quiet and firm. Foreign
markets were steady.
Leading Futures Ranged as Follows
Opening II CHEST. Lowest. Closing.