The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-16

0IPuons We're active, excited. irregular and
ga &c loRers with the close firm and
SSFTaglns chIeiy local; No. p March 61Ac;
Nay, ozc; June, 62lsc; July, 62kc August,
9@1sc' september, 629sc; December, 6i7sc.
S,orn spot dull; firm; No. 2, 5l1bc elevator:
&c aloat; steamer mixed 502l d513ic; OPP
IONS We're dull and irregular, but closed
steady at bdAc decline; May, sos C; July,
0JRc' september, 5O9sc. Oats, spots mod
eTateiy active; firm; options dun, firm
5Slarcn S8l2c; April 33isc; May, 33lac: No
: white March &c spot prices, No. Z. 83I5c:
40. 2 white, BE; No. 2, Chicago. 3p5c: No
8 SO NO. 3 white, 36lac; mixed west
s6S5kzS o. 90 81, nay quiet steady shipping,
oVQooc' good to choice, 70N75c Wool fairly
active, nrm; domestic fleece, l501 9c; pulled
lzQSSc. Beef strong family, S975Q1200: ex-
Va mess, Sl-o9u6.25; beef hams, hrmer,
Sl6V0i tlerced beef firm; city extra India
mess Sl3g0l5OO as to quality. Meats fair
qeInandi nrmer; picked bellies, &c; shout
GERS oci hams 6QSAc; middling strong
Shont clear per 100 pounds, So TO- Lard,
quiet, stronger; western steam, 81 10; city
So.tOQ6 %; March, SIP, nominal; May 81. .
nominal. Refined firm; continent sos;
ate demand; mess, S13OOG1350: extra prime
nominal Butter fancy STEADY and fairly
active; state dairy 90l9i2c; do creamery,
lQelyc; dairy, Sql2i4c; do creamery, new,
l9lSc; do old, olaUiJc. Cotton seed oil,
hrmer; moderate demand; crude, DC: yell
low prime, 26026lRc. Molasses. foreign,
nominal; New Orleans open kettle good
to choice, 28Q &c; fairly active, firm. Pea
nuts, quiet. Coffee, closed dull; solo points
down; May, 1475al4 SOC; June, a. Use; Sep
TENDER, l4.6jc; December, 14.f0dl4.50c Spot
Rio, firm; quiet; No. Z, 16Q16Ac Sugar raw
firm; moderately active; fair refining,
l1-l6c; refined firm quiet off A., $500
3bc; mould A, 3-16d42sc: standard A.,
3 l5-l6a41sc; cut loaf, 9-l6q4&c; crushed,
49-l6Qia4c; graduated. 3 15-1604Ac.
Freights to Liverpool market firm; cotton
steam, lsd asked grain by steam, 2Ad,
nominal
Chicago. March Is, noon.-The market
opened for wheat: May, 5I9sc. Corn, May
46c. Pork, May, $3.50. Lard, May, $6.92l2.
Ribs, May S6.02l2.
Chicago March 15.-At some times dur
ing to-day's market the strength that
was shown and emphatically, whilst at
others the weakness was most depressing
1t was an exceedingly nervous session,
with first one side and then the other in
possession of the field The bears even
tually won the day with an eighth's de-
cline from yesterdays prices. May wheat
opened strong at 5l9sc to 514c, sold be-
tween 5Sc and size closing at the latter,
&c under yesterday. Cash wheat was iac
per bushel higher.
New York bought some corn at and
around the opening to-day and that was
the sum total of the outside business.
The inside or local trade was not in the
least important and was participated in
principally by scalpers and room traders,
who by following the action Of wheat en-
deaVored to procure moderate returns for
their efforts. What little business was
transacted was not powerful enough to
indicate any decided preference for higher
or lower prices, beyond the immediate
trading. May opened at 461ac and sold
465sQ46aic and 46l4c, closing at 4614 Q463sc-
a Shade under yesterday. Cash corn was
&c per bushel higher.
Oats did not succeed in asserting their
Independence to-day Prices altered to
conform with like changes in wheat and
corn The trade was barren Of feature or
interest. At the close an easy feeling was
manifested, with May unchanged from
yesterday: Cash oats were steady to
shade higher.
Provisions-The news from the yards
that receipts of hogs were less than
looked for and that quotations were raised
10 cents per hundred pounds for them,
gave impetus to the demand for pro-
duct. Shorts. fearing another twist up
ward in prices, were active in their en-
deavors to cover and there was also
some investment inquiry. With a weaker
feeling developing, grain prices gave way
whilst offerings increased. At the close
there was decided weakness with May
pork 10 cents lower than yesterday; May
lard 21ac lower and May ribs unchanged.
Leading features ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.