The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-18
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Jan. 17.-Flour, duh. easy;
winter wheat, low grades, S2O3lI&. 60; fair
to fancy $2.50dS2 IS; patents. S2.75dS320.
Minnesota, clear. $2.3OM$2.7O; patents SO. 40d
1896; low extras. $2.056$2 Co. Southern
-four dull easy; common to fair, extra
$2.l0Q$3.0O; good to choice, do S3100S35O
Wheat, fairly active, for export; nc lower,
closing firm, No. ?, red, store and ele-
vator, G0AG6lc; afioat, 625c. Options
opened firm, at &c advance, fell AQ%c.
closed steady at unchanged prices to &c
decline. with a fair trade No. 2. red. jan
uary, 60Q60lAc; February, size; March,
61sc: May, 62Ac Corn, steady, No. 2. Size;
elevator; 52Ac afioat. Options were dull
and steady at 1sUssc, decline. January
5lAc; February. 51lbc; May, 5lhc Oats,
dun, steady; options easier: January
33Ac; February, 3lBc; May, 34Ac; spot.
34u41sc; mixed western, 3463JMc; Hay,
DUH, easy. shipping, 50055c; good TO
choice. 10Gt75c Wool, moderate demand /;
domestic fleece, 15u20c; pulled, Sl2. 00d$1300
Beef steady dun; family, $l000q$ll So
Extra mess, S7.50d$800; hams. quiet, S1700
Tierced beff, dull; city extra India mess,
$l5.O0a$l6.00; cut meats, quiet, weak :
picked bellies 67sc; shoulders 41k049sc +;
hams, 8uS12c. Lard, quiet, hrmer; west
ern steam, STOP; city S6.37I5. January
500, nominal; May Ills. nominal; refined
firmer; continent, $3.50; South American
$3.50; compound, 5hm5ssc Pork, steady :;
mess, $l2.75QSl300. Butter, dull, weak
standard dairy, l0u20c; creamery, 16d23c !;
western dairy, lO1l5c, creamery 16q25c !;
Elgins, 25c Cotton seed oil, dull, weak
choice. 2Si2n29C. Petroleum. nominal
Rice. firm, fair demand: domestic fair TO
extra, 4AQ6c; Japan 4An452c Molasses,
steady, unchanged. Peanuts. quiet. Coffee
steady, 2OM25 points up; January, l4250
1430; March, 14l561425; May a 050
l415; July 1410: September. 14106420;
Spot rio, quiet, steady: No. Z, 16c: sugar
quiet steady; fair refining, 25sc; refined
steady, unchanged. Freights, Liverpool
quiet room scarce.
Chicago, Jan 17-Fifty-eight bid, then
all a TnHr p
extent of the fluctuations in the market
for upwards Of two-thirds of to-day's ses-
sion. Commission houses bemoaned the
Stagnation in business and scalpers had no
show whatever Of obtaining even six
teenth of a cent on A trade. Relief came
with the break in oats shortly after noon,
prices cropping on shgnuy and closing
below puts" which sold last night al
most on the closing price of yesterday.
May wheat opened from 58G5SIsc; sold
between 58sc ana a19s0o14c-clo at
57% &c under yesterday. Cash wheat
unchanged, the nominal closing being
lower with the futures.
Corn-No greater activity in corn than in
wheat was observed. There were some
country selling orders in the market early
which through lack of demand detracted
slightly from the comparatively steady
tone communicated by wheat When oats
gave way late in the day corn followed
through sympathy. The close was weak
at almost the inside. May corn opened
from 477sc to 477sd48c, declined to 47l2c
terday. Cash corn sold at easy prices. 4
of a cent decline being established I'm
some instances. Nominally the close in
that branch of the trade was 12c lower.
Oats-An attack similar to that made
yesterday. was made on oats about an
hour before the close. The same houses
that were prominent as sellers yesterday
were conspicuous again to-day In addi-
ton. there was general selling. the
market showing little, If any. recupera tive
power when the excitement subsidized
decline Of IS OF A cent from the top took
place and the close was 5s0jkc, under yes