The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-18
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, April 17.-Flour firm, fair de-
mand; Winter wheat, low grade $1,000
az 80; DO fair to fancy, 81 35gt29 30; patents
2.l5qS.tQ; Minnesota clear 81. 40d2.9O; pat
ents, S3.250410; low extras, Sl.90G2 3D.
Southernmour, firm, quiet; common to fair
extra, $l.@Q2.75; good to choice do. $is0a
zS9; Wheat, fairly active. strong, sc
higher with options; No. red store and
elevator 62d62hc afoat, 63iz063Ac OPP
lions were fairly active and strong at va
&c advance; No. red. May, 62lkc; June
wee july, 62S4c. Corn, quiet. firm: No. .,
54i2c elevator; 553+c aloat: options were
moderately active and i4c lower May,
Dise; July, 509sc September, 5l%c. Oats,
dull easier; options easier, duh; May, &c
july 324c; No. white, May yj4c; spot
NO. :, SlAM3l9sc; No ?, white. 35Ac; mixed
western, 32d332c. Hay steady; unchanged.
Wool firm, fair demand; domestic fleece.
l5Ql9c; pulled, 12M33c Beef quiet, firm :
tamIy lO0l2c; extra mess, SS00aS.50. Beef
hams strong $3.50 Tierced beef firm; city
extra India mess, %5.60dtlSO0. Cut meats,
firm; better demand; picked bellies, G&M
&c; shoulders &c; hams, 9AQ9Ac; middlcs.
quiet; short clear, &c. Lard quiet. steady
asked; May, 1900, nominal. Refined. quiet :
continent, 170c; South American, Sc. COM
pound, 5'BUo12c. Pork, quiet, steady; mess,
I&5Ul4OO Butter moderate demand
choice steady; state dairy, 9G1Sc; cream
cry, new. 20c; western dairy. 8dl3iac do
creamery, new 12u20c; do old, 90l5c; Ell
crude, 2SH24c; yellow prime, &c asked.
Petroleum nominal Refined New York
Sll50; Philadelphia, 81 49, do in bulk $3.50
900 Molasses, foreign nominal New Or
leans open kettle, good TO choice. 2Sd3Sc (:
firm, fairly active. Peanuts, quiet Coffee.
steady, l5G25 points up; April, 1880; June,
1S.S5m1S.90ci September. 1400al450c, De-
cember, 13.95014.00c; spot Rio quiet. steady
No. Z, 16@16Ac; sugar raw, quiet. firm
fair refining. 11-16c refined, steady. fairly
active; off A., S7sq37sc; standard A., l5-l6
granulated. 3 l5-16MAAc Fre3ghts, Liver
pool moro doing, little easier. cotton 7-64d,
grain, "a.
opened for wheat, May 56l2c; corn, May.
453sc; pork. May, $3.50: lard, May, sG.95;
bid: ribs, May, S6.27i2 bid.
Chicago. April IA very nervous un-
dertone prevailed in the wheat market
to-day. even at the most quiet times.
Whilst the disposition was to concede
that the ferment was over, still very few
selves on record as believing In much
lower prices. 1t was, on the other hand,
longs" had realized on the last rise 4
quick turn was made in the last hour.
Values began to fall away and had
dropped &c. when they suddenly halted
and rapidly advanced lac from the inside
quotations. The pit was altogether bare
of offerings when the rise took place and
the greater portion of the gain was made
with very little trading. The close was
very strong, at practically the top prices
of the day. May wheat opened from 56i2c
to $500, sold between 56isc and STAG, clos
llS dl Jf1SWOii4 ~ nlBiiti AAiEn yts'-
terday. Trading in car lots was at steady
prices. the nominal close being firm.
Corn-After acknowledging light re-
ceipts by temporary period Of firmness.
corn declined out of respect to the then
ruling feeling of wheat The brisk adj
vance of the finer grain, near the close
was instrumental in rallyng corn to the
extent of recovering only portion OF
the early loss The close was the same as
yesterday, showing neither the bulls nor
bears as having secured any advantage.
May corn opened from 459sc to 45Ac, de-
clined to 451sG45l4c. closed at 451zdi55sc.
Cash corn was steady to hc per bushel
lower.
Oats-The bright weather brought in
selling orders IN oats from the country.
The specialists and professionals observ-
ing this. offered oats freely and depressed
prices so that outsiders were placed at a
marked disadvantage. A modest recovery
came about with the bulge in wheat, prior
to the close but the last quotations were
&c under yesterday for May. Cash oats
were weak and &c per bushel lower
Provisions-No marked difference in the
character of the product to-day from yes
terday was apparent. Packers sold some
lard early but the business was, at best,
of a very indifferent kind. An easy hog
market had a discouraging effect, but
fluctuations were at all times very slow.
The close was &c under Yesterday for May
pork. and unchanged for May lars and
ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
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