The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-01

western. 3i5a036c. Rye feed, S5GS71ac. Hay,
quiet steady; shipping, 50l5Jc good to
choice, 1OQ Zoe Wool, fairly active, firm;
Beef. dun; family. S975al2.0O; extra mess,
SI2JuII3; beef hams, quiet at $500:
tlerced beef dull; city India mess, $l250n
l45Q. Cut meats. more active, easy; picked
bellies, jisc; shoulders, 4hcd4isc; hams,
ll@qSc. Lard, quiet, steady; western steam,
$3.50; city Sb:3Ou6.311s January. $3.50, nom
inal; May $3.50 nominal: refined quiet !:
continent, H.S0; compound, S5.00d5.25.
Pork, quiet, steady; mess, $lL25Gl1.75.
Butter, fancy creamery, steady; state
dairy 1Oql9c; state creamery, 1iq2le;
western dairy. 10015c; western creamery,
HAZE: western Elgins 24c. Cotton seed
oil, dull, unchanged. Petroleum, nominal.
Rice, fair demand, firm; domestic. fair TO
extra, 4hd6c; Japan, 4Ad4i4c. Molasses,
firm unchanged. Peanuts, quiet. Coffee,
steady, unchanged, to points down;
March, l4521l4.60i May. 1A45Wi460; Au-
gust. 1850; September, lL40dl460; Decem-
Der. H40Glf60; spot Rio quiet steady;
No. Z, l6l4c. Sugar raw firm, but quiet,
fair refining. 5-l6c; refined, dull. I'M
steady; cotton 7-64d; grain, 17ld asked.
Chicago. Jan 31.-Wheat opened: jan
uary, J0Ac; corn, January. 4034c; pork,
May $1,000; lard, May, 657lzc; ribs, May
Chicago. Jan. S1.-Wheat closed lower
to-day than yesterday, but the tone
throughout the session was decidedly
firm. with a less respondent feeling actu-
ating traders. The advices from Wash
ington to the effect that the President
was likely to accept the responsibility of
protecting the nations credit even though
the Senate would put obstacles in the way
Of legislation. was received with approval
on all sides and conveyed some encour-
agement 10 the speculative interests in
board. The fact that the position of
wheat with reference to supply and de-
mspd remains unaltered. rendered the
bulls tinlid however. about assuming an
aggressive attitude at the present time
The easy spots IN the days trade were
not prominent, and were followed in each
instance except at the immediate close.
by either 2 partial or full recovery. May
wheat opened from 53Is 70 53ssc. declined
10 527sc. closing at 527sQ58ssc, under yes
terday. Cash wheat underwent no change.
Corn-COrn shorts covered SO freely yes
terd2y that they left the market with
practically no support to-day. II was due
TO the dullness Of the market that prices
held as well as they did The business
was not such as TO call for particular
mention. Some scattered liquidation took
place, and buying orders were filled with
out especial efforts by brokers. Scalpers
were probably the principal traders. May
corn opened from "A TO 435sc. sold between
40 i32sc closing at the lstter-5sc under
yesterday. Cash corn was steady.
oats were again in the embarrassing
classification. The unusual activity of the
past week was absent, prices, from lack
of orders, holding quite steady until very
near the end OF the session when they
receded with those Of corn. May oats
closed iac under yesterday. The easy
market was unchanged.
Provsions-It was a light professional
business that was transacted in provis-
ions to-day. They opened with the adj
vance Of ; cents for hogs in mind. but
the selling vas a trifie larger than the
demand could readily Withstand so that
moderate declines took place in all arti-
close The close was i2izc lower than yes
terdav for May pork . shade lower for
MAY lard, and j071ac lower for May ribs.
Leading futures ranged ss follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing.