The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-31

low extras. 81 .9oG2ao. Southern -four. quiet
STEADY common 10 fair extra, Sls1fIZ. IS.
good 70 choice DO. s.. SldS25. Wheat quiet,
&c lower. with options closing steady.
No. red store and elevator c0isc: ahoaf
&c; options opened firm al lac advance
declined isa4se. reacted hgEc. declined &c
with trading dull. No. red. April. 605sc
May. t'scs July, bliac- Corn dull. scarce,
mrm. No. z. &c. elevator: size anoat. op-
lions were dull and firm at isc advence;
May. Slesc: July. SLICE September. 5lalc.
Oats! quiet nrmer, options duh. nrmer,
April ana May, $40; July. size; spot No.
2 ts&AS5etc; mixed western. 3ia25c Hay.
steady; shipping 50a55c: good to choice,
utac. WOOL quiet firm. domestic fleece.
l2nlsc; pulled, l2aS3c Beef strong; fam
ily, Sl.u0alZW: extra mess. sS.00NS.50.
beef hams, firm, $500: tierced beef hrmer:
city extra India mess. SifOoQ1T00. Cut
meats, strong wanted; picked bellies &c;
shoulders. sac. hams SaaH9c; middles.
strong, quiet: short clear. nominal Lard,
quiet, barely steady; western steam. s. 25ei
40; city. SIC; futures nominal Refined.
quiet; continent, I10c; South American.
aOOc; compound, 5AGb2lc. Pork. quiet firm.
mess, $lS50uli.O0. Butter choice, frm. fair
demand; state dairy. 9Ql9izc; creamery.
lSisc cream, new l2H2lc. old, 9Hl4c: FL
gins, PIC. Cotton seed oil, firm. quiet:
crude, SQ2ic; yellow prime. 2Siaa27c. Pc
troieum, nominal Rice, firm, unchanged.
Molasses, foreign, nominal; New Orleans
open Kettle, good to choice. 2SU3Sc; firm.
fair demand. Peanuts, steady. Coffee,
y
Der, l4.10c; December. l4.50a14. soc. Spot
Rio, quiet, steady: No. T. l6ssc. Sugar. raw.
dull firm; fair refining. ll-l6c. Refined.
quiet, nrln; on A. 3ss03Xc; standard A..
:. l5-l5c4ike; cut leaf and crushed, 9-l6a
4&c; grain, i5-l6Nr4c. Freights Liver
pool, steady, quiet cotton I'D; grain, 2i4d.
quotations are Wheat, May. 557.0555sc
Lard. May, ,y.l2iA. RIBS, May, ss.s7ls.
Chicago, March 30-This being the last
business day Of the month as well as q
the week, there was sort OF a cleaning
up process going on In wheat Two Of the
heavy professionals. who were assumed to
TO be long, sold freely during the half
session. as the big shorts covered lib
orally yesterday the market presented a
Iairly cleaned up appearance at the close
The arrival OF some rain In the south
west and cloud marks for all OF the win
ter wheat belt, prevented prices from
showing any particular buoyancy and at
the same time the uncert ainty as to
whether any harm had resulted from the
drought did not allow of much weakness.
May wheat opened from 553sc to 559ic.
sold between ao'sM56c. and 55skN55iac, cloB-
ing at 55A0 053sc-unchangcd from ycstcr-
day. Cash wheat was steady.
Corn was In neglected state. The range
was narrowed TO one-quarter Of "a cent,
the steady feeling Of wheat and the
strength of oats acting In the capacity
OF support to prices. Many Of the traders
who are usually seen In corn transferred
their operations to oats, where the chances
FOR scalping We're better to-day. The ses-
sion was altogether an embarrassing one.
totally barren OF feature or incident May
corn opened at $3.50, sold between 45isc
and i69c, closing at 46ssc-Ac higher than
yesterday. Cash corn was steady and un-
changed.
Oats had quite shaking up to-day.
yesterdays cash business and "a continued
good shipping demand, which is made pos
sible by the inducements held out by
eastern roads, was the main considera-
ton. There was a good general trade,
the outside and country sending numerous
buying orders May closed skc higher than
yesterday. Cash oats were firm and about
nc per bushel higher.
Provisions had a pretty fair business.
but not broad or important. A large COM
mission house led the selling. and pack
ing institution the buying. During most
OF the session ribs showed relatively more
strength than either pork or lard, but
toward the close. these articles improved
and az the close were quite strong. Clos
ing prices were at the outside for every
thing, May pork and lard gaining 1Oc
each for the day and May ribs 7iac. The
| hog market was firm and higher and
| had its due effect on product.
Leading futures ranged as follows.
Ouoning HipnCet Ipuyagt Closing