The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Jan. 5.-Flour, duh. STEADY.
winter wheat, low grades, $2.0502.63: Il X
70 Iancy, S2.5542.95; patents, S2.1505 b
minnesota clear, $500 30. patents. So t1n
duu steady; common to fair extra s. l1T
5.UUi good 10 choice do, 2.lOG3.5o. Wheat
store and elevator. 6l5sc; aflOat, 63tsc; or
tons were fairly active and firner The
close was nrm at esQtsc advance; No 2
req January 6l4sci February, 6l7sc; March.
G-4c; May, bz'sc. Corn, quiet, steady; No
= 5-c, elevator; 53c afOat. Options opened
easy, rallied with wheat and closed STEADY
az unchanged prices 20 sc advance; jan
uaTy; o-c; FEBRUARY, Jl4c' May, 5lc. Oats,
dull, lower; options, fairly active: January.
&5sc; February, $3.50; May. 347sc. spot No
2, SEC; mixed Western, 3ii20351ac. HAY.
quiet shipping, 50a SOC: good to choice, 400
l5c Wool quiet. fairly steady; domestic
fleece l5U20c; pulled, l2d13c. Beef, duh
family SlO.oo0I.5J; extra mess, S7.5006U",
peer mans, quiet, SlLoOi ucrced beef, dull.
city extra India mess, $l6.0)N11O0; cue
meats, quiet, steady; picked bellies, SO
Use shoulders, llttt5c; hams, Slt nc; mil-
dies, nominal. Lard, quiet, steady; wes-
tern steam, SGl2l2; city, S6.6212; January.
SLl0, nominal; ebtuary, SE35; It fined, dun;
continent, 500; South American, $500;
compound, a42WJsic; pork, quiet, steady;
mess, $i2loN 1923. Butter, quiet, steady;
state dairy, l0Wl 9c; creamery, 1iUZ7c; west-
ern DAIRY, lV0l3c; creamery, l3GE6c; El8ins,
90 cotton seed oil, steady crude, 2jc;
yellow prime 2Hc. Petroleum, nominal.
Rice. fair demand, steady; domestic far
10 extra, AZ 06c; Japan ptWi1ac. Molasses,
foreign nominal; New Orleans open kettle
good TO choice, 2su39c, quiet, steady. Pea
nuts. quiet, DC. Coffee. weak. 1925 points
down, January, 13650l3.10; March 1900
1915; May Is. 2JQl3.35; August, 1880; Oc-
tober, 1880; December 1920; spot Ri0s
steady; No. z. 1870. Sugar. raw, dull.
steady; fair refining, Csc; refined. dun, un-
changed. Fre.Ehts, Liverpool, dull.
steady; cotton, sd, grain, 2l4d.
Chicago, Jan. 5.-Wheat went up to-day
ana everybody wondered why. The shorts
were worried and did most Of the buying.
but could not lucidly explain the necessity
for the sudden change in sentiment. Ic
was very clear, however, that New York
was buying and sending bun news. May
closing at 5Sl4@5S9sc-1c higher than yes
l2c per bushel higher.
Corn was saved by wheat to-day. At the
opening the receipts again doomed Up 60
discourage holders 333 cars arriving, but
a gradual Improvement was felt when
such an emphatic strength appeared Ing
wheat May corn opened from 473s to AZ 4c.
advanced to 4sc; closed at 4l5sc-Ssdle
higher than yesterday. Cash corn was
hrm at ne tor. prices. of Yesterday;
oats felt the force Of yesterdays heavy
selling at the opening to-day. The offer
ings, for time, were quite free, but they
were either absorbed or withdrawn when
II became evident that wheat was in for
an upturn. Prices recovered and made a
moderate gain, in sympathy with the more
important meats May oats closed ie
little OF strength in them the average
sales being al a loss of l4c from yesterday.
PrOVisions-The product yesterday was
for sale to-day, although 1t was pressing
on the market The business transacted
was, in the main light, with prices quiet.
and easy carly, but stiffenng up a bit
before the close, because of the strength
OF grain. The hog market was irregular.
Some grades We're firm and others weak.
Al the close MAY pork and lard We're un-
changed from yesterday; May ribs were a
shade lower
Leading futures ranged as follows:
OpenIng. Highest. Lowest CLOSING.