The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-17

July. 2Sl4c; September. 27l4c; spot. No. ?,
2SG3Slzc; No. white, S2ss@53c; mixed
ping. 65G70c. Good to choice. sOcdSi 20.
Wool fairly active and firm; domestic
fleece, 15q22c; pulled, 15qS4c. Beef dull and
unchanged; beef hams inactive at $1,000
1850; tierced beef quiet and unsettled; city
extra India mess $l650Hl7.O0; cut meats
quiet and firm; picked bellies, 7Ac; Shout
ders &c; hams, 94M10c. Lard quiet and
weak; western steam, G.55c; city, else; Sep
TENDER, 6.60c, nominal; refined active; con-
tinent, &c; South America, 1850 compound,
4qii4c. Pork, light demand and steady
mess, $12.25ql3.O0 Butter, fancy in fair
demand and firm; state dairy. llgl6isc;
creamery. .l7ci western dairy, 9lea nc;
oil dull and easy; crude, &c; yellow prime,
25A@26c; yellow, good of grade, 25%c. Pc
troleum nominal. Rice and molasses firm
and unchanged. Peanuts firm; coffee dun
and unchanged to i've points down; Sep
tember 1i.5jc; spot Rio dull and steady;
No: :, l51zc Sugar raw. d9i I'LL, ana Ia hT in
cotton, lid grain. "a.
Chicago, July 16. noOn.-The markets
opened for wheat July, 66lsc; September.
67hd6sc; corn, September, 45ssgi51se; De
cember, 36sc; oats, July. 25ssc; september,
23hG23s4 c pork. September, $ll.OD; January.
$685. ribs, September. $6.l2lzi october
market to-day's deserves position in
print. Just when prices seemed strong,
all support was withdrawn and everything
indicated a sharp break, but in each IN
stance the declines were checked with as
much suddenness as they began: Inc
spring wheat crop continues to be the topic
for discussion. Reports of damage from
the region where 1t grows continue to pour
in, but spectators are skepticaL whist
there may have been some harm wrought.
popular opinion is inclined to the belief
that the majority of the stories are too
sensational TO be true. The scalper had a
merry time to-day. September wheat
opened from CSC to 67%4c, sold between 6Ss4c
and 677kG6Sc, closing at 6806SBc-1sQ34c
| higher than Yesterday. Cash wheat sales
averaged lq2c higher than those OF yes
! terday.
which till yesterday showed so much
| strength and caused the shorts" some
/ worry was barely steady to-day, whilst
] the new crop deliveries were firm ana ad-
vancing. The irregularity mentioned was
| no doubt the effect of prices seeking their
proper positions, although few people
were disposed to watch the September for
indication of manipulations September
451sc and closed al 45Ac; unchanged from
yesterday. Cash corn was A49sc lower.
displayed no independence. A fractional
decline in values was noted at most times,
the influence being the weakness In sep
TENDER corn. September oats closd 1sc
lower than yesterday CaSh oats solu at
Provisions.LThere was no demand for
pork at the opening to-day and within
FIVE minutes prices for that commodity
dropped 25c without O trade, Lard and
ribs suffered through sympathy, but not
to so great an extent There We're evl-
dences of some professional selling later
and il was also believed that the big pack
ers also sold some. The market closed
with partial recovery from the INSIDE
Pork closed 17izc lower; September lard'
IS lower and September ribs 2l2c lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening. Highest. LowestCloslng.