The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-29
GRAIN. PROVIsIoNs. ENC.

New York. Dec. 2S.-Flour dull, about
steady; winter wheat, low grades, $2.25q
2.69; do fair to fancy, S265a3.30; do pat
ents. $S.45q$, IS; Minnesota clear s2.5OGS1O;
patents, SS.15q400; low extras, S2.25
q2.65; southern flour duh, steady;
common conn tn to fair II ooo extra g $2lOa2s9;
erately active, stronger; No. ?, red store
and elevator, 6Sl5m6S%c; afiOat, 70070Ac;
options closed strong at 9s01c; advanced
on foreign buying, local covering and
firmer west; No. 2, red, January, 655sc;
February 6612c; March, 61l2c; May, 655sc;
January, 65#c; December, 65lzc. Corn
dull; No. ?, 344Q341kc elevator; 35AG35izc
afioati options dull, unchanged prices to
sc advance; December, sac; January,
Sac; May, S49sc. Oats dull firm; options
dull, nominally unchanged. Hay quiet,
easy; shipping, 75G76c; good to choice
90u95c. Wool firm. domestic fleece, 16d
PC; pulled, 15QS4c. Beef firm quiet;
Beef hams quiet, Sl5.00Gl5.50; tierced beef
dun; city extra India mess, $16.5Od17.00.
Cut meats quiet easy; picked bellies, 4%c;
shoulders shoulder, as; hams SqSAc; middles;,
Pork dull, steady; mess, SS.75d9.25. But
ter quiet, choice steady; state dairy, 13GJ
&c; 40 creamery, lZqz4c; western dairy,
11019c; Elgins, 2Sc. Cotton seed oil quiet
unchanged. Rice firm, unchanged. Mo
lasses firm; New Orleans open kettle,
good to choice, 2sQS6c. Peanuts quiet,
fancy handpicked, 4laQ4ssc. Coffee steady
8 points down to Is up; January, 1860
1370c; February, 1900; March, 1860
ls55c; May, lS.oSa1s. 1Oc; july, 12.60a12.65c;
September, 12;15c; October, lie; spot Rio
dull; No. z, 1tsc. Sugar raw, quiet. firm;
refining, SlsgSlac refined fairly active,
firm; off a, 5-i6045ei standard A, 424c
4AQ47sc Freights quiet, firm; cotton by
steam I'D asked; grain by steam, SGD
Chicago, Dec 2s.-Quite a fair gain in
value took place in wheat to-day. From
the opening until the close the tone was
steadily firm. Bradstreets furnished the
from both coasts for the week
of 3, 457, 600 bushels. Then came advices from
New York TO the effect that CONT
mental orders were to buy Later in the
the world crop, said to have been cabled
from st. Petersburg, showing a shortage
of l5OOOOO0O, as compared with 1894 in
wheat and 12SO0O,0O0 in rye. This seemed
to have a particularly stimulating effect
on buyers and subsequent to its announce
ment there was little, If any weakness or
recession in prices. At the close of the
session IL was learned that thirty loads
of wheat had been taken for export at
the seaboard. The sales were commented
upon as being very liberal for the holiday
week. and with Liverpool market doing
no business. May wheat opened from 57%
Gl575sc advanced to 5S%c, closing at $3.50
lie higher than yesterday. Cash wheat
was firm, closing nominally 1aQ1c higher
with the futures.
Corn-The strength and advancing ten
denotes of wheat formed the basis of a
tual in causing any particular improve
ment in the price had there been any
business, doubtless there would have
been an advance, but the trades were not
moved TO much buying, consequently the
market was little more than nominal. May
corn opened at 2T7sc, advanced to 2SQ2Slsc,
closing at 2Slsc higher than yesterday.
Cash corn was firm. to 1sc higher.
Oats We're dun and devoid of feature.
Trade was of no moment and prices held
in about the position they occupied at the
close yesterday. The strength of the
other grains prevented any decline, but
there was not sufficient demand to mate
rally advance prices. Cash oats were
firm and l4c higher.
Provisions-The buying of product by
commission houses to-day was fair, and
was taken as an evidence of renewed con-
fidence by outsiders. Packers were also
free purchasers. The demand was infiu-
entail enough TO communicate feeling OF
firmness and in some cases to advance
prices At the close, May pork was 5Q71Ac
higher Nay lard unchanged and May
ribs SC higher. Domestic markets were
quiet and firm.
leading futures ranged as follows:
ODening Highest, Lowest. Closing.