The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-29
GRAN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York. July 2S-Flour dull, I'M
changed and quiet; southern flour quiet
and steady; common to fair extra, $3.50:
good to choice do, 81. 60d2.90 Wheat weak
er; options were fairly active and closed
weak at 1Ad11Rc decline; July, 62#c; Aug
ust, 627sc; October, 637sc; December, 6514c
Corn dull and easier, closing firm; No. 2
30ssc elevator; 311sc afloat options were
fairly active and closed heavy at 1Ss0J11Ac
decline; July, 30hc: October, 301zc. Oats
quiet and weak; options dull and weaker;
July. 2212c; September, &c; No. 2, 22laQ23c;
No. white, 24i2ll25c; mixed western, 2SGc
24c. Hay quiet and firm; spring, 65q671sc
good to choice, 90cG$l00 Wool, light de-
mand and steady; fleece, 16Q22c. Beef
steady and dull; family $S'OOQ9OO; extra
mess, $6O097.00 beef hams quiet $14.50Q
1900 T1erced beef steady and quiet; city
extra India mess, $11004120O. Cut meats
steady and quiet picked bellies, Be; Shout
ders, SIC; hams, 9G10c. Lard dull and
lower; western steam, 3.4Oc; compound,
SIC. Pork quiet and steady; old mess,
S.50Q7.75; new mess, $775q8.25. Butter less
active and steady; state dairy, l0Ql41zc;
do creamery, 1l12d15c; Elgin, 15c. Cot
ton seed oil easier; crude, 10000 yellow
prime, 2212d23c; do off grade, 221aGt23c.
Rice steady; Japan, 4d4Ac. Molasses
quiet and steady; New Orleans, open ket-
tie, good to choice, Hd57c. Peanuts dull.
Coffee steady and unchanged to 10 points
down; July, 1070d1075c; August, 1015Q
10.20c; October, 940c; December, 9156J9.20c;
January, 9.10c; March, 9.10c; May, 9.05c;
unchanged. F'reights to Liverpool quiet;
cotton, by steam, 3-32d; grain do do, '21sd.
Chicago, July Is, noon.-The market
opened for wheat July, Sc; corn, Sep
TENDER. 25c: pork. September, S6lO; lard.
September, SO. 121z; ribs, September, So. Is.
Chicago, July 2S.-Wheat made progress
of a negative sort to-day. 1t was IN
dOubtedly unattributable to the growing
belief that the bulge had come to a con-
clusion, and that for the present, at
least, bull pretensions were without basis
and the weakness ruled throughout the
session. Liverpool exhibited luke-Warm
all through the recent boom on this side.
Outsiders refused to be tempted and trade
was narrowed down to the operations of
local scalpers. The marketing of long
wheat carried prices to the inside, where
they rested. Good weather in harvesting
regions, further weakness TO the tone and
altogether the bears had the upper hand
and awaited themselves OF the advantage.
September wheat opened from 59c to 5SMc
sold between 59isc, and 57ss957S4c, closing
at the inside-15sc under yesterday Cash
wheat was weak and 1glRc per bushel
lower.
spirit and am entire absence of strength
in corn to-day The prospects of an
enormous crop of corn deters buying of
that grain and holders. are liberal sellers.
September corn opened at 251sc, sold be-
tween 25ikc and 24Ac, closing at the in
side-11kc under yesterday. Cash corn
was weak and nc per bushel lower.
Oats sympathzed a little with the other
grains, but there was present an under
tone of hrmness, which held prices fairly
steady Cash oats were in good demand
and steady. Choice grades found ready
sale and prices were, for the most part,
unchanged.
Provisions were quiet, presenting no in
cident nor event at all interesting. The
feeling was generally weak, although an
exception to the rule was noted in pork,
which rallied shortly after the opening.
Shorts" by their purchases for cover
the commodity. September pork closed sc
higher than yesterday; September lard sc