The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-10
GRAIN. PRoVIsIoNs. ETC.

New York, Dec. 9.-Flour dull. weak and
unchanged; southern flour dull, easy and
unchanged. Wheat, spot, dull and easier,
closing steady; t. o. b., &C. ungraded red,
S0Q97c; options were dull and weak at 114d
1890 decline; No. 2 red December, S0Ac;
May, Soc. Corn spots dull and firm; No.
2, zoe elevator; S0c afioat; ungraded mixed.
24c: steamer mixed No. 3. 25i4c; options duh
and firm at unchanged prices to 1sc decline;
December, 29c; January 29izc May, 317sc.
Oats spots dull and steady; options easier;
December. 2Sc; January, 23lae; May, 25ssc;
spot No. 2, 2S14c; No. 2 white, 251sc; mixed
western, 22025c; white do, 23d32c. Hay
less active and steady; shipping, 62lac;
good to choice. 75GSOc. Wool unchanged.
Beef firm and quiet family, $3.50; extra
mess $7.70dS00. Beef hams steady at $3.50.
Tierced beef quiet and firm; city extra In
dia mess, $13.50114O0 Cut meats steady;
picked bellies, SC; shoulders, 3.45c; hams,
8dSs4c. Lard quiet and nominal; west
ern steam, Also; city. sac; December, 4.50c;
refined dull; continent, 4.45c; South Amer
lea, 475c; compound. 42s44lzc. Pork firm
and in moderate demand; new mess $3.50
S75 Butter steady; state dairy, l@20c;
do creamery 15623i5c, western creamery,
15d2it2c; Elgins, 24lsc. Cotton seed oil quiet
and nominal; crude, 2lc; yellow prime, 2fc.
Rice firm, in fair demand and unchanged.
Molasses. unchanged Peanuts quiet; fam
N@4's
unchanged to points down; December
935d9. 40c; March, 950c; May 9.45a9.50 ;
September, $500; spot Rio dull and steady
No. T. 1O1kn10Ac. Sugar. raw, duh and
steady; fair refining, 2Mc; refined quiet and
unchanged Freights to Liverpool, market
quiet; cotton by steam, 9-64d; grain by
steam, 4d.
Chicago, Dec. 8, noon.--Wheat, Decem-
Der, 76Hc; May, 1890; corn, December,
| 22zac; May, 26026isc; oats, December, T9sc;
May, 2llsc; pork. $3.50; May, S.92ls; lard,
January $3.S50i3. Sly; May $3.50; ribs, jan
uary, $S.s5G3S71z; May, a.02A.
Chicago, Dec 9,-Liverpool cables were
the primary, and dull business the sec
ondary consideration in determining the
course of wheat prices to-day. Very early
in the session puts" were good and
throughout the day spasmodic buying
against those privileges was effective in
| causing slight spurts, but at the close al
most inside figures were quotable. May
wheat opened from S0Ad797sc, declined
to 79Ac, closing at 791sG79t4c- under
| yesterday. Cash wheat was llsc lower.
Corn opened weak in recognition of a
similar feeling in wheat but prices later
held fairly steady. Bad corn weather In
Nebraska was reported, that preventing
prices from declining materially. May
corn opened al 26o, sold at 26d261sc, closing
at 26c-1sQ4c under yesterday. Cash corn
was steady al unchanged prices.
There was a moderate loss In oats
prices, the weakness which predominated
! In wheat and corn having the effect of
depressing the tone of this market Trade
was, on the whole, light. Occasional bursts
of activity took place, however. About
noon prices were aggressively raided,
/ heavy selling being noted. May oats
| closed NC under yesterday. Cash oats
were steady and unchanged.
Provisions-Product was traded In but
moderately. The opening tone and action
was firm, the early news from the yards
being encouraging. Later live hogs weak
ened and product sympathized. The re-
mainder of the session was, with the pre-
/ vailing tone, steady. May pork closed 2lkc
lower; May lard a shade lower ana May
ribs unchanged.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.