The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-26
GRAN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Feb 25.-Flour firm. quiet
and unchanged; southern -four quiet and
active and stronger: No. , red, store and
elevator. S1iadSlS.c; afOat. SsdSSltc; OPP
lions We're fairly active and firm at 12sI
l2sc advance; No. , red, February. 75isc;
March, l51sc; May, 1850. Corn. spots dun.
stronger; No. ?, 37i4c elevator; 3Si4c afioat
options were moderately active and firm
az so sc advance; February, 37l4c; May,
sc; July, Sisc. Oats. spots, quiet, firm
options dull, nOminally unchanged; Feb
ruary, 264ac; March. 253sc: May 26c: spot
NO. :, 2b14c; No. white. 27i2c; mixed west
ern, 261zQ2llsc. Wool quiet, firm and un-
changed. Beef quiet and unchanged; beef
hams dull, $l450al5.O0; tierced beef inact-
we city extra India mess, Sl5.00ul6.50.
Cut meats duh, weak; picked bellies, &C;
shoulders. 4i9Q4Ac; hams, Si2dSAc. Lard
lower, moderate demand western steam.
5.62l2c; city, sc; May, 5.S2c; refined dull;
5.35951zc. Pork. fair demand; old mess,
Sl0.25QlO75 Butter, fancy firmer; good
demand; state dairy Sqlsc do cream
ton seed oil steady; moderate demand I;
crude, 2c; yellow prime, 25Q2512c; do off
unchanged. Molasses firm, moderate de-
mand and unchanged. Peanuts quiet !;
fancy hand-picked. 4%c. Coffee steady. 10
d25 points down March. u 45d1255c; May,
II .9OI 2.05c; July, 11.4Od1l. soc; September,
l075dl0. November. l075c; December,
l05SQ10 Soc; spot Rio duh and steady: No.
Z, lSAn1S%c. Sugar, raw, dull and steady;
fair refining, SAc; centrfugals, 96 test,
&c; refined quiet and unchanged. Freights
to Liverpool quiet; cotton, by steam, 3-S2d (;
grain, steam, l%d.
ened for wheat, May, 663sq66l2c; corn,
May, 30ssd30%ci pork, May. $9S71a; lard,
May, $5.5212; ribs, May, $5.l5.
Chicago Feb. 25.-There was no disput-
ing the strength of the wheat market to-
day. With the sole exception of a few min
utes early i'm the session, which followed
ments for the week, $4,000 bushels. there
was scarcely an easy spot from the start
to the finish Higher Liverpool cables in
augurated the boom, an advance of 2sQl2c
over Yesterdays close, being noted at the
immediate opening on that influence. The
temporary recession already mentioned
then followed. but after that the shorts
were led lively chase and at the close
that contingent of traders was as eager to
buy as at any previous time in the day.
May wheat opened from 6S to 65isc, sold
between 65%M67l2c, closing at 673s067 &c
1%@17sc higher than yesterday. Cash
wheat was half a cent higher.
Corn succeeded in making a slight gain
in pl ice to-day, although IL is possible that
there might have been a greater apprecia-
ton if the receipts had not been so enOr-
nous. The strength of wheat, of course,
set the pace for corn and held it firm
throughout the session. May corn opened
at 30Ac, sold between 30l5GS0Ss and SIC,
closing at 3lc-ss cents higher than yester-
day. Cash corn was quarter cent per BUSH
Oats were slow and inclined to drag.
They did not display as much strength as
might have been expected, in view of the
buoyancy of wheat. May oats closed 16c
higher than yesterday. Cash oats were
steady.
Provisions-Little of strength and less of
activity was to be noted in product. On a
weak hog market tended lower. The
boom in wheat exerted little influence on
provisions. May pork closed Ice lower; lard
5171ac lower; May ribs, sc lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Onpning. HigheSt. |. oMeSt. (,lOsing.