The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-05
GRAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Feb 4.-Flour firmer, more
active; winter wheat, low grades, $500
800; do. fair to fancy. 2.S5uS90; do pat
ents, $S.9Oq4. Is; Minnesota clear, $2.70Q590;
patents, $3.S544.40; low extras, $2.j0n300;
southern flour quiet, firm; common to
fair extra, S2.40@3.00; good to choice do.
cline with options; No. 2 red store and
elevator, S0Ac afioat, S2Ac; options were
more active and irregular, closing weak
at 19sql%c decline; NO. 2 red, February,
7334c March, 74}4c; May, 72Ac; June-July.
721sc. Corn duh, easier; No. ?, 36l2c, ele-
vator; S712c afioat, options We're dull and
closed weak at Ad1ac decline February,
BIC; May, 361sc; July, 37ssc. Oats dun,
steady; options dull, easier; February,
22c; March, 25Ac; May, 2212c; spot prices:
No. 2 2Jc; No 2 white, 26l4c; mixed west
ern, 25a26c. Wool, fair demand; firm, I'M
changed. Beef quiet. firm. unchanged;
beef hams dull, $3.50; tierced beef quiet,
easy; city extra India mess, Sl5.00d16.00.
Cut meats quiet, firm; picked bellies,
512c; shoulders, 545Ac; hams, S12d9c. Lard
lower, quiet; western steam, $500; city
5.35c; refined quiet; continent, 620c; South
quiet, easy; mess, $ll00d1.25. Butter,
choice, steady; good demand. unchanged.
Cotton seed oil quiet, weak; crude 249
Pace yellow prime, 271zc; do OF grade 27c.
Rice and molasses firm, unchanged. Pea
nuts quiet; fancy handpicked, 5d5Ac.
Coffee barely steady, SOILS points up; Feb
ruary, 12.40c; March, l210412, 25c; April,
II. 90Q11. CSC; May, 11.6OG11.S0c; June, II 45c /;
September, 1065ql0 Soc December, 10.55D
lO.65c; spot Rio dull, steady; No. 7, 13c. SUI
gar, raw firm, active; fair refining, 312c;
refined quiet, firm; freights to Liverpool,
quiet; cotton, sd asked; grain, Sd asked.
Chicago, Feb. 4, noon.-.lhe market OPP
ened for wheat, May, 67Ac; corn, May,
301zc; pork, May, $1O.621a lard May, $3.50
5.61a; ribs, May $5.4212.
Chicago, Feb. 4.-The tone and direc-
ton of the wheat market to-day We're ex-
actly the reverse of what they were yes
terday. There was scarcely one hard
spot throughout the session and holders
who bought yesterday, were anxious sell
ers in most cases at material saori-
fee. The market opened at a loss of
from l to. 13sc from the closing figure of
yesterday. A story to the effect that
large quantities of wheat were to be
moved from the northwest to this place
was a very important consideration with
the trade and induced considerable SELL
ing. The feeling continued depressed re-
mainder of the session and at the close
was almost at the inside. May wheat
opened from 67ssc to &c, sold between
der yesterday. Cash wheat was 1q1kc
per bushel lower.
decline with wheat than it did to ad-
vance with it. At the same time the bus
mess was not at all enlarged, a quiet
market ruling throughout the session. 1t
is said that large shipments of corn have
lately been made from Newport News,
which have not appeared in the official
clearanceS. May corn opened at 3g3ac.
declined to 30lsc, closing at S04c-1k09sc
under yesterday. Cash corn was steady
to Ac lower, closing weaker. The same
relative conditions existed in oats as in
corn. Sympathy with wheat was the de-
pressing circumstance. May oats closed
5sG1zc under yesterday. Cash oats were
weak, declining &c whilst trading was
in progress, closing nominally weaker.
Observation-Disclosures sold product and
commission men, acting for their coun-
try clients, did likewise. There was not
much stability to the market at any time.
The weakness of wheat told very serious
ly on the sentiment and as hogs were
lou 1,f1rv inc h.r4 lie
couragement confronting them At the
close May pork was 35c under yester-
day May lard f2lAc lower; May ribs 20c
lower Domestic markets were weak and
lower
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.