The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-09
GRAIN. PROyIsIoNs. ETC

New York, Dec. S.--Flour steady, UNI
changed and quiet; southern -four, quiet
and unchanged Wheat, spot market, dull
and easier; (. o. b., 9s9sc; ungraded red s06D
99c; options opened weak and declined %6D
lie, advanced, Md1c, closing steady at nc,
and trading fairly active; December, S71kc;
January, size; May, S6Mc. Corn, spot,
dun and firm; No. 2, 29c elevator; SOc
alioat; options were dull and trhe frmer;
December, 29c; January, 295sc; May, 32c;
Oats, spots, quiet and firm: options duh
and steady, &c up to nc down; December,
2SAc; January, 237sc; February, Assc; spot,
No. 2, 23hc; No white, 25lac; mixed wes-
tern, 220p24lhc. Hay in fair demand:
shipping, G2lac; good to choice 75980c.
Wool firm, quiet and unchanged. Beef
steady and quiet family, $9.504l000; extra
mess, $7.50Gl800. Beef hams, firm at SIT so.
Tierced beef scarce and firm; city extra
India mess, s13.O0dl1i.00 Cut meats quiet
and unsettled; picked bellies. SC; should
ers, SIC; hams, 8n8Ac. Lard quiet and
firmer; western steam, Aloe; city, 39sc; De-
cember, AO5c, nominal; refined Slow con-
tinent, 445c; South America, 475c; COM
pound 43s6141kc. Pork quiet and steady;
new mess, $S25d8.75. Butter, choice, firm;
state dairy, 11a20c; do creamery, 15023lzc;
western creamery, 15GD24Ikc; Egins, 24lzc.
Cotton seed oil dull and easy; crude, &c;
yellow prime 24c Rice, fairly active, firm
and unchanged. Molasses firm, moder-
ateiy active and unchanged. Peanuts mod
erately active; fancy hand-picked, 3AQ4c-
Coffee steady, 15lIz5 points up; December,
9S5n9. 45c; March, 94OM9.50c; May, 1850
95Oc; July, 9.45M9.5Oc; September, s0W
$50: spot Rio duh and firm; No. 7, lOb
a0iOhc. Sugar, raw, dun and steady; fair
refining, 2zsc; refined q1iet; softs, bc low
err others unchanged; off A, 4G4lsc; stand
ara a 4ssc; cut loaf and crushed, be;
granulated, 4sbc Freights to Liverpool
market quiet and easy; cotton by steam'
9-eId; grain by steam. 3D.
Chicago, Dec. s.-noon.-W Wheat; De-
cember 77hc. Corn; December, 221sc bid.
Pork. December. $675. Lard, January
"a NJ Ribs. January, $S.s5a3. a1z.
chicago. III, Dec. S.-To-days wheat
market was down in the morning and up
IN the afternoon Liverpool offered no en-
couragement Opening prices at that pace
were off I'D at the opening ana lost an
other 15d before the close. When pra sau
sfreets report was published at noon the
enormous decrease in the worlds stocks
aet "shorts" TO cover and caused prices to
advance about q Of cent. The large
clearances which continue at the Seaboaru
are more than anything else the puilisn
point at present. May wheat opened from
s0n TO soc. sold between 79N and sic, clos
ing al gOat Gfs07sc. Cash wheat was irreg-
ular. closing unchanged to Ac higher
The inactivity in wheat was not con-
ducive to spirited action In corn. The
tendency was lower, weakness prevailing
here as elsewhere. Bradstreets reported
a decrease in stocks Of 95S,0OO bushels.
Prices rallied with wheat later in the ses-
sion. May corn opened at 26c sold be-
tween 257s6i26hG l26hc, closing at the out
side, &c over yesterday. Cash corn was
quiet and steady.
oats deprecated early but after noon
the tone became steadier in sympathy
with wheat. Bradstreet's gave decrease
IN stocks OF $4,000 bushels. May closed
unchanged Cash oats were steady.
Provisions--Business quiet, and the
close was at quite the best figures Of the
day. May pork closed &c higher. May
lard and ribs each 2lsc higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.