The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-08
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Dec. Flour steady: win
ter wheat low grades, $22O@325; fair to
fancy, $S.25Gp4.60; fair to fancy patents,
A.50a50Ol Minnesota clear. 50, 40T4.15; Pat
ents, a60d5.25; low extras, $2.2O61325;
southern flour, dun but steady; common
to fair, $305@S.60; good 20 choice, 5000
$3.50 Wheat, spot market dull and weak
er; (. o. b., seize; ungraded, S0Q9SI5c; OPP
tons opened heavy and declined 2d2tzc,
rallied ssMssc, fell nc. and closed steady
at 1ss01sse under Saturday; No. red,
January, S2s4c; May S6tzc; June S1zkc; De-
eember STAG. Corn, dull; spot No. 2, 29isc
elevator; SOC afoat; options were dull and
weak at 1kc decline; December. 29c; jan
uary, 299scj May, aAc. Oats, spots duh
but steady; options were easier and dull;
December, 2Sssc; January, 2Szsc; February.
24Ac; spot No. 2 23asa23lzc;
No. 2 white. 251zc; mixed
western, 22G25c. Hay, steady; ship
ping. 62lkc; good to choice, 75GSOc. Wool.
quiet and Arm; domestic fleece, 16M23c;
pulled, 1sG3ic; Texas, 7912c. Beef, quiet
but firm; family, 50. 50d10 so; extra mess.
81. 5048,00; beef hams, strong at $3.50;
tierced beef, strong and wanted; city ex-
ira India mess, $1300@14.00. Cut meats,
quiet and easy; picked bellies &c; shout
ders, SIC; hams, SIC. Lard, quiet and
lower; western steam, 4.05c; city, 39sc;
December, 4.05c nominal; refined, dull;
continent, 4.45c; South American, 4.75c;
compound. 4ssa411c. Pork, quiet and weak;
new mess, s.. 250S.75. Butter, choice, firm
and tending higher; state dairy, 1@1Oc;
state creamery. 15@23c; Elgins, 24c. Cot
ton seed oil, dull, nominal; crude, 2ln2l1zc;
Yellow prime, 24c. Rice, firm with fair
demand; domestic, fair to extra, SAq6c;
Japan, 4AM41kc. Molasses, moderate de-
mand and firm; New Orleans open kettle.
good to choice, new, 25GI34c. Peanuts,
auiet fancy hand-picked, 3AQ4c- Coffee,
easy. f5G25 points down; December, 500
Q. Soc January 9.35n9.45c; March. $3.50
9 SOC; May, 9.4Ol9. soc; July, 945c; Septem-
Der. D 5O659 65c spot Rio. dull and steady:
No y 10lk6lOlkc. Sugar, raw. dull but
steady; fair refining, 2 15-l6c; refined, quiet
and steady. Freights to Liverpool. market
quiet; cotton, by steam, 9-64d; grain, by
steam, Id
chicago. Dec. z, noon.-Wheat, December.
TIC: corn, December, &c; pork, December,
@.75; lard, January, $SS2ia; ribs, May,
S3.971k.
"a weak to-day. but the total decline es-
tablished early in the session was partiai-
~ recovered later. The market opened
weak at a decline Of from 11s TO l9sc from
Saturday, declined Is TO SOC for May ana,
after various ups and downs, which were
agreeable to scalping operations, hnally
rested at the lowest opening price, oO9sc
for May May wheat opened from Sl4
SO9sc, sold between SluSllsc. and soc, clos
ing at sO5sc, 11kGi1ssc under Saturday. Cash
wheat was weak and iG1Hc lower.
The market for corn opened weak. and,
under the effect Of dullness and of the
depressed tone of wheat, was unable to
make much progress in the way of re-
covery. May corn opened at 26e, sold be-
tween 26lkd257sc, closing at 26M261sc. Nc
under Saturday. Cash corn was steady
and unchanged.
As lower prices were prevalent In the
other grains, oats naturally presented a
declining tendency. The trading main
tanned It's reputation for dullness. trans
actions being few and insignificant. May
oats closed NC lower than Saturday. Cash
oats were steady at Saturdays prices.
Provisions-The news from the yards
was OF weak and lower hog market.
Product opened lower on that news. but
when later advices Of fun recovery at
that place were received, provisions inn
proved correspordingly. May pork and