The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-20
GRAIN. PROVIsIONs. ETC.

New York, May 19-Flour, dun and
easy and unchanged; southern -four quiet
firmer; options opened weak and declined
AQ1sc, rallied so Zee, closed firm al Ac
over yesterday; No. red, May. 6S&c;
June, 6S3sc; July 6Sl4c September, Csc;
December 693lc. Corn, spot, dun and firm;
No. ?, 3514c elevator; 36Ac afioat; options,
dull and firm at partly lsc advance; May,
35Ac; July 3534c; September, $3.50. Oats,
spot, fairly active; options, duh and firm
er; May. 24hc: July, 2f4c; spot No ?, 24hc;
No. 2 white, 2594c; mixed western. 25026c.
Hay, light receipts, easy and unchanged.
Wool, quiet and unchanged. Beef dun
beef hams, quiet at $1450U15.O0: t.erced
beef, inactive; city extra india mess. Sl3.0O
CISCO. Cut meats, slow, weak and un-
changed. Lard, quiet; western steam,
4.85c; city, 4.25c; May, 4S5c; refined slow;
continent, 5;l5c; South American. 5.50ci
compound, 4sQ4l2c. Pork, dull easy and
unchanged. Butter, weak; state dairy,
8015c; state. creamery, l115c; western
dairy, 7allc; western creamery, 11G151kc;
Elgins, 15N15lac. Cotton seed oil, dull,
easy; crude, gle; yellow prime, Csc asked
yellow off grade 25c asked. Molasses,
fair demand firm and unchanged. Pea
nuts, unchanged. Coffee, firm, 10 points
up to 3 points down; May. 1290M129 So;
June, 12.5Oq1260c; July 12c; August, 1L50
oil Oc; September, 1l.00a1ll 10c; October,
10.20c; spot Rio, firm, quiet; No. Z, 1880
14i4c. Sugar. raw, easier fair refining.
quiet and unchanged. Freights, market
firm and unchanged
Chicago May 10, noon.-The market OPP
ened for wheat. July, 61h@613s; corn, July,
29iSc; pork, July, $65; lard, July, $4,000
4621z; ribs, July A.W12
Chicago. May 19.-Yesterday's closing
weakness in wheat was carried into this
mornings trade in that grain, further
selling out by longs and more driving by
short sellers depressing prices about half
a cent further. But the close, however,
there was a reversal IN feeling, and shorts
were good buyers, displaying more or less
anxiety in the operation. The recovered
strength was due to reported export bus
mess at the seaboard. July wheat open
6O34c and 615sc and 6l54c, closing at 615sc-
2sGHc higher than yesterday. Cash wheat
was firm to nc higher.
Corn displayed the same Indifference
of action which has characterized it for
so long 1t moved slowly and with ref
erence to only what was taking place in
wheat. Early it was weak, and later firm
err Local scalpers and private holders
were the only operators, and their tran
sactiOns were on an extremely limited
scale. July corn opened at 293sd291Ac, sold
between 293sc and 299sc, closing a 29{ad
295kc-a shade higher than yesterday Cash
corn sold at steady prices The demand
was not urgent, but all offerings were read
lily taken.
Oats-No incident or feature aside from
the every day routine developed in oats
The trade was not marked by any unus-
ual activity, the transactions of the day
being of minor importance. July oats
closed unchanged from yesterday. Cash
oats were firm.
Provisions-The action in provisions was
listless and prices were almost stationary
during their part of the session. The hog
market was unchanged and its failure to
huctuate tended to steady provisions
Pork advanced with wheat late in the day
but the arcticles scarcely moved. july
pork closed nc higher than yesterday;
lard and ribs, 21aQ5c lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.