The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-17
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, March 16.-Flour dull easy;
| winter wheat, low grades, S2.25d2.S5; do
| fair to fancy, $265d3.90; do patents, s.. 800
AZ; Minnesota clear, s2.7OdS.2O; patents,
| $3.35d420; low extras, s.. 25G2.s5; southern
| flour dull, easy; common to fair extra,
! &.40G300; good to choice do $300I3. so.
Wheat, spot market, dun, %Iic lower.
with options closing firm; No. ?, red
! store and elevator. 7SAG7Sl5c afioat,
closed weak at &c decline: March, 1Isc;
! May, 692sc; June, 69c; July, 6S7kc Corn,
| spots, dull, scarce firm No. 2, 3S5sc ele-
| vator; 1850 afioat; options were dun and
| steady, unchanged to nc decline, without
futures; March, 3Sc; May S53sc; July,
3512c. oats, spots, quiet, easier; options
No. ?, 25d25hc; No. 2, white. &c; mixed
western, 25Q26c. Hay quiet, easy; ship
| ping, 756G77l5c; good to choice, SEGA 81. 90.
Wool moderate demand, firm; domestic
fleece, 16m22c: pulled, i5q83c. Beef quiet.
steady; family, $l0O0Q1200; extra mess,
&;5008.00. Beef hams dull $l4.50a1 1900.
| Tierced beef inactive; city extra India
mess. $15O0G16.5O. Cut meats quiet, firm;
picked bellies, &c; shoulders, 4l2G4%c;
hams. s1sd9c. Lard duh, weak; western
quiet; continent SOC: South America 6.15c:
compound, 4ssd4Bc Pork quiet steady;
mess, S10.00Gli0.5O. Butter moderate de-
creamery held 1SQ1Sc; western dairy, l0u
15c; do creamery, 12u22e. Cotton seed oil
dun, easy; crude, 2lc; yellow prime, 2533Q
25asc; do off grade, 25l4G251sc. Rice, mod
ira, 3Q5ssc: Japan. 394Q4c. Molasses firm;
moderately active; New Orleans open
kettle, good to choice, 27037c. Peanuts
quiet; fancy handpicked 44Q5e. Coffee
steady, five points up to five points down;
March, 13.l0c; May; ,l250a,i2.55c; June,
lie; December. 1O.75Q1O.SO; spot Rio quiet,
steady; No7, l3AQ137sc. Sugar. raw, fair
~ active, firm; fair refining, S34c bid; CEN
fairly active; No. 6, &c; No. Z, 45sc; off A
4 9-16d4 13-16c; standard A, 5lsc; cut loaf
and crushed, sac, powdered, 5ssc; grant
lated, 51sc. Freights to Liverpool quiet
and steady; cotton by steam 3-32d; grain,
Chicago, Ill, March 1.-the market
opened for wheat, May 621sc; corn, May
IS. 4Oa5. 42la; ribs, May, S. 20Ql5.22l5.
Chicago, March 16.-The bears achieved
another signal victory in wheat to-day
the least improvement in values and there
was nothing cheering in the statistical
situation. Long wheat came out at every
fractional decline, the increasing lack Of
courage and confidence among holders be-
ing plain to be seen. There was a rally
from inside figures before the expiration
of the session, but il was merely the re-
suit of profit securing by shorts II was
thought that considerable wheat was sold
for the account OF prominent 81 Paul
capitalists, who had made an assignment,
but the probability was that the line was
not an extraordinary one. May wheat
opened from 627sq6 252c,, declined TO- GAG
/ e.
day Cash wheat was easy and quarter
of a cent lower
Corn was lower, but there was a steady
undertone to the market. The loss in price
naturally represented the amount of sym
patty existing between this grain and
wheat. The steady feeling which was
noted was partly due to firmer Liverpool
market. where an advance Of I'D was re-
ported, and partly to a decrease in the
amount of corn on ocean passage, 1,6SO.0O0,
bushels May corn opened at 29Ac, de-
cIined to 29lhc closing at 291z6l295s c-1sdAc
under Saturday. Cash corn was easy and
nc per bushel lower
Oats-A decline took place in oats. The
weakness of wheat communicating itself
to this market. At the start there was a
short period of steadiness, but it eventu-
ally disappeared. May oats closed &c I'M
der Saturday Cash oats were weak and
M61kc per bushel lower.
TroVisions-A weak and lower hog mar
ket necessarily found reflection in product
and Influenced a decline. No assistance
was to be derived from grain, and the
early loss established prevailed to the
close. which was 712c lower for May pork
Sc lower for NJ lard and 507lkc lower for
May ribs. Doalestic markets were quiet
and steady.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.