The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-22

active; weaker with options: ungradei
red HaS6c; No. /. northern. S5Ikc; options
were active, closed weak at 3hc decline
NO : red, January, S39sc March, S5ssc;
May, S5Bc; October, 1850: November.
SUISSE December, S2lsc. Corn more active,
put weaker; No. ?, 30l4@3lc. elevator; 3l@
5lAc, adoat; options were more active. bu.
weak at 1900 decline; October, 295sc;
december, Bic; January, 3lhc; May. S3c.
oats were dull and steady: options mod
erately active and weaker; October-D De-
cember, 23lac March, 25c; May PC; No. ?.
whlte, 26c' mixed western, 2lG25c Hay
hrm' spring, 55Gp60c; good to choice, TIA
9Vc. WOOL moderately active and I'M
changed. Beef quiet, family, $3.50. Tierced
beef quiet; firm: extra India mess. Sl0O0d
lI.oO. Cut meats steady: picked bellies,
oAc, shoulders, 4c; hams, 9l6c Lard
weak; western steam, $3.50; city. $40; Oc-
toner %65, nominal; refined weak con-
unent' A95Q5.30 compound. 45s64zkc.
PORK STEADY; new mess, $S.50q9 25. Butter
hrm; fairly active; state dairy 1l6I1Sc; do
creamery, l212Q20c western dairy. Sale
Elglns' zoe. Eggs firm. Cotton seed oil
quiet; crude, 2Sl2Q24c; yellow prime. 27@
2i2c. Rice firm; fair demand: UNCHANGED
Molasses firm; moderate demand; un-
changed. Peanuts steady Coffee steady;
November, 9.6Oc; December. 9.45d9 55c
March 945Q9.5Oc; May, 9.1Ja9. soc; July,
"."NNt sPot lNio Qulets easy NO. Z, 10Y &c.
sugar raw quiet; firm; centrifugals, &C.
test, &c bid refined firm; quiet; unchanged.
Frelghts to Liverpool firm; cotton, lied;
grain, sd for December.
Chicago, Oct. q, Noon.-The market
opened for wheat, October 7S%c; corn,
December. 24Aq24lsc; pork. December,
6.912QI00; lard, December S420. ribs'
January. $S.s7ihG39O bid.
Chicago. ILL.,. Oct. 21.-There was gloom
in the bull camp to-day, wheat losing
S1sc for the day. Lack of support from
shorts was apparent. Had there been an
interest open on that side there would
have been a better demand and probably
less disastrous conclusions. The tea bles
from Liverpool were not the sort that en-
thuse, and yesterdays weakness at San
Francisco but emphasized the growing
weakness. Longs sold freely all day, and
towards the close the pressure of offerings
became tremendous. Pyramids went over.
board and the big professionals Wed with
each other in their efforts to secure profits
before they entirely disappeared. Wher
Bradstreets report of 6,0O0,000 bushels in
crease in the worlds stock was issued
there was temporary indecision, followed
by panicky selling and. in the final mo
ments, prices cut little figure, the mar
object being to get sales. Liverpool quot
ed u to I'd decline and continental mar
kets were irregular, with no excitement
reported. December wheat opened from
7794 to TIC, declined to 75hc closing a.
75Ac, with the loss above noted Cast
wheat was weak and Sc per bushel lower
Corn--The weak position of corn was
demonstrated by the rapidity with which
! prices dropped when deprived of the sup
porting power of wheat. Local specula
tors, who had bought on the assumption
that values were certain to rise by tho
assistance obtained from the leading mar
ket, were sellers on to-day's break May
corn opened at 2Sa4c, declined to 27hc
where it closed. 12sc under yesterday Cast
corn was weak, and cent per bushe
| lower.
Oats-Like corn, having ascendet
through sympathy, were naturally affect
ed unfavorably by the general weakness
existing in other parts of the room. May
oats closed "a of a cent under yesterday
The weakness of futures extended to thu
sample market, where prices were off 15Q
q of a cent.
Provisions-At the opening this marke
was fairly steady, a partly firm hog mar
ket at the yards tending to steady things
but the slump In wheat soon carried un
easiness into the pit. and prices declined
on moderate selling. January pork CLOSED
121kc lower; January lard, 1zhc lower an(
January ribs, 7izd1Oc lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing