The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-19
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, March 18-FIour unchanged,
steady and quiet; southern flour unchang-
ed, steady and quiet; wheat, spot, dull
and firm; No. 2 red store and elevator,
79Ac; afoat S0%c; options were fairly
active and irregular, closing firm, AQ3sc
advance; May, 7014c; June, 693sc; July,
6g55c: September. 69l5c Corn, spot, dull
and steady; No. 2, 3115c elevator; 3Sl2c
afloat; options were dull, firm and un-
feature; March, S7lkc; May, S5a4c; July.
369sc Oats, spots, dun and firmer; options
quiet and firmer; March and May, Csc;
spot. No. 2 5A az S;Se NO = white; Mei
unchanged Wool firm, moderate demand
and unchanged Beef dull and unchang-
ed beef hams dull and inactive, Sl450G
1900. Tierced beef dull; city extra India
mess, $l5.00q165O; cut meats unchanged.
Lard dull and weak; western steam, 5.o5c (;
city. SC; refined quiet and weak; cont
45sd47sc. Pork quiet and steady; mess,
$i000Gl05O. Butter, fair demand. steady
and unchanged. Cotton seed oil dull.
Barley steady and unchanged. Rice firm
and unchanged. Molasses, moderate de-
mand, firm and unchanged. Peanuts
quiet; fancy hand-picked, 4A45c. Coffee
steady; unchanged to 10 points up; spot
Rio dull and steady; No z, 1890. sugar,
raw, firm and quiet: fair refining, 6Ac
bid; centrifugals, 50 test, 4 S-l6c pld; re-
fined fairly active. firm and unchanged.
Fteights to Liverpool quiet and unchang-
Chicago. March IS, noon;1The market
May, 2934@29bc; pork, May, $S.5I1s' laru'
May, $5.3715; ribs, May, $5.l219.
Chicago, March 1S.-The wheat scalper
had an ideal market to-day, the ups ana
downs of prices afforded him abundant
opportunity for operating and, II ne
caught the market right, materially en-
larging account. The value OF May wheat
was at one time within shade or DelnS
1c over the final prices Of yesterday, ana
more than &c above the lowest quotations
recorded on the recent decline. There was
no particular reason for the advance otn-
err than the buying by shorts and, IN
than otherwise. Reported financial troC-
bles at Philadelphia We're cited as an ex-
cuse for the closing weakness of the mar
ket prices at that time declining from
the outside to almost yesterdays final
figures. May wheat opened from 63n636c,
sold between 627sc and 64c, closing at 633s
63Ac-1sc higher than yesterday. Cash
wheat was firm and &c higher.
Corn-The amount of trade in corn was
not extensive enough to cause wide flucJ-
uations, but what changes there were
were mostly in the way OF Improvement.
q steady to firm tone prevailing most OF
the session. May corn opened at 29Ac,
sold between &5sQ29Ac and 297sc, clos
ing at 29s4 c-unchanged from yesterday.
|. Cash corn was firm TO Ac higher.
Oats-Whilst the action and movement
of oats were slow the feeling was, how
ever, firm. The influence was derived
from the leading grains. May oats clos
ed unchanged from yesterday Cash oats
were firm to &c higher.
Provisions-Telegrams from the yards
quoted hogs weak and sc lower, under a
heavy run this morning. The attitude
ent adverse to prices and that serves to
intimidate smaller traders. At the close
May pork was 15c lower, May lard 2lk6I5c
lower and May ribs l0M121kc lower. Do
nestle markets were quiet and steady
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing,