The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
GRA1N. PROVISIONS. ErC.

New York, Feb. 6.-Flour quiet: firm:
unchanged; southern -four unchanged;
firm. Wheat, spot market dull; hrmer;
No. 2 red store and elevator. Sl1A@SlAc;
afioat, S3@S314c; options were dull and ir-
regular, closing firm, at 2sql5c advance;
May, 1890; June and july. 7SMc Corn
spots firmer; No. 2, S69sqS63ic, elevator,
S7&c, afloat; steamer mixed, S5Nc; OPP
vance; February, SIC; May, s65sc; July,
Sl1sc. Oats, spots dun; firm; No. 2 25Ac;
NO 2 white, 26Ac; mixed western, 231RW
26c options firmer; dull; February, 25hc;
March. 25lSc; May. 252lc; No. 2 white.
FEBRUARY, 26Ac. Wool, fair demand; firm;
unchanged, Beef dun; steady; unchanged.
Beef hams quiet; $3.50; tierced beef quiet;
steady; city extra India mess, Sl5.00Ml6.00.
Cut meats easy; slow; picked bellies, sac;
sist Z 81; 1906 bans Slhqs7e, Lar5i
$5.35; May closed at s6.07, nominal; re-
fined dull; continent $515; South Ameri-
can $40; compound, 4Aq5c. Pork firm;
firmeri state dairy. ea1sc; western cream
cry, lSdl9c; do held, l2416c; Elgins, 19c.
Cotton seed oil quiet; crude, 23G25kc: vel
low low prime, 271ac; do off grades, 261aq77c.
Rice, fair demand; firm; Unchanged. Mo-
lasses firm; fairly active; unchanged
Coffee quiet; unchanged to 10 points down;
teDruary, 12.2Oc; March, 1215G12 25c; APP
I'll, l.SOnl1.95c May, u.60d11. Toe; Septefn-
Der, 1065q10. soc; December, 1O5OGiO 55c; :
spot Rio dull; steady; No. L 1Sc. sugar,
raw raw, nrm; quiet; fair refining, 3l5c; re-
hned quiet; unchanged. Freights to Liver
pool quiet; cotton by steam, I'D asked I:
grain by steam, 2&d
Chicago, Feb g. noon. The market
opened for wheat, May, 671s; corn, Nav
zoe; pork May, $l0.55; lard, May, S5.77la;
ribs May, IS. 40 -
Chicago Feb 6.-The recent cratic nc
ton of the wheat market has had the
effect of limiting the number of outside
ORDERS. to-day's trade being principally
local scalping, with changing fortune to
the operators. Yesterday afternoons
curb was excited and higher. the expla-
HF ro being found in q private cable
pean countries now depended entirely on
America for their supplies, other EXPORT
ing nations haying no wheat available
Tor Shipment. The strength which devel-
oped, was carried over to the regular
market this morning, but the advance
made was not maintained another Dri-
Vate cable stating that Russia and Ar
gentina We're Offering more freely. being
received. For an hour after the start
there was a fair degree of activity. but
after that the market drifted into dnlIS
ness with prices holding fairly steady.
Fhe Cincinnati Price Current reported a
favorable week for the crops, but stated
that interior marketing was restricted
owing to bad roads May wheat opened
from from 67B to CSC, sold between 6s1sc and
yesterday Cash wheat was steady.
Corn-Without varying much in price,
corn presented quite creditable appear
dnce OF strength. Even when wheat was
in a condition of weakness with prices
meltlng away, corn maintained its posi-
tlon without, however, at any time, ex-
nnlpltlng marked inclination to advance.
The frmness was due to the late storm
and impossible roads. May corn opened
at 3O7sc, sold between 305sG13Os4c. and
50A13O12c, closing at 301z6301sc-Ac higher
than yesterday. Cash corn was firm and
Ac higher
Oats were steady. the strength of corn
affording the sustaining quality. Trade
was light and the range Of prices narrow.
May oats closed NC higher than yester-
Day Cash oats were nc per bushel
Provisions-A higher hog market i'm
bues product traders with courage and
prices advanced moderately on the buy
ing. The gain was sustained Afterwards
with business dun and unimporfant. Al
the close May pork was 10c higher than
yesterday; May lard a shade higher and
May ribs sac higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing-