The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20

Wheat spot market. dun Is6Ssc higher,
with options; ungraded red. S0G97c; f. o. b.,
%Mc; options We're dull and firm at lS07s.
cent advance: No. 2 red. January, S6ssc;
March, SSssc; May. S5Stc: July, SllAc; De-
cember, S67sc Corn duh, steady; No ?, 2Slac
elevator; 29lsc afioat; ungraded, mixed,
4c; No. ?, 25l5c; options were
dull and firm at 1sc advance; December,
Sl2c; January, 2S3sc; May, 312sc. Oats,
spots quiet, steady; options duh, unchang-
ed to Is cent up; December 2OSsc; jan
uary. 22lsc; May, 21isc; spot to No. 2, 212tGG
22c; No. white, 2Sl4c; mixed western, pa
&c. Hay, quiet shipping, 55Gt57iac; good
to choice, 72laQS0c. Hides quiet. unchang-
ed Wool quiet, unchanged. Beef duh, firm
er; family, $l0O0@1050; extra mess, IS. 256I
S.15. Beef hams firm, $500; tierced beef
strong; city extra India mess, $1S. 0Odl4. 90;
cut meats firm; slow picked bellies, 4Iac;
shoulders, &c; hams, Sl4G9c Lard hrmer;
quiet; western steam, 4.l5c; city, 3.75c; De
cember, 4.l0c, nominal; refined dun, CONT
nent 4i0c: South American, 4.75c; COM
pound, 49sq4lac. Pork, firm; sales 200 bar
rels; new mess, S.25@S75. Butter fancy.
firm; state dairy. ndl9c; do creamery. 140
PIC; Elgins &c. Cotton seed oil. duh, NOM
inal; crude 19izQ20c yellow prime. DC.
Rice, firm, unchanged. Molasses frm, mod
Grated demand, unchanged. Peanuts, quiet
Coffee quiet, points up. January, 9.40c;
March, 9.40c; May, 9.40c; September, 8. 40c;
spot Rio dull, nominal; No. q Zoe Sugar,
raw dull steady; fair refining, 27sc; refined
unchanged, quiet. Freights to Liverpool
market, quiet, unchanged.
Chicago. Dec. 49, noon.-Wheat, Deem
ber 763sc Corn, December, 22iaG22Ssc.
Pork December $685.. Lard, December,
sS.72l5. Ribs. December $3.50.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE Cuban question
led to considerable short selling of wheat
yesterday and this morning, when the
crowd had gotten ste nVrifAN1puf w
in a more deliberative move, the mmi-
nence of war seemed removed, it was quite
natural that desire to get back the prop.
erty sold should receive consideration. The
covering helped prices for this grain won
derfully. Shortly before the close the
demand became less imperative and recess
sions then followed. May wheat opened
from S0hc to S0Isc, sold between SO9s9SO1sc
and 7ss4c, closing at 797sc-ssc higher than
yesterday Cash wheat was Zee higher,
closing easy.
Corn-The corn market made slight
gain in price early and lost it later, with
nobody doing any amount of trading and
with scarcely any one paying attention TO
what was going on. The firmness and
weakness both came from wheat May
corn opened at 25ssc sold between 251kT
25hc, and 253sd25l5c, closing at 25Aa25i4c
-1sc under yesterday. Cash corn was
steady and without particular change IN
price.
Oats-There was little note taken of the
oats market. Price fluctuations we're to
correspond with the feeling and action of
wheat. but there was no interest of feat
ure to the trade. May oats closed 40
per bushel lower. Cash oats were quiet
and steady.
Provisions-Five cents advance In hog
prices seemed to have a stimulating ef-
feet on the tone of product. Slight inn
provement all around was noted early.
and the gains were held to the close. May
pork closed sc higher, May lard PIC higher
and May ribs a shade higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing