The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-06
GRAN. Provisions, ETC.

New York, Aug. 5.-Flour quiet, un-
changed; southern flour, common to fair,
81, 0OSS2 go; good 10 choice, 81. 606290. Wheat
dull steady, &c lower; No. 2, red free
on board, 68hc options We're moderately
active and steady at Ac decline. August
63Jkc; September, 64c: October, 64Ac; De-
cember. sec. Corn quiet, firm; No. 2. BIC,
elevators; 32Hc ahoat; options were dull
and firm at unchanged prices, TO l4c adj
vance, without special features; August,
307Ac; September 31hc; October, ,3lAc.
oats dull, firmer; options easier; August,
pc; September, 22l5c; October, 2212c, spot,
No. 2 231sc; No. 2, white, 26lac; mixed,
western, 2362412c. Hay quiet. steady; ship
ping, 62l9d65c; good to choice, yOc9Sl,oo
Wool dull, steady; domestic fleece, 16a22c;
pulled, 15GS3c; Texas, 7nl2c. Beef steady
quiet; family, $S.O0d9.00; extra mess, SAFE.
Beef hams quiet, $l4.5Odl LOO; tlerced beer
steady: city, extra Indie mess, Sll.GOn lZ.VJ.
Cut meats quiet steady; picked bellies,
434c; shoulders, 415G49Ic; picked hams,
9610c Lard firmer, quiet; western steam,
36215c; September closed Bloc; refined
firmer; continent, 4.15c; south American,
475c; compound. 37sa4lsc. Pork quiet,
firmer; old mess, $800Gs.50; new mess,
$8.7569.O0. Butter steady; state dairy, l0@
14Ac; do creamery, L12nl5c; western
dairy 9d12c; creamery, ll12al5c' Elglns,
10000; yellow 221zq23c, Rice duh,
steady; domestic, 3d324c; Japan,
464hc Molasses quiet steady:
New Orleans, open kettle, good to choice,
ed, 4d41kc Coffee steady, 5000 points up.
August, 10 5Od10.55 October, 9.75m9. SOC
December, 60c; Marcn, 9.3Oc; May,
9S5e; spot Rio duh, steady; No. Z, l112c.
Sugar, raw, firm, fairly active; fair re-
filming, 1-13c; refined 1sc higher; quiet;
off A, 4 7-16G45sc; cut loaf and crushed,
size Freights to Liverpool, market quiet,
firm, unchanged.
Chicago, Aug. 5, noon.-The market OPP
ened for wheat, September, 5S1zc; Deem
Der. 60s4 q607sc; corn, September, 25bQ
25Ac; December, 26c; oats, August, HAc
asked; September, 1Ssc pork, September,
$3.50; January, T.35; lard, september, $3.50;
January, S3S21z; ribs, September, S357h;
Chicago, Aug. 5.-The wheat market
presented very little of an interesting
character to-day. and with the exeeu.
tio1 of opening orders the sembance Of
activity disappeared. The indifference Of
the outside was to blame for the list
lessness which prevailed. opening prices
were firm and higher, as hgnt advance,
small receipts in the northwest and the
buoyant pork market, each contributing
to the Improvement. When pork col
lapsed wheat lost all its strength, de-
Ginning below yesterdays closing, and
dragging through the remainder Of the
session with very slight variation in
price September wheat opened from
5S34c to 587sc, sold between 5S5s95S5sc, clos
ing at 5S9se, A03sc under Yesterday. Cash
wheat was steady, at yesterdays figures.
Corn depended largely for its motive
on what was doing in the other parts
of the room. The heat had depressing
effect on traders, who, for that reason.
displayed a lack of energy and an in
clination to neglect the market. Reports
Of hot winds in the corn producing states
causes some anxiety for the safety of
the crop and communicated some stead.
ness to prices to-day. September corn
opened from 25ha25asc, sold between
253t 025e, closing at 25ssc, nc higher than
Yesterday. Cash corn ruled steady, with
no particular change in prices.
Business in oats was principally of a
local character, shorts being good buy
ing their support at the first indica-
tion Of weakness. The tone Of wheat