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

GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York, Dec. 11.-Flour dull, weak and
unchanged; southern flour dull, easy and
unchanged. Wheat duh and firmer; I'M
graded red, S0@9Sc; No / northern, $3.50
SSAc; options opened firm and advanced
1AQ1Ssc, declined ssG7sc, closing weak at
tsQtsc over yesterday; No. red January,
S69sc; March, S77sc; May, S53sc; july S0Ac.
Corn dull and firm; No 2, 29c elevator; SOC
ahoat; ungraded mixed, 29c; No. s. 2514c;
options were dull and steady at unchanged
prices; December, csc; January, 29lsc; May,
Sltsc. Oats dull and steady; options steady
ana quiet; December, 22i&c; February,
zSssc; May, 243sc; spot No. 2, 22s4c; No. 2
white, 2SAc; mixed western, 22d24c. Hay
quiet; shipping, -62662l5c; good to choice,
T5uSOc. Wool quiet, firm and unchanged.
Beel firm and in moderate demand; fam
lily, S9.50q$l0.O0 Beef hams strong at
$l7. 50qlS.O0. Tierced beef strong and scarce;
city extra India mess, $1S.0O6D14.OO Cut
meats quiet and firm; picked bellies, sc;
shoulders, 3%Q4c;, hams S@S24c. Lard dull
and carrier; western steam, 415c; city, 35s
q3Ac1 December, Aloe nominal; refined
dull; continent, 4.40c South America, 5.75c;
compound, 4ss44l9c. Pork quiet and steady;
new mess, $S.25qS.75. Butter quiet and
easy; state dairy, 11420c; do creamery, Is
Q23c; Elgins, 24c. Cotton seed oil dull and
weak; crude 201Ac; yellow prime, 2S6231kc.
Potatoes quiet; sweets, $1.00G2,00. Rice firm,
in fair demand and unchanged. Molasse
firm, in moderate demand and unchanged
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 4c. Cof-
fee quite, 1000 points up; March 9.3OQ9. 40c
May, 9.4Oq9.45c; July, 9.50c; September
950c; spot Rio steady and dull; No. 7
lOc. Sugar raw, dull and barely steady;
fair refining csc; oentrifugals SO test 3Ac;
refined, quiet and unchanged. Freights
to Liverpool market quiet and weak; cot
ton by steam, 9-64d; grain by steam, 31ad
Chicago, Dec. IL, noon.-Wheat, Decem-
Der, 1914. Corn. December, 227sc. Pork,
January, $3.50. Lard, December, So. 72lz
Ribs, January, $3.50.
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec 1.-THE government
report was more bearish than trade in
| wheat anticipated, and yet in the face of
| that, the market advanced and closed
with over cent appreciation. 1t was sim
ply case of too much bear unanimity
| during the past week. The professional
| talent took time by the forelock and sold
in advance of the reports issuance. Then
when the document became public prop
| erty, the wise ones covered. May wheat
opened from 7S7sc to 1850, advanced to
! SOAc, closing a 1874 ass c-1B@114c higher
| than yesterday. Cash wheat was firm and
| 112c per bushel higher.
Corn-The wheat market was possessed
of enough bull enthusiasm to supply any
thing lacking in the other grains, Sym
| in corn, but the business was away be-
| low par. The same dull, slow, monoto-
nous trade which has become a part and
parcel of this grain, prevailed. May corn
| opened from 2524c to 257sc, advanced to &c,
closing at 257sq26c-1sc higher than yes
terday. Cash corn was quiet and steady.
Oats-The oats market presented but a
| dull appearance. The tone of prices was
! with reference to the feeling in wheat
! that being mostly firm May oats closed
a shade higher than yesterday. Cash
oats were steady to Ac per bushel higher.
Provisions-Product trading was of no
| interest or volume. 1t was confined ex-
| clusively to packers, with no contingent
| activity The strength of the grain mar
| kets contributed to a steady tone early.
| The hog market was weak and slightly
lower, the effect of which was eventually
noticeable in provisions. May pork closed
15c lower; May lard and ribs each 714Q10c
| lower.
| Hides-A steady market was quotable in
hides, with no change in quotations. Sales
| of natives were said to have been made at
| SIC, but prices were quoted as follows:
Natives, heavy, SC; light, Sc; native cows,
heavy, sac; light, sac; butt brands,
| heavy, 74d75c; light, 614@61sc.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Onening Highest, Lowest. Closing.