The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-31
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Oct. 30.-Flour was quiet and
steady and unchanged; southern flour,
quiet and unchanged. Wheat spot mar
ket moderately active and firm; ungraded
red. 72qS5c; No. l northern, S1G81Ac; op-
tions weak and declined 15qEc, rallied "a
closed steady at %11c over yesterday;
Ne. red October, 7SQ7S1sc; November,
7S1sc; December, 1870; May, S27sc. Corn,
spits, dull, but firm; No. 2, 3015c elevator;
311hc afioat; options were dull and firm at
unchanged prices to &c advance; Octo-
Der, 3O1ac; December, 311ac; May, 3415c.
oats, spots were quiet and firm; options
were firmer; October 222sc; December,
2S2sc; May, 261sc; spot No. 2, 2219c; No.
white, 25c mixed western, 226Ac. Hay,
quiet and steady; good to choice, 75@
size. Beef was quiet and steady; family,
S8506950; extra mess, $6.00d700; beef
hams, firm and quiet at $l5.50d16.0O; tierced
beef, quiet and firm; city extra India
mess, $10.25110.50. Cut meats, quiet and
steady; picked bellies SIC; shoulders, "A
97c; hams, 9G91sc. Lard, easy and quiet;
western steam, 460c; city, 4.S5c; October,
455c; refined, dull; continent, sc; South
American, 5,S5c; compound, 49sq45sc. Pork,
quiet and steady; new mess, $S.5OQ9.OO.
Butter, dull and tame; state dairy, Ito
18c state creamery, 121sQ20c; western
dairy, Sql21ac; Elgins, zoe. Cotton seed
oil, dull, nominal; crude, &c; yellow
prime, PC. Rice, firm, good demand and
unchanged. Molasses, unchanged. Pea
nuts, quiet; fancy hand-picked SIC. Cof-
fee, steady and unchanged to 5 points
down; October, 1020c; December, 10O5c;
January, 10.O0d10.05c; March, 10.00q1005c;
May, 1O00610O5c; July, 10.10c; spot Rio,
dull but steady; No. z, 107sc. Sugar, raw,
firm, fairly active; fair refining, 27sc, fair
ly active; refined, unchanged. Freights to
Liverpool, quiet; cotton, by steam, S-16d;
grain, SID.
Chicago, oct. sO.-The market opened
for wheat; October, 701kc: December 72Q
72%c. Corn, October, 2S94c. Pork, jan
uary, 81. S21h. Lard, December, $4.20. Ribs,
Chicago, ILL., Oct. SO.-There was no
cause for satisfaction to the bears in
the action of wheat to-day Although
the opening was lower. the tone, even then
was firm, and 1t took but a moment to
recover the losses. Holders had clear
sailing from that time until the close.
Occasional sharp reactions took place,
but they were the result Of realizing
and not by any means due to a wavering
in the bull sentiment. No regard was
paid to news unless II favored high
prices, and even information OF that sort
was given little consideration. The trad
ing was not broad, but It was effective
in placing values on a higher plane. The
last five minutes of the session were
very active, prices rising about nc from
a reaction OF ! cent during that period
December wheat opened from nlsW7l1sc
advanced to 7slkc, closing at 727sd7gc,
1lsc higher than yesterday. Cash wheat
was 1Q1hc higher.
Corn did not depart from Its slow
and monotonous course, dropping lower
when wheat eased and advancing eau
tiously at the stronger periods. The
business was void Of interest or attrac-
tiveness, local operators doing the bulk
OF the trading. May corn opened from
2sA to 9sc, advanced to 2sssc, closing at
2Sikc A4ssc higher than yesterday. Cash
corn was AG1sc higher.
Oats dragged through the session with
out developing much in the way Of BUSH
ness, and nothing in the way OF news.
The tone was taken from the wheat mar
ket. May oats closed unchanged from
yesterday. Cash oats were strong to &c
higher for good qualities, but merely
steady for the other sorts.
The provision pit was without the
semblance of life or activity during most
OF the session At best, the business was