The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-18
GRAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Feb. 17.-Flour, dull. steady:
winter wheat, low grades, S2.5GQ3.00; do
AS; Minnesota clear. S2.7OdS.sO; patents,
SS-S5u4.4O; low extras, S250Q3.O0: southern
flour, dull, steady; common TO fair extra,
fair. 2-4eqS0O; good to choice. S.o0aS.SO;
elevator, 1s1ga7sS4c; afioat. size; options
were dull and weak. at l20Sic de-
7ssc: June-July. 71ssc. Corn, dull. irm;
No. ?. 36iac. elevator; SHE afiOat; options
were dull and steady, at sc decline. Feb
ruary, $3.50; May, 36i4c; July, 37i4c. oats,
steady, quiet; options, dull, unchanged,
steady; February March, 25iac; May, 255sc;
spot prices; No. ,. 25i2c; No white. 26tac;
&c. Hay, moderate demand, steady; ship
ping, 7Od75c; good to choice, 9oC0Sl.0O.
Wool, firm; domestic fleece. 16M22c; pulled,
l5qSSc. Beef. duh, steady: family, $1,000
1900; extra mess, S7.5OdS00; beef hams,
dull. $3.50; tierced beef, quiet. firm; India
mess, Sl5O0Ql600; cut, quiet. easy; picked
bellies, 5l4c; shoulders, 4l2Q4Ac; hams, Sl29
SIC. Lard, quiet, lower; western steam,
5.l2l2c; city, 5l0c: May, 5.S7isc; refined,
quiet; continent. &C; steam, 6.25c; COM
pound 4Ac. Pork, quiet, Steady; mess,
lO.5OQlO.75c Butter, choice, firm, fair de-
mand; state dairy, 90l7c; do creamery, l3gt
l6l2c; western dairy, 100l3c; Elgins, lSc.
Cotton seed oil, dull, steady; crude, pc;
yellow prime, 26G26izc; do off grades, 25l2Ia
26c. Rice, firm; fair demand; domestic fair
TO extra, 3d524c; Japan, 32lQt4. Molasses,
firm; New Orleans open kettle, good to
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hand-picked 47s05c. Coffee, firm, l0dSO
points down March, 12.50d1265c; April,
Y. 25c; May 11.95ql2 l0c; June, n.SOc; July,
1l.5Oc; September. lO.40I11.00c; December,
1070G10S0; spot Rio. dull, steady No. Z,
l34c Sugar raw firm, dull; fair refining,
3Ssc bid refined, fairly active, tirmer; No.
crushed. 5ssc; granulated. &c. Freights to
Liverpool, quiet weak; cotton, $500; grain
Chicago. Feb. H. noon-The market
nnpnpd " EpbTII-
airy, 2Sisc; pork, May, 995c; lard, May,
$5.55d5.57l9; ribs. May, S5.1719d5.2O.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE main point in
the wheat bulls favor at the opening this
morning was the action of the Liverpool
market, which, instead of declining in
recognition of the break of Saturday on
this side advanced Ad, and was reported
steady. Although the belief that there is
some juggling in the English market is
quite generally expressed, still, the habit
of sympathizing in the weakness or
strength of foreign values has not alto
gether been abandoned, and prices here
at the start advanced sc to sc over Sat
another consideration that tended to en-
courage holders but most everything else
in the way of news was clearly not to the
advantage of prices. The visible supply
was a great surprise. Statisticians
thought a decrease of 600 bushels would
be right, and many people expected
falling Off of about 1,5O0, 200 bushels. The
final returns gave a decrease of only
1873, 600. May wheat opened firm at 66d66Ac,
declined to 691sc, closing at 609sc DID, 1sdt4c
under yesterday; cash wheat was steady.
COrn-Moderate fluctuations which
were in line with the direction of wheat,
took place in corn. Neither buyers nor
sellers could claim any advantage at the
close, prices resting about where they
were at the end of Saturdays session.
Trading was light and presented no fea-
ture of interest. May corn opened from
3O34c to 301kc declined to 80, closing at
9Ojsc, unchanged from Saturday. Cash
corn was easier.
Oats were dull and exhibited fair
condition of steadiness. The strength or
weakness of the market tended to harden
or soften the tone, as the case might be,
but trading was too narrow to have any
radical effect on prices. May oats closed
unchanged from Saturday. Cash oats
were steady.
Provisions were steady. Hogs arrived
in Unexpectedly large numbers at the
yards this morning, and prices were quo
ted 5fIdOc lower. The result was that pro-
visions opened weak and lower, and af-
ter holding steady for a time, again de-
clined. Before the closing the covering
of previous shorts was effective in bring
ing about fair rally. May pork closed
cents lower than Saturday. May lard
a shade lower and May ribs unchanged.
Domestic markets were quiet and easy.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.