The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-03
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, April Flour unchanged,
quiet, steady; southern -four unchanged,
quiet. Wheat spot moderativey active,
firm; No. red store and elevator, 79lac;
ahoat Sic: options were duh and unset
/ tied, advancing 1zMssc, declining 1adssc,
! closing nrm and unchanged, to &c adj
vance; No. 2 red, April, 7O2sc; May, zoe;
June, Zoe; July, zoe; August 697sc; Sep
TENDER, zoe: December, 721721sc. Corn,
spots dull, firm; No. 2. 37a4c, elevator; 3S15c
ahoat; options were dull and firm at I'M
changed prices to &c advance April, 36c
May, 353sc; June 36c; July, 36lAc. oats, spot
was moderately active, firm; options dull,
No. 2 white, 26c; No. 2 choice, 253aGI26c; No.
| 3. 23%c; mixed western, 25G26c white west
ern, 25d28c. Hay, prime, firm; shipping, So
M72l2c good TO choice. 95cM$l00. Wool
moderate demand, firm. Beef, quiet, steady
unchanged. Beef hams, dull, Sl4.50dl5.00;
tierced beef dull: city extra India mess,
$3.50; cut meats quiet and steady, I'M
changed. Lard, quiet. lower; western
steam, 5.30c hid; 535c asked; city. $500
I 495: May, 5.35c; refined, dull; continent,
5G5c; South American. &C., compound, 49sGI
&c. Pork, quiet and steady; mess, IS 75U
$50 Cotton seed oil dull, steady; crude,
2ll2c bid yellow prime, 6c; yellow off
grade, 2912c. Petroleum. quiet, unchanged.
Molasses, fair demand, firm unchanged.
Peanuts, quiet. unchanged Coffee, mac
tive, to 10 points down; April, l2.90c; May,
12.6Oc; June, 12.l0c; July, n.654ll70c; Sep
TENDER. 1090al095c; October. 1075c; Decem-
Der. 104001045c; February, 10.25c; March.
10.1501025c: SPOT Rio dull steady; No. z,
l3gc. Sugar raw firm, fairly active. fair re-
filming, 3Mc: refined quiet, firm, unchang-
ed. Freights to Liverpool quiet, nominal,
unchanged.
Chicago, April 2. noon.-The market
opened for wheat, May, 635s; corn. May,
295sc; pork, $.5739; lard, May, S5.121s; ribs,
Chicago, April 2.-Wheat marched up the
Hill and then marched down again to-day.
The strength which was prevalent early
was largely a legacy from the late curb
of yesterday afternoon, with various other
considera tions of more or less conse-
quence, contributing to the improvement.
thee latter part of the session. was due
10 predictions of milder weather and
mis- apprehension as to the authority of
certain report on the Ohio crop. The re-
port referred TO, and which cut an i'm
portant figure in the market, was from
Toledo and was said to be the returns
from about 400 correspondents through
couraging account Of the conditions of the
growing wheat and as 1t was published
yesterday afternoon. explained the
strength on the curb and early this morn
ing. The impression in some manner went
forth that it was the official state
report and when IL was learned that that
was an error the selling became free and
6lisc to Sic declined TO 63izc, closing al
e3i5I63c, sellers-14c under yesterday. Cash
wheat was steady.
Corn had no new information or intelli-
gence on which to base either strength or
weakness, so IL naturally fell into the
usual custom OF proceeding on the lines
marked out by wheat Business was
small in volume. The trade was mostly
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