The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-03
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Sept. Flour unchanged
and steady and quiet southern -four I'M
changed and quiet Wheat, spot market
moderately active and easier; options
opened firm and unchanged to &c up. fell
&c, rallied 14@3sc, closed steady at Adi2c
under yesterday with a light trade; No 2.
red. May. 6S3sc September 629sc; October.
CSC; December, CSC. Corn, spots dull and
easier; No. 2, 255sc elevator; 265sd26h C
afioat: options were fairly active and
closed weak at lsdAc decline; September,
255sc; October, 2S3sc; December, 27s4c.
Oats, spots quiet and steady: options mod
erately active and easier; September, 19Ac +:
October, 1870; December, 2O&c spot No.
2, 1890; No. white, 23Iac; mixed western.
16d2lc. Hay, moderate demand; shipping,
656671ac; good to choice, old S2ls6D90c
Wool. moderate demand and unchanged
Beef easy and slow; family, S00dS.00: ex q
ira mess, $5.50G5.60. Beef hams firm SIS 80
@l5.O0. Tierced beef quiet and easy; city
extra India mess. SS.5O0950. Cut meats
firm and moderate demand picked bell
lies. SAC; shoulders. 35sQ4c; hams 9Ad9aic.
Lard quiet and firmer; western steam,
3.75Gl3. Tic; city, 3.j0c; September, 365c
nominal; refined dull; continent 415c,
South American, 4.65c; compound, 31sd4iko.
Pork. moderate demand and steady: new
mess, S.5OdS25. Butter, fancy steady and
fairly active; state dairy. 1Odl5c; do
creamery, 111sG1612c western dairy, sd
l2c; Elgin lO12c Eggs firm and fair de
mand; state and Pennsylvania l4G16c
western fresh, 1i015c; do case, 81. 5O03. 30.
Cotton seed oil quiet; crude 19620c; yell
low prime 23c Rice firm and fair de
mand and unchanged. MoIasses fairly
active, firm and unchanged. Peanuts
quiet Coffee inactive, unchanged to .
points up; November. 9.1Oc; December.
9O5c; spot Rio easier and quiet: No 7,
lOisc. Sugar. raw dull and steady; fair
refining, nc; refined quiet steady and un-
changed. Freights to Liverpool. marke t
active and firm; cotton. by steam, 9-64d
grain, by steam 3l4d
Chicago, Sept 2.-This was a dull day
in wheat and prices declined. At the
start the number of orders executed were
less than usual, and throughout the re-
mainder of the session business was rara-
ly active. December wheat opened from
5S%@5Ssc. declined to 57sc, closing at So
GJSisc-lac under yesterday. Cash wheat
was weak and 12n1c lower closing steady.
Corn opened with firmness, gift from
wheat, subsequently retaining fair pro-
portion of the strength, but not attract
ing attention through any untoward ac-
ttVity. When the weakness In wheat be-
came pronounced corn prices succumbed
to a like feeling. May corn opened at
242c, sold between 247sd25c and 24lkc, clos
ing at 24%c-hc under yesterday. Cash
corn was easy and nc lower.
Oats were generally steady. the situa-
ton in that grain being more encourage
ing than In the two leaders. May oats
closed nc lower; cash oats were steady.
Provisional steady tone and a light
trade were the only features, If they
might be classed as such in the provision
market. The hog market was irregular.
January pork closed shade higher. Jan
uary lard, 2lzc higher, and January ribs
a shade higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing