The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
OCEAN FREIGHTs.

SONlOAl-NldIk6I quiet. rates quoted are
New, York. per bale, 500; Philadelphia
pei, bale, s1;,6O; Baltimore, per bale, SLO0;
via New York, SSc; Antwerp, via New
York, S6c; to Havre, via New York, 3Sc;
Amsterdam, via New York, 43c; Genoa,
b5c Hamburg via New York, ssc. Direct:
barcelona, 49c; Genoa, Acc; Bremen, 30c;
REVEAL, acc; Gutenberg and Warburg, 47c
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business IS more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at $4.25@
300 for range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad lies. base "A feet
l6c. Timber rates, 50cQ$l.00 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
1890; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, 5000
qll,O0; to Rio Janeiro, $14.o0: to Spanish
ana MealterTanea2 ports 3O@il59 to
lumber, 4-pound 5s standard.
BY Steam-To New York, 500; to Phil
adelphia 800; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
Naval stores-By san-The market is
quiet. Large sized. Cork for orders are
IS Cd; South America, rosin, CSC per bar
rel of $50 pounds. enthusiastically
Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin. soc
100 pounds; spirits, S5c; TO Philadelphia
rosin, TIC per 100 pounds; spirits, soc; to
Baltimore. rosin, 71kc per 100 pounds:
spirits. zoe.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, Feb. 29.-FIour, dun, steady,
unchanged; southern -four, quiet. steady,
unchanged. Wheat, dull and firm at a
shade decline; No. 2 red store and eleva-
tor, S1A@SGc; afloat, S3A@S312c: options
opened weak, at a decline of PC, rallied
terday, with a dull trade; No. 2 red March
and April. 7534c; May, 737sc; June, 7312c;
July, 75Ssc Corn dull, scarce, firm; No. 2,
37Ac. elevator 3SAc, a1oat; options were
dlliI and StaqdV a 1LN decline wit hnlff
features; March, SIC; May, 36%c July,
1850. oats. dun, steady; options, STEADY,
dull; spot prices: No. 2, 26Ac; No. white,
quiet, unchanged. Beef dull, steady, I'M
changed; beef hams, quiet, $l4.5OQl5.OO %;
tierced beef, dun, steady; city extra India
nal; picked bellies, Sc do shoulders, 4l29
494c; hams, S12GS24c. Lard, quiet, steady;
western steam, $500; city, 4SOQo.OOc; May
5.70c nominal; refined, dull; continent,
$500; steam, 61Oc; compound, 49sQ47sc.
Pork, steady. moderate demand; mess,
$10O0d105O. Rice and molasses, firm, I'M
picked, &c. Coffee, steady, 5@lO points
June 11.75c; September, lie; De
osm6er' 1o7Oq1O sc; SPOT Rio, q gisa
firm; fair refining, Ss4c; centrifugals, SO
test, 41sc bid; refined, quiet, firm.
Freights to Liverpool, quiet. nominal;
Chicago, Feb. 20, Noon.-The market op-
ened for wheat, February, 65Aci corn,
February, pc; pork, February, 1855; lard,
July, $522 bid.
Chicago, Feb. 29.-The wheat market
presented an unsettled appearance to-day
and little progress was made in either d.
rection. The bulls were undecided wheth-
er or not to go on with their campaign,
whilst the bears were determined to 90
nothing for which they were likely TO be
sorry later The moderate proportions
of the exports from both coasts for the
week, 2,206,000 bushels, the smallest as
compared with the corresponding weeks
in FIVE years, and the fact that Liverpool
Vancing tendency, in response to our
strength of yesterday, dampened the ar
dor Of the buyers and induced some SELL
ing at the opening Prices were lower at
the start, but hearing a report of the
sale of ten loads at New York for export
the crowd rushed the market up to where
1t was at the close yesterday. A denial
of the report caused recessions later, and
the close was with slight net loss for