The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-19
GRIM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. May 1s.-Flour dun and easy;
prices unchanged; winter wheat, low
grades, N75M2.90, do fair 20 fancy, $25pU
565; DO patent, S3.75QA00; Minnesota clear,
S2.J1@31O; patents, S3.45H43O; low extra,
$l.7Ou29J; southern flour dun and steady;
common TO fair extra, 2.3003.eO; good to
common do, g 9003.20. Wheat was mod
erately active, 54c, closing firm, options
fairly active, and closed weak at 9s0%lc
decline; No. , red, May. 6Slgc, June. 6Sisc,
July, Csc; August, 67Ac; September, GT7sc;
Dece mber, 69i201O3sc. Corn. spots We're
dun but firm; No. 2, 35isc. elevator. 36lsc
aflOat. options were dun and weak, at
35iSc; July, $3.50; September. $3.50. Oats;
spots We're fairly active and firm; options
2r4c spot No. ?, 24ltG2iMc; No. ?, white.
26c; mixed, western, 25Q26c. Hay. prime
trm; stripping, 70075c; good to choice.
95cQ$.05. Wool quiet: domestic fleece.
quiet and steady; family. 91lOc; extra
India mess, f1Sc; beef hams dun, Sl4.50N
loo; terced beef slow; city extra India
mess, lSul0c. cut meats dun, weak;
picked bellies, 4hc; shoulders, 405iac;
hams, 9QJlac. Lard was quiet and easy;
western steam, $4.S5; city, SA25: May,
$3.50; refined was dull; continent, 1928;
south America, $3.50; compound. HaM4izc.
FORK quiet and easy; old mess $S.76a
$40; new, S92'49.15. Butter quiet; about
steady; state dairy, S0l5lac; do cream
cry, DWlbci western dairy, 7U11c; do
creamery, llGtl6c; Elgins, 15ib6il6c Eggs.
fairly active; state and Pennsylvania. lie;
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%.254240 Cotton seed oil dun and weak
crude bic; yellow prime, 2jc; do, off
grade, 25c. Rice in fair demand and
steady Japan, 4M4Ac. Molasses was
iirmi New Orleans, open kettle. to choice
| ZrQ5ic PEANUTS IN fair demand; fancy,
handpicked. sc. Coffee was steady 10G
50 points down; May, 13c; June, 1850
l:69c; July. Il. 100l215 August, 117O1
u15c; September, 11.0Jd1l. Zoe; October.
l0dggl0SOc; December, l035Gi10. 40c; March,
100; spot RIO was dun and steady; No.
Z, HhHllAc. Sugar; raw was dull but
steady; fair refining 39sc; off A. 1850
41sc; standard A, sac; cut loaf and crush
ed 5fsc; granulated, 5hc; freghts to Liv-
erpool were quiet and firm; cotton. bv
steam, 5-6id; grain, do ID.
chicago, May Is, noon.-The market
opened for wheat, May, 6Olac; corn, July,
2gasq2942c; pork, July, @75; lard, July.
S465; ribs. July, &.O7i9
Chicago, May 18.-The bulls practically
threw up their hands and permitted wheat
to pursue its downward course. uncheck-
ed, to-day. Almost everything that came
to hand was unfavorable and the mar
ket, whilst displaying nothing eXtraordt g
nary in the way of activity nevertheless
declined materially, and, at times, quito
shPrPly. July wheat opened 629sc to 62l4c
sold between G2l2c and Gle, closing at 6iil
| m6lAc-l4c under Saturday. Cash wheat
was weak and 101ac lower.
Corn took its tone and direction, as
usual, from wheat Ii did not move with
any remarkable celebrity, however. ana
trade was dun and inactive with little
variation throughout the session. A loss
Oh no great consequence was noted at the
close. july corn opened 2952c, sold be-
tween 29ssc and 2o39c, closing at 291zc-a
shade under Saturday. Cash corn sales
were made at faily steady prices. but
the nominal close was &c lower to agree
! with the weakness of futures
Oats declined on the weakness naturally
conveyed to the market by wheat Fairly
good trading by commission houses, which
presumably represented liquidations by
longs, who were discouraged by the un-
satisfactory tone Of the other grains took
place. July oats closed &c under Satur-
day. Cash oats were steady, closing easy.
at nOmnally 4 of a cent per bushel lower.
PrOVisiOns-TO aid the provision market.
there was a lighter run of hogs than ex-
pected. with consequent advance OF
sc in prices Trade in product was. how
ever. dull, the pit being entirely deserted
at times. When the final weakness in
grains was displayed, sympathy affected
the trade in provisions, a moderate de-
cline resulting. July pork closed SC lower
than Saturday; July lard, 2lac lower and
July ribs unchanged. Domestic and for
eign markets were quiet and steady
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing.