The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-15
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Aug. H-Flour quiet and IN
changed southern flour quiet; common to
fair, s. 00d2. 60; good to choice do, $2.6O42.S.
Wheat dull and easier; options were less
active and irregular, closing weak at hc
decline; No > red August, 6l5sc; Septern-
Der &c; October &c. Corn dull and cas-
Ter. No. 2, 2Slac elevator; Z912c anCdt; op-
tons were dull and weak at 1sMAc decline;
August and September, 2S12c; october
29l4c; December, S0Ac. Oats moderately
active and 1irmer; options dull and hrmer;
August, 21c; September and October, 2O1sc;
spot No 2 21Lc; mixed western, 2Q23c.
Hay quiet and steady; spring, 6212d60e.
Wool quiet and easy; domestic fleece, 100
zoe: pulled, 1Sd3lc. Butter tirmer; state
dairy, 10Ql5c; do, creamery, 1lhql6c;
western dairy, gdl2c. Beef steady and
quiet; family, s66oa8.OO; extra mess $500
Q7.00. Beef hams duh and steady at $145O
01500 Tierced beef quiet; city extra In
dia mess, $l1OOQl2OO Cut meats steady
and dull; picked bellies 47sc; shoulders,
415G4slc. Hams, 9Ad10c. Lard firmer and
quiet; western steam, 1886 bid; city,
1925; September, $3.55; refined quiet and
steady; continent, &.15; South America,
$3.50; compound, S.Sl2. Pork quiet; old
mess $.00Q825; new mess, $S.000S.75. Cot
ton seed oil quiet; crude zoe; yellow 2234
@23c. Rice steady and quiet with demand
fair fair to extra, 3q5%c; Japan, 4d41ac
Molasses dun and firm; New Orleans, open
Kettle, good to choice, 27d37c. Peanuts
dull and steady. Coffee barely steady and
unchanged to Is points down; August, 1000
@lOO5c; october, $500; December, 300
9.l5c; March, 9.100915c; May, 9.O5d9. 15c
spot Rio easier and dull; No. 7, 10Ac. Su-
gar raw, quiet and steady; fair refining
&C. Freights to Liverpool, unchanged and
firm.
Chicago, Aug. IA, Noon.-The market
opened for wheat, September, 552sc; corn,
September &c; pork, September 1925;
lard, September, $3.271s; ribs, September,
Chicago. Aug. 1.-THE liquidation Of
September wheat, which took place on
wednesday and Thursday about elfmina-
ted mat character of trading from wheat
market Tor the present, and to-day the
actlon was quiet and uninteresting A
local professional bought a moderate
quantity early, the crowd failing on but
When the matter of selling out towards
me close arose, the instability Of the de-
HlailU was demonstrated and a decline of
&c occurred. September wheat opened
from oo1sc to soc, sold between 551h0 555k =
anu 0424c, closing at SOC bid-Ad3sc under
S9Gs e Cash wheat was steady.
Corn-Ihe interest in corn was moder-
ave. mere was no decided bear feeling
aIlhough the prospects of an advance
were conceded to be rather indefinite. Nav
e orI oe opened at &c, sold between 27a27kc
en- @oz4c, CLOSING 1t the inSide-Hc under
yesterday. Cash corn was firm. prices
IuaIlng about the same as yesterday.
Oals We're firm. The cash demand for old
49, &C., dHa the scarcity of that article with
ttIe continuation of reports to detriment or
SlPe crop, all contributed to the imDroved
Ieenng; May oats closed &c higher than
FS 6S Cash oats were &c higher
4o6 new, and 12c higher for old
afFovlsions-Until late in the session nro-
oucI exhibited strength which was in due
o9SIlsluera ton of the fact that hogs had
S sbo,il 5qlO cents. The trading did not
ey-or corresponding improvements how
800 anu scant interest was shown in +bA
1,iSSahet' Prices eased off later. with
Ta irvot, January pork closed sc lower:
Tf 1ttIua aiy lard unchanged, and January
Leading futures ranged as follou,s.
Opening. Highest I.nuest c,losira