The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-10
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.


New York. Jan. 9.-Flour, dun unchang-
ed; southern flour, dull unchanged. Wheat
dull frmer; No. red store and elevator,
CSC; afioat, 7Olsc; options were moderately
active and irregular, closing firm at &c
advance; No. red January, Size; May,
69hc; May, size; June, &c; July &c Corn
dun, easier; No. ?, 355sc elevator; $3.50
afioat; options were less active and closed
steady at &c decline; January, 355sc; Feb
ruary, 35lac; May, 351Ac; July, 36stc Oats
quiet firmer; options dun firm; January,
No. ?, 2f4Q24l3c; No. ? white. 25lac mixed
western, 2i2U2512c. Hay firmer; good de-
mandi shipping, 75QS0c; good TO choice,
95c@Sl.l0. Wool firm, unchanged. Beef, firm
unchanged; beef ham, quiet. $l1.50; tierced
beef, quiet; city extra India mess $l5.5OQ
$500. Lard, quiet stronger; western steam
5.S5c; city, 5.35q5.40c; January, 5.S0c; NOM
inal; May, 6.10c; refined, dull; continent,
6.l5c; South American, 6.4Oc; compound,
49sQ5c. Pork quiet firm; mess, $10.OOdl0.50
Butter, fancy, steady; fair demand; state
dairy, 12d22c; do June, 16G22c; others UNI
changed. Cotton seed oil quiet firm; crude
24q241sc; yellow prime, 28Ad2Sl5c; do off
grade, 27A02715c. Rice, firm, unchanged.
Molasses fair demand, unchanged. Pea
nuts. quiet: fancy handpicked. 4ibG45sc
Coffee steady, 1002Q points up; January
1305c; March, 12.90q13c; May, 12.50a12. 60e;
June, 12.9Q12;S5c; September, ll;SOc; Oc-
tober, 1175c; December n.45@lL65c; spot
Rio dull, steady; No. z, 14c. Sugar, raw,
dull, steady; fair refining, 3ssc; centrifu-
gals, 96 test, SIC; refined quiet I'M
changed
Chicago, Jan. 9, Noon.-The marke;
opened for wheat, January, 57Ac; corn,
January 269sc; pork, May, $9.S2l5; LARD,
January, $3.50 asked; ribs, January, $3.50
Chicago, Jan. 9.-Wheat was not as
nervous to-day as it was earlier in the
week, but it was quite as sensitive to
the foreign news as at any time in the
consols defined the course of prices, and
the Irregularities in prices were gener-
ally consequent upon the changes in quo
tations of those securities. There was
temerity than of late. The opening was
easy, the tone changing several times
during the session, and the close was
firm at o slight gain over yesterday: May
wheat opened firm, e01sc to $3.50, sold be-
tween 601aG605sc and 59s4c, closing 60h0
6O3se-sc higher than yesterday. Cash
wheat was steady
The tone and action of corn was iden-
teal with those of wheat, although al
terations in prices We're confined in
modest range. The business was of or
. binary proportions, and no happening APP
preaching the character of feature oc-
Cured May corn opened at 29lsc, sold
between 1914 G293sc and 2S5sc, closing at
29lkc a shade lower than yesterday. Cash
corn was quotably &c under yesterday.
Business was fair in oats. The course
of prices being marked by the irreg-
ularity that prevailed in wheat and corn.
ed. Cash oats were firm.
Provisions-Product was higher to-day
the improvement being at most contin-
uous, but a temporary backset taking
ket was higher, but aside therefrom,
there was undeniable confidence felt in
values. The close was 1212c higher than
yesterday for May pork, 1Oc higher for
May lard and 5d715c higher for May ribs.
Leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing