The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-16
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.


New York, March 15.-Flour dun. steady;
winter patent. low grades. 50 SOoD2 S5; fair
to fancy 50 25Qi4. 50; Minnesota clear SO 40
az so; straight, $.OOI4. 20; do patents, $500
Q4.8O; low extras, 81 30G3 30; southern -four
dun, steady; common to fair extra, SO. 2OG
$50; good to choice, do, SO .6Od4. 90. Wheat,
spot market dull, firmer; f. o. b., S37sc
unsraded red 7qS4o; options advanced *
ql,sc, declined 1aM9sc on realizing; rallied
h0%c, closing firm at 5s0atc over Satur-
day, with trading more active; No. 2 red,
March, Size; May, 1880; July. 7S3sc Corn
spots dull, firm No. 2, 291sc elevator: 3Olbc
ahoat; steamer mixed, 2Sc; options ad-
vanced hGAc, fell 1s@Ac, closing steady
and unchanged; March. 29hc May, 3Oc
July, 3l$sc. oats dun, steady; options east
err May, 2l9sc; spot, No. 2 &c; mixed
western, 2ldAc Hay steady; fairly ac-
tive; shipping, 55Q57lac; good to choice, 72ls
9SOc. Hides firm light offerings; wet salt
ed Havana, Sc. Wool firm; domestic fleece.
l6la23c; pulled, 18d31c; Texas, 7d12c Beef
steady; family, 9Q1012c; extra mess, Ease
beer hams firmer, 1870. Tierced beef quiet,
steady; city extra India mess, 136l14c. Cut
meats firm, moderate demand; picked bel
lies, Sc; shoulders, SIC; hams, $1,000. Lard
strong, slow; western steam, Also; city,
at 4.lOc; May, 4.60c nominal; refined quiet .
continent. 4.7jc; South America, sc; com
pound, 4hm4%sc Pork, strong moderate
demand; mess, So. 75Q9. 25. Butter fancy.
firm, fair demand; state dairy. 9GIf2c.
creamery, l3Ml8c; western creamery. 13l0
l9ci Elgins, l9c. Tallow quiet. steady:
city, SIC asked. Cotton seed oil dull
crude, 2O12c; prime, 23kc Rice firm: do
mesuc fair to extra, &c; Japan 4lA0i4lbc.
Moiasses steady, quiet; New Orleans omen
Kettle good to choice, 29030c Peanuts
quiet; fancy hand-picked, 31kd3Ac Coffee
unchanged to points up; March. SGOc.
hav q
S.7Oc; spot Rio dun, weak; No. z, 9Ilc. su-
gar, raw, flrmer quiet; fair refining. 2Mc:
refined, active, firm; off A, 1 160Jpkc.
standard a, 4asc; cut loaf. &c; crushed. 5c
graduated, 49sc. Freights to LIVERPOOL
market quiet, steady; cotton by steam.
1719c; grain by steam. 21ad.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 15-Wheat prices
improved further to-day, the result of
private confirmation Of the extremely poor
condition Of the Illinois crop and of bull
statistics in general. May wheat opened
at 1890, sold between 1880 and 74Kc, clos
ing at 74c, 5sGAc higher than Saturday.
Cash wheat was firm and y cent higher.
The undertone to corn was firm on the
continuation Of the light movement on
firm Liverpool cables and in sympathy
with the strength Of wheat. May corn
opened at 2f5sGl241ac, sold between 2ihd
24ssc, closing at 2issc, unchanged from
Saturday. Cash corn was firm to nc high
er.
Following the example set by wheat and
corn, oats inaugurated the session with
exhibiting frmness, with no particular
feature to the business May oats closed
a shade lower than Saturday. Cash oats
were firm and nc higher.
Provisons-The steady progress IN the
direction OF better prices for product late
ly noted was pursued to-day. The hog
market advanced 8 cents Commission
best buyers. As the session progressed
the strength intensified. quite a liberal
advance resulting May pork closed 22I4c
higher; May lard 2zQ5c higher. and May
ribs l2ikc higher.
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