The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-15
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Sept. 14.-Flour dull and fair
ly steady, without important change Rye
-four quiet Corn meal dull. Rye quiet
No. 2 western. 52&c.
Wheat-Spot steady; No 2. red, 81 O33s
options opened strong and advanced On
bullish cables, general local covering and
foreign buying; weakened under heavy in
crease in Bradstreets, and closed rather
weak at 3s034c net advance, but ~ cents
under the highest point; No. 2, red Nav,
98lI9S 11-16c, closed CSC; September $1.013s
p1.029s, closed $1.O12s October $1.00G11 .0O14
closed $1.00; December 9S1zc0$1.O0, closed
| 9815c.
Corn-spot quiet; No. 2, 952c elevator;
369sc afioat; options opened firm in COW
ering, higher cables and bullish crop news.
but weakened with the late break in
wheat and closed only a cent net higher;
September, 35%G36c, closed 35%c; October
closed S63sc; December, S71SGSsc, closed.
375sc.
Oats-spot strong; No. 2. Csc; options in
active and steady, closing unchanged;
September closed 25c; December closed 26c
Hay steady; spring 40d45c; good to
choice, 50Q7oc. Beef firm; extra mess,
%.50G18.50 Cut meats duh; picked bellies,
| 71adS1ac; picked shoulders, sac; picked
hams Sls@85sc. Lard dull; western
steamed, 4.756t490c; refined easier. Pork
quiet. Butter steady; western creamery,
l1uIo 40 ldctOISs otblGcs flRlnS, loc ,
imitation creamery, 10d13c; state dairy,
| 10Q16hc; do creamery. 12glSc. Cheese
quiet. Potatoes easy; Jersey, $2.O0Gf22 % F.;
Long Island, $22502.50; sweets, $l.35lI1 80.
Tallow dull Petroleum steady; United
closed zoe bid. Rice firm; fair to extra,
4hQ6Ac; Japan, 4&4@5Bc. Molasses firm.
Cotton seed Oil dun, rather easy with lard
butter grades 3ld32c prime summer white,
3OlJ31c; prime winter, yellow, 331z934c. Pig
iron warrants firm at $7.00GI7.25. Toma-
toes, per box, or crate, as TO quality,
75c0$1O0. Long Island and Jersey cab
bages, per 100, $2O002.25. Coffee, options
opened steady, SOLO points lower; closed
barely steady at net decline of points;
sales, 16, $50, including: December, 64OGJ
6.45c March, 670q6.75c. Spot coffee, Rio
steady; No. T. invoice, 7c jobbing, nc;
milh quiet and steady; Cordova, 101sG1151ac
Sugar, raw. strong; refined strong.
Chicago Sept H.-Wheat made a great
show of strength for about two hours to-
day, but slumped and closed with mod
est advance Of 3s cent for the December
option. 1t showed PIC advance at one
time. Foreign crop shortages caused the
early advance and a large visible supply
increase was responsible in the main for
the subsequent decline. Corn and oats
kept in line with wheat, corn advancing
a cent and oats u cent. Provisions had
another big injection OF yellow fever Vi
rus, but suffered only slight declines in
consequence
Leading futures ranged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat No. p
Sept .....95ls 9615 9i7s 9izs
Dec ....,.95h@95as 969sG9615 9ala 9l1za9i5s
May .....95 assn 06 "a 9ih
Corn No. 2
Sept .....9Olz 3O94 297s 80
Dec ......32AG S22s 1924 80 1924
May -. .859sQS5ls 80 S5A 35i4aS52s
oats No. p
Sept .....192i 1874 199sGl9A 19ssG19si
Dec ......2lbq2lh 21Aq2las p Q211s 2lIl
May .....N 2iMa2lh 235sQ2i "a
Mess Pork per barrel
Oct ......Ss Is S25 $S15 So 17JE
Dec $50" IS S4s $50 S25