The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-02
GoVernment Bonds.
GRAIN, PROVIsIONS. ETc


steady Winter wheat, low grades. 50. 800
$50; do fair to fancy, $35OQ46O; do patents.
A.I5G5OO; Minnesota clear $3.50d4O0: pat
ents, A2oQ5.OO; low extras, 81 30d3 30.
Wheat, spot market dun and easier. with
options, closing firm; f. o. b. 93s4c: on
lions weak and declined 17s@21sc. rallied
3sQ3sc. closing firm at 11ac under Satur-
day. No. 2 February, SS15c: March, S31bc
May, S0s4c. Corn, spots dull and easier
No. 2, 291sc elevator; BOISE ahoat; options
were dull and firm at 1sQAe decline; Feb
ruary, N2S14c; May. Boise; July, 311sc Oats.
spots dull and steady options quiet and
easier; February, 2lc; May PC; spot No .,
211Ac; No. white, 24c; mixed western, 22I
24c. Hay quiet and steady; shipping soc
good to choice. 7212dS0c. Hides firm and
moderate demand; wet sailed Havana Sc
lected, 35q50 pounds, TIC; Texas dry, 21Q
% pounds, 12Q13c Wool firm and moder-
ate demand; domestic fleece, 16623c; pull
ed, 1SdS1c. Beef quiet and steady; family,
$9.25G10.50; extra mess, $7.O0QS.00. Beef
hams firm, $3.50; tierced beef steady; city
extra India mess, S13.O0014O0 Cut meats
steady, wanted; picked bellies. 49sc; Shout
ders, 42q4$4c; hams, SAC. Lard quiet and
easier; western steam. 412i5c; city, 5000
3.65c: May, 4.25c nominal; refined dun and
lower; compound, 412445sc. Pork dull and
steady; new mess, $S.25G900 Butter firm
and moderate demand; state dairy, 1Od15c
do creamery, 13@19c; Elgin, zoe Tallow
quiet, about steady; city 33sc; country,
3AG33sc. Cotton seed Old quiet and steady;
crude, zoe; yellow prime, 230231Ac. Rice,
fair and good demand; domestic, fair to
extra, 37sQ6c; Japan, 4A04%c. MoIasses
quiet and easy; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice, 22Q32c. Peanuts quiet;
fancy hand-picked, sac Coffee firm and
unchanged to points up March. 9.30G
9.35c; May, 9.40c; September, 9.50c; Deem
n 10 L. ~
z, $3.50 Sugar raw dull and steady; fair
refining, 2s4c; refined dull and unchanged
off A, 37sd4c; standard A, 404c; cut loaf
and crushed, 47sc; granulated, 4Ac.
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton, by
steam, S-92d; grain, by steam, 234d.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-noon. Wheat May,
7414c Corn, May, 241sc. Pork. May,
81 .771A. Ribs, May, SO 1914.
Chicago, Feb. IA very nervous wheat
market with quotations ranging within
less than a cent, but at a much lower
level than Saturday, was seen to-day. The
pit was in almost a panic at the open
ing, Liverpool responding to the recovery
on Saturday on this side by declining
from I'D to 11sd. All of the news con-
tributed to the general decentralization at
the start. First traders were from lie
to 124c under Saturdays closes, and sub
seQuently another slight decline took
place. The market then gave evidence
of a steadier tone, and before the session
was concluded a slight advance on the
best figures quotable at the opening was
established. May wheat opened from 744
to 735sc sold between 733sc and 744d743sc
closing at the outside-11s01lAc under sat
urday. Cash wheat was weak and nc
lower
After concurring in the weakness Of
wheat al the opening, corn soon after
ward displayed a better tone. The de-
mand was generally good, an impression
prevailing that prices of this grain must
approach nearer to those of wheat. May
corn opened at 2Ic, sold between 237kc and
2414c, closing a 241sd24l4e-unchange from
Saturday. Cash corn was steady for
good, but easy for the poorer grades.
Oats were lower at the opening in sym
pathy with wheat, but subsequently ex-
hioited an inclination to improve under
the influence extended by corn. May oats
closed unchanged from yesterday Cash
oats were quiet and steady.
Provisions-The depression of the wheat
market and an easy feeling in the hog
trade at the yards had their natural ef-
feet on product, which opened easy, after
ward remaining duh and steady. At the
close May pork was Zoe under Saturday;
May lard 507i5c lower and May ribs 7Jac
lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing