The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-23
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York March 22.-FIour duh; winter
wheat. low grades, S3.O00325; fair TO fan
cy, SS.25Q44O; patents. $4.60d4.sO; Mime
sofa clear $.S0d3.S5; do straights. $4,000
40; patents, $3.@0490; low extras. $500
30; southern flour dull; steady: common
to fair extra 50, 2OQ35O; good to choice, do.
S36oQ400. Wheat spots moderately active,
easier with options closing firm f. o. b.,
S3Bc; options were moderately active and
closed weak at 11sG2c below Saturday; No.
red. March soc; May. 7SAc; July, TIC.
Corn, spots dull. easier; No. 2, 293ac eleva-
tor; 3O3sc afoat ungraded mixed, 29Ac;
steamer mixed, zoe; options were duh and
weak at 1ac decline; March, 29ssc; May.
30hc; July, 3l15c. oats, spots dull, steady;
options dull, easier; May, 2lAc; spot, No.
2 &c; No. white, 24c; mixed western 2id
&c Hay steady; shipping 55@57ibc; good
to choice 72l2aS0c. Eldes firm; light offer
ings wet sailed Havana, &C. Wool fair
demand; domestic fleece, l6a23c; pulled,
lS13lc; Texas, 7dd2c. Beef quiet, firm; fam
lily, $9.00pl000; extra mess, 4.OOd8O0. Beef
hams strong, $500; tierced beef steady;
city extra India mess $1250Gi1500: cut
meats strong; fair demand; picked bellies,
5Ac; shoulders, 5AG53sc; hams, 81k09hc.
Lard easier quiet; western steam, $40;
city, $40; May, $3.50; refined, steady; CON
tinent $40; South American, S95; COM
pound $4OO04.25. Pork quiet, steady; mess.
S900G975. Butter. fair demand: choice
firm; state dairy. 9G18c; do creamery, 100
l3l3c; western creamery, 13ni9c: Elgins
l9e. Eggs weak; state and Pennsylvania
lOlsc; western fresh, 10Ql0Rc; southern,
Joe. Cotton seed oil. about steady; dull;
crude, 2o4f2015c; yellow prime 23hc Rice
firm, fairly active; domestic fair to extra.
3HU6c; Japan, 4M04lAc. Molasses quiet
steady; New Orleans open kettle, good to
choice, l9q30c. Peanuts moderate demand /;
fancy hand-picked, 3jkm3%c. Coffee quiet
unchanged TO points down. March, 8.3Oc
May, 8.2O@825c; September, S.S5G8 4Oc; No
vember. S.4Oc; January S.40c; spot Rio dull
weak; No. 7, S1zc. Sugar. raw more ac-
tive, steady; refined quiet. steady; off A,
3-l6ft 4Ac; mould A, 43lc; standard A, 4Jkc;
confectioners A, 42sc; cut loaf and crush
ed. 5isc; powdered, 4Ac; graduated, 41lc;
cubes, 4Ac. Freights to Liverpool market
quiet; cotton by steam, 171kc per 100
pounds; grain by steam 2a.d.
Chicago, March %. Noon.-Wheat, May,
73lsc. Corn, May 249sc. Pork, May. $. 77ih.
Lard, May, A22la. Ribs, May S472ik
Chicago, ILL.,, March 22.-rhe news on
wheat to-day was fairly favorable TO
prices. but local conditions were opposed
TO improvement and the latter prevailed
Local operators who were short of wheat
early last week covered up on Friday and
Saturday, thus removing one Of the best
supports Of the market and moderate Of
ferings demonstrated the undercurrent OF
weakness. Al the opening prices were OFF
y 10 nc from the final figures OF Satur-
day, and from then until the close the
decline was steady and at times rapid.
with little interruption. May wheat open
ed from 74il to 743sc. declined to 70 4c clos
ing at 727bc 1870 under Saturday. Cash
wheat was easy and lake per bushel low
er.
Corn-Prlces OF corn made retrograde
movement to-day. The outlook for i'm
proved values did not appear so propltlous
as when wheat was rising, although the
confidence Of holders was not altogether
shaken. May corn opened at 249kc, declin-
ed 10 2itzc, where IL closed. nc under Sat
urday. Cash corn was easy and AGhc
lower.