The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-09
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Jan. S.-Flour, steady I'M
changed and moderate demand; southern
flour, steady and quiet. Wheat, spot mar
ket fairly active, easier with options,
closing firm; f. o. b., CSC; ungraded red
7869Sc; options opened firm and un-
changed, declined 12s@15sc, rallied Ac, and
closed steady at 11sq1%sc below yesterday;
No. red, January, 9SAc; May, sc; July,
S6Ac. Corn, spots, fairly active and Ac
lower, closing firm; No. 2, 29Ac elevator,
30Ac afloat; options we're dull at 7sq12c
decline; January, 29Ac; May, Sl1sc; July,
321sc. Oats, spots, more active but
steady; options were dull and easier; jan
uary, &c; February, 2214c; May, 231sc;
spots, No. 2, 22hc; No. white, 41sc;
mixed western, 22q24c. Hay, firm and fair
demand; shipping, Size; good to choice,
7215GS219c. Hides, quiet and unchanged.
Wool quiet and unchanged. Beef steady;
family, $9.25Q10.5O; extra mess, N'2oaS.2o;
beef hams, firm at SIS .00G1S.50; tierced
beef, firm and quiet; city extra India
mess, $13 .50G14. so. Cut meats, steady
picked bellies, 4ssc; shoulders, 5as4hc;
hams, SAG9c. Lard, quiet and tirmer;
western steam, 4.10c; city, S.75c; January
Ape nominal; refined, quiet; continent,
445c; South American, 4.70c; compound,
4Aa415c. Pork, Arm; sales, GOO bales new
mess, IS. 2561S. 70. Butter choice, steady
and quiet; state dairy, 10d12c; creamery
quiet and steadier; crude, zoe; yellow
prime. 23c. Rice, fairly active, firm and
unchanged. Molasses, quiet and I'M
changed. Peanuts, steady. Cotfee, dull,
unchanged to 10 points down; January,
8. CSC; May, 9.Sjq990c; July, loo; Septem-
Der, 10. 10a1O.15c; spot Rio, dull, steady;
No. Z. 1OAc. Sugar, raw, dull, steady;
fair refining. 27kc; refined, quiet and I'M
changed Freights TO Liverpool, quiet
cotton, by steam, 15-12Sd; grain, by steam'
Sd.
Chicago. Jan. 8, noon.-Wheat, January,
77Ac. Corn, January, 22Ac. Pork, May,
S7.921kd7 95. Lard, January, $S.S{1s' Rlos'
January, 1896.
the down-grade to-day, the lowest prices
of the week being seen. There was
complete lack of confidence and democrat
ization of the extreme sort was noted IN
the hull ranks. Liverpool opening cables
were steady, that being sufficient motive
for selling, inasmuch as we advanced 10
Yesterday Sight of the fact that the
English market did not decline with US
previously was lost, and when the break
set In consideration of anything bullish
was not thought of. The bears have been
emboldened by success, and are predict
ing even lower prices than yet establlshed
Reported sales for export here and at the
seaboard steadied the market, and caused
a moderate recovery late in the session.
May wheat opened from 50 to S%c. de-
clined to SO1kc, closing at SOBqS1c-i4diFsc
under yesterday. Cash wheat was weak
and 1Izc lower.
Corn weakened through sympathy with
wheat, but prices did not suffer as much.
there being no trade to force break.
Quite sentiment In favor OF better prices
for corn has developed of late, the re-
ports of the mixing of corn meal with
fiour tending to impart some confidence
to buyers. May corn opened at 25hQ259sc,
declined to 247sc closing at 25c-ssc un.
der yesterday. Cash corn was steady
closing easy, in sympathy with the fu-
lures.
oats declined because of the all-round
depression prevailing. The easy tone was
due to the sympathy existing between
this and other speculative commodities,