The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, July 3l.-Flour firm, but
quiet; Minnesota patents, St.40d4.65; VIM
ter patents, %.351i70. Rye flour quiet
Corn meal dun; yellow western, Gle; city.
52a63c. Rye firm; No. >. western,
Ai2c; car lots. 40laQ42c Barley quiet;
western feeding 29i4c. Barley malt nom
lnal; western, 43d44c
Wheat, spot, easy; No red S4dS4}4c.
ahoat. August and September; No l.
northern, Duluth S9i4c. af1oat, TO arrive;
options opened strong and higher on
strong French cables. continental buying
and local covering. but broke at noon
under heavy realizing and closed sac up
on near months. but sc lower on Deem
Der; sales included No, 2 red, July, s7Es@
ll-l6ci September, 81 1-16dS2c closed
2Ac; December closed SIC.
Corn, spot, dun; No 2, 331sc elevator;
3iisc. afoat: options opened strong and
advanced on hot winds in corn. but later
reacted under realizing sales, and closed
only l.QAc net higher; August closed
3234c; September 3303SAc, closed 33lsc
oats seadY; No. ?. DC; options fairly ac-
tive and steady, closing unchanged; July
2l4c: August, 2l7sc: September, 2134c Hay
steady; shipping, 4505Oc; good to choice
65Q90c. Hops steady. Hides firm; Cal
weston, 20d25 pounds, 14sG15lhc; Texas
dry. l2ql21ac; California, lie. Leather
firm; hemlock sole. Buenos Ayres light
to heavy, 1sql9c; acid, 19d22c. Wool
steady; domestic fleece, 1S025c; No 2 to
extra, 25Q3Sc; Texas. 1OQ15c. Beef firm
family, $8.50a9.50; extra mess, $7.5OdSO 90
Beef hams, $2600027.00; packet, $S.0Oa9.00
city extra India mess, Sl2.0Od14.O0. Cut
meats steady; picked bellies, sac; picked
shoulders, 51sQ5hc; picked hams. S1b09c
Lard quiet; western steamed closed at
4.55c; city, Aloe: September closed 455c
nominal; refined quiet; continent, 4.8Oc ;
South America, 5.25c; compound 4O06D
4.25c. Pork steady; old mess $3.50; new
mess, $8.75m950; short clear SO. 50d10. 80;
family $9.50d10OO. Butter steady; west
ern creamery 1ld15c; do factory, 76l0Iac;
Elgins, 15c: imitation creamery, 9Ad1zc
Petroleum dun. Rice firm; domestic, fair
to extra, 4lsq6hc; Japan. 41sd434c Mo-
lasses strong; New Orleans, open kettle
good TO choice, 23d3Oc. Freights quiet;
steam 12d; grain by steam, 4d asked Pig
iron quiet; southern $95Oal0.OO; northern,
$lO.50Q1200
Tomatoes, per crate or box, 25Q75c, as
to quality.
Coffee options opened steady. at I'M
changed prices to points decline; ruled
fairly active, with slight further varia-
tons, selling being checked by compare
lively low prices and fears of an accumu-
lation Of short interest, and buying check
ed by free receipts and dun spot market /;
closed steady, unchanged to points de-
cline; sales. 1880 bags. including Septem-
Der at 6,90c; December, 7.10c; March, 72O
a. Csc; May. 1859; spot coffee RIO dull;
Cordoya 1012Ql6lac; sales, $50 bags Mara
caibo, private terms. Sugar, raw, firm
fair refining Shc; centrifugal, 96-test, 3%c;
refined firm: mould A, SIC; standard A,
47sc; confectioners' A, 47sc; cut loaf 59sc
crushed, 5ssc; powdered, 5hc graduated.
SC; cubes, sac
Cotton seed oil firm, but quieter; prime
crude. nominal; prime crude (. o. b. mills,
l612GgHc; prime summer yellow, 25Q26c off
summer yellow. 241kQ25c; butter. grades,
3O032c; prime summer white, N028c; prime
winter yellow 32c.
Chicago, July 3l.-The July deal in wheat
expired gently to-day at 75Ac. Liverpool
sent no quotations and although the CON
tinental markets were higher, September
closed only &c higher in this market. Corn
average strong, but eased off, with wheat
gaining NC. oats We're dun and unchang-
ed Provisions opened active and higher,
but lost the advance, showing 2JAG5c loss.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing