The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Dec. 1O.-Flour, less active,
but nominally steady. Rye flour, quieter.
| Rye, easy; No. 2 western, sic Wheat,
spot, weak; No. 2 red. 9S7sc; options open
ed easy under disappointing cables, adj
Vanced sharply on a squeeze of May
shorts, but collapsed in the afternoon,
| owing to a general unloading and small
export demand, Closing $467sc net lower;
May, $3.50; December, 9724c.
Corn, spot, steady; No. 2 corn, SAC; op-
tons opened steady and advanced on bad
weather for the movement but finally re-
acted with wheat, and closed partly &c
net lower; May 337sc; December, 317sc.
Oats, spot quiet; No. 2, 271sQ2714c; options
were barely active and firmer, on de-
mand from shorts, closing 1sc net higher;
May, 273sc; December, 271sc. Hay, steady.
Cut meats, dull Lard, steady Pork,
quiet. cotton seed oil, steady; prime crude,
1S12c; prime yellow PC. Petroleum, NOM
inal; united closed at 655sc bid. NIolasses,
firm Rice, firm. Coffee, options opened
steady at 10d15 points advance, on firmer
cables than looked for and closed barely
steady, net unchanged to ) points advance;
sales, 1900 bags, including December $50
d5.95c; March, 6C5d6.15c; spot coffee, Rio,
steady; No. 7, invoice, csc; No. Z, jobbng,
71sc; mild, quiet; Cordova, S12d15c; sales,
LOCO bags Santos No. 9, at &c, cost and
freight Sugar, raw, strong; fair refining,
33sc; centrifugal, 96-test 8 15-16c; refined,
HIneIs InOulu \, 0EC, SldHSldTQ A, 4BC;
confectioners' A, 47s; cut loaf, 55sc; crush
ed, 59sc: powdered, SIC; granulated, 1-16c;
cubes, 3-16c
Butter steady; western creamery, 14d24c;
Elgins, Ac; factory, 111aQ14c. Cheese
quiet large whites, September, 8Ad81ac;
small whites, September, 9a914c; large col
ored, September, SA0S12c; small colored,
September, 9Ac; large late-made, 91bG9Ac;
small late-made, SEC; light Skins. 6061ac;
part skins, 41z@51ac; full skins, 304c
Chicago, ILL.,, Dec 10.-After consdera-
BILE efforts the bull clique in the wheat
market to-day succeeded in closing the lid
on boiling December shorts, and getting
the price down to point that does not so
openly invite all the contracts in the coun-
try to Chicago. December closed at 103 a
decline of the day of cents, while May
showed a l cent decline at the close Corn
and oats were governed by the changes in
wheat, but showed very little change at
the close. Provisions also closed substan-
TALLY unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat. No. ,
Dec Isl Of aos s1Oa a@
Jan '...,'S6h 1854 9Hk 95's
May -; ;ss7sasaA salb s1asa9llz 91lZ
5 Rss : 533:ossn s 81; St St a'9s 81:
Oats. No. ?
May Nay .s55sess.s ss x ssa.ass4 ss4
Mess Pork, per Dbl
May Nay IS * * SIX SIX S74 S1 4
Dec "a III 41r4 417ls 4173a
Jan "A 821s AS 40 32lS
May "A 50 52ls 4471k $50
Short Ribs per 100 lbs
M Nan "a ST. 55 g e. - 33n ~ 81
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
firm; No. spring wheat S9aS91sc;
No. spring wheat, SiaS7c; No. 2
red, $1.OQ1OS; No 2 corn, 26c; No.
yellow corn, 26c; No. 2 oats 22l4c; No.
white, 25Ac; No. white, f. O. b.. 2S1b3
Pic; No, rye, 4612c; No barley, f. o.
b., 1854 GG39c; No. fax Seed 81. liz al 15Ib:
prime timothy seed. S2621a; mess pork, per
barrel S.S5q7.4O; lard, per 100 pounds, 81 ~
$780, short ribs sides Coose). S15d4 50.
dry sailed shoulders Cboxed), 4a4d5c; short
clear sides (boXed), $445d4. 65c; whisky, dis
tillers' finished goods per gallon, $1.19; SUI
gars, cut loaf, $780, granulated 1924
Cincinnati Dec. 10.-Flour easy. Wheat
easier; No. 2, 951ac. Corn, No. ?, 26lbc
Oats active and tirmer; mixed, No. 2. 2lc.
Rye steady; No 2 461ac Lard firm, ST. 100
4.l5. Bulk meats easy, "a. 3OJ Bacon easy,
$3.50. Whisky steady $l.19
St. Louis, Dec. 1O-Flour unchanged
Wheat lower, but strong; No 2 red cash
elevator, $1.01; track, 81 .021zl11.O 3, nominal
December, S1.01% January 96ssc; Nav
$3.50; July, S19sc; No. hard cash, $4,000
Corn weak and lower; No. 2 cash. 24bc;
December. 24hc; January. 25c; May, 26&tc
oats firm No. cash elevator, 211sc; track
22c; No. 2 white, 241aQ25c; December. 21%
Q23c. Rye higher, Acc. Butter steady |
Whisky, $19 Pork quiet; standard mess |
jobbing $S.25. Lard higher; prime steam.
81. 22la; choice, 81. 27l5c. Bacon, boxed lots
extra. short clear, ASTlAa50O; ribs. $5.371b |
G5.50; shorts, S5.5OQ5.62ta. Dry salt meats. |
boxed. shoulders, 475d5.OO; extra short !
clear, &,37l9q4,50; ribs, $4.S7lEQ5.OO; shorts, |
$4S712q500.