The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MARKETS..


clear sides, &c; dry sailed clear rib sides,
csc; bellies, 714c; sugar cured hams, 1Oa4c.
Lard-Market firm; pure in tierces, &c;
50-pound tins, 6Ac; compound, in tierces,
SIC; 50-pound tins, size.
sButter-Market steady, fair demand; Co
shen, 14ql5c; gilt edge, Hq1Se; creamery,
1715d1814c; fancy Elgins, 20q211sc
Cheese-Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 10c 2O-pound average, 1O1aG11c.
Fish-Mackerel, half-barrel, No. l, $3.50;
No. 2, $780, No. 8, $500; kits No. l, 1925;
No. 2, $l0O; No. 3, 95c. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 61kc; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring, in
kegs, S16O; new mullet, half-barrels, 49,
Salt-Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b., Liverpool,
20O-pound sacks SIC; job lots, CSC; 1876
pound burlap sacks. 34c; ditto, 125-pound
fine. BIC.
Rice-Fair, 41a@49sc; good, 494G5c; prime,
5Q5s4c.
Peaberry, tic; standard No. l, lac; No.
2, 13c; No. 8, PFC: No. A. Ike; No 5.
1Ot5c; No, 6, Sec; No. Z, SEC.
Corn-Market firm and advancing;
white job lots, 52c carload lots, soc; mixed
corn, JOB lots, sic; carload, 49c.
Oats-Carload lots, sSc; job lots, $50.
Texas rust proof, job lots, 40c.
Bran-Job lots, 85c; carload lots, soc.
HayAMarket steady; western, job lots,
soc; carload lots, 75c.
demonstrated quiet; new crop Mes
sina, per box, $500.
Dried Fruit-Apples. evaporated, &c;
common, 4AQ5c.
Raisins-L L., $1.75; 1s-box, $1.1O; loose,
6O-pound boxes, &c per pound.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal 45G5Oc; West Virginia black, 9q12c;
lard, 53Q55c; neatsfoot, 60qs5c; machinery,
| 10000; linseed, raw, 35c; boiled, SIC; kero-
sene, Georgia-test, &c; water white sun
| light, 10c; fire-proof, lie; deodorized, stove
gasolene, SIC.
Sugar-Eouality Prices-Savannah Quo
tations: Powdered, $780, standard granu-
lated, $500; cubes. 5.49c: confectioners' A,
| 5.12c; white extra c, 506c; extra c, Sc;
golden C, 462c. Tone firm and higher.
Flour-Firm and advancing; patents,
$50; straights, $40; fancy, 1928; family,
| $3.50.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel 81. 40: per sack,
s1.1O; city meal, per sack, $l.O0; pearl
| grits, per barrel, 50. co. per sack. $1,171s.
Lime, Calcined Plaster and Cement-Ala-
| bama and Georgia lime in fair demand
! and selling at S5c per barrel, bulk and
| carload lot special; calcined plaster, 81. 60
| per barrel; hair, 4G5c; Rosedale cement,
81 .3004 40; carload lots, special; Portland
| cement, retail, 50 carload lots, $40.
Cabbage-Northern, barrels, per head,
| 7@Sc.
Nuts-Almonds, Taragona, 12c; Ivicas,
| 1015c; walnuts, French, 10c; Naples, lie;
pecans, 10c; Brazils, &c; filberts, 10c; as
| sorted nuts, 50-pound and 25-pound boxes,
| 91kQ1Oc; cocoanuts, 'S3.75 per 100.
Peanuts--Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir-
ginia, per pound, 41zc; hand-picked, per
| pound, 4c.
Apples-$2. 1890
Onions-Crates. s1.0O; barrels, s2.75.
Potatoes-Irish, 81. 506I2.7 rs.
Shot-Firm; drop to d, 81 80; B to larger,
| 81 .55; bulk $1.55. ta ha
Iron-Market very steady; Swede 40
SC; refined, $1.5O base.
Nais-Cut, $1.5O base; wire, $175 base.
| Advanced national list of extras adopted,
| Dec. !, 1896.
Gun Powder-Per keg s4.OO; half keg.
| 1925; quarter key, $1.20. Champion duck
ing, quarter keg $2.25. Austin, Dupont
| and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, $S.45;
quarter kegs, &2O; S-pound canister, $40;
/ 1-pound canister, 75c Less 20 to 10 per
cent. off.
Lumber-Demand both foreign and do
nestle, is firm; ordinary sizes. $10:50D11. 90;
difficult sizes, $12.O0a14.00; flooring
boards, S15.0Od1700 ship stuff, S14.50918.00;
| sawn ties, $3.50. H ttIr H
Poultry-Steady; fair demand; half
| grown, 25Qp30c per pairj headquarters
| grown, S5Q40c pair; full-grown fowls, 509
| Ooc per pair.
Eggs-Market firm; candled, per dozen,
| 13@14c; country &c less.
| Syrup-Market quiet Georgia and Flor
! ida syrup buying at 221sGi25c; selling at %
| Q30c; sugar house at 19Q32c Cuba straight
goods. 23G9Oc; sugar house molasses, 159
! zoe.
| Tobacco-Market quiet and steady:
| smoking, domestic, 22Gl6Oc; chewing, com
mon, sound, 24q27c; fair, 23dS5c; good, S6c
| Hides, Woods, Etc.-Hides-The market
firm; dry flint, 13c; dry salt,981c; green
| sailed, &c. Wool-Firm nsiirne Georgia
free or sand burrs and black WOOL 1sc
blacks 16c; bury. case Wax, lie. Tai
| low, &c. Deer skins, 15c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is
steady; Jute bagging, 2A-pound, 7a74c; q
pound, 6iaG6sfc; 1$l-pound. GQ6Ac; quota
tions are for job lots; small lots higher;
sea island bagging, SG8lzc; standard Ar
row ties, steel, As pounds, large lots, SOC /;
small lots, 90c.
Dry Goods-The market is firm; demand
brisk; prints, 31zG5c; Georgia brown shirt
| ings, SAc; Is, 4c; IA brown sheetings 3tka