The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-31
GRAIN. PRovIsIoNs. ETc.

New York, oct. Colour, firm; Mime
sofa bakers $4,9OGD460; winter patents,
$5OOd5.25; winter stralghts, $4.7064S0; win
ter extras, $340d400; winter low grades
$3.00a315. Rye flour, dun; fancy 5000
$50. Buckwheat -four, quiet at $140a150.
Buc1wheat steady at $d3Sc. Corn meal,
quiet yellow western, 60c Rye, firm No
2 western, SOC. Barley, steady at 28Ac
Barley malt, quiet; western 57@64c.
Wheat, spot, firm; No. 2 red $1051sc.
Options opened stronger, on big clearance,
steady cables and foreign buying, eased
off under realizing, but rallied on cover
ing, and closed firm at 3sd9sc net advance
No. 2 red, November, close, 905sc; Deem
Der. 80 13-16cQS1 .0O5s, closed. $lO0H.
Corn, spot quiet; No ?, 925se. Options
opened firm, on light receipts, and ruled
very steady all the morning, and closed
&c net higher; November closed, SOAc;
December, 31@3l1ac, closed, 3llzc.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 22Ac; options
quiet and barely steady at &c net loss De-
cember closed 23h. Hay dull; shipping, 40
d50c good to choice, 5Oq70c. Wool steady;
fleece, 2ia31c; Texas, 13417c Beef steady;
hams, 50 .0Oa10.O0; extra, 81 50d8 90; beef
hams, $24. 00GI25 90; packet, $S.50lD9. 90. cut
meats quiet; picked bellies, 61sQ62sc; pick
led shoulders, sac; picked hams, &c. Lard
quiet; western steam closed at 412c; refined
quiet Pork quiet; old mess, IS. 00lI9 co;
new mess, $9.O0u9 So short clear, 10000
10 co; family, 81 O0ltl2 co. Butter steady;
western creamery, 14G231Ac; factory, 9GI13c
Elgins 2315c imitation creamery, 12d17c
state dairy, 12Q20c; do creamery, 140231ac
Cheese quiet; large white, S7sc small
white. 9Ac; large coIored. sac; small color
ed, SIC; part skins, 6iaG7c; full skins, 3lk
Q4c. Potatoes steady; New York, 81 .621zQD
LIS; sweets, 81. 25a2.50 Tomatoes, per box
or crate, 4od80c to quality. Cabbage
per hundred, $S.0oG4,0O. Cotton seed oil
dun ana barely steady; prime crude, zoe;
prime crude, f. o. b., mills, l5m16c; prime
summer yellow 2302319c; off summer yell
low, 221zM23c; butter oil, 27lJ29c; prime sum
mer white, 26@27c; prime winter yellow,
29c. Tallow quiet; city, 3he, nominal;
country, 31s433sc. Petroleum dull; United
closed, no market refined New
York, $40; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, $5.35. Rice steady; domestic.
fair to extra, 42sd6Ac; Japan, 4slG51kc.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open ket-
tie, good TO choice, 25131c Freights
quiet; cotton by steam 1858; grain bv
steam, 4%sc. Coffee options opened steady
at unchanged prices to points decline:
closed barely steady at points decline to
points net advance; sales 152 $50 bags.
including November, 5.10c; December, Z. $50:
spot coffee, Rio, nominal; No invoice
CSC; No. z, jobbing, 7Ac; mild market
nominal; Cordova, 915G15c. Sugar, raw.
nominal; fair refining, 3HGI3 5-16c; centrif-
ugal, 96-test SAG3 13-16c; refined steady;
mould A, 5Ac standard A, 47sc; confec-
TONERS A, 47sc; cut loaf, 55sc; crushed.
55sc; powdered, 3-16c; graduated, &c,
cubes, SIC.
Chicago, H., Oct. 3O.-wheat was very
irregular to-day within a range Of nc.
May has discount to 21ac under December.
The features of the session were the
changing from December TO May, and
heavy buying by Allen & Grler The
close was strong at net gain OF re for
December. and 3ssc for May. Corn, oats
and provisions all closed with slight net
gains compared with last night
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p