The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-30
GRAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Sept. 29.-Flour sold weak, in
sympathy with wheat; city mill patents
s5.S5Q61O; winter patents, $51O05S5; Min
nesota patents, $5.15G5.4O. Rye flour quiet:
fancy, $395a3.7O. Buckwheat -four quiet;
S2.0o92,1O. Buckwheat quiet; &a5Oc. Corn
meal dull; yellow western, CSC; city, zoe
Rye weak; No. q 49c; car lots, 5O951c
Barley easy feeding, SOac. Barley malt
steady.
Wheat, spot weak No. 2 red 9i2sc
afioat; No /, northern, Duluth 955sc; late
October, afloat; No. 2, hard, 937sc af1oat;
options opened easy on cables, rallied on
small spring wheat receipts drought talk
and covering, but later declined sensation
ally under a heavy increase in Brad
streets visible and liquidation, closing ~
@2c net lower; No. 2, red, May, S9Ma921hc
closed 897sc; September, 95a97Ac, closed
95lsc; December, 91hq93 11-16c, closed
9l9sc.
Corn spot weak; No. 2, 33Ac, afoat;
options opened steady on bullish western
news, advanced on covering but weak
ened with wheat and lower cables, clos
ing AQDlAc net lower May 37h437Ac,
closed size September closed SIC; Deem
Der, 80 15-lGaS49sc. closed SAC.
Oats, spot, quiet; No 2, 2315d2324c; OPP
tions fairly active, but weakened with
the other markets and closed PC net low
er; September closed 23c; October, 23lsG0
231Rc, closed 23Mc; Decem Der, 242sl24&4c
closed 243sc. Feed barely steady; bran,
6506712c. Hay easy. Hops steady. Leath-
er steady. Wool firm. Coal firm. Beef
steady Cut meats quiet; picked bellies
7i5QSc; do shoulders, 512c; do hams, s49
S2sc. Lard quiet; western steamed, 4.S0c;
October, 4.70c, nominal refined easier; con-
tinent, $40; South American, 5.70c; COM
pound 45sa47sc. Pork quiet; family, $3.50
G13.OO. Butter firm; western creamery,
HAZE; do factory, 9d10c; Elgins, &c; imi-
tation creamery, 111zm14c; state dairy 11Go
18c; do creamery, HAZE. Cheese quiet;
large white, 95sc; small, do 9Ac; large,
coored, 9Ac small, do, 912c; part SKINS
6laW7c; full skins, 3laq4c. Cotton seed
oil weak; prime crude 2l6l22c; do yellow,
2liAd25c. Petroleum quiet; no market;
refined New York $3.50; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, $5.75; do in bulk, 1926. Rice
strong. Molasses steady. Tomatoes, per
box, or crate, as to quality, 5Ocm$1.O0
Long Island and Jersey cabbage, $4,000
500 per 100 Coffee options opened with
September Is points higher; late months
unchanged to points lower, and local
traders inclined to bear the market OH ex-
pected 100000 bags increase in worlds WIS.,
ible supply; closed quiet, with prices I'M
changed TO 10 points net decline; sales, H.
800 bags, including September, 5.96d6 OOc;
December 6.45c; January, 650c; March
675c; spot Rio quiet; held higher; Cor
dova, 1052@l61kc sales, 1880 bags; Mara
caibo, 200 Savanilla. $3.50 Central ASeri-
can and 400 bags Mexican. Sugar. raw.
firm; fair refining, 32sc; centrifugal, &c.
test, 15-1Gc; refined firm.
Chicago, Sept. 29.-Wheat, after climb
ing a cent during the week, went all to
pieces on the enormous visible and clos
ed a a decline of 1019sc. The belief that
the proposition to make No. spring con
tract grade would be defeated, which be-
lief was subsequently shown 10 be well
founded, was the bull factor but it was
completely lost sight of when the Brad
streets figures were received Other
grain and provision markets trailed aft
er wheat. corn declining 15c, oats &c. and
provisions closing unchanged to PIC low
er.