The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-16
GRAN. pROVIsIONs ETC

rosin, she per 100 pounds; spirits. SOC.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York. Oct. 15-Flour opened dun
| and easy, but became more active ana
| frmer, with the late rise in wheat; city
mills patents, $5.57d6.0O. Rye -four steady.
Buckwheat -four dull at $1.7561S5; buck
wheat quiet. Corn meal dull; yellow west
ern, Sic; city, &c. Rye quiet. Barley quiet:
barley malt, nominal.
Wheat-Spot market strong; No. red.
$3.50 afoat No. hard. 971hd9794c afoat:
955sc afioat; No. 2 hard, 971sq9724c ahoat;
options opened steady; no better cables
than expected; advanced on light offerings
and dry weather west broke at noon I'M
! der bear raid, but fully recovered on ex-
port talk and bulIish Modern Miller re-
port, closing strong at 3s@%c net advance;
No. red May closed, 9212c; November
closed, 944c; December closed 9415c.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2, 1850 aioat; OPP
tons opened easy under further liquida-
ton and after rally on covering, broke
with wheat only to recover again on a
second short scare, closing unchanged;
May closed, S52sc; November closed, 307sci
December closed, 315sc.
Oats-Spot quiet No. 2, 22s4d23c; options
quiet, but stronger, with the other mar
kets closing 14dssc net higher: October
closed, 23c; December, 231aQ235sc, closed,
1850. Hay easy. Hops, hides and leather
steady. Wool firm. Beef firm; beef hams,
$24O002500; cut meats quiet. Lard steadier;
western steamed per 100 pounds, $470q475:
October, $4.65, nominal; refined steady;
continent $500; South American, $40.
Pork, dull Butter quiet. Cheese frmer:
larger white, &c; small white, 9AQ912c:
large colored, &c; small colored, 94c; part
skins, 61ad7c; full skins, 31aQ4c. Cotton
seed oil steady. Rice steady. Molasses
steady Spot coffee, Rio quiet; Cordova, 10
@16c. Sugar, raw, quiet; sales 200 tons,
q IL, To-. fine
Chicago, Oct 15.-It was a day of ac-
ton and reaction in wheat, with the bulls
having the better of it in the end to the
extent of a &c advance. A feature of
the days news was the renewal of the
drought reports, which, coming so late
in the session. had no small influence in
the closing strength. Covering by shorts
caused advances of about Ac in corn ana
oats. Provisions were dull, but firm, and
closed 5Q121ac higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest Lowest. Closing
Wheat No. p
Dec. 49,. .9o55a9y% si1s soa9Ols gl%@slls
May .....SS1aQS9 SS1s S77s S2sq&1s
Corn No. 2
Oct ......25 251s 4A 253s
ReG; 5 @3Ss % S5 aaou s sSa a9 sS,
Dec Dec: ' :....isA iSA s 1SH 1Sss@iSE
May 49,. .2Oa4 Q2o7s A14Q2as 2O24Q2O% 2114
Mess Pork, per barrel
Dec. ....7 Is 81 S1k $775 1871
Jan. -. s 725s STA S721a Ss7a
La Lard per 100 pounds 55,- o7,l oo,,
Jan. As $50 AS $50
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
Peo. 49," ! 5 - ! ~ 80
Jan. ...... 90 Go 5712 A 65
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet; No 2 spring wheat, S6d86ssc; No. 3
spring wheat, 79QS4c; No. 2 red $3.50; No.
2 corn, 2514@253sc; No. oats, 1S1sc; No. 3
white, f. o. b., 22c; No. white, +. o. b., 2o14
Q21Ac; No. rye, 45c; No. barley, nomi-
nal; No. 3, 2SGl41c; No. 4, 26Q85c; No. fax
| seed, 1.O9G1. O6; prime timothy seed g. IS;
mess pork, per barrel, 81. SO@7. So; lard, per
100 pounds, $4.90d4 S211; short ribs sides,
loose, s. 45@4.75; dry sailed shoulders, box
ed, ~ q5c; short clear sides, boxed, 4TsQ5ci
whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gall
Ion, S1.22.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 15-Flour steady.
Wheat easy and lower; No. red sic.
Corn easier and lower; No mixed, 266D
26lac. Oats active; No. ? mixed, 2O92O1Ac.
Rye quiet; No. 46q47c. Lard quiet; $4.25.
Bulk meats steady; $3.50, Bacon firm:
$3.50. Whisky quiet; $1.S0.
St. Louis, Oct 15.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat, spot, higher; No red cash ele-
vator, Csc asked track 95Q96c; No. hard
cash, 85c; December. 9614c; May, $3.50 bid.
Corn, spot, lower; No. 2 cash, 2414c asked)
December, 233sd231ac; May, 2794c Oats dun
and easy; No. 2 cash elevator. 1870 bidi
track 19a1914c; No. 2 white, 2162112c; De-
cember, 19c bid; May, 21c bid. Bran dull
and lower; sacked, east track 461zc. Whs-
ky, $1.0. Pork steady; standard mess job
bling, $S.25. Lard better; prime steam,
S4.20; choice, $4271a. Bacon, boxed lots,
extra short and ribs, $5.75. Dry sailed
meats, boxed, shoulders, $3.50; short cleat
and ribs, &.3715; shorts, $3.50.
Baltimore. Md. Oct. 15.-FIour dull and
unchanged Wheat weak; No. 2 red, spot,
9f2G943sc; October and November, $40
S424c; December, 9514Q951ac; steamer No. 2
red, S9AdS9l2c; southern by sample, 0Q96c:
do on grade, 901a@9515c. Corn weak; mixed
spot, October or November, 30s4 930sc; No
vember or December, 301sq302sc January
31q94c; steamer mixed, 28a4Q29c; southern
white corn, 31Q33c; do yellow, 326l34c. Oats
steady; No. 2 white, 2614Q27c; No. mixed.
Csc, sales. Rye firm; No. 2 nearby, 51@
Size; No. western, 5112d52c. Hay steady:
choice timothy $13O0@13.5O Grain freight
firm and active; steam to Liverpool, per
bushel, AID, October; Cork for orders, per
quarter, IS I'D November IS Cd, Decem-
Der.