The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-25
GRAN. PROVIsIONs. ETC.


New York, June A-Flour, quiet but
steady; winter patents. $4Od4 70; winter
straigths, $395Gi4.10. Rye -four duh. Corn
meal firm. Rye firm; No. 2, 363tc Barley
steady; feeding 28c.
Wheat-Spot dull; No. 1 northern New
York, 75sc ahoat; No l northern Du-
luth, 7S1sc afloat; options opened hrmer on
better Liverpool cables, and held very
steady all day with a sharp advance on
near months, owing to a squeeze of shorts
helped by strength in corn and damaged
reported damage to the Russian rye crop,
closed 1sc higher. June. 76Sc; July, 75lkc;
September, 701sc; December, 71%c.
Corn-Spot; strong; No. g. 291Ac eleva-
tor; 301kc afioat; options opened steady,
and advanced actively on covering,
prompted by unfavorable crop news, clos
ing 1sGSlc net higher; June closed, 29Sc;
July. 299sc; September 3lhc. Oats-spots
firm No. 2, 22Ac; options more active and
steadier, with corn, closing, 14c net high
err; July, 22G22hc, closed, 22Ac. Beef
steady; cut meats irregular; picked bell
lies strong, 5t566Ac; do shoulders, steady,
SIC; do hams easy, 9dl4c. Lard steady,
western steam closed, Aloe; July, Also
nominal refined frmer; continent. 4.40c;
South America, SC; compound, 35sd4hc.
Pork dull; mess, $S.25GfS75 Butter quiet;
western creamery, 116ll5c; do factory, 71z0
10l9c; Elglns, 15c; imitation creamery, 9140
l1t2ts NldAt udlEJs lUHlfCs 40 creamery llNU
15c. Cheese dull. Rice steady. Molasses
quiet. Coffee-Optlons opened steady az
unchanged prices 70 five points decline.
Ruled generally weak under disappointing
European cables, heavy receipts at Rio
and Santos and slack demand; closed
barely steady Sales, 1900 including, July
6.S0d6.S5c; September, &c; December, 7.O5c;
spot coffee, Rio quiet; Cordova, 11Q17c;
Sales 1000 bags; Rio No. Z, spot, TIC. Su-
gar raw. firm. refined steady.
Chicago, June A.--Fear of July corner
hung like a storm cloud over the wheat
market to-day and drove the shorts to
cover The results of the days trading
was an advance of 101Ac on July options.
Corn and oats were strong gaining about
nc and nc respectively. Provisions were
rather quiet, closing 2lzc to sc lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. loves. Cl.sing.
Wheat No. ,
July .....7Olsa7OA 7Olz 69lk %97Oh
Sept .....64AqGl9s 6rzQ6l5s ca 6iNQ6lM
Dec .;.66A 66's 6s 6sA
Corn, No. p
july .....2iss 55% AK Is ASK
Sept &C.: .257s 20 a2els 251zG25s %
Oats, NO. =
July .....I78 1874 l7% .18h
Sept .....17& IS Tx IS
Mess Pork, per barrel
July Isl 62A 81 62A 81 521k 81 SEA
Sept -. % 772A 1854 go
Sept Sept 80. - I i@ 20 go 20
Short Ribs per 100 pounds
July ....H az 81 az 81 40 81 f2lk
Sept ..... 52h 57h ANA 40
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No. spring wheat, 7J3sa7ic; No
3 spring wheat, 63d7lc; No. 2 red, 75k6D
pgCf0rfLsas No D
corn 25hc. No. 2 oats. 1870; No. white,
I. o. b., 22a23c; No. 3 white. T. o. b., 20lh1
22hc No. rye, 3ic No. 2 barley, nonl-
nal; No. 3. Z. o. b.. 2s033c. No. I lax seed
7Sfb79c. Prime timothy seed S2.75. Mess
pork, per barrel, H.5Od7.55. Lard. per 100
pounds. G.d. Short rib sides Ooose). $3.50
M4.GO. Dry sailed shoulders (boxed) AZ
G5c; short clear sides (boxed). 4halNc.
Whisky. dlstlllers finished goods. per gall
lon, Sii9.
Cincinnati, o.. June 2f-Fiour quiet.
Wheat weak: No. red, soc. Corn firm:
No. mixed. 2GiAc. oats firm; No. mixed.
zoe. Rye quiet; No. 2, S5c. Lard strong,
3.70c. Bulk meats steady. 440N450c. Ba-
con strong, 5S0a5.S5c. Whisky steady at
sli9
81 Louis June 24-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat. spot. higher. No. 2 cash
elevator. Use asked; track. 7Ta7sc: July
G7Ae; August, 66hc September. 663sc ask
ed. Corn. spot higher: No 2. cash, 23c
asked. july 227sc bid; September, 2pAc
bid. oats spot higher; No. cash. i77kc
bid; july Sc bid. Bran dull weak. sack
ed. east track we're, nominally. 55c: east
side. si035c. Butter steady; creamery. i0h
Ni5Mc. dairy. Cdlihc. whisky. n.l9. Pork
hrm. standard a mess iobbng. T.SO07S0
Lard hrp. prime steam. 3sOc; choice
3.s7itc. Bacon, boxed shoulders. 5G2lkc.
extra short clear and ribs. 55oc' shorts
5.6li4c Dry salt meats boxed shoulders
47jci extra short clears. DC: ribs. 5l2ihc
Baltimore, June 4-Flour dun, un-