The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

on SPIRITS 20 new ork, rosln, SIC per lUO
pounds.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York. May 17.-Flour dun and
weaker to SELL Minnesota patents, $4.25d
AS; winter patents. $460G4S5; rye flour
dun; corn meal dull; yellow, western, 60c;
city, &c. Rye easier; No. western, 36Ac.
Barley quiet; feeding, 2Sc; barley malt
duh; western. 43G44c.
Wheat-Spot weaker: No ] Northern
New York, S25sc, afloat; No. l. Northern.
Duluth, 84lsc, anoat; options opened
weaker and declined under favorable crop
news, weak English cables and heavy
spring wheat receipts, but later weakened
under realizing and light export demand
and closed 5sQ11sc net lower; No. 2 red,
May, S03sQS012c, closed S03sc; June, 1890
1850, closed 705sc; July, u 3-16077 15-16c,
closed, 773sc.
Corn, spot, easy; No. ?, SOC, elevator; Gle.
anoat; options ruled weak under fine
weather and lower cables but ruled
steady in the afternoon on large export
business, closing 1sQAc lower; July, 30 5-16
@304sc, closed Bose; August, 303sG30%c,
closed SOAc; September, 313sQ31iac, closed
311ac.
Oats, spot, quiet; No ., pc; No. 2, de-
livered, 24c; options opened dull and lower
on fine crop news, closing BQAc net low
err; May 223sc, closed 222sc; July closed
22hc.
Hay firm. Hops quiet Hides firm.
Leather firm. Wool steady. Coal quiet.
Beef quiet. Cut meats steady; picked
bellies 5q5l8c. Lard dull western steam
ed, 4lOc, nominal; May, 4c nominal; re-
| fined dun; continent, 440c; South Amerl-
can, 43c. Pork steady Butter steady;
western creamery. 11@14c; factory, 7126
| l015c; Elgins lac; imitation creamery, 10
| qlOl4c; state dairy, 10d14c; do creamery
Halle Cheese easy; large state, 9@9a4c;
small fancy, lOq11c; part SKINS 4qSc; full
| skins, 212@3c. Tallow dull; city, (S2 per
PACKAGE, SQS 1-l6c; country packages
| free, SlsQ3 S-16c, as 10 quality. Cotton
! seed oil duh. Petroleum dun. Rice steady
| Molasses steady. Pig iron weak; southern,
$9.25Ql0.50; northern, $1OO0d12.OO. Coffee,
| options opened barely steady; 10 to Is
| points lower, following pronounced weak
| ness in European markets. closed quiet,
with net loss of to Is points; sales, 49,
600 bags, including: May 745G75Oc; July,
| 7.45c; September, 7.50GI755 October 1900;
/ spot coffee, Rio, dull; No. Z, invoice 77sc;
No z, jobbing, $3.50; mild quiet; Cordova.
lll2qlShc. Sugar, raw, quiet; barely
| steady; fair refining 294@27sc; centrifugal,
96-test, 5-l6c; refined steady; mould A,
4%c; standard A, 43sc; confectioners A,
| 49sc; cut loaf, 51sc crushed 5kc; pow
dered, 4%c; graduated, 41kc; cubes, 4s4c.
Chicago, May 17.-All the grain and pro-
vision markets ruled weak to-day and
| tAbSSu at uttniltS w neat was aIeGIeQ
| by weak cables and heavy worlds ship
ments and declined 1lsc. Corn and oats
lost 1s4hc; provisions suffered severely,
pork losing 22l2c. while lard and ribs de-
clined about 7l3c each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest Loves Closing
Wheat. No D.
3 May "a ..7i,.ann 7 3 7 81. re 7i5s
Sept. ..67ls 67ssq67l9 66laq669s 667sa67
May .....2rs 2i4 24b 2la.
s sSGt 80. -. 3 55'' So So ~ -:
Suiy ....i75sals Is Gls9s TX l77sais
Sept lis 1874 177s 1871
Mess Pork, per barrel
5 sun, si % SO SO si 10, 3s4
Lard, per 100 pounds
May .. 3 70 37J 72l4 375
July =, 3 s2ls 3 seq 8Tis $50
Sept q. 8 92la s2ig 3S7is $50
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
s sSSt t ~ s s93s s IS: IS s.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy; No spring wheat. 72iaa
SIC; No. 3 spring wheat, 73ibc No. 2 red
&kc; No. corn, 2i24Q245Sc; No. yellow
corn, 25d25lsc; No. ? oats, lSc: No white,
: Q. D. 2s1aQ2S1sc No white, +, o. b.,
2lW22l2c; No. rye, 3f4c; No, barley,
nominal; No. 3, T. o. b.. 2Sd32c; No. T.
f. o. b., 26Q2sc; No. l flax seed, 77d7Sc;
prime timothy seed. $2S5a2.9O; mess pork
per barrel, SS2OaS.25; lard. per 100 pounds,
$3.50; short rib sides Qoose), St4Od465: dry
salted shoulders boxed, 5Q5hc; short
clear sides (boXed), 4h@5c: whisky dis
ullers' finished goods. per gallon. $ll9
Cincinnati, o.. May l7.-Flour easy:
fancy, A.l0@4. As family, 50 .35aS CO. Wheat
quiet; No. red, Ole. Corn firm No. .
mixed, 27lsc. Oats Arm; No. mixed 2lihc
Rye dull No. ?, 36c Lard easy. 3.62iRc
Bulk meats dun, 47504.S5c. Bacon easy
5.5Oa5.55c whisky quiet, Si.l9.
ST. Louis, Mo, May i7.-Flour dun and
unchanged. Wheat spot steady; No. 2
red cash elevator. 92c; track, 9lc: July.
76&c; August. 73Ac September, 73l9c bid
Corn spot steady; No. cash pc bid:
July, 22A; September 2ihG2p4c. oats
dun and firm. No. cash. 20c bid: July.
lSkc bid. whisky N.l9 Pork lower:
standard mess iobbng, s.. lOds rs. Lard
lower prime steam. SGOc; choice. 3 65c
Bacon: boxed shoulders 5S7i4c extra
short clear 5.25c, ribs. 5.3TAc; shorts.
8 Soc Dry sailed meats boxed shoulders
and extra short clear, 4.S0c; ribs, &c:
shorts bloc
Baltimore. Ma. May 17.-FIour duh.
western superhne. 2.7jfi3OO Winter wheat
patents, $t706t4.9O; spring do. SL25al6 60;
spring wheat straigths, AO0aA20. Wheat
dun and easy; spot ana month. 70hm7gibc.
July, 75iac asked; August. 73c asked south
] ern wheat by sample. SJ0Ssc Corn, easy:
I spot Soka30i4c; month. aa0hc: June.
29iadEMc: July, 2gMd2g4c: steamer
mixed, 3aThc; southern white corn. 3lc:
do yellow, 32c oats firm. No. white. 2Sgi
! 2Si9c; No. mixed, Alzq2Jc. Rye easier; No.