The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Sept. 10.-Flour quiet, but
firm at a slight advance; Minnesota pat
ent, $5.50d610; rye flour firm. Corn meal
quiet Rye quiet; No. 2, 531bc; car lots,
50452c. Barley steady; western, 32c. Bar
ley malt dull; western, 550165c. Wheat,
spot quiet; No. 2 red, $1.O6A afloat; No 2
hard, $1.055s delivered
Options opened strong on higher cables
and foreign buying, weakened under real
izing, rallied on reported reduction of
French duty, but declined and closed
weak in consequence of disappointing ex-
port demand at h@Ac net loss; No. 2 red
May, $l.O012d1 OPS; closed $1.O01b; Septem-
Der, $1.O3 15-16G105asc; closed $1.Clis Octo-
Der, $1,O3Q1.O49s; closed $1O3A; December,
$1.W 7-16G1.03; closed $101ss.
Corn, spot, easy; No. 2, 365sc elevator;
S712c afioat; option opened firm with wheat,
but weakened under improved crop news
and closed at &c decline; September, 1854
Q56Ae; closed $3.50; October closed, S7Ac;
December, 3S3s@39c; closed 381bc.
Oats, spot, firm; No. 2, 25c; options dull,
but steady, with spot, closing UNI
changed to Nc net advance; September
closed 25c; October closed 25c; December
closed 26c.
Hay weak. Hops quiet. Hides firm.
Leather firm. Wool strong; domestic. 200
&c; No. to extra, 27d40c; Texas, 1OGI16c
Cut meats, quiet; picked bellies, 715dISI5c
do shoulders, sac; do hams, S1k0S5sc. Lard
easier; western steamed, 5.0112c; October
5.O2c; refined easy; continent, 5.5Oc; COM
pound, 47sQ51sc. Pork steady; old mess.
$S.5C49.7O; new mess $10.GG01015; short
clear, $1O.50d13C0; family, 81. O001l.5O. But
ter quiet; western creamery, 126lSc; do
factory, Sd12c; Elgins, 1Sc; imitation
creamery, 1Oq13c; state dairy, 1O316lbc; do
creamery, 12@1Sc. Cheese steady; large
white, 91sc; small do, 91ac large colored.
919c; small do, 9lsc; part skins, 61a6l7c; full
do. SlaQ4c. Eggs quiet; state and Penn
sylvania, 17Q1Sc; western fresh, &c., pota-
toes steady; Jersey, $1.9002 CO., Long ISL
and, 2.25Q2S714; sweets, si.5OQ1,75. Tai
low dull; city, SSs13aic; country, 35kd324c,
as to quality. Cotton seed oil dull; prime
yellow 27l3@2S1ac. Petroleum quiet. Rice
firm. Molasses firm.
Coffee-Optons opened steady at I'M
changed prices to a decline of points
ruled duh throughout the morning, fol-
lowing unsatisfactory European advances;
buying checked by heavy Brazilian re-
ceipts and lack of outside support; in the
afternoon quiet and featureless, closed
steady net unchanged to points decline;
sales, 800 bags, including September, So. sO
December $685. March, $3.50; May, Sc. go:
spot coffee Rio steady: Cordova 1Oib6
1612c; sales, $50 bags Santos No. ahoaf
Csc. Sugar, raw, strong; refining. S9sc .
centrifugal, S%c; refined steady, No G,
494c.
Chicago, Sept. 1O.-september wheat
sold at dollar to-day. December came
within &c of that figure at one time, but
declined before the close to CSC, an ad-
vance of 14c since yesterday. Septem-
Der closed at 9Slac Strong foreign mar
kets, seaboard engagements and rumors
of reduction in the French wheat tariff
were the bulish features, the reaction be-
ing caused by realizing sales. Corn de-
clined AQssc and oats &c. Provisions
closed 5@22l3c lower on the renewed vel
low fever scare in the south.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat, No. p
Sept 1904 81 90 49, ssA 4. ssN