The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-24

1 ket fun, easier with options; f. O. b.
| Syhc; ungraded red, 1880; No northern.
| ooAc; options opened weak and declined
| ts0l cent, rallied y to q cent, declined he
rallied sc, closing firm at 1SsGl5s cent I'M
| der Saturday with the trading fairly ac-
tive; No. red S2lac; March, S2%c; April
Sl3sc; May, Sic; June, S0kc; July. 7S7sc
September, 76lsc. Corn, spots dull, easier
| No. ?, 29Ac elevator; 30Ac afoat; options
| dun and steady at ls0D3sc decline; February
29Ac May, soc; July, Sllsc. Oats, spots
quiet, steady options dull. steady; Feb
| ruary 2l5sc; May, 2l5sc; July. 223sc; spot
NO :, 2lAc; No. white, 23iAc; mixed west
ern, 20a23c. Hay prime steam steady; ship
ping SOC; do to choice, 721bdS0c. Hides firm;
wet sailed Havanas selected, So to 90
pounds, 7Ac; Texas dry, 13c. Wool firm; :
moderate demand; domestic fleece 16m23c :
pulled, 1SqSlc. Beef firm quiet; family
S9.OOql0.J0; extra mess $700dS.0O. Beef
hams steady, $1S.006tlS.50; tierced beef
slow steady; city extra India mess, $t3 Goa
HOO; cut meats firm, fairly active; picked
bellies, 4]2c;shoulders. 434d5c do hams, 81 "a
DC. Lard quiet, easy; western steam, 1752c
city, S.S0c; May, 49Oc; refined dull; CONT
nent, 4.45c: South American, 465c; COM
pound, 4d4Ac. Pork easy; new mess, s. 256C
SO. Butter lower fair demand; state dali
ry 1O11Sc; do creamery, 13a1Sc; Elgns,
l9c. Cotton seed oil quiet; crude 20Q2Ol5c;
yellow ysn. prime, 2aA@2ic Rice.
to extra, 37s@6c; Japan, 41sGD41Ac. Molasses
steady; moderate demand; New orleans.
open kettle, good TO choice, 1Sd30c. Peanuts
quiet; fancy handpicked, 3hG34c Coffee
quiet unchanged, to points down. Febru-.
airy, 9.lOc May 9.20c; July, 9.25d9. SOC; Au-
gust, 9.SOc; September, 9.3Od9. 35c; spot Rio
dull, easy; No. z, $3.50. Sugar raw, firm,
fair demand; fair refining, 27sc; refined,
quiet, firm off A. 4lsc; standard A, 43sc;
cutloaf SCI crushed, sc; granulated 4ssc
Freghts to Liverpool, market cotton by
steam. l7Iac per 100 pounds; grain by
steam, Zl2d.
Chicago, Feb. %, noon.--wheat, May.
75lsq75hc. Corn, May, A2s@24lkc. Pork.
May, $921A@7.95. Lard, May, SS.971k.
Ribs, May, $4.0J@4G1a
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 23.-The news of the
day on wheat was not all bearish, nor yet
bullish, but after the most of il was i'm and
digested, prices broke ~ cents and at tho
close had recovered, but * of a cent. The
apparent explanation Of the weakness lay
in the more peaceful feeling abroad as in
Dictated by higher consols at London and
lower prices for wheat at Liverpool. The
belief that war is becoming less probable
each day tended to destroy bull confidence
and free realizing was the result May
wheat opened from IS to 75%c, sold be-
tween 765s and 75c closing at 753sc-1A0D
1hc under Saturday. Cash wheat was
weak and ] cent lower.
Trading in corn was attended with more
interest than has accompanied IL for some
time. The extremely heavy exports Of
last week together with a comparatively
small interior movement entered into con-
sideration i'm determining the tone of the
market, and the value of the grain. Com
bined with these factors, there was for a
time a very firm wheat market and that
naturally affected corn May corn opened
at 2lhc, sold between 2424c and 24lkc, clos
ing at Al2c-1sc higher than Saturday.
Cash corn was NC higher for through bill
ed and steady for local.
The tendency in oats was TO emulate the
action of corn. For the first hour business
was transacted mostly at one price, but
when the other grains advanced, oats fo.-
lowed. A prominent scalper offered free
ly early and bought later. The late ac-
ton was at easy prices. May oats closed
a shade under Saturday. Cash oats were
steady
MISUNDERSTANDING from the hog
market this morning gave traders IN pro-
duct nothing new on which TO base a buy
ing or selling argument. The run of hogs
was moderate and prices were unchanged
Grain extended assistance TO provisions,
slight Improvement being noted. Packers
were fair buyers Of pork. The cash de-
mand being good, helped to sustain the flu
lures. May pork closed a shade under
Saturday; May lard closed 2AQ5c lower;
and May ribs unchanged.