The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-18
GRAINS. PROVISIONS. ere.

New York, Feb. 17-Flour weak, unset
tied, quiet; city mills patent $4.SOGt9.50;
weak, unchanged. Wheat, spot market
quiet, tirmer; f. o. b., 9Olac; ungraded, red.
72d9lc; options were moderately active
and firm at l20& cent advance; No. 2, red,
February, S1Ac; March, S2Ac; April. S07sc;
May, SOlsc; June, 79s4c; July, Use; Septem-
Der, 75Ac. Corn, spots, duh, firm: No. 2.
February, 2S12c; July, 301zc. Oats, spots
dull, steady; options dull, frmer; Febru-
s ar. 2l1se; Nay A%ss;;o Jg MY
2, white. 23c; mixed western. 2ld2Si4 c. Hay,
prime, steady, quiett shipping, 55c good TO
choice, 52l5dS0c. Hides firm, fair demand;
wet sailed, Havana selected, 80 to so
pounds. 734c; Texas dry, 20 TO 25 pounds,
23c. Wool firm, unchanged, Beef quiet
and steady t9 ao family; $soqlO5o; extra ira
1850 Tierced beef steady; city extra India
mess, $13.00d14.O0 Cut meats firm, picked
bellies, 4l2c; shoulders, 44q5c; hams, SAC
&c. Lard quiet. firm; western steam, 410c;
city, S70c; May. Ace; refined dull; conti-
nent, 4.35c; South America, 4.60c; com
pound, 4g4Ae. Pork steady; new mess,
$S.25aS.75: Butter, nmoderately active;
state dairy, 1OM19c: do creamery, 13q19c;
Elg1ns, 2Oc Cotton seed oil firm, nf6uer-
ate demand; crude, 20@2015c; yellow prime,
iassss @ s'I about steady; New Orleans ' open
kettle good to choice, 21d30c. Peanuts
moderately active; fancy handplcked 315@
3Ac. Coffee dull, to 10 points down; Feb
ruary, &c; March, &c; April 9cs May, 905c;
July, BLOC; September, 9iOc; December,
BLOC; spot Rio dull weak; No. z, 97sc. Su-
gar raw, firm, more active; fair refining,
2 13-16c; refined more active, unchanged.
Freights to Liverpool quiet; cotton by
steam, 17i2c per 100 pounds; grain by steam
Chicago, Feb. ~ Noon.-wheat, May,
74ssc. Corn, May, 235s023sic. Pork, May,
$1Iaaddls; ~, Lard, May $S.S71s. Ribs, May,
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE wheat market
showed an inclination TO do better to-day.
Quite early in the session, in fact, right
at the start, shorts began to cover,
whilst the disposition to hammer the mar
ket was less in evidence than ii has been
for some time. About noon there was a
slump of &c on a break of 1c at st. Louis,
but the loss was quickly regained and adj
dtuonal advances took place. May wheat
opened from 74lsc to 74Ac sold between
7234@737sc and 74Ac, closing at 745sc-5sc
higher than yesterday. Cash wheat was
firm and i5c higher.
Corn was quiet, with prices ranging a
little higher than at the close yesterday.
Naturally the strength was a gift from
wheat. May corn opened at 23I5di2 35kc,
advanced to 23s4c, closing at ZSa23Ac-5s
@Ac higher than yesterday Cash corn
was steady, without material change in
prices.
oats-The drift of prices of
upward direction oats, in the
absence of anything specially bearsh.
showed firmness, through sympathy. May
oats closed unchanged from yesterday.
Cash oats were firmer and about Ac high
err, on light receipts.
Provisions-This market presented a
scene of unusual activity, with a weak
and depressed feeling predominating this
morning.. The receipts of hogs surpassed
In number the most liberal estimates, in
consequence of which there was a break
in prices at the yards This led to selling
of product weakness following. The
strength of wheat causesd a rally later
In the day. May pork closed 21sfl5c low
er; may lard 2Ac lower; May ribs, I'M
changed.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.