The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ENC.

New York, Oct 15.-Flour. firm; winter
patents, $3.75Q3.90 Rye -four, steady.
Buckwheat flour, weak at $l.40@1.55. Buck
wheat, steady at Ale. Corn meal firm;
3I73c. Barley, dull; mailing Western, 4412Q
49c; feeding, 36s4GS71ac. Barley malt, dull;
Western, 55G64c.
Wheat, spot, steady; No. 2 red, 747sc;
options opened strong, on Liverpool cables,
eased off under sales for both accounts,
but displayed final strength on a renewal
of large export demand; closed unchanged
to nc higher; sales included No red,
March closed, TSAc May closed, Tie; De-
cember closed. 717sc.
Corn, spot, steady; No 2, 37%c T. o. b..
afloat: options opened stronger on sharp
Liverpool advance, but Yielding later to
unloading, closed dull at unchanged prices /;
March closed, SS14c; May closed, $3.50; De
cember closed, 365sc.
Oats spot, firmer; No. 2, Csc; options
were duh and nominal. Beef, quiet; fami-
ly, SO. 50d10.50; extra mess, $780, beef hams,
$18.50G19.00. Cut meats, steady; picked
bellies, 5%G74c; picked shoulders, 4A6
412c; picked hams, 7Ad719c. Lard, firm;
Western steamed closed S535; city, 81. $50
800; October closed $5.47 nominal; refined
firm. Pork, steady; mess, $s.51d900; short
clear, S10.75G1225; family SIP. 50913.OO. But
ter, firm; creamery, 15l9422c; creamery
factory, 11a01419c; Blgins, 22c; imitation
creamery, 13Dl7c; state dairy, HfD1815e
Cheese, steady; large white, Sss68S4c
Eggs, firm; state and Pennsylvania, 1s1k0
19c; Western, fresh, lSlAc. Potatoes, quiet
Long Island, $1.250175 sweets, Jersey.
$l.0Og1.75; Southern. $l.O0. Cotton seed oil,
firm; prime crude, 1Sc Petroleum, strong;
refined, New York, 1920; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, %10; Philadelphia and E3aH.-
more in bulk, $4.65. Rice, firm; domestic,
fair TO extra, 45sc: Japan, &c. Cabbage,
quiet; per 100, $2.75q3.JO. Coffee, options
opened dun and unchanged; ruled inactive
and featureiess, with weak undertone, fol-
lowing unsatisfactory cables and entire
absence of speculative interest with spot
buyers making lower bids; closed quiet
and unchanged; sales, i, $50 bags, includ-
ing December, 5.50c; March, 5.75c; spot,
Rio, quiet; No. Z, invoice, 6sc; No. T. job
bing, 65sc; mild, market quiet; Cordova, 8
@l5c. Sugar, raw. firm; fair refining,
11-16q3&4c; centrifugal, 96-test, 7-S20l4Ac;
molasses sugar, -37-16a3lsc; refined,
steady; mould A, sac; granulated, SC.
Chicago, Oct. 15.-With the demand for
flour subsiding and a rea ppearance of the
weakness In cash grain in the Northwest
there was disposition in the wheat pit
to-day to act cautiously on the buying side
and prices We're allowed to sag. After
an advance at the opening December
closed re lower. Corn left off unchanged
to NC lower. Oats declined &c. Pork is
unchanged to 215c down. Lard 2ta6I5c
higher and ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
Oct. ..... .... 80. 80. 64A
Dec. -. .65Aas5as 65ss e4ls snAaS45s
May .;,;s6Ag66aS es1a s5ss e5ssas5s4
oct. r....S1 81 soH sox
Dec. .3l1s03lss S13s SOA 30h@31
May ...... .SS2sG335s 1875 33h 1914
oats, No. D.
Dec. .....22% % 22A@2ass 22Aq22%
May ...23la 1894 23A 2SA
Mess pork, per barrel
Dec. .....SS 10 IS 20 81 IS 81 97ls
Jan. ;.....s 30 $50 sl7A 20
Lard. per 100 Lbs
Jan. ......5 o7iz SoaA OK o5 's
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
Oct. .....5 S71s S S71s 5 S7ls S S7h
Jan. ......4 50 4S2lk 475 III
Cash quotations were follows: Flour
steady; spring special brands. S400Q61O;
hard pats. s3.400360; soft, .$3.30d3. 40: win
ter straits, SS.lOd3.2O No. 2 spring wheat,
siA465c; No. spring wheat, 62Qeiizc; No.