The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York Feb. 5.--Flour quiet but firm
ly held city mill patents, s. 65a5.gO; city
clear, IS. 40E05.55 Minnesota patents, $1,000
535; winter straights, A.55G465; winter ex-
tras, $3.50Q390; winter low grades. 81, 500
300
Wheat, spot Arm; No. q 81. 0315; options
opened easier on disappointing Liverpool
cables. but afterwards recovered and clos
ed unchanged, &c net higher. Foreigners
bought considerable wheat and local COW
ering was stimulated by Russian famine
news and bullish Australian and California
crop reports No. 2 red, February, $102A /;
May, 957sG961sc closed. 9614c.
Corn, spot market Arm; No. q 363sc; OPP
lions quiet but firIner on some export in
quiry and sympathy with wheat. closing
&c net higher May, 3+1sc, closed, 34kc.
Oats, spot strong; No. 2, 29s4c; options
moderately active and firm on higher spot,
closing &c net advance; May, 29lsQ29Ac
closed, 29Ac Wool quiet; fleece, 2703lc;
Texas 1315lD151hc. Beef firm; family. 81 .00aD
1850; extra mess $sOodS.50 Beef hams,
$500 Cut meats steady; picked bellies,
57sQSlAc; picked shoulders, NC do hams
7407lAc. Lard firm; western steamed, $500
Q515; refined steady. Pork firm; mess
$l025dl0.50; short clear, $10.O0G12.00; family
S1050G11.00. Rice firm; fair to extra 434GJ
49sc; Japan, 5a5Ac. Molasses firm; New Or
leans open kettle, good to choice 2Sm33c
CONNCaA '7NNN -
without change; prime crude, 1S1z019c; f.
o. b. mills, 15415i@c; prime summer yellow,
2l12c bid; off summer yellow, 21lac nomi-
nal; butter oil, 25d27c prime winter yell
low, N12Gr285ac. Coffee, options steady at
unchanged prices; closed steady at I'M
changed prices; sales $500 bags, including
March at 5S0c: spot coffee, Rio, steady
No. invoice, CSC; No. jobblng, SIC
Mild steady; Cordovs S1kGl5c. Sugar, raw
firm fair refining Slice; centrifugal So
test, Lice; refined firm; Mould A, 5lhc
standard A, SIC; confectioners' A, SIC; cut
loaf, SIC; crushed sac; powdered, 9-16c;
graduated, SIC; cubes, 57-16c.
Butter firm; western creamery, 141h420c:
Elgin, 2Oc; factory, 11914c. Cheese steady;
large white September, &c. small do
September. 9a91zc; large colored, Septen-
Der, SIC; small do September, 9q9Ac;
large October, 8GISl4c; small October SAGD
slac; light skins, 6delkc; part skins, 4Q
51ac full SKINS 2q3c.
Chicago, Feb. 5.-After a dull and unin-
teresting session, wheat closed to-day at a
nc decline. Trading was almost entirely
local and fluctuations were narrow. Corn
closed unchanged. Oats were strong, but
advanced only &c. Provisions reached a
new level of prices, but reacted and closed
unchanged to a shade lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Feb LIB SO 98 98
May 80. 947sd951z 95ss 94M IS
July .....siA Si5sas474 ss75@4 1878
Corn No. .
Feb ...".Hh 7h 21h 27s
May ....A a2fs 2sAa2sA 20 @2ss 2s15
July .... .9Ol@3O7s SOlz 9OA 3Ol4G3Oss
Oats No. p
May ...2iss 247s Assa2hs 245s
July ..S 23A % %
Mess pork. per barrel
May 80 25 SO 35 $40 25 SO 27ik
July ...1O IS 1875 10 30 10 IS
Lard, per 100 pounds.
May .495 500 4 92ik s2l5
July ....5O5 5O7k O2ls O2IS
Short ribs, per 100 pounds
May $40. s OH s 12l5 sos 07ls
July ..515 SO SIS Sis
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady; winter patents, "a. S00490; straights,
S43O6p460; spring patents, sl600490;
straights. $4,000 50; bakers, s36On4.0O No.
2 spring wheat. 91193c; No. spring wheat,
s4Gs93c; No 2 red 98c; No corn. 275sc; No
2 oats 2414QD242sc; No. 3 white f. o. b., 25%
@2sIzc; No. rye. MIC; No. barley f. O.
b. 29a34c; No. / fax seed, S1.2llbGI1 20
prime timothy seed, $3.50; mess pork, per
barrel $l0.2o010.25; lard. per 100 pounds
4.s5: short ribs sides 0oose. 81 90d5. 25; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed), 434q5c; short clear
sides (boxed), s5.25Q5.35: whisky distillers
finished goods, per gallon. s1.lSis.
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