The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Oct. S-Flour-Weak and in
active; Minnesota patents. $3.956DA10; Rye
flour. steady Buckwheat flour. firm, Sl45
d165. Buckwheat. easier 43c. Corn
meal, steady; yellow western, 75c. Rye,
easier; No. 2, 54c. Barley, quiet; mailing,
47i6d51c. Feeding, 4S1aQ5lc. Barley malt,
steady: western 57q7oc. Wheat-Spot,
easy; No. red, 1850; options, weak in re-
Spouse to lower cables and large spring
wheat receipts. After a slight rally on
big clearances at noon they weakened
again under light export developments and
closed unsettled at 9sd94c decline; sales in
clude No 2 red; December closed 74i2c;
March closed 74skc; May closed 72ibc.
Corn-Spot. steady; No. 2, 39isc; options
opened easier on cable news, but held
fairly steady all day, influenced by ex-
port business and light offerings, closed
MdAc lower. December closed 3S1sc; May
closed S92sc.
Oats-Spot. easier; No. ?, 29c; options
dull and nominal Beef, firm; extra mess
s900Q9.50 beef hams, $1S50d19.00; packet
$900Q10.00; city extra India mess, $500
CISCO. Cut meats, quiet, but firm. Lard,
easy; western, steadier, closed at $1,000
5.25; city, $450li5.00; refined, steady. Pork,
steady. Butter, firm; western creamery,
l5q23c; do factory, 111aq14l4c; Elgins, 2Sc;
imitation creamery, 1S417c; state dairy,
14Ql9c. Cheese, dun; large white, SIC.
Eggs, firm; state and Pennsylvania, 271sc;
western fresh, 30i5c. Potatoes. firm; Jer-
sey's, 81. coal g; New York, $125Q1.5 so; Long
Island, 81. 25G1l. rs; sweets, Jersey, SL12hq
LIS; Southern, Toe.
Cotton seed Oil, quiet; prime crude, sc;
do yellow 22ihc Petroleum steady. Coffee
Options opened steady at unchanged prices,
worked within very narrow changes with
steady undertone on fears of oversold
market at low prices, while warehouse
deliveries in this country showed Increased
distribution of spot supplies; buying
checked by unsatisfactory European and
weak Brazilian cables; closed steady AT
net unchanged prices; sales, 14,I50 bags
including November, $49004.95; December
S. 20; spot Rio. duh and easy; No. In
voice 5%G57sc; No. jobbers, 6hd63sc.
mild dull and barely steady; Cordova, Sd
l5c Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, lS-16c
centrifugal, 96-test, 5-l6e; nnolasses sugar
9-l6c; refined, firm. Rice, firm. Cabbage,
quiet, per 100, $1000S0o
Chicago, oct. 2S.-Weaker cables to-day
and slack export demand caused a decline
in wheat; December closed lsd$sc lower
Corn and oats lost sc each. Pork declin.
ed 71ac, and lard and ribs sc each.
The leading futures ranged as fonows
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat, No. .
Dec Dec 49,. 66is@esA 66asqGsk 65Mass SS3l
May 667sd1 CTS 66% 67d67h
Corn, No p
Oct. ...,S1B 80 Sl% 3lN
| Dec. ..o. 32h 32Ss 30 S2A@S2A
May zee. 34iSdS4A $40 "a 34BdS4h
oats, No. .
Dec. 80. .2Sss 23Ik92S5s -2Sh@2Sss 232sa2Sh
May ...2414 2i9s@24l5 24h 242
Mess pork, per barrel
Dec. ....S S2l5 81 s2t5 81 771k 81 so
Jan. 800 9O2h s95 s 97l
Lard. per 100 Lbs
Dec. .......4S5 4S5 4SO S2b
Jan. .......4 30 92is 490 40
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
Dec .....4 60 $50 460 so
Jan. .....465 465 40 CPL
Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour
steady; No spring wheat, 66d67lac; No.
spring wheat. 6SG65lac; No. ? red, 67q6Sc
No. corn, 32hG32i4c No 2 yellow corn
S2hqS27sc; No. oats, 2l%q25c; No, 2 white