The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-31
GRAIN, PRovIsfoNs. ETC.


New York, Aug SO.-F'lour inactive and
barely steady, with prices 5d1Oc lower to
| sell; Minnesota patent, A25d4.55. Rye
| flour firm, $3.50. Corn meal steady
Wheat, spot, steady; No. red 7SIkm
| 741sc; options opened easier because of
disappointing cables and ruled irregular
all day. A period of midday strength.
based on foreign buying. rains In the
| Northwest and light Offering, was followed
! by late break under weakness in cash
| circles; closed 1s@4c net lower; sales in
Guided No red, May, closed at CSC. Sep
TENDER closed at 694sc; December closed
at 665sc.
Spot corn firm; No 2, 369kc; options
opened easy with wheat. but stimulated
by adverse crop reports turned stronger
| and closed AGssc net higher; September
closed S4Ac; December closed 35he
oats, spot, dull; No 2, 261aa27c; options,
market was quiet and unsettled closing
&c net lower; September closed 247kc.
Beef quiet. Cut meats firm. Picked bel
Hes, 6AG61ac. Lard firm; Western steam
ed closed at $3.50; city, $5.10d15 20; Septem-
Der closed $3.50 nominal; refined firmer
Pork easy; mess, $9.25q975 Butter steady:
Western creamery, 141aQ1s1sc; do factory
| ll134l4c; Elgins, 18lac; imitationcrea merry
1SQ17c; state dairy, 13617c. Cheese dull
! Eggs steady. Potatoes steady; Jerseys
| $125q1.75; Long Island, s1.3715d1g5; sweets,
Jersey, $212l8G2.50; Southern, 81 2501. 80
| Petroleum dull. Rice steady. Cabbage
| steady. Cotton seed oil steady and easy.
J but not quotably lower; prime summed,
! yellow, 2232q23c; prime winter yellow, 27D
| Csc Coffee, options opened steady with
| prices unchanged to points lower: rallied
| and showed fair amount of strength de-
! spite bearish cable news and local sup
port, increasing consumptive demand and
| broadening warehouse deliveries checked
/ EelliQRs closed dull nnPhanUad 10 ic
higher; sales, $500 bags. including Sep
! TENDER, 5.60c; December SOC Spot coffee.
| Rio steady; mild firm; sales good general
business. Sugar, raw, strong; fair refin-
ing, lS-16c; centrifugal, 96-test 5-16c;
molasses, 3 9-16c; refined, strong
! Chicago, Aug. 30.-Anxiety on the part
/ of September shorts, on account of the
small amount of contract stock in store
here, held wheat steady to-day. septem-
| Der closed 1s@Ac higher and December
rose 1sc. Corn gained sc. Oats are I'M
changed to 1sc up. Pork and lard I'M
changed, and ribs improved 21kc
| The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing.
| Wheat No. p
/ Aug. ....6S 68 67sk 67st
Sept. ....6s7sd64 645s 6S% 64ss
Dec. .....61a4 Q61M 62Ad62ss 61% g. d62ls
May .....635s @63B 641s664A 635s GA
Corn No. p
Aug. ....29b 302s 2924 n297s 301k6I3OH
Sept. ....29s4Q2sB SO3s 29a4q2s7s S0lg @S014
Dec. .....90A 3015630% 301k 901A
May. .....S21z 80 G3Ss S21z s2%@3S
Oats No. p
Sept. ....197s 201s 1915 20
May .....22 22A % % 622h
Mess pork. per barrel
Sept. ....$s 50 IS STU IS S21k 1886
Oct. 800. So s 92h SIS 92l5
| Dec. 80. 8 % 902h S95 9OO
Lard, per 100 pounds
Sept. -. 8 10 $40 SIS 17ih
Oct. -. 20 525 $50 $40
Dec. .....5 Is $50 SIS S 271s
Short ribs, per 100 pounds
Sept. -. 5 271s 5 3714 271A SIS
Oct. 49,. 80 5 371a $50 5S5
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady; No spring wheat. CSC; No 3
spring wheat. 611ade5c; No. 2 red, CSC; No.
2 corn, 9015a9O34c; No. 2 yellow corn, 311
31Ac; No. 2 oats, 21c; No. white 231kGD
2llac; No. white, 2234 023Ac; No. rye,
43lac No barley, 89a42c; No. fax seed,
SS1ac; prime timothy seed, $2.521a; mess
pork, per bbl.. $s.s5Q8.s0; lard, per 100 lbs.
5000. 2215; short rib sides Qoose), $50;
dry sailed shoulders (boxed), 415Q4s4c
short clear sides Boxed, S575a5.s5.