The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-06
GRAN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, April 5.-Flour moderately
active and firmly held. Rye -four dull.
Corn meal quiet. Rye firm; No. ., 5S1kc;
state rye. 55e. Barley quiet; feeding 4255
G4Sc. Barley malt steady.
Wheat, spot firm, but quiet; No. 2, red,
$101M; options opened fractionally cas-
Ter owing to Liverpool weakness, but
speedily recovered and was strong all day
on local covering, rumored reductions of
French duty and active buying for out
side account; near months closed 1582tc
net higher. but distant options not being
in demand was 1sdssc net lower; July
closed SS7sc.
Corn, No. 2. SIC; options ruled quiet,
but firner to-day; Influences connected
with the advance were fair, export orders
and the strength in wheat; closed isc net
higher; May closed 34ssc; July closed
S51kc.
Oats, spot, dull No 2. Bic; options firm
closing Nc net higher; May 29at d297sc
closed 29%c. Beef firm. Cut meats steady
Lard firm; western steamed, S5.6212; May,
$5.6712; refined steady. Pork steady. But
ter firmer; western creamery, 15i5a211ac;
do factory, 12ll141ac; Elgins 211kc; im-
tation creamery, Halle; state dairy, 14d
ls1ac: creamery. 15ia@20c. Cheese dull.
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania, 1914
Qlol&c; western, fresh, l0c; Southern, 9Ib
QlOc. Potatoes steady; New York, 81. 37lb
@2,50 sweets, $3.006l450 Cotton seed oil
steady; prime crude 1870; do yellow,
2212c Petroleum duh. Rice steady. No
lasses quiet Cabbage. quiet; Florida, 75c6
Sl.z5; Charleston and Savannah 125dl 80.
Cofree options, opened steady, with quo
tations unchanged to points lower; ruled
moderately active during forenoon. with
upward tendency on local covering and
some investment buying; early in after
noon near months jumped up 30d35 points
on active covering and heavy consumptive
buying following rumors of war tax; clos
ed strong, with prices 1906 points net
higher; sales $50 bags. including April.
DISC May. 5.7oQ6 l0c: spot coffee strong.
hio, No. Z, invoice, &c; do jobbing. 79sc;
mild strong and higher, Cordova. Ss!1l7c.
heaVy business in both mild and Brazilian
grades. Sugar, raw, strong; fair refining.
S7sc; centrifugal 96-test, 4hc; refined
strong
Cincinnati, o., April 5.-Flour. quiet
Wheat, quiet; No. red 9ic. Corn. quiet.
No. mixed. &c. Oats, steady; No
mixed, Csc Rye, quiet; No. 2 SEC Lard
firm at S5.l5. Bulk meats, firm at s.. 30
Bacon, firm a $500. Whisky quiet al 81 %
St Louis, April 5.-Flour, quiet Wheat
spot, lower; No. red, cash, elevator. 97C
bid; track, 9Sc; April. CSC; May. $lOO94 bid
$lOl1s asked; July, SOC asked: September
75s4c bid; No. 2 hard, cash 90d92c. Corn
spot, firm; No. cash, 271sc bid: April
279sc; May, 272sGZ71zc; July, 2Sss G2Sa4c
September, 295sc. Oats, firm: No 2. cash
2Sc bid; track, 26aa 02714c; April. 26hc; May
26lsc; July 227sc bid No white 29isc
Bran. stronger; sacked. east track, 52d
soc. Butter, higher; creamery 16d2tc
dairy, 10qi6c. Eggs. higher at SIC. Whls
ky, s1.20. Pork. unchanged; standard mess
Jobbing, s9.s75s. Lard, steady; prime steam
$780, choice $50 Bacon. boxed shoul
ders $5.37lzq5.50; extra short clear, $575
ribs, s5.s7ik; shorts. $500. Dry salteC
meats, boxed. shoulders. $475a4S71s: ex
$3.50.