The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-10
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York. Feb. 9-Flour steadily held,
but quiet, owing to irregular action of the
wheat market. Rye flour firmer Wheat,
spot, unsettled; No. ? red $1O3A; options
opened firm at partial sc rise, and adj
vanced on better cables and foreign buy
ing Later they We're nervous and alter
nately strong and weak on scalping opera
tons finally collapsing under a raid
prompted by Disappointing export develop
ments. closed sc off on near months,
which had shown relative strength on a
square squeeze of shorts and partly &c off
on other positions. No. 2. red, February,
$L0l5s July, S91bc:
Corn, spot. steady; No 2, 361kc options
opened steady and unchanged advancing
on better cables and liberal export sales,
with a final slight reaction, following
wheat, closed unchanged; February closed
345se; May, 3454c. Oats, spot. frmer; No.
2, SOC bid options inactive all day. closing
&c higher; May, 29I5c. Beef firm. Cut
meats firm; picked bellies, 57sd6l4c; pick
led shoulders, 4$4c; picked hams. 547l5c;
Lard firm Pork firm; mess, S10.50Gl0.75;
short clear, $10.504l1.25. Cotton seed oil
firm; prime crude, 181sd19c; prime yellow.
22Q221ac; petroleum firm. Rye firm; fair to
extra, 4ssG57kc. Nolasses steady. Coffee,
options opened quiet and steady, with I'M
changed prices 10 points up; closed dun,
with prices unchanged to 5 points advance;
sales, $500, including March. $500 Spot
coffee; Rio dull but steady, No. I invoice
6ssc; No Z. jobbing. Csc; mild steady; Cor
dova, 712Q15lac. Sugar, raw, firm; fair re-
filming, Sssc; centrifugals, 96-test, 41sc; Te-
fined strong.
Butter, steady; western creamery 14Ik6
20c Elgins zoe; factory. 11G14c. Cheese
weak; large white September, SEC; small
do do 9G9hc; large coiored, September,
size; small, do do 9d9l4c; large October.
SWSAc; small do, Sh4S1ac; light skins. 6lI
61ze; part skins. 4q5iac; fun skins, ease
Nt.4a 81. ...1
within fifteen minutes of the close. wheat
took sudden and inglorius fall. Unload
ing credited by some TO Cudahy and Letter
and by others TO St. Louis holders start
ed the market down and resulted in a loss
of &c advance and a fraction besides the
market closing i4@asc lower.
Corn and oats We're dull and active by
turns, but closed with very little change
in prices. Provisions again advanced
sharply, closing prices showing 5d7Iho
gains.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat, NO. p
May -. s6isa96A 81 s5Ha96 s5zaSS
July 80. .S51sQS54 S55s Sla4 si%
Corn, No. p
Feb. .....275s 277s 279s 27ss
May ....29A 291z 2slsG29h 29Aa299s
July -. .so3saSolz SON soss SOiEa80ss
oats, No ?
May 49, 242iet2fM % 24st 24s,0247s
July 80. 231sQ2SA 231z 23is023h l[628ss
Mess Pork per barrel
May .....$lO IS so 62ls $40 IS $40 60
July 80. 10 So 10 65 10 SO 10 6j
Lard per 100 pounds
May as 05 So 1216 o2l5 $50
July 80. 121s 8 221s 12l5 500
Short Rihs> per 100 ponds
May ..S51 IS $50 IS 1919 S5m
July -. 20 s 27k 5 20 525
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet. No spring wheat. bic; No 2
spring wheat, 9lQ9lhc; No. red .9S6f9sihc
No. corn, 27szG277sc. No. 2 oats. 24gIe.
No. white. Z. o. b.. 27lla2Sc; No. 3 white
+ O. b, 25nSic. No 2 rye, fsc. No. bar
ley SoqSic, f. O. b. No. fax seed, 81. 24lh