The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20

| Platte, I2ci Australia, IS W. COaStWlse-
| Steam, Zoe per 100 pounds on rosin; SOC on
spirits to Boston and S1ac on rosin, and
SOC on spirits to New York.
| GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
! New York, March 19-Flour quiet but
| firm; city mills patents, $5.75d6.00 Mime
sofa patents, $5.20Q5.45. Rye -four. dun at
| $2.95d325. Buclkwheat flour, nominal
Buckwheat, quiet at 43G44c elf, New York
Corn meal, dull; yellow Western, 69c; city
roc; Brandywine, $2.05d21O. Rye, steady;
No. Western, 5SAq5SA +. o. b. afoat
New York; state rye, 54d55c track. Bar.
| ley, dull; feeding, 4114c New York Barley
malt. quiet; Western, 521ad67c.
Wheat, spot firm; No. 2 red, $1.05ss@l O5Ts
afloat to arrive; options opened firm and
ruled strong all the morning on scare
| of May shorts, moderate foreign buying
| and steadler cables and closed unchanged
on late months to 5s6D1c advance on neal
months; March closed, $1.04%; May closed,
| $1.O1%.
Corn, spot steady; No. ?, 96hc +. o. b.
| afoat; options were quiet but firmly held,
! in sympathy with wheat. closing un.
changed; May closed, sac; July closed,
80 2-16c.
Oats, spot, steady; No. 2, s11kc: options
| were influenced by the strength in wheat,
and closed 1sc higher May closed, 9Oc.
Beef. steady; family. $1125d11.T; extra
mess. $S.5Od9O0; beef hams, $2250d2S0 90;
| packet, $10OOGp1100; city extra India mess,
| $15.50117.OO. Cut meats, steady; picked
| bellies, 5st66i9c; picked shoulders, 4lA0
| 49sc; picked hams, 7%@Sc. Lard, easy;
| Western steamed, $5.35; May. $515 nom
inal refined. quiet; continent, 500; South
| American, $50; compound, 4lsG43sc. Pork.
quiet; mess, $9.75q1O25; short clear, Sl0.50G
1850; family, $11OOd1150 Butter, steady
| Western creamery 15@19c; Western fac
| tory, 12015c; Elgins, 100; imitation cream
| cry, 14d161sc; state dairy 1f@alSc; state
| creamery, 15619c. Cheese, quiet; large
white, September, Sc. Eggs, steady;
Southern, 101zG1024c. Potatoes, steady;
New York, $2S71b6l25O; sweets, S275a4. %.
| Petroleum, dull; refined, New York, $575;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, $50; Phlla-
delphia and Baltimore, In bulk, $500 Rice,
firm; domestic, fair to extra, 4l5@6lac; ia
pan, size. Molasses firm. Cabbage,
steady at $2O0d3.O0. Cotton seed oil, duh
prime crude zoe; prime crude. f. o. b.
mills, 16G161ac; prime summer yellow, 221c
off summer yellow, &c; butter oil,
25627c; prime winter yellow 28d
2S12c Coffee, options were steady at un-
changed prices; ruled fairly steady for
j Saturday half-holiday without particular
leaning either way, selling chiefly for ac-
count of loading bears, local shorts buy
ing, closing steady at unchanged prices
to 5 points net decline; sales, 1880 bags,
including May 515c; September, 540d5 .45c
spot Rio, weak and nominal; No. Z, in
voice, 5ssc; No T. jobbing, csc; mild quiet:
Cordova, SAq16c. Sugar, raw, quiet fair
refining, 31ac; centrifugal, 96-test, 4 1-16c;
refined, quiet; mould A, 57sc; standard A,
sc; confectioners' A, &c. cut loaf sac;
crushed, 55sc; powdered, slice; granu-
lated, SIC; cubes 5-16c.
Chicago March 19.-May wheat broad
ened into an active market to-day. IN
increased demand from the shorts sent Tire
price up to $1.0 during the early part of
the session, but heavy sales by Letter
broke the price badly toward the close.
The final prices showed a decline of 23ic
In May and &c in July. Favora bic wealth
er and expectations of heavy receipts were
factors in the decline in both options. Corr
and oats broke with the late slump In
wheat, corn closing unchanged and cats
about Ac lower. Provisions were heavy
and closed from 5(J71ac lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
May 81 Os a@ 500 500
July 80; ;85%@ss 1914 s5A S5AaS5as
May -. .2s1Ia2sA 2sAa2oas 2s% 2oA
July $50. sOss 9o1zQSO5s SO14G9Oas SO11
Sept. ....31lh 31% 31h 3lss
| Oats, No. p
May 80. .25A 25AQ& 25% 255s
July .....23la 23ls 23AQ23ss 23]l023as
Mess Pork, per bbl.-
May .....s9 s21z 50 s21s $3.50 50 s2l!
July 49,. . Sta 992h 9@ . ST..
Lard, per 100 lbs
May .....51O SO 5C71s $40
July ...515 517k SIS 8 ~.
Short Ribs. per 100 lbs
May $50. 5O5 sos sos sos
July ..... 121z s 12h $40 SO
Cash quotations were as follows Flour
dull; winter patents, s49Oa5.OO; siraights
S420C14.5O; spring specials s.. 4On550; spring
patents, $i.7Oa510; straights, "a. 4O04. 90; ba.
kers', s3.6043.90; No. spring wheat, ssd
99c No. 2 red, 99AcG$1OO No. 2 corn
2S16m2824c; No. 2 yellow corn, 2s1kn283lc
No 2 oats, 253sc No. 2 white f. o. b., 29ai
a3lc; No. white. f. o. b., 28129c; No z
rye, 49Ac; No. barley, Z. o. b.. 24@42c;
No flax seed, s1.171k: Northwestern. $.21
prime timothy seed, $3.50; mess pork, per
Dbl, $9SOM9.S5; lard, per 100 lbs, 5000
5.O7h; short rib sides Qoose), $49Od5.15;
whisky. distillers' finished goods, per gal
Ion. $119lz.
ST. Louis, No. March 19.-Flour heavy
and unchanged. Wheat higher; No. 2 red
cash elevator. CSC; track, 81 .OOq1 OOA
March, 971zc; May, 99c asked; July, SO1hc
September. 75iac. Corn, spot steady; No
cash, 26S4c March, 2G24c; May. 265sc bid
July, 2S1sc; September, 29M29lkc. Oats
spot higher; No. 2 cash, 26i6c; track 2e3i
a27c; March, 251kc; May, 26Ac asked; July
231sa23Ac. Bran, sacked, east track, 5sl2c
Whisky, sl.2O. Pork lower; standard
mess, jobbing. $lO.75. Lard lower; prime
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