The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-13
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York. April 12.-Flour quiet but
firm and held higher. Rye flour firm.
Corn meal firm. Rye firm; No 2 59Ihc:
state rye, 56l2c G. /. Barley firm; feeding,
35q3512c. Barley malt steady.
Wheat-Spot. strong; No. red, $1.O6ts
nominal; options opened weak under dis
appointing cables but speedily developed
strength, which they held all day, closing
3sll4c net higher The southwest and
shorts were best buyers, the latter on
heavy export business and firmer late ca
bles; No. red. May, closed $l.03; July
closed S9Ac. Corn, spot, firm; No 2, 961Ac;
options very steady all day on favorable
Liverpool news and export buying. but
mainly with wheat closing &c net higher;
May closed 341hc; July closed S51ac.
Oats-Spot steady; No. @ 3015c; options
dull all day and subject to some pressure
which closed prices 1sc net lower; May
closed 2S]ac. Beef firm. Beef hams. $22 O0d
300. Cut meats quiet. Lard easy: wesi.
ern steamed, $5.45; May, $5.521a refined
easy Pork quiet Butter weak; western
creamery, 176I2lc; factory. 12Jbd18c; Ell
gins, 21c imitation creamery. 14bd17Ilc;
state dairy, 15@l9c do creamery l7a21c.
Cheese steady; large whine, September,
7l4Q7Ac
Potatoes steady; New York. S2.S7laa25O:
sweets, $SG0d4.5O. Cotton seed oil duh
Petroleum dull. Rice firm Molasses firm.
Cabbage dun; Florida, 75c@$l.OO; Charles
ton and Savannah, $l.O00125.
Ccffee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices. closing barely steady with
April unchanged; other months 5a10
points net lower; sales $3.50 bags. including
May at 5e5Q5.75c; June. 5.55c; spot coffee
Rio easy lower to sell; No invoice. 61bc;
NO. Z jobbing, 7c; mild steady; Cordova,
6Aql5e. Sugar, raw. steady; fair refining,
NC; centrifugal 96-test, 41sc; refined su-
gar steady.
Chicago, April 12.-Wheat to-day closed
at an advance of 15sG1&c for July For
the second day in succession California
crop damage reports of a sensational
character had an important influence. The
California reports and an enormous CON
unental demand made a strong market
Corn and oats were helped by the strength
'd wheat and closed at a slight advance
Provisions were dull and left off at a
tr.fiing decline.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
May 81 % aO7 SO s1m
July .SS1a0SSA S55s Ssls s5hGs5S
Sept. ....769s 714 7sss 77Ik
Dec. - IT'S II IT'S
May 2s9sa2aA 2sA 29as 2sN
July .....907s 81 d31ls 30l5d3O5s SO7sd3l
Sept. .....S17s S21sq32A S1s4 BPS
oats. No. p
May ...255s 25% 251b 255kd25a.
July .2s % a2sls 227s@28 q a2S3s
Mess Pork. per bbl-
May ....S9 50 $9S5 SO 70 SO 70
July $50 $50 sS5 9@
Lard, per 100 lbs
May ..... Is 5l7ls SIS 517la
July -. 22lA So 221a 5 Is
Short Ribs. per 100 lbs
May $50. 1719 171a SIS 10
July .... % 27lk 22ls 5 2215
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm; No. spring wheat. 90d99c; No. 2 red,
S.05laq1C6; No. 2 corn, 29s4 dS1c; No. 2
yellow corn, SOQSC'4c; No. 2 oats 2594 126c
No. white, +. o. b., 29lzc; No. white, f.
o. b., 2Sd29c; No. rye, SIC; No. 2 barley
f, o. b., 35a40c; No. l fax seed, S1.22lbg
l23i2; prime timothy seed, 81 75G2. 80; mess
pork, per Dbl, $9,75d9.S0; lard, per 100 lbs
S5.15; short rib sides Ooose), $5.05a5S5, dry
sa,ted shoulders (boxed), 4SlGf7sc; short
clear sides (boxed) $5.5Od5.75; whisky, DIS
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, Sl.20
Cincinnati, o. April l2-Flour, dull
Wheat, nominal: No. red. Csc. Corn
easy; No mixed, Sl@S11ac Oats. active
No 2 mixed, 2Sc. Rye quiet; No. ,, sc
Lard, quiet at $5o219 Bulk meats. easier
at $5.25. Bacon, easy at $500. Whisky
steady at $l.0 Butter, steady.
ST. Louis. April 12.-Flour, unchanged
Wheat, spot, dull and higher; No 2 red
cash, CSC bid; April, 9S94c; May. $1.OO15 bid
July 1880 bid. Corn. spot, firm; No.
cash. 27ssc bid April 279sc; May, 279sc bid
July, 2S5s d2SAc. Oats, spot higher; No.
cash, 26Ac: April. 26Ac; May 261ac bid
July, 22s4c bid. Bran duh Butter, steady
creamery, 16d2lc dairy. 9Q10c. Eggs
steady at S0SAc. Whisky. $1.2O. Pori,
steady; standard mess, jobbng, $975
Lard, steady; prime steam, $500; choice
$5.071A. Bacon, boxed, shoulders. $5.37l9q
$50; extra short clear, $5.S7i2; ribs, $500
shorts, $6.12h Dry salt meats, boxed
shoulders, S4.75d4S7l1; extra short clear
s525; ribs, $5.371a; shorts, $3.50.
Baltimore. April 12-Flour dull, un
changed. Wheat firmer; spot and month
s1.OO9s a1OO1a; May, $l.O0ss; July, S61ac
Southern wheat by sample. 9cQ$1.0l; d.
on grade, 9615QS10O1a. Corn firm; spot
34ss@34%c; month and May, 34la6t345sc
steamer mixed, 34is0I34i4c; southern whit
corn, Sec asked do yellow, 35c asked. Oat
steady; No 2 white, 3S1zc; No. mixed
30dSj15c. Rye strong and higher; No
nearby, 561k@57c; No. 2 western, Sc Ha.
firm; choice timothy. $12.50913.00. Grail
freights firm, unchanged. Lettuce 1.25G
1.5O per basket Whisky unchanged.
Benjamin F. Marsh of Illinois is on
of the distinguished looking men in Con