The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-25
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Oct. 24.-Flour. strong and
hlgher with moderate trade. Rye flour,
strong and active. Buckwheat -four.
trmer, $140a1.65. Buckwheat, frmer, ~
@4Sc. Corn meal, firm yellow western,
75c Rye, strong, No. 2. SAC; rye, 53lhc. Bar
ley firm; mailing. 71ad52lkc; barley malt,
firmer; western, 55d65c
Wheat-Spot Irregular; No 2. red, SO1zc;
options opened easier with local and for
eign short selling and unsettled cables
the features. A subsequent drop In con-
soils brought closing strength at Liver
pool. an emphatic advance here with gen
eral covering by the talent; closed strong
az l9salAc net advance. Sales included
No. red March closed 7SGl7Sl4c; May
closed, 15lac; December closed 77Ac.
Corn-Market, firm; No. 2 40c; options
at first easier on cables, but rallied
sharply on the strength In wheat small
visible supply increase and covering and
closed l1sQ1Ssc. December closed 39ssc;
May closed 401sc.
oats-spot, quiet No. 2, 29Ac; options
duI. Beef steady Cut meats, steady;
picked shoulders, 4AG415c Lard, steady;
western steamed Closed at S5.371z; city, 500;
October closed, S5.S7, nominal; refined,
| quiet. Pork, steady. Butter, firm; west
ern creamery, 15d23c; factory. 1116q1I19c:
Elgins, 23c; imitation creamery 1S617c:
state dairy, 14@lsc. Cheese, quiet large
white, Size Potatoes, steady; Jersey, S1.12
Q1.50 New York, S1.25Gp1.75; Long Island,
$LSa2.00; sweets, Jersey, $1.25Q200; South
ern, $1O0d1.12la. Cotton seed oil, steady;
prime crude 1sc; yellow, 221kc Petroleum,
| firm. Cabbage, steady $100G3.00. Cotton
by steam, 39GS8c. Coffee-Options opened
| quiet and STEADY at unchanged prices 10
points decline; closed barely steady to
! 5@10 points lower; sales, 1900 bags, in
Guiding November, 5.10Q5.15c December.
! 5.2505.90c; spot Rio, quiet; No invoice,
&c; No 7, jobbing. 6Ac; mild; market
quiet: Cordova. sa15c. Sugar, firm; fair
| refining. 3s4c; centrifugal, 96-test, 4Ac;
molasses sugar. 31zc.
Chicago. Oct. A.-Liverpool to-day fur
nished the tornado that swept over the
| shorts in wheat. Ordinary conditions were
ignored and I'm the turmoil December
wheat climbed 21ac, closing at 7OAG709sc,
! the highest point reached since the Letter
| collapse. Corn advanced &c, oats rose 1s6
&c. Pork left off TIC higher, and lard and
! ribs gained Sc each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing
Wheat. No. p
Dec ....s7ssQs7a4 7o4a7oss SIX 7OAa70ss
May So. .esss@6S9s 7O7s 6SA 7O7s
Com, No. -
Oct ....as1ss s2ss Sl9s s2ss
pee ...ssl%d3lM s2N Si& sex
May -. .sS%dSi S4%@s5 1873 S47s
oats, No. D.
Dec. ..s."23h 23% 2SA 2SN
May - .24AG24l4 24$ 2414 2isS624N
Mess pork per barrel
Dec. ....$7 s2ga IS O21k NaO IS co
Jan. 80. IS s27h 9 1917 rs
Lard. per 100 Lbs
Dec. ~. s2l1 500 s2M 500
Jan. -. 500 50714 500 5 OH
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
Oct. ...... =. ~. ... 32ls
Jan. 49,. 4 721S 4S0 40 4 77ls
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
| firm; No 2 spring wheat, 67Q6Sc; No. 8
spring wheat. 65Q6Sc; No. red 6sa691hc;
No corn. S2c; No. 2 oats, 2ic; No 2
white. 2614q27c; No. white 25a261sc No.
2 rye, 501sc; No. barley, 23Q47c; No. /
fax seed. CSC; prime timothy seed, s2S5:
mess pork per barrel sZ95GSyOO; lard, per
100 pounds, $4.971AG5oO; short rib sides,
| loose. $51Gd5.40; dry sailed shoulders, box
ed. 41aq424c short clear sides, boxed. $50
Q5.40c; whisky, d.stiilers' finished goods,