The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-27
CHAIN. pRoyIs1oNs. rrc.

New York, Feb. 26.-Flour quiet end
lower; Minnesota patents, 81. 40a4. 60; win
ter straights, $4.60q4.75; winter extra, 1890
D415 winter low grades 81 90QS.00
WheatLSpot easy; No 2 red, 81 .O5A f.
o. b. afloat; options opened weak at re
decline, and sold off further under local
liquidation, bearish home and Indian crop
news and absence of clique or other sup
port, closing 7s@1c lower; February 81 .0lAs !;
May, $3.50.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2, 36Ac; options
opened easy at nc net decline, following
wheat, ruled weak all the forenoon under
disappointing weekly clearances and lower
cables, closing 1sc mel lower; May, 345sc.
Oats-Spot dun; No 2, Gle; options quiet
all day and nominaly unchanged; May,
30sc. Wool quiet; fleece 171SM231ac; Tex
as, 135AG1515c. Beef firm; family, Sill ESQ
11.75; extra mess. $800@S So Beef mans,
ST. 256D630. Cut meats quiet picked bel
lies, 57sGo6$sc; picked shoulders, 4$c;
hams, 7%68c. Lard quiet; western steam
ed, S5.45 Pork weak; mess, $1O.65Gt11 90;
short clear, $40. 75Gg12 .25 family, 150D
90. Rice steady at 4$s057se; Japan, gGp
SIC. Molasses firm; New Orleans, 23033c
Cotton seed oil quiet and steady; prime
crude, 20lAM21c; f. 0. b., steady prime
summer yellow, 23Gt231sc off summer yell
low, 2215@23c; butter oil, 26a 2Sc; prime vim
ter yellow, 2Sd2S1zc. Coffee, options open
ed steady at unchanged to s points adj
vance; closed steady and unchanged to )
points net advance; sales of the day. H,250
bags, including March, at 5 45Q5.JOc; Jan
uary, 6.00c; spot coffee, Rio, dun, tending
lower No. 7 invoice, 6Ac; No. jobbing,
6S4c; mild and steady; Cordova, 7l2Ql5lac;
sales, 1900 bags Maracaibo, 100 Sayanilla,
private terms.
Butter steady; western creamery, 141zfl
zoe; factory, 11@14c. Cheese, steady; light
Skins, 6GD7c; part skins. 4Q5hc; full
skins, 26r3c. Eggs, steady. Sugar raw,
firm; fair refining, 311-16c; centrifugal, o.
test 3-16c; refined. steady; crushed, SIC;
powdered, 7-16c; graduated, SIC.
Chicago, Feb. 26-It was a weak day in
wheat, July at one time was off lac and
May &c. Closing prices showed a decline
row market and the weakness was due
more to lack of support than to the news,
which, however favored lower prices.
other markets were barely steady at
slight declines, corn and oats closing ne
lower each, and provisions declining 21a0
15c pork being the weakest thing on the
list.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest Lowest Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
May ....$1O8 81 OaA 81 Oils $40 O2z
July go. S9h9S9h 1914 IS SSA@sss
Corn, No p
May .....29ss42o24 29A6f295s 2914d295s 295s
July ....3O24 G3g7s 3O7s031 3O5sa3O% 3O7s
Sept ......s2 23s S17G32 317sd32
Oats, No. p
May ..26 261s 257s426 25
July ."..24k 2iA 2lh 2ls
Mess Pork per bbl-
May $40 NY SO IS $40 30 $40 80
July .. 10 50 10 52lz 0S5 10 40
Lard, per 100 lbs
May :. $50 SIS 5f71s 17lk
July :. 271k S2i5 SIS 525
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs
May .. 1917 SIS 5 07tz 8 01z
July =. $50 2l5 SIS SIS
Cash quotations were as follows. Flour;
winter patents. $isO05OO; straights S435g
400; spring specials. $.5OG5.O0; spring pat
ents. $40; straights Sl.400460 bakers
$3.eOdS.9O; No. 2 spring wheat @a91e; No 3
spring wheat 92Ac; No. 2 red, 99cG$l. or;
No corn, 2Sl4c; No oats, 25a4c; No. 3