The morning news., 1898-12-24
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Dec. 23.-Flour. quiet, but
| maintained its strong uudertone Rye
| flour. steady; choice to fancy, S3.2OaI40O.
! Buckwheat -four dun. Buckwheat quiet
! Corn meal, firm; yellow Western, 7Sa 79c.
| Rye. firm; state rye, 59c Barley, strong;
mailing 5305Sc. Barley. matt. firm; Wes-
tern, 5S070c.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red. 7S2c; OPP
tions were dominated entirely by the bull
sentiment to-day. Opening steady on the
favorable news from Liverpool they ad-
Vadoed actively Oh good continental buy
| ing, export demand and large. clearanees,
reaching the top point on the present bull
movement. The close was firm at l2G&c
net advance; December closed Dice March
! closed 76Ac; May closed 73hc,
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2, 437sc; options
eased off under realizing. but quickly got
into line with wheat and developed posi-
tive strength. Shorts and outsiders fur
nished the demand Closed A@3sc net high
err December closed 42Ac; May closed
42hc.
Oats-spot quiet; No 2, CSC; options,
quiet. Beef, steady; cut meats, duh Lard
frmer; Western steamed, $5A5; December,
S552 nominal; refined, firm. Pork firmer.
Butter, firm; Western creamery, l5G2lc;
do factory. 12@1H2c; Elgins, 2lc; imita-'
ton creamery 13Ql7c; state dairy, l5QlSc.
Cheese, steady. Potatoes. steady; jerseys,
81. .25dl 80; New York, $1.2501621a; Long Is
land, $15Od1.S71a sweets, jerseys, A25Q
1.5O; Southern, J0d75c. Cotton seed oil,
firm; prime crude, 171aG1Sc; do yellow, p
@22l3c. Petroleum firm. Rice. firm; cab
bage steady; 81 25d4.0O per 100. Coffee
Options opened barely steady. 5dl0 points
lower, further eased off points under
disappointing European selling and bear
hammering, declined later, arrested by
firmer ruling of Brazilian markets, liberal
warehouse deliveries and buying on reac-
ton theory; pronounced strength OF spot
department also tended to make shorts
cautious. Closed quiet. with prices l0q15
points lower; sales, $3.50 bags, including
January, 575c March, 5.9Od5 95c; spot Rio
firm; No invoice, &c; No. jobbing Tee;
mild firm CoTdova, 7a4@l5c. Sugar. raw
irregular; fair refining, 57sc bid; centrifu-
gal 96-test 4SsG asked; molasses sugar,
39sc, nominal; refined, unsettled.
Chicago, Dec. 23-Provisions to-day as
sumed the leadership of speculative mar
ket on change, advances ranging from
1Oc to soc were scored in hog products,
with trading the most active in weeks.
The disposition was strong in all mar
kets to steer clear of the short side over
the holiday season, Wheat advanced 9sc,
corn 3sQ(1ac, and oats A@9sc.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. ?
Dec. .... 65ls 667s 65 667s
May ..6S @6SA 50 672@677s 6s5s
July 80. 66Ad66 67A 66l4 67 q67ls
Corn, No. .
Dec. 49,. .85lsaa5A s6ls 85asq35h 86ls
May ..... .S6Aq& S7l2 S69s S7l2
July .....37A S79sqS7A 81 S39sQ373l
oats, No. p
May .....27 a27h 21a 267sa27 279sQ27h
July .... .2515Q255s 257s 25}s 257s
Mess Pork, per barrel
Jan. ....$9 57la $99 50 57l5 50 So
May 49,. 9 s5 10 % s2ls 10 20
Lard, per 100 pounds
Jan. 49,. 5 22l2 $50 $40 27l2
May IS $50 42ls 8 52h
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
Jan. ..... 4 72la 4S7l5 72ls 4S5
May 49,. 4 92la 5071a 490 5C5
Cash quotations were as follows Flour
firm; winter patents, $3.5O@S.60; straights,
SO 20G33O; spring specials. $4.00; spring pat
ents, $3,2O@3.50; straights, $2.SOq300: ba-
kers', $2.20Gt2.40 No. 8 spring wheat, 621
65lac; No. 2 red, 6S12c; No. ? corn, 3G24c
No. , yellow corn, &c; No. , oats, 26l4G
263sc; No. white, 2S%c; No. white 27l4
a2S12c; No. 2 rye, 5i@5iiac; No barley
371ad4Siac; No. / flax seed $l.10; prime
timothy seed $3.50; mess pork per bbi
$S55dS.65 lard, per 100 lhs., s.. 15q53O; short
rib sides Qoose), $AS0@500; dry salted
shoulders (boXed), 4h@42sc short clear
sides (boxed). $5.00a505; whisky. distillers
finished goods, per gallon, $1.26; sugars,
cut loaf, 5.95c; sranulated. 5.53c.