The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-03
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Feb. 2-F'lour. neglected.
with buyers about 15c apart Rye -four
dun. Buckwheat -four duh. Barley malt
quiet.
Wheat, spot, steady; No Northern Du-
luth, SIC; options opened stronger on for
eign buying, but sold off. Although liquI-
dations seemed less prominent than yester-
day, bulls were timid, and when in the
afternoon St Louis sold heavily, focal
houses quickly unloaded forenoon pur-
chases and prompted a weak close at Va
1zc net decline. The export trade was large
and clearances heavy. March closed at
SO9sc; May closed at T9sc July closed at
761sc.
Corn, spot, firm No. 2, 4434 d46c f. O. b.. :
options opened firm and except for a re-
action at midday with wheat. was well
held all day on further large export pur-
chases, closing firm at Nc net advance
May closed at 42Ac; July closed at 43ssc.
Oats, spot. quiet; No. O. 3ihc; options
dun. Beef steady. Cut meats steady
Picked bellies, 5@S94c; picked shoulders,
4a41sc; picked hams, &c. Lard quiet
Western steamed, $500; February, 5.95c.
nominal. Refined steady. Pork firm, But
ter firm; Western Creamery 14Q19c;
Western factory, 12d14c; Elgins I9c; i'm
itation creamery, 13d161ac; state dairy, 1900
tic. Cheese steady; large white. 10lbc
zoe; Western fresh, 1870: Southern, 1saisc.
Potatoes steady; New York, $1.25Gl1 621b;
Long Island, S.75d2OO; sweets Jersey
81. 25q250 Cotton seed oil steady; prime
crude, 1910; do yellow, 24l25c. Petroleum
duh. Rice firm. Cabbage dull s2SI4 per
100 Coffee. options opened steady at I'M
changed prices to points higher; closed
steady and unchanged to points higher
sales, 1880 bags, including February, 5.55c;
nj
No. 7 invoice. csc; No. jobbing. ne:
mild steady; Cordova, 71aa14c. Sugar, raw
strong fair refining, i3-16c: centrifugal,
@-test, 4 5-l6c; molasses sugar, 3 9-i6c
sales, GIL bags; Muscovado, 98-test al
13-16c; spot, ex-wharf. Refined firm.
Chicago, Feb. 2.-After temporary firm
ness to-day wheat yielded TO further laut-
dalton of long property. Heavy export TAX
ings at the seaboard checked the decline
&c from the top price of the session, and
May closed with a net loss of SIC. Corn
association with wheat, and left off al an
advance of &c in corn, and Aa3sc in oats.
Pork and lard are a shade higher, and
ribs are unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat. No. p
May .....743sq7lN 75%a75A 78A 78ssa7a4
July FPS 70 7h 71AQ7l%
Corn. No. p
May ....577s03S 38ss 37A 3sh
July 80. .9s7sQ$sh Ss%GSsN 3SqSSh 1874
Sept. .....39 1914 38% 39h
Oats No. p
May .....2S;s 28h 2Sb 2s3sd28h
July ..... 269s 26249257s 26% 26&l
Mess Pork, per barrel
May $40 1915 SO IS $40 30 SO 421s
Lard. per 100 Lbs
May SIS $50 sea SIS
July 6 90 O2h 5@ 597h
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
May 171s 525 515 5i7ls
July 32lk IS nv $50
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
moderate demand and easy; No. 2 spring
wheat, 7Oa73c; No. 3 spring wheat, 65AD
Tic: No 2 red, 721z07ic; No. 2 corn. S6Ac:
No. 2 yellow corn S7c No. 2 oats. 27atG2Sc;
No. white. 3Otza3lc; No. 3 white, 300D301kc;
NO. 2 rye, 561kc No. 2 barley, H5zQ52Izc;
No. l fax seed. s14k; Northwestern,
81 .ISik; prime timothy seed, S2.35Q2. 40: mess
pork. per barrel. $102Oa1025; lard. per 100
pounds. s565GI5.67lz: short ribs SIDES Ooose).
$i.s505.05: dry sailed shoulders boxed,
iA@43sc; short clear sides (boxed). 5000
SIS; whisky, dsullers finished goods, SIPS.