The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-05
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Feb Flour. duh and
weak; winter patents. $8SSG4.lO. Rye flour,
dull good to fair, So. S06S40 Buckwheat
-four. quiet at $l.90. Buckwheat. duh at
&C. Corn meal. dun; yellow Western, $50
Sac. Rye, weak; No. ?, 66c Barley quiet;
feeding, Western, 46I9d47iac; mailing, 5Sq
Csc. Barley malt, quiet; Western. 5Sd6Sc.
Wheat spot. steady; No. red, Sl9sc;
options had a strong opening. through
demand from shorts. but quickly developed
heavlness under renewed liquidation; the
local feeling was bearish, owing to easier
cables, favorable crop news and absence
of outside support; closed weak at SsWAc
net decline; March closed 79Ac; May
closed. 1850; July closed, 7iSsc.
Corn, spot steady; No. 3 43Ac; options
opened easy, and broke under liberal long
account selling, influenced partly by cold
weather West, and the heaviness in wheat;
closed weak al y and sc net lower; May
closed, 41Ac; July closed, 42Ssc,
Oats, spot, dull; No. 2, S4iac; options
dun Beef, steady; family. 10d1ic; extra
mess, 81. 10000. Beef hams, $lSOo@lS.bO:
packet S950d1OO0; extra city India mess,
$15.O0G16p0. Cut meats, quiet; picked bel
lies, 5GG534c; picked shoulders, 4hc; picked
ham, 7d714c. Lard, easier; Western steam
ed. $3.50: February, $3.50 nominal; refined,
quiet Pork. steady; mess. S75alOJO'
short clear. $40 .5Od12.50; family. SO50q LOO.
Butter, steady; Western creamery, l4@l9c;
factory, 12Ql4c; Elgins, 19c imitation
creamery. 13d16c; state dairy, 1SQl7c.
Cheese, steady; large white, l019c' Eggs
market steady; state and Pennsylvania
19IbG2Oc; Western, fresh, 19Ac; Southern,
1S61gihc. Potatoes, steady; New York, $l25
al .e2%; Long Island, $l.7J@2.0O; sweets,
Jersey, S125d250 Petroleum, duh; refined,
New York, $40; Philadelphia and Baltl-
more. S.35; refined in bulk. $4.S5. Rice,
steady; domestic fair TO extra, 42qIc' ia
pan, 5a5hc. Cotton seed OIL quiet, but
firm and held higher; prime crude l91sQ
zoe; butter grades 296Slc. Coffee options
opened steady at unchanged prices; ruled
very quiet, with but slight further
changes: favorable Brazilian cables offsel
bv trregularity in European markets sta
tistical changes bearishly construed; TRAD
ing almost entirely of professional nature
closed steady and unchanged to points
lower: sales, 1900 bags including March
&. COOS. 65c; May, 5.SOc; spot, Rio, quiet; NO
7. invoice. csc; No. Z, jobbing. 71sc; mlld
quiet; Cordova. 71@ql4c. sugar raw w
strong; fair refining, S7sc; centritusal w
test. 43sc; molasses sugar S9sc, reliis"'
strong; mould A, sac; graduated DC:
ct,ieogo Feb 4-Continued liquidation of
long property to-day caused another drop
in wheat. and May closed at decline OF
&c. Corn lost %G7sc. Oats, AQ7sc. PORK
declined PIC. Lard, 2t3d5c, and ribs, i12c'
The leading futures ranged as follows
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closlng'
Wheat No. 2 .,,,
May 49,. .73k@734 1875 q 1Z1sq1 15i4
July III ans TN 7OB 7o1sq1oA
M GOrG s7% S9; = s7ssas74 ssAaasz seA@sss
July 80. .377sdSS IS o.
Sept. ....3SA SoA ''S ''s
Nav -. .2S1sq2SA 2sh@2SA 27% 27S
July .....261s 2o1s zo'su9o 30
Mess Pork, per barrel 49,.
Nav SO 20 $40 25 so O5 $40 O71A
Lard. per 100 Lbs
T mIy $500, IS SIS $50 $50
short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
MAY 49,. 5 O71s SO 1914 sos
July ..... ~ b ~ lA72 10
Cash quotations Were as follows: Flour.
dun. winter straights, $3.40G360; clear,
s3 s003. 40; spring, special brands, $i.2O; hard
patents. S36O0l3.7O; soft, $3.40d3.50;
straights. sc. 1Od3.30; bakers, $2.50q2.60; No.
2 spring wheat 6Sq6S%c; No. 3 spring
wheat 64N6Sc; No. red, 701a97lc; No 2
corn, S51zc; No. yellow corn, 9o1sc; NO.
oats. 27Nd271kc; No. 2 white, 29%c; No. 3
white 29hQ30c; No. rye, 5oci NO. bar
ley, A@5lc; No. flax seed, Sll4A; North
west, S11SA; prime timothy seed, $2S50
2.4O; mess pork, per barrel, $99OG9So; lard'
per 100 pounds, $5521zd5.55; short rib sides
0oose). S4.75G495; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed). 4A@4ssc; short clear sides (boxed),
$5O5G5.15; whisky, distiiiers' finished goods