The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-08
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Feb Flour neglected and
about steady; winter patents, 50. 75G4 90
Rye flour easy; good to fair, So 250I3 30.
Buckwheat flour dun. Buckwheat neglect
ed. Corn meal quiet yellow western, $50
SAC. Rye steady; No. 2, 651sc Barley dull.
Barley malt quiet
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2, red, s1AaS21sc;
options opened steady and experienced
sharp rise on crop damage news, rumors of
drought in India, frost In California and
a smaller worlds visible than expected,
but failed to hold the advance. Prices fin
ally collapsed under heavy realizing and
closed weak, at 150C7sc net decline; March
closed 7S7sc; May closed, 757sc; July closed
74Ac.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 43944ssc; OPP
tons opened steady with wheat, but later
sold off Outside support is too small 10
justify bun operations and export trade
has also let up a little; closed weak at
Sc net decline May closed 41asc; July
closed 42c.
Oats-Spot firmer; No. 2, Size; options
duh and nominal. Beef dun. Cut meats DUH
but firm; picked bellies 5lt534c. Lard quiet;
western steamed, $3.50; February, 5.85c,
nominal; refined steady; compound, 41a0
45sc. Pork easy. Butter firm; Western
creamery, 1415G2Oc; do factory, 12Gi141ac;
Elgins, zoe; imitation creamery, 13Gll6lhc;
- :
large white, 1O1kc. Eggs firm; state and
Pennsylvania, 191z@20c; Western fresh, 191
1910; Southern, 1Sn194c. Potatoes steady,
New York, 81 25a1 G219; Long Island, 81 .7560
200; sweets, Jersey, 81 .25lt2. 80. Cotton seed
oil steady; prime crude, zoe; do yellow
25c. Petroleum dun. Rice strong. Cab
bage dull, 81 O0d4.O 90 per 100. Coffee options
opened barely steady al points decline,
further declined points under adverse
celpts at Rio and Santos, light warehouse
deliveries and retreating attitude of spot
buyers; closed barely steady, 5N1O points
lower; sales 10, $50 bags, including March,
$500; May. 5.70c; spot Rio quiet; No. 7,
invoice. 65sc; No. Z, jobbing TIC; mild
quiet; Cordova. 774@14c. Sugar, raw cas-
Ter; fair refining, 3 l3-16c; centrifugal. So
lest 5-16c; mo1asses sugar, 3 9-16c refined
steady.
Chicago. Feb 7.-lSelllng out to-day by
recent longs caused weakness In wheat
After an early advance of 1c on crop dam
age reports, May left off with a net de-
cline of nc. Corn declined zc and oats
are unchanged Pork lost SC and lard and
ribs 21zc each.
Inc leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat. No. 3
May ....72ss@7274 1871 7lAQ71% 7i7s@72
july .....70AMl IFS 7OB 701s0I7OlA
Corn, No. p
May .....S7 dS7M 7A 3s% 3s5z
July 49,. .391aaS95s 375s 81 81
Sept go. Bits SS @SSh 37h 37h
Oats, No. D
May ...2S @8h 2S7s % %
July .... .26lA 262s 26 26 026Jk
Mess Pork, per barrel
May 80 20 $40 rs SO 10 $40 1914
Lard per 100 Lbs
May e. 5 80 5 S2h SIS 575
July =. rs 5 S7A 5S5 S S7Hs
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
May :. 1914 121z sos sos
July :. M 6HA 517h 5i71s
Sept .. 30 800. .... $50
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet and steady No yellow corn, 351sG5
36c; No. spring wheat, 67G70Jkc; No. 3
spring wheat 63@7Oc; No. red. nc; No. 2
corn, 35Ikc; No. oats 27slc No. 2 white.
S0Aa3O%c; No white. 974d9OAc; No. 2
rye, CSC; No barley. 4ln5Oc; No. / fax
seed, $1.15; N. w, 81 1SAG1. 80; prime tim
othy, s. 40; mess pork, per bbf., 50. 9561O. 90;
lard, per 100 lbs, S557Iz65. 90; short ribs
sides Ooose), $4.7504.95; dry sailed shout
ders boxed, 4Aq4ssc; short clear sides
boxed, $5.05Gi51 -; whisky. dstliiers fin
fehad goods mar cal Il %