The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-31
GRAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, Jan. 30.-Flour quiet and gen.
| orally held, with buyers and sellers con
| sdera bly, apart. Rye flour firm; good 20
| fair, So. 30434 Buckwheat -four quiet.
| Buckwheat steady Cornmeal steady. Rye
steady No 2. 67lac Barley quiet; West
ern feeding, 461sq474Ac mating, 5Sq60c.
| Barley malt dun.
| Wheat spot, easy; No. 2 red, 8514c; op-
| tons about steady. but experienced an ir-
regular day through lack of outside trade
and persistent selling by foreigners Weak
| ness was the rule varied by a midday rally
| on clearances, ana a cold wave scare. The
government report promised late to-day
was also bearish influence; closed weak
| at 7sGl3sc net decline; March closed SIC;
May closed S02lc; July closed 7s34c.
Corn, spot. steady; No 2, Acc options
OPENED steady. with wheat but being af-
| fected by lower cables, heavy carlot esti-
mates and a small export demand, was
rather easy al. day closing weak al &c
net decline; May closed Acc; July closed
i39se,
Oats spot, dun; No 2, 85c; options dun
and nominal
Beef steady. Cut meats steady. Lard
easy; Western steamed $500; January
$500, nominal; refined quiet. Pork steady
Butter firm; Western creamery, 14d19c; do
factory, l26l14c Elgins. 19c; imitation
" Z
Cheese steady; large white, 10iAc Eggs
steady; state and Pennsylvania, 191ac
Western fresh. 1Siac; Southern 171Rd1S1ac
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, $1.1215d1.50; New
York, $125a1. G21a; Long Island, $l.75a2. O0
sweets. Jersey, $1.256i2.50. Petroleum dull
Rice firm. Cabbage duh; $2.00d400 per
100 Cotton seed oil fairly active and
stronger, particularly on prime summer
yellow which is selling mostly by sam
pie; prime crude, 1850; butter grades $50
soc. Coffee options opened quiet at un-
changed prices to points decline, rallied
slightly ON covering and a little outside
| buying, following steadiness at Havre, the
advance at Hamburg and large warehouse
delivery in this country, but buying check
ed by full receipts at Rio and Santos
lower Rio cables and heavy American visi-
bic; closed quiet, 5 points lower to points
higher: sales. $500 bags, Including March
| $500 Zoe; May, 5.S0c, spot Rio quiet; No
Z invoice, 69sc; No T. jobbing, 5lse; mild
quiet; Cordova, 71sQ14c. Sugar, raw
irmer in tone; fair refining sac; CEN
trifugah 96-test, 4i5c; mo.asses sugar
8 9-i6c: refined steady
Chicago Jan. S0.-Speculations in wheat
to-day were very much in favor of low
price for that commodity. They sold free
~ both when wheat was strong and when
through their own efforts 1t became some
what weak The market, however. stood
the pressure remarkably well and at the
close only I2c decline had been effected in
May. Corn and oats each left off SIC
lower. Pork lost TIC Lard and ribs, 2IA
Q5c.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
May .,..77lsa77% 77%a7S 1854 7sz
July LIS 75A "A 7ssQ7f5
Corn, No. 2
Jan ,.... .36ia 36& &c 2e
ooqg
July 80, .SS7sa39 80 @39% SSls SS%
May '. ....~sSss 2s% 2sBags4 2s,sa2sl
July ....267s 267s 26l40265s 265s
Mess Pork, per barrel
May $50 60 $40 e71A $40 so $40 52la
Lard, per 100 Lbs
May -. 5 95ia s75A 5S14 $50
Short Ribs. per 100 Lbs
May &c.. 80 80 IT, 2o1b
July -. 87ls ) 871k S2i5 S2l5
Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour.
in moderate demand; No. yellow corn.
37Ac; No.2 spring wheat, 73a74lsc; No.
3 spring wheat 69Q7Sc; No. red. 754a
1870 No. ? corn, GAqS7i9c; No ? oats
27&4c No, ? white, 3OA6Slc: No 8 white
2924H30l4c; No. ? rye, STA @57lkc; No. bar
ley. 42a52c No. fax seed 81 49,; prime
timothy seed. $2.S5Q24O: mess pork, per
barrel. SlO.$Ddl0.35; lard. per 100 pounds,
s.. 7005.75; short ribs sides Ooose) ST. 90GD
$40: dry salted shoulders (boxed), 4l4G4%c;
short clear sides boxed ,$5.l5d5 %; whisky.
dis tillers finished goods, per gallon, Sl.25.
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The Parson-No-if that is what he
means Puck.
Never speak unkindly to a child. A
child's feelings are very sensitive and an
unkind word raukles in its memory, and
may cause it to drop a piece of orange
peel in your path.-Tit-Bhs.
Frederic r. Coudert is known as the
Zion of Wall street because of his pecu-
liar facial expression and stubby whiskers