The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-28
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC

New York, Feb. 27.-Flour, neglected
out steadily held. Rye -four dun Bucl,
wheat -four. quiet at $500. Corn meal
steady. Rye, steady. Barley, uulet. Rar-
ley malt dun
Wheat, spot, firm; No. 2 red, $50 elS6sic.
options opened steadier and was generally
nrm all day, but very quiet: bulls vere
favored by weather conditions. bic clear
auces, cables and export demand; scaIp-
ers covered short wheat put out Saturday.
whlie foreign houses traded on both sides:
the close was steady, bQAc net decline:
March closed Silsc; May closed. 77%c:
July closed 759lc.
d Corn. spot firmer; No. 2, 44ssc; OPTIONS
opened steadler with wheat, and after
decline. under liquidation. rallied again
on Dig clearances and a small visible SUM-
ply increase; closed steady al a partial hc
net advance; May closed, 41ssc; July. 4l5sc.
oats, spot, steady; No. q 35c; options
were inactive. Beef, firm. Cut meats
steady. Lard, easy; Western steamed
s5.52la; February, $3.50 nominal: refined
steady. Pork, duh. Putter, firm; West
ern creamery, 16021c; factory. I2al4c; FL
gins, 21c; imitation creamery, 1Slbalgc
state dairy Boyle. Cheese, Arm: large
white l0Hdl09ac, Eggs, firm; state ana
PENNSYLVANIA, S5c Western, fresh, Sac;
Southern, SAC. Potatoes steady: New
York, sl.25ll.50; Long Island. 81 .5od2 so.
sweets s.. 00dS.00. Cotton seed oil steady.
prime crude, 20Isc. Petroleum. dun Rice
firm. Cabbage, steady at $300lI9OO per
100. Coffee, options opened steady at UNI
changed prices, ruled quiet with huctua.
lions narrow and radical new features
lacking; closed steady net unchanged:
sales 1880 bags, including March. 625c:
April, SOC; spot, Rio, quiet and about
steady; No. >, invoice, csc; No. 7. jobblng
67sc mild, steady; Cordova, Sale; small
trade in Brazilian, but fair business in
mild coffees. Sugar, raw. firm with up
ward tendency; fair refining, S7sc; centrif-
ugal 96-test, 43sc; molasses sugar, 3 1l-l6c;
refined, firm.
Chicago, Feb. 2L-Enormous clearances
and big exports to-day in addition to the
circulation Of numerous crop damage re-
ports strengthened wheat, and May Teft off
at an advance of sake. Corn rose &c
and oats closed a shade higher Pork
lost 17lad2Oc lard Sc, and ribs 2Ika5c.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening. Highest Lowest Closing
Wheat, No. p
May .7S9sd73ia 7Si2 70 7S2:
July ....7rsa7lSs 7l% nv 7lss
Corn. No. p
May -. .S6lsGS6ss s67s ssh 9s5s
July 80. .S6sGS7 S72s 96% 81
Sept 1878 1874 37k6372s S756
Oats. No. p
May .,...2sis 2S1sa2SA 277sd2s 2S a2sH
July zee. PCS 26kd26A 26 % @2stS
Mess Pork, per barrel
May ....S9 So 50 57l5 50 S7is 50 40
July 1910 go SIS Q 57k
Lard, per 100 pounds
May 49,. 4215 As S S7b so
July 49,, So 50 50 $50
Sept. ..... 671a 67is 62ls 565
Short Ribs. per 100 pounds
May ..... s21s s2A 477la $50
July .... s. 495 $50 92S
Sept. 49,. O2ls sos O2is sos
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
moderate demand, steady: No. spring
wheat. 6sd7lc; No 3 spring wheat. 65G7lc:
No. red, 7397313c; No, corn. S5lkG35Zc.
No . yellow corn S52l dS6c; No. . oats
2724c; No. white, SOa3lc No. white !
29laQ30c; No . rye 55AG56Isc; No bar
ley, 42q52c; No. fax seed, sllSls; North