The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-17
GRAM. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York Jan. 16.-Flour moderately
active and steady. Rye -four steady.
Buckwheat dull Buckwheat flour dull.
Corn meal dun. Rye quiet; No. 2, 64d65c.
Barley easy; mailing, 5Sq641ac. Barley
malt steady.
Wheat spot. steady; No. 2, red SO9sa
s07sc; options opened firmer on cables and
small Russian shipments The dull trade,
however prompted realizing and a subse-
quent decline took place with the visible
supply increase, small clearances and
light export trade additional points of
weakness; near the close prices rallied on
covering and left off firm at 2sq12c net
advance; No. 2, red, March, closed 1850;
May closed 755sc.
Corn, spot, steady; No. p 431ad44c; OPP
tons opened steady with wheat, but under
big receipts and heavy visible supply in
crease developed weakness, prices finally
rallied on covering, however and left off
steady and unchanged May closed 417sc.
Oats, spot, duh; No. 2, 34c; options
quiet and firm. Beef quiet; cuts meats
steady picked hams, 7c Lard firmer;
Western steamed. $500; January, 5.S7c,
nominal; refined firm. Pork firm. Butter
firm; Western creamery, 10000; do fac
tory, l2Q14c; Elgns 20c imitation cream
cry, 1SQ17c; state dairy, Boise. Cheese
steady; large white, l0l9c. Eggs firm;
state ana 1EllISSlNdIlh, AAuslT2Gs NN9tCt II
fresh, 2lc; Southern, 201Su2lc, Potatoes
steady; Jerseys, 81. 25d1. 80; New York, $1.2
al 62l5: Long Island, S1.75G250; sweets,
S125a2.5O Cotton seed oil firm prime
crude 19d191ac; do yellow, 23i2c. Petro-
leum quiet Rice firm. Cabbage quiet,
S2OOd4OO per 100. Coffee. options opened
steady at unchanged prices, ruled more
active, but easier on unsatisfactory Euro
pean cables, liberal receipts at Rio and
Santos smaller warehouse deliveries in
this country, increased American visible
and apathy of spot buyers in the open
market; closed barely steady, unchanged
to points lower; sales 0,250 bags, includ-
ing March 5.60c; April, 5.70c spot Rio dull
and barely steady; No. Z, invoice, 69sc; No.
Z iobbing. 7lsc; mild slow; Cordova, ~
d14c Sugar raw, irregular and unset
tied; fair refining, 13-16c; centrifugal, 90
test 4l4c; molasses sugar, 9-l6c; refined
dun and easy.
chicago. Jan. i6.-Both sides found en-
couragement in to-days wheat news, but
the bulls finally gained control of the mar
ket. and, after many vicissitudes, May
closed at 1sQAc advance. Corn left off
lsdlalc higher, and oats unchanged. Pork
and ribs gained 2lsc each and lard &c.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
May .7lssq71a 79s 7o94@7O7s nAqn9s
July 80. $685. 69ss 6SA 694
Corn, No. .
Jan. ..... 447s S47s S49s S41s
May .S7i4 S7A S67s S71sqS714
July S71aaS79s 1878 S71sdS71s S71a
Oats, No. p
May ....277sq2S Is 275s 2724Q277s
July -. 26laa267s 26l5d269s 26h (262s
Mess Pork, per Bbl.-
Jan. ....$..... S.. So. $3.50
May .... 10 20 10 2215 10 O7l5 10 1712
Lard. per 100 Lbs
May ..... 70 5l7la 72]s 7712
Short Ribs per 100 Lbs
Jan. ou
May ..... 07i5 5 10 021s O7l9
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
duh and steady; No. 2 spring wheat ga
CSC; No. spring wheat. 6Slad67lAc; No.
red, 7hc: No. corn, 35i9c; No. 2 yellow
corn. 35st G36c; No. oats &c; No. white,
29l5GSOc; No. 3 white 2S1ad2914c; No. > rye,
562i G57c No. 2 barley, 421aQ52c; No. 1 fax
seed, S1.14l2; prime timothy seed, $2.35d2. 40
mess pork. per Dbl. $99Od9.95; lard per
100 lbs S555d5.57l5; short rib sides Qoose).
$470G4.95; dry sailed shoulders (boXed. "A
@i2sc; short clear sides (boXeb, $5.O5d5 10;
whisky, distilers' finished goods per gal
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