The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-10
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, April l0.-Flour lower 10 sell
with little demand, except for bakers and
spring patents. Rye flour steady. Corn
meal quiet Rye firm; No. g Soc. Barley
nominal. Barley malt quiet. Wheat, spot
firm; No. red, S0Ac; options opened weak
and continued to decline all the morning
under bearish weather West, general un-
loading, easy cables and a large visible
supply increase The crowd oversold
however, and subsequently,, when con-
fronted with export rumors covered free
ly. and, being a sharp rally closed firm
at 1sc advance over Saturdays final curb
prices; May closed 76Ac; July closed 75Ac;
September closed 74c.
Corn-Spot firm; No. g. 421aG43c; options
opened easy, with wheat and recovered
on demand from shorts stimulated by
export talk and the visible supply de-
crease; closed firm at unchanged prices
from Saturdays curb; May closed 393sc;
July closed 39Ac
Oats-Spot dull; No. 2, 33c: options dull.
Beef steady. Cut meats dull, but steady.
Lard steady refined quiet. Pork quiet
Butter steady; Western creamery, 1GM21c;
do factory. l2laGl5c; Elgin. 21c; imitation
creamery. 14ulSIac: state dairy, 146D20c.
Cheese firm; large white and colored, l2Gr
12hc. Eggs firm; state and Pennsylvania.
lSkn14c; Western fresh. 13013hc; South
ern, 12u13c. Potatoes steady. Cotton seed
oil steady. Petroleum quiet. Rice firm
Cabbage dull. Coffee options opened
steady, with September points higher,
and other positions unchanged: ruled IN
active. with narrow variations and barely
steady undertone; outside speculative in
terest offering no encoura cement and To-
cal traders hesitating on account OF large
supplies, waiting for crop news; closed
quiet and unchanged to points higher;
sales. 5000 bags, including May. 5.0Od35 Csc;
invoice, sac; No. Jobbing, 6Ac; mild
firm; Cordova, sable Sugar. raw strong;
fair refining, 1-l6c; centrifugal, 96-test,
9-l6c. Molasses sugar, 15-l6c; refined
strong
Chicago April 10.-The shadow of the
impending government crop report hung
over the wheat market all day At the
commencement II obscured the prospects
of the bulls, and near the end OF the ses-
sion Il cast the pathway of the bears into
a somber shade. After decline of cent,
May wheat closed with a net gain of nc.
Corn is unchanged, and oats nc lower.
Pork lost 7izc, and lard and ribs 21zc each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat, No. p
May ..70lsg7OA 71h 7OM 7ihd7it.
July ..7oSsan 71aa7% 7oA 7iAq7ss
Corn. No. p
May .....33B 343s 33k 3tH
July ....s4%a9i% 35lsqS5A 3iIs IS GS5,s
Sept. ....35Md35ss 35A 35M S54
oats, No p
May ...25Ea2s 2sA 25zQ25% 2s%
July ,...2f7s@25 25h 2fsQ2lM Is
Mess Pork. per barrel
May ....$9 20 so 22z 50 is 50 221
July ...9 30 995 927lh 32h
Lard. per 100 pounds
May ......5 271z .. .... 27ts
July .....5 40 $40 537ih $40
Sept. ...55O 52h $50 52h
Short Ribs. per 100 pounds
May .......5 ~ 475 472h 472ls
Sept. ......4 97l5 6h 497is s7h
Cash quotations we're as follows: Flour
slow and steady; No. 2 spring wheat. 500
7OHc No. 3 spring wheat. 6fd69c; No. 2
red. 7lQ7ic; No. 2 corn, S4ci No ? yellow
corn. 3iI4Q3ihc; No. 2 oats. 2est 027c: No
white. 3003lc; No. white, 29ha3Oc; No
rye. 52lzc No. 2 barley. 34lpi7c; No.
iaxseed. Si.19lz; Northwestern. sl22ik;
prime timothy seed, $3.50: mess pork, PEI
barrel, 50 l5U92O: lard. per 100 pounds.
s. 25a527ia; short ribs sides Ooose) A.50f
ass; dry sailed shoulders (boxed). 4sS6o
&c; short clear sides boxed, A9515O5:
whisky. distilers' finished goods. per gall
lon. d.o5; sugars cut loaf. 5S5c; eranu-
lated. &za. clover contract grade. 6sso