The morning news., 1899-02-12
GRAIN. PRoVIsIoNs. ETC.

GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York. Feb 1l.-Flour, inactive. but
steady; Minnesota patent Si0O44.25. Rye
flour. quiet; good 30 fair, 50. 25Q3 10. Buck
wheat -four, duh at $1.90. Buckwheat, duh.
Corn meal, steady; yellow Western, S3q
sic Rye, firm; No. ?, Csc. Barley, dun;
feeding 46@4sc; mating, 561zq62c Barley
malt steady; Western, 60@70c.
Wheat spot firm; No. red, S4hc; op-
tions opened firm and advanced on severe
cold weather news, higher Liverpool mar
kets and covering in anticipation of the
holiday; closed firm at 19q11sc net ad-
vance; sales included No 2 red, March
closed, Sic; May closed, 77l4c; July closed,
761sc.
Corn. spot. firm; No. 2, 441kd4514c; op-
tons were strong in the morning, support
ed by reports of light receipts or good feed
ing demand West and general covering;
closed firm al hd9sc advance; May closed,
421lc; July closed 427sc.
Oats, spot, firm; No. 2, 35c; options We're
dull Beef, steady; family, $l0.OO4lLOO;
extra mess, $S.Ood9O0; beef hams, $3.50;
packet, IS. 5001OO0; city extra India mess;
$40. .O0610 so. Cut meats, steady; picked
bellies, 505&c; pickled shoulders, 44c;
picked hams, 7d714c. Lard, dull; West
ern steamed closed. $5.Tl5; city, $3.50; Feb
ruary, $5.75 nominal; refined. quiet Pork,
quiet, mess, S5.OlulV.eof SltOiN eiNe'ii "AYs"V
6125 50: family, $10.75d1100. Butter, firm;
factory, 111bM14c; creamery Western, 169
22c; imitation creamery, 19d171ac; Elgins
22c; state dairy 13G20c. Cheese, steady;
large white, 101ac. Eggs, firm; state and
PENNSYLVANIA, 23lkG2ic; Western, fresh,
24c; Southern. 2302St9c. Potatoes, STEADY;
New York sl.25Q1.50; Long Island, $.SOq
200; sweets, Jersey, $125Gpl. 80. Cotton seed
oil. market was inactive. but possessed
i R,., VNPfF
2OIbc; butter grades, 29qS2c, Petroleum,
dun; refined. New York, $40; Philadel-
phia and Baltimore, $780, refined in bulk
s4S5. Rice firm; domestic fair to extra
4Ib65c; japan, &c. Cabbage, dull at $2.OO9
81, O0 Der 100. Coffee, options opened steady
and unchanged, ruled irregular with down
ward tendency under adverse cables, tame
trade in spot department, rumors OF IN
creased crop estimates, light selling pres
sure and more bearish statistical outlook;
fun Brazilian receipts counterba'anced by
farge warehouse deliveries; closed steady
and unchanged to points lower; sales
7 COO baes. including March, 5.50'd5.59c; Au-
gust. 5S5c; spot, Rio, dull; No. Z, invoice
ethc. No. Z jobbing, 7c; mild dull; Cor
dova. 7s4Gf4c. Sugar, raw, steady; tair
refining. 1S-16c; centrifugal, 96-test
4 5-1ec: molasses sugar 9-16c.
Chicago Feb 11.--Numerous crop dam-
reports NO-tidN hSliN h|~N-fNN'f
clearances at the Atlantic coast ana
higher cab.es all worked toward establish
ing better prices in the wheat PIT. Snorts
were forced to cover. and May closed with
a gain of st607sc. Corn advanced l2eg@sc
ana oats sk@hc. Pork left off with an
Improvement of 1O@l2lac, and lard 54I12c'
and ribs 19c.
The leading futures ranged as foHows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Wheat, No p
May lib @73R 7S1a IS 73ss
July .7124071B TIA ia 72s912A
Corn, No. 2
May .... .37@6S7A &'s Sl3s SI1s
July .....S7la S724@S% S11s a9s4Sl74
Sept ..SS @Ss1s 3SA Ssls SSA
Oats, No. p
May .2sss@2SB % 287s S%
July .....261z 263s 26as z69s9zo32
Mess Pork, per bbl.-
May $40 02ls so 12ls $40 90 $40 l2A
Lard, per 100 lbs
May ..5 s. 5 72ta 565 72ls
July :. 771s S21s SIS 5 s2A
Sept =. ; 80 5 92la S71z 8 921s
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs
May =. 90 0715 . 90 OHs
July :. IS l7l2 lZ1z n1s
Cash quotations were as follows; Flour
Steady; spring specials, a.20; hard pat
ents, So 6Oa3.7O; soft, So. .4OG350; hard win
Ter patents 50 80G73.90; winter straights,
S3. 4O0S 8 so; clear, s3 3O@S 40; straights, $3.50
GJ3. 30; bakers. 81. 4Oc12.6O; No. yellow corn,
86aSsc; No. spring wheat, 68a7lhc; No.
5 spring wheat, 6507lAc, No. red, 71lsa
7S1kc; NO. 2 corn. 352l036Ac; No oats
2sl5c, No ? white. 304a3l1ac; No. white
Oh@30Ac; No 2 rye 5jlae; No. barley,
41a42c; No 1 hax seed, $1.l6. N. W, $l.2O;
prime Timothy seed, S242lz; mess pork,
per bbl. 80 95m10. 0O lard, per 100 lbs.
So. 52lkG5 55: short ribs sides Goose, $4.75g
4 95; dry sailed shoulders (boxedl, A40
4ssc; short Gear sides (boxedD 5.05@J. IS;
whisky. distiNers finished goods, per gal,
S125; sugars, cut loaf, $50; granulated
50. 20; clover contract grade and March
$3.50.