The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-25
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York. Feb. 2i.-Flcur again dun and
steadily held Rye flour quiet. Buckwheat
flour dun. Corn meal steady. Rye firm; No.
2. SIC. Barley quiet feeding, 476t4Stkc.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red, s59sc; OPP
lions had an easy opening and most of the
day were thoroughly featureless. although
fairly steady on foreign buying and ex-
port rumors. In the afternoon bears ham,
mered prices off until caught by a late
rise in corn and disturbing Manila news,
when hnsty covering ensued the market
closing strong at Ad1Ac advance. March
closed, size; May closed 7S1kc; July closed.
76hc.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 459kc; options
at first easy on crop news and large coun-
try offerings, but getting over sold later,
turned strong and active on covering;
closed hc net higher; May closed 41c; July
closed 4lIAc.
oats-spot steady; No. 2, CSC; options
quiet. Beef steady. Cut meats steady
Lard steady; Western steamed, 560c; Feb
ruary, 5.57c, nominal; refined firmer. Pork
steady; mess, so. 25G110.00. Butter steady;
Western creamery, 16GD22c; do factory, 100
lac; Elgins, &c; imitation creamery 13Ikm
l9c; state dairy. lSd21c. Cheese large
white and coIored 1Ohc. Eggs higher;
state and Pennsylvania, 356l35lAc; Western
fresh, 35c; Southern, 4GI35c Potatoes
steady; New York. 81. 25GI2 90: Long Island
|AsnvWS'oVt SWtttSJ JtIdey, pE.NVfio. w. Cot
ton seed oil quiet; prime Grade 2OG20iLc
Petroleum dun. Rice firm. Cabbage, s.. GOA
$500 per one hundred Coffee options OPEN
ed steady at unchanged prices to ten points
decline; closed steady, unchanged to
points lower; safes 81 $50 bags. Including
March, 5.25o; May 5.45c; spot Rio dun; No
invoice 6%c; No z Jobbing, 6Acs mild
quiet; Cordova, S@l4c Sugar, raw strong,
fair refining, SIC; centrifugal, 96-test 4s6c
Molasses suger, 1l-16c; refined firm.
Chicago, Feb A.-Wheat was lifeIess ana
heavy to-day, until within thirty minutes
OF the close, when a sudden revival OF
the export demand changed the course Of
the market, and May wheat left off H60
&c net higher. Corn acted in unison with
wheat, and closed nc higher. after early
weakness. Oats rose NC. Pork closed Sc
lower. lard unchanged and ribs a shade
higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening, Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat No. p
May .....7s G7Sh Tx 72H 7sxa7sz
July .....nA@71ss TIA 7O7s 71%
May 49,. .85zaseM 1874 ss% aen
July .Sessa9sM S6s4 @367S 1914 sea1 aDss7s
Sept. ....a aS75s s714@S7ss sesa s7AQs7ss
Oats No. p
May ...27A 2s 275Aa27% %
July .....25N &c 255sa25% 25za2s
Mess Pork. per barrel
May .....ss s25s 50 s7h 50 571s 50 80
July ..... 49,. -. 80. 77A
Lard, per 100 pounds
May 49,. As S nv 42h 545
July go. 57ih $50 SIS 57h
Sept. ...5 70 $40 8 67k SO
Short Ribs. per 100 pounds
May 49,. 4 IS 4 STU AS 4s5
July 49,. 4 97h 90 971k s7h
Sept. ....5 10 g. 12M 510 SO
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
moderate demand and steady; No. spring
wheat. 6Sq711ec; No 3 spring wheat, e5G
70c No. 2 red, 721z0731zc; No. 2 corn, sf1k5
S49lc; No 2 yellow corn, 3i24Q35c; No.
oats, Hlkc No. 2 white. SO93ic; No.
white, 2919ll3Oc, No 2 rye. 55a4Q56c: No
barley, 42a52c; No. / fax seed $1.151z;
Northwest, $119A; prime timothy seed.
S24718; mess pork, per barrel. $9.45d9.50;
lard per 100 pounds, $5.30GC5.321s; short rib
sIdes( loose). $4.55G4.75; dry sailed Shout
ders CboxedD, 414G47sc; short clear sides
CboxedD, sL90a5.OO; whisky, distillers' fin
ished goods, per gallon, slips; sugars, cut
loaf. soc; graduated, 5.2Oc; clover, con-
tract grade, 1910