The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-08
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Jan. Flour, duh but
steadily held;winter patents. $375Q4.O0. Rye
flour quiet; good to fair. $S.l5d3.30 Buck
wheat flour quiet. Buckwheat steady; 50
d56c. Cornmeal dull; yellow Western. 50
dSSc. Rye steady; No. 2 6419c. Barley
FIRM; Western feeding 45d47c, mailing, "a
q59c. Barley malt steady; Western, co
06Sc.
Wheat. spot, steady; No. 2 red 1880:
options opened firmer, gathered consider
able strength during the forenoon, closing
firm, sc higher Liquidation was checked
and local sentiment encouraged by large
weekly clearances and small Northwest
offerings. Foreign houses also had a few
buying orders and did some export bust
ness; January closed 76Sc; March closed
777sc; May closed 743sc.
Corn. spot steady; No. 2. 4215G42sic; OPP
tons opened steady and i'm sympathy with
wheat, ruled firm all the forenoon, shorts
providing the demand; closed hc net
higher; May closed 4ls4c
Oats, spot quiet; No. 2, SSc; options
quiet
Beef quiet; family, $10.OOd11.O0; extra
mess. $S.50d9.0o. Beef hams, $780, packet.
S9.5O@10.00; city extra India mess $1,000
1900. Cut meats quiet; picked bellies, SIS
d6c picked shoulders, 4c; picked hams
634@7c. Lard steady; mess, $9.5O0lO.25;
short clear SO. 50dl2.5O; family. $1050n
11.00. Butter firm; Western creamery, 154
Bic; do factory, 12d14i5c; Elgip Gle; imi-
tation creamery. 13G17c; state dairy, 100
lSc. Cheese steady; large white. 10i2c,
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, $11215d150; New
York, S.25q1621a; Long Island, $1.75d2.0O;
sweets, Jersey, $125Q2.50. Cotton seed oil
steady; prime crude 1Sc; do yellow, 22d23c.
Petroleum quiet; refined, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, H.45; do in
bulk, A.S. Rice firm; domestic, fair TO
extra, 4%q6Ac; Japan, 514d51ac. Cabbage,
market quiet; $200d4.00 per 100. Cotton seed
oil firm, but rather quiet at full prices:
prime crude 1Sdl9c. Butter grades, 26G
2Sc. Coffee options opened steady at I'M
changed prices to 5 points higher: closed
steady at net unchanged prices to points
higher; sales, $500 bags, including March,
5.60Q5.65c; May, 5.75a5.SOc; spot Rio steady;
No. 7, Invoice. csc; No T. jobbing, 71sc
mild steady; Cordova, 724d15c Sugar, raw,
irregular; fair refining, 3 13-16c; centrifugal
96-test, 9-16c; molasses sugar, 9-l6c;
mould A, 5hc; granulated sc; refined
quiet
Chicago, Jan. 7.-Liquidation by outsid-
ers to-day. together with heavy foreign
markets weakened wheat. Under the in
f1uence of immense exports for the week
the market ruled strong the greater por q.
tion of the session. but finally succumbed
to the persistent selling and May closed 1Ac
lower. Corn advanced sake. Oats gained
Ac. Pork lost sc. Lard and ribs improved
21ac each.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
Jan ......7OA 7O1kG7O9s 69% 69%a7O
July ISIS 6Sas 67A 67A@S77s
Jan ,.....S41a 34% 84ss s4A
May .869sQ86A S71s Ss1aq865s 81
July ,....S7A BIZ 81 s73s
Oats, No. 2
May -. .27A@27A 2rA 27 Q27A 27Aa27qs
July .....25% 261k 255s 25%@257s
Mess Pork, per Bbl.-
Jan ........$ 671a s 8 671a $965 $965
May ....... 9 95 10 O212 9S5 995
Lard, per 100 Lbs
Nay May . ....... $50 565 5 57b SsS
Short Ribs, per 100 Lbs
Jan ........ 472k AS 4671b AIS
May ....... 800 O21a 495 500
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
dull; winter straights, $3.30Q3.40; special
spring brands, 81 10; hard patents. SO 400
$50; straights, $300Q3 IS; bakers, in bags,
50. 35a2. so; No. 2 spring wheat, 66d671Ac;
No 8 spring wheat 631ad661Rc; No. 2 red,
7OQ71c; No 2 corn, 35Ac; No. 2 yellow
corn, 351aq3534c; No oats, 261aG26a4c; No.
2 white, 29d2912c; No. 3 white, 2SAd29c;
No. 2 rye, size; No. barley, 42d52c; No
/ fax seed, Sill; prime timothy seed,
81. 3212; mess pork, per barrelA 50. 7019. rs;
lard, per 100 pounds, $5.45d5.5O; short rib
sides, loose, 81 6504 go; dry sailed shout
ders, boxed, $4.25a4 .S71A; short clear sides,
boxed, 81 9565 %; whisky, dstillers fin