The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-06
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York. April 5-Flour active and
held higher on the advance in wheat Min
nesota patent, $3.9O6l4.2 20. Rye -four dull
Cornmeal firm; yellow Western, SiG85c
Rye -four quiet; No. 2, 64c. Barley nomi-
nal; barley malt dun.
Wheat, spot firm; No. red, S2hc; OPP
lions opened steady on cables. They de-
clined later under liqudat ton and fine
Western weather. but experienced an af-
ternoon recovery on a bad scare Of shorts.
attended by export rumors and unfavor-
able Kansas crop news; closed 1@11hc net
advance; Closed 721sc; July closed 76a4c;
September closed 743sc
Corn, spot, firm; No. 2, 421431bc options
opened steady on cable news, weakened I'M
der liquidation but fully recovered on the
jump late in wheat, closing 1sq2sc net
higher and strong; May closed 397sc; July
closed 4OAc
oats, spot, quiet; No. 2, S3aSSAc; OPP
tons dull, but firm.
Beef steady. Cut meats steady. Lard
firm; Western steamed, $5.55d560; April
$5,52. nominal; refined firm. Pork quiet
Butter steady; Western creamery, 16d
21hc; do factory, 129l414c; imitation
creamery, 1312d1SIzc; state dairy, 14JkI
2Oc. Cheese steady; large white, 12al4c.
Eggs quiet; state and Pennsylvania, 18c;
Western fresh, 121zQ1Sc; Southern, 12q
Pic Potatoes quiet: New York 81. 500
$50; Long Island, $2.OOa25O; sweet, Jer-
sey S2OOG3.5O Petroleum dull. Rice
steady. Cabbage quiet; domestic, 5000
1000. Cotton seed oil, prime summer vel
low, 26c. Coffee options opened steady at
unchanged prices to points lower and
showed weak undertone, cables being IN
satisfactory, speculation entirely indlffer-
ent and warehouse movement and spot de-
q
supplies; general situation nominal; clos
ed steady; unchanged to 5 points lover:
sales, $3.50 bags, including April. 4.Wc:
September, 5.30c; spot Rio dull, but steady:
No. 7, invoice, SIC; No. T. tobbing, 69sc.
mild quiet and steady; Cordova. 80D1ic
Sugar, raw, strong and tending upward !.
fair refining, 15-16c; centrifugal, 96-test
4lsc; molasses sugar, 3 13-l6c: refined
strong.
Chicago. April 5.-Heavy covering bv
wheat shorts to-day on sensational bad
crop reports caused a jump OF 2Ibc a
bushel in prices. At the close May showed
net advance of 1@1hc. Corn was drag
ged up reluctantly by the buoyancy OF
wheat, recovering from nc loss TO 1c
gain. Oats improved Aahc. Provisions
advanced 15c and lard and ribs &c each
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Opening. Highest, Lowest Chasing
Wheat No D
May ....72lhm72H 1914 7OM u
July .... .72lsd72A 70 7O7a 72ai
Corn, No. p
May -. .845sq84z 85 aa5h s4A IS
July .....35Ad35h 35l 34A S55sa85%
Sept ...Ss @SsA Se4@86ss s55s S6H
oats, No. p
May ...26A 26A 2eh 2e5sQ2G%
July ...255s 257sa26 25A 257A
Mess Pork. per barrel
May .......s 1914 SEE ssO7h sos
July ...... . % go go BIZ
Lard, per 100 pounds
May ....... S 2h 5 S2h SIS $50
July ...... 40 SIS $40 56
Sept ...... 55e $50 552A SO
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds
May anna. AS $50 4 72h $50
July ....... 4S7la 492h ass 492lh
Sept ...... 90 sos 97Jk sos
Cash quotations we're as follows: Flour
dull and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat
6sQ7Ogzc; No. spring wheat. Gi07Oc: No
2 red. INC. No. 2 corn, 2ia3iitc. No ?
yellow corn. BIC; No. 2 oats. &c. No. 2
white. 2slk03Ohc. No. 3 white. 28l4029hc:
No. 2 rye, 58izc; No. 2 barley. 30Nl7c No.
max seed. $40; Northwestern a.2gh.
prime timothy seed g2.25. mess pork per
barrel }9BQ82O, lard. per 100 pounds.