The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-31
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New York, Dec. 30.-F'lour inactive and
nominally Unchanged Minnesota patent
$SS0G4.05; Minnesota bakers. $2.S0a7s. 10;
winter patents. SS55aS.75; winter
straights 3.S5qS.45 Rye flour steady, fair
TO good, $3.10Q3.25; choice to fancy, So. 500
$50. Buckwheat flour quiet, $2 1902 Is.
Cornmeal dull; yellow Western, SIC. Rye
quiet; No. Western, 6O34c Barley quiet:
mailing, 4S@59e. Barley mat dun
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red 75c; options
opened steady and unchanged on reports
of export business to Lisbon thus offset
ting the slight Liverpool decline. Speeu-
lation was, of course, very light all day.
Although exceedingly cold weather pre-
vailed over winter states, there was no
apprehension over crop matters. Worlds
shipments were expected to be shaCe
larger than last week. Later the market
improved on covering and Closed firm at
1k@14c advance; sales included No. 2 red,
March closed at 759sc; May closed, 75c.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 403sc afoat,
and 39l4c elevator; options opened dull, but
steady with wheat, and on cables, in face
of liberal receipts at Chicago. ruled slow
and featureless all day, closing steady and
unchanged; May closed, soc.
Oats-Spot duh; No. 2, 29c; options dull.
Beef dull; family, $12.50a1300; mess, $3.50;
beef hams, $22 50Q23O0; packet, $11. 50d12. co.
Cut meats quiet; picked bellies, 51z9
714c picked hams S14q9c.
Lard steady; December closed, $5.95 nom
inal; refined quiet; continent, $500
Pork steady: mess, Sl00011050; short
clear, $1l0oG1200; family, $l2.0001250.
Butter strong; Western creamery 800
2Sc; do factory, 16q2lc; state dairy, 1Sm25c.
Cheese firm; fall made fancy, small 12$t
@13c; do large, 12Aal3c.
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania, %
624c; Western ungraded at mark, 15Q20c.
Potatoes steady; New Jersey. $1.25a1. rs;
New York, S1.5001.75; Long Island, 81 500
500; New Jersey sweets, $2.25GI3.OO
Tallow firm; city sc; country AZ
Petroleum steady; refined New York,
$3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore 1885; do
in bulk, $40. Rosin quiet; strained COM
mon to good, $1.45 Turpentine steady
511aG52c.
Rice firm; domestic fair to extra, 4a6kc;
Japan, 4Ad5c.
Cabbage steady; Long Island. s4O1aG 90
per 100.
Cotton, by steam to Liverpool. 25c. n
The coffee market opened steady with
unchanged prices, and ruled very dun and
undressing most of the sess on in the
absence of important news. Near midday
there was a sudden rise of to 10 points on
a squirt OF covering by room shorts. Otterm
wise the market WAS quite featureless
Large Brazilian receipts were offset by
increased American warehouse deliveries.
The market closed firm at a net gain of
to 10 points; sales were 10 500 bags, in
Guiding January at 6.05c March at 6.2OD
625c Spot Rio steady; No. z invoice &c
No. 1obbing, TIC; mild steady; Cordovs,
8d121ac
sugar. raw firm: fair refining, 3 1850;
centrifugal 96 test. &C bid; refined firm,
but quiet Cut loaf and crushed, 9-16c,
powdered, Sic; graduated, 3-l6c; cubes.
5-1Gc.
New York Dec 30 Cotton seed oil was
quieter and unchanged. bur still firmly
MT 100
summe- yel ow, 33izfl3ic; OF summer yell
low, 38l9c. butter grades, 55eI35isc; prime
winter yellow. 2saS7c; prime white. s503ec Z;
rhine meal, $2f. JlNz5.C0.