The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10
GRAN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York Jan. 9-Flour unusually
quiet and weaker In tone until near the
close when it improved with wheat. Rye
flour firm. Buckwheat flour steady. Corn
meal firm. Rye steady, No 2, 60lAc. Bar
ley quiet. Barley malt dull.
Wheat-Sp0t frmer; No 2 red, 1880; OPP
tions opened weak and declined under
bearish cables, reports that snow was
preceding the cold wave West ana an
unexp ected increase in Bradstreet's world
stocks. But shorts oversold and in the
last hour prompted by war news and ex-
port talk, were forced to cover, causing
a sharp rally. The close was firm at "a
Hc advance. May closed, 74lsc: July clos
cd 7-7sc
Corn-Spot firm: No. ? Ale; options mar
ket opened weak on cable news ana was
dull all morning. Later in the day it i'm
proved materially with wheat and on light
offerings West. Closed firm at lsc net
advance May closed 39c.
oats-spot quiet; No. . 29Ac; options
cuiet
Beef quiet Cut meats quiet. Picked bel
lies, sac.
Lard easier; Western steam, s6.l5 nomi-
mai. Refined steady.
Pork $ ady.
Butter steady; Western creamery, 25G
800; state dairy. 2002Sc.
Cheese firm; fall made fancy small, 1884
@1@c; do large. 12A0l3c.
Eggs weak; state and Pennsylvania Bic.
Potatoes quiet: New Jersey. 81 2501 IS;
New York. 81 5oG1.S7i2 Long island, $3.50
Q2o9; New jersey sweets, F2.5Oa3.00.
Tallow firm; city sac bid.
Petroleum quiet. Rosin firm. Turpentine
strady.
Rice steady.
Cabbage quiet: Long Island, &.OOaS5.O 90
per go
Cotton by steam to Liverpool dull
Coffee options steady at points ad-
vance to decline. and ruled very active
with a firm un4ertone on continued lead
ing strength and small offerings on spot
coffee in face of disappointing cables and
unsatisfactory outside speculative sup
port. Covering was the principal local
feature. The market closed firm, 10d25
points net higher. Total sales, "a. $50 bags,
including January, 645c; February, G.5Oc
March, 6.5006. 65c: spot Rio strong; No. Z,
invoice, 75ac; No. 7 jobbing, Sc. Mild firm
er; Cordova, Sl50l2l4c.
Sugar, raw very hrm; refined firmer;
No. g. 4.55c.
New York, Jan. 9.-Cotton seed oil was
firm, but queter although exporters ara
still in the market at a lower figure than
holders viii concede. Prices closed about
unchanged; prime crude. 3l63liac; prime
summer yellow 35t2aSGc; off summer vel
low. 95c nominal; butter grades, S718
nominal; prime winter yellow. 3SQS9
prime white, 57Q5Sc; prime meal $2LOJQ
$500.
Chicago. Jan. 9.-rhe wheat was weak
early with Liverpool, rallied on the wal
news. an improved cash demand and the
wet weather. closing strong May 9sc over
yesterday. Corn closed is0Ac and oats
1c better. Provisions closed 7lsa15c lower
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest Lowest Closing
Wheat No. ?
Jan. ..,..6iB g. 6lls So
a-rf 90 -n. rsa- aaI
July lbs @6S1s 6S3s96SA G13s 609sQ6S$
Corn No. 2
Jan .....3Oas 3)i2 3O3s @l.
May .329sn32& 80 323sG32& SO
July ....339s 3S7saS32l 1895 $3.50 3S7,
oats No. >
Jan. .....22A 22A 22h 22l.
May .-33sq23A "a 2Sasd2SM 2S7sa24
Mess Pork per barrel
s May ' 10 5s;. ' 10 .; ' 10 n. SO 10 e e.
Lard per 100 pounds
Nav Shn; 6 osH sosls 5 80 $50
Short ribs, per 100 pounds
Nay Ma, 5 NJ 5als SO SO
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy; No. 3 spring wheat. 6lSsn63Iac; No.
red, 661aae7lgc; Nc. 2 corn, S0i2a S0Ac; No
yellow corn. S1c No. oats, 22lgQ2294c
No. white 25isM25hc No. 3 white. 24AG
zvt4cf NO. z rye JlYcf No = paIleN, 1oNtIc
No. ! fax seed, $l.5l; Northwestern, S.51
prime timothy seed 81 4Od25O; mess pork
per barrel S935610GO; lard per 1O
pounds s5.G2hG50la: short ribs sides
0oose) $5.50G5.75; dry salted shoulder.
boxed, 51kd5%c; short clear sides do Sed)
$5.7505s0; whisky distillers' finished goods
per gallon, Sl23ia.
Admiral ana Mrs. Dewey will be the
. guests Of honor at the Washington's
birthday celebration at Wheeling w. Va.