The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-10
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New york March 9.-Flour market for
spring patents and winter straights was
held higher, with a fair demand for the
former In other respects the market was
quiet Winter straights 50. 45q3. 80. Rye
flour strong Buckwheat -four dull. Buck
wheat firm Corn meal firm. Rye steady;
No Western, 631ac. f. o. b. afioat. Bar
lev steady; feeding 43Q46c. Barley malt
quiet
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red, 761ac; OPP
lions at first were influenced by heaVy
Argentine shipments, bearish state crop
reports, and active short selling. Suisse
ouently they recovered on scare or
shorts following strength in corn. but fin
ally declined under realizing and closed
easy at 1k@12c net decline; March closed,
76c; May, 72Ac; July. 729se
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2. 42ssc; options
market opened easy with wheat. but at
once turned strong on light country ac-
ceptances and prospects of light receipts
ow ing to bad country roads, closed firm at
lsG1c net advance; May closed, 4O1sc;
July, Hisc.
Oats-Spot firm; No 2, 2Shc; options
very slow, hut ruled steady with corn
Beef dun. Cut meats quiet
Lard steady; Western steamed, sou;
refined steady; continent, $645
Butter steady; Weston creamery, 2Og
26c; state dairy, 1SQ25c.
Cheese firm; fancy large white and col
ored, 13Ql31lc; do small colored, l5Ac;
fancy small white, 12@l3Ac.
Eggs STEADY; state and Pennsyly ania at
mark, @l3l2c; Southern at mark, l214g
l3c: western at mark, lS@ 13l4c.
Potatoes quiet; New Jersey, 81. 25al %;
New York, 81 . Oils; Long Island, 81 500
=. o.; Jers y sweets, $.25@275
Tallow dull.
Rosn quiet st aimed common to good,
81. 70q1 72l9.
Turpentine quiet, 55d55lac.
Rice steady: domestic fair to extra, i1sc;
Japan, $4,000.
Peanuts steady.
Cabbage gu ct; Long Island, A.OlQj.0O
per 100.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, S3a
Codee options opened barely steady at
1OG15 points decline, and further dechn-
Cd 20 nts under realizing and local raid
ing following lower Eurooean and Ira
lillian cables Selling was arrested by
large warehouse deliveries, small receipts
at Rio and santos and resistance shown
bv SPOT department; closed steady With
rr.cts IO0gO points 1wer Total sales - 90
Tags inc uGing May 67od6. 75c; July, Slo@
G.lO-; SPOT, Rio dull; No. Invoice, 81
SEC nominal; do jobb ng, S%QS7sc mild
market quiet; Cordova, 91244c
Sugar. raw steady; fair refining, Sl3-lsc;
centrifugal, 96-test, 5-l6c; molasses SUI
gar 35sc; refined quiet and steady.
New York. March 9.-Cotton seed oil
very duh and nominaly weak on small
orders. Prime crude balre's, SSlac; prime
summer yellow. sec; off summer yellow
nominal Butter grades s8Q3sc, nominal.
Prime winter yellow. S9c; prime white,
SIC, prime neal, S25
Norfolk Va March 9--Peanuts steady;
new fancy, 2a4c; strictly prime 23sc;prime
2t4d23sc: common, 15A@2c; Spanish, TIC
ler bushel
Chicago, March 9.-Dsappointing cables
opd the enormous Argen tine shipments
caused a weak opening in wheat today,
but this was overcome by the strength
of the Liverpool spot market ana the
cash business here. The market receded
from the top on profit taking, but closed
firm, May A0ssc under yesterday. May
corn closed sc and May oats sQl4c up
At the close the provisions market was
practically unchanged and steady.
The leading futures ranged as foAows
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p
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