The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.


GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ETC.
New York, May Flour considerably
more active, especially on spring bakers
Jobbers finding supplies pretty low, took
hold freely at to-day's prices on all popu-
lar grades. Minnesota baker $275d3W
Rye -four quiet
Corn Meal-steady. Rye flour quiet
Corn meal dull. Rye dull. barley duli
Barley malt dull.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2 red, 79bc; OPP
lions experienced a slow speculative trade
all day, but though continued strength IN
cash property were not burdened with
sellers and consequently ruled steady 10
firm English markets were hrmer ana
the continent lower. Light frosts in the
West alarmed shorts to some extent. the
close was steady a a partial Ac net ad-
vance; May closed 739sc; July, 731ac
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 1910; options
market was slow, but quite steady on
English cables and lower stocks here. II
eased off finally under realizing, however
and closed easy isQAc net decline. May
closed 46Ac July 46$sc.
Oats-Spot firmer; No. g. N&c; options
neglected and featureless; No. white
May closed, 29asc.
Beef steady, family, s12OOd12. so; cut
meats quiet; picked bellies 73sqSl2c
Lard weak; Western steamed, $3.50; re-
fined weaker; continent, $3.50
Pork easier.
Butter firm; Western creamery, 1920;
state dairy, 15Gg1sl2c.
Cheese weak; fancy large white, 10sQ
lie; do colored, 1012@10&ci fancy small
white, 1014c
Eggs firm; state and Pennsylvania, 100
131sc; Southern at mark. 1lQl2c; storage
Western at mark 13d1S1ac.
Potatoes quiet; jerseys 81. 25q1. 90; New
York, 81. s712Q1 IS; Long Island, $50; Jer-
sey sweets 80 .75@S %.
TalloW weak.
Petroleum steady.
Rosin quiet; strained common to good
81 60.
Turpentine steady.
Rice steady.
Cabbage quiet; Texas So. 50q3.75.
Cotton by steam 10 Liverpool, &c
Coffee. spot Rio duh, No. invoice, TIC !;
mild market quiet; Cordova, 9Aq1S15c. Fu-
lures opened steady with prices unchang-
ed to points higher on favorable EURO
pean cables and light Brazilian receipts
and foreign buying. Ruled very tame all
day with the early advance later lost I'M
der the reaction in Havre. There was a
slack consumpt.ve demand and small
warehouse movement closed quiet and
steady, unchanged. Total sales 1850 bags,
including September at $500
Sugar, raw steady; fair refining, 15-16c;
centrifugal 96-test, 7-16c. Molasses sugar
SIC; refined steady.
New York, May 2.-Cotton seed oil tnac-
tive. but was nominally unchanged ana
about steady Prime crude barrels, Soc
nominal. Prime summer yellow, Nl2QSSc
prompt; off summer yellow, &c butteI
grades nominal. Prime winter yellow, AVG
42c. Prime white, 4o141c. Prime meal SIS.
Chicago, May 3-The wheat market was
duu hut firm helped by higher Liverpool
cables and a bullish feeling among trad
ors closing 1saAc to i4@ssc improved
Corn closed unchanged; oats ss9$4c inn
proved Provisions suffered sharp preaK,
closing 17laGt214c lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. p .-,,~.,-., -,
May 49, .65ssG651s 657s 6o1aaoo9s Ss9s
July ...679s@67A 6IA 6'7s of7sq7'!2
Corn, No. p
May =. S9zsd4O 4O9s S91s 4C's
July ...41dAlA 4lA 4O1s Al
Sept. ...4llaa4l9s AIS AIS 4asa4l43
May .2214@22ss % 2zA 2S%Q2S
July 80. .23ssq2SN 2SSs 2SA zS1aazS9s
Mess Pork, per Dbl
May .$11 90 $l2 10 81 S. $2 90
July 70 10 u 40 IL % L l''s
Lard per 100 lbs
In, q 90 7O2A $50 SIS
Sent 95 O2ia $50 6 9713
short Ribs. per 100 lbs
May 6 72h SIS SO 672&
July 72h s9ls 9 721s ~
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
| steady: No. ? yellow corn, 4Olaa409sc; No.
3 spring wheat, 6sa65o; No. red, 651ac;
| No. corn, 403sq40lac; No. oats. 2Sl2g
2s9lc; No. 2 white. 26lsG274c; No. white.
2sl5a26lbc; No. 2 rye, SIC; No. barley,
40G43c; No. / fax seed, $l.76; prime tim
othy seed, 50 .40 mess pork, per barrel,
S11 00al2 10: lard, per 100 pounds, Sc S71aGl
| a2ls; short ribs sides. 0oose), s65d6 90
dry sahed shoulders. (boXed), 6l5d6%c
short clear sides. boxed, 7.2Oq7 SOC; whis-
key, dstillers finished goods, per gallon,
Sis.
N. c. d. Hodges, librarian of the Scien-
| tific Library at Harvard has been elected