The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-23
GRAIN. pRovIsIoxs. ETC.

New York, April 22.-F'iour stronger and
fairly active, showing moderate advances
in sympathy with wheat; winter patents,
SO .65d4 90; Minnesota patent, s40oG425.
Rye flour steady; fair to good, $2.So9
3.15. ~
Corn meal firm; yellow Western, 92c.
Rye firm; No Western, 601sc.
Barley steady; feeding, 46G4S1sc; bar
ley malt dull, Western, 67G72c.
Wheat-Spot strong; No. 2 red, S1Nc;
options had a strong opening and an ac-
tive trade all day, advancing steadily on
bullish cables, particularly from Berlin,
rejecting crop damage, active foreign
buying, export demand, a broad home
speculative demand and too much cold
weather in spring wheat states; closed
strong and 11a@1%c, net advance; May
closed 79Ac; July closed 7Si2c; September
closed 77I2c.
Corn-Spot strong; No. 2, Sic; options
active and decidedly strong all day, i'm
PEELED by cables, cold weather West. the
wheat advance, covering and light coun-
try offerings; closed strong and 1Q1Ac
net higher; April closed 51kc; May closed
51c; July closed 4924c; September closed
49Sc.
Oats-Spot firmer; No. 2. S1Ac; options
firm and higher with the other markets.
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania,
14Q144c; Southern, 1Sq13Ac.
Tallow quiet; city, 4a4Q4%c; country,
47s451sc.
Rice. firm; domestic, fair to extra, $40
6Ac; Japan. 42d47sc.
Coffee-Spot Rio dull; No. Z, invoice,
CSC; mild quiet: Cordova. SA@121ac. There
was a considerable change for the better
in the coffee market to-day. The opening
was steady with prices 10 points higher.
following which brisk general buying led
to a further rise of points. On the up
turn Europe and the bull faction bought
on the belief that turn in the tide had
at last come. Nearly all foreign markets
were higher. Brazilian receipts were
smaller than expected. there was a slight
Improvement in the spot demand and the
public seemed to take the view that cof-
fee was cheap enough to buy" Blu.
i'm the mid-afternoon a reaction of to
10 points occurred under proft-taking and
light pressure from the bear side. The
close was steady with prices net, to 10
points higher Total sales were $3.50
bags, including May at 5.05G5. 15c; July at
5.SOc: August, 5.95c; September, 5.4OQ5. 45c.
Sugar-Raw strong; fair refining, $3.50;
centrifugal, Sc test. 3-16c; molasses SUI
gar. 7-i6c refined firm; standard A, 5.25c
confectioners' A, 5 Csc; mould A. $500; cut
loaf $3.50; crushed, $3.50; powdered, $3.50
graduated, 5.45c; cubes. 5.7Oc.
Beef quiet family. 1ld12c; mess, SO. 500
10 90; beef hams, $40 .50q21 90: cut meats
firm; picked bellies, ss4Gl0Isc; picked
shoulders. TIC; picked hams. 92td10hc.
Lard steady; Western steamed, $3.50:
refined steady: continent. $3.50; South
American, 50 so: compound, 6%c.
Pork steady; family, l6.00dl6.60; short
clear sl5509l7 90; mess, $i5.O0dl6.0o.
Butter steady; fresh creamery. 15d20c;
state dairy, 15ai9c.
Cheese steady: fancy. large white, l04i q
lie: fancy small white, 1l%ql2c.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys. 5Ocdsl .37iS
New York. si.25fi IS; Havana, $S.0oGi5 90:
Jersey sweets. 81 .Joa2.o0.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand-picked, ~
a5c; other domestic. 4iaQfs.c.
Cabbage steady: state, si2ai6 per ton.
Cotton by steam 10 Liverpool, i3c.