Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-25
San Francisco Markets.

Corrected every Wednesday af.
ternoon for the HERALD by Spear,
Meade q Co., Commission Mer-
chants, 316 and 3iS Washington
street, San Francisco.
The quotations given below rep
resent prices obtainable for strictly
"merchantable" produce. Con-
signments which contain foul seed,
straw, or other foreign matter, or
from the size, color and condition
of the article do not come up to the
standard, sell below the prices
named.
Business generally continues
dull, and there is growing dis
trust of credits. Dealers are ex.
ceedingly cautious in the matter of
increasing their outstanding ac-
counts and all such accounts are
closely watched. The general feel
ing of distrust creates tendency
to "crowd" delinquents, and when
one creditor begins to press, all
seem to adopt the same course.
Some parts of the State seem to be
thought more risky than others
just now. This state of things Is to
be regretted, and if continued no one
can judge of the results. If dealers
here crowd their country custom
ers, these latter will be obliged to
adopt the same course with those
indebted TO them. This, at time
when all farm crops are SO low,
must prove disastrous.
In the produce market, barley is
in good supply from last years sur
plus. The quality of the new crop
now coming forward from the
south coast is great improvement
over that of former years in color
and fullness of the grain. Lima
beans are scarce, but all other va
rieties are IN heavy stock and
lower. Large quantities of old corn
are still held, some of the produce
ing sections having shipped scarce
ly any yet, and no great change in
values is anticipated. There was a
temporary advance Saturday in
yellow, when large sold at SOC. and
small at S5@87lc. Free receipts
have lowered the price to our quo
tations. White Is very dull. A
small consignment of Odessa wheat
was received from Westminster,
Los Angeles county, and sold at
$1.572. The grain was bright and
plump, and demonstrated the fall
lacy of the idea that "good wheat
cannot he grown in the southern
countless" There were only Al
sacks in the lot, but If the quantity
had been large the price would
have been higher; dealers do not
like to bother with small quanti-
ties. Potatoes do not pay expenses.
Medium size grain-fed hogs n good
condition show an mprovement,
but hog products are dull. Good
eggs show an advance. Poultry
has declined. Honey is higher and
getting scarce. Fruits are very
abundant at low prices. Present in
dications are that dried apples, pears
aud peaches will rule low. For
dried grapes--stemless-of mission
and foreign varieties, there is q
steady demand the year round at
good prices. We anticipate a good
Eastern demand for California raj
sins of good quality. Nice, sound,
bright dried apricots now command
l3c. per pound.
Barley-Coast feed, 65@75c. per
GENITAL.
Beans-Lima, So 50 q Sc; but
ter .$2@24; pea, ,$23 @2a small white,
$24@2.; red, $l.l0@l.25; pink, $1.10
@l.25. -.
Corn-Large yellow, 774c.; small
yellow, $3.50; large white, zoe; small
white, 724@75c.
Rye-75@85c.
Wheat-Shipping, SLIGO % Ito;
Coast, bright and clean, $1,000
l.60.
Potatoes-Per sack, 25@35c.
Hogs-Medium size, grain fed, on
foot, 494f.
Hog products-Southern hams,
&c.; bacon, 6@61c.; lard, 5A@63c.
Eggs-20@22c. per dozen.
Poultry-Hens, $507 per dozen;
brolers, So 00@$3 81 per dozen;
young well grown roosters, $4@5
per doz.
Honey-Extracted, 496c; comb,
S@l24c.
BuIter-Choice Point Reyes, ITO
100. per pound; outside brands,
l2@14.
Wool--Southern, 11@17c.
Sacks-New, 22x36, 9@92c.; sec.
ond hand do, used only once, Sc.