The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-22

banks again exhibited an increase over
those Tor the same week in 1889. being 500
166.534. against $40, 435, 22l. The chief feat
ure was the fine showing made by the
monthly overland freight statement of the
Southern Pacific, the details of which ap-
pear below. Our produce shipments over
land are growing with such rapidity that
they are attracting the attention not only of
the Eastern trade, press and people, but of
the authorities at Washington. When such
condition of affairs prevails it is idle to
talk of dull times.
THE CEREAL MARKET.
Wheat is point higher at the close, in
sympathy with hardening foreign markets.
Barley is also tending upward and is very
firm at 81 3712 to 81 40 for feed. and 81 10 to
81 90 for brewing. These are good prices.
Oats are strong at good figures, and re-
ceipts of late have been light.
Yellow corn has weakened under large
receipts, but white corn is doing better,
Rye is dull at decline.
Bran and middlngs have again been
marked up. The milers report -four quiet
and steady.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Overland shipments of California produce
81, 991, $3.50 pounds.
The leading items were as follows: 22,377
centals beans, 2S,200 gallons brandy. 626, 291
gallons wine, 1S,4S9, $50 pounds canned goods,
10,710,360 pounds dried fruit, 1853, $40
pounds fresh fruit, 3,47S,7S0 pounds raiSins,
255, 40 pounds hides, 625,370 pounds honey,
643,600pounds hops, 63l ,020 pounds leather,
1854 ceutalS mustard seed, 1154 centals
onions, 3S,050 centals potatoes, 1:236,6O0
FttIH yIltrn-
$4,000 pounds vegetables. $3.50 pounds
nuts, 3,SS4,SS0 pounds canned salmon,
1890 pounds pi' killed. salmon. The
shipments Of canned goods, fresh and
dried fruit overland continue heavy, as
will be seen herein The shipments Of all
kinds of freight from January LIST tOOctobrr
LIST were 4l0,6l2,C00 rounds against 35o, O31, 600
pounds for the S me period last year.
Hops have got back to where they were
when the recent decline began. Holders
now ask 40 cents per pound for choice, and
none could probably be obtained for less,
though common hops sell down to 30 cents.
The demand all over the world Is good, and
the English and German markets continue
stiff. A remarkable demand for Pacific
hops in London Is reported.
Wool continues in good demand at the
recent advance.
Hay rules firm at the unusually high
prices, and straw continues scarce.
Beans are still unsettled, and dealers do
not know from one day to the next how
prices are going to run. At the moment the
market is literally supplied and lower, with
a disposition tn SELL
Potatoes continue to advance despite heavy
arrivals Onions are now selling up to SIS,
which is marked advance. Receipts are
light.
All classes of butter are firm and in mod
crate supply. and picked roll and frkin have
both advanced during the week. Cheese is
firm and unchanged. Eggs continue at the
famine point, and fine fresh eggs have sold
up to SOC per dozen. The demand naturally
fancy prices. Liberal supplies OF Eastern
eggs are coming in at the close.
There is not much new in dried fruit.
Apricots are firm and in light supply
Peaches show furthermore tone, but are dull.
Pitted plums are wanted at an advance.
Grapes are steady. PruneS are dull. APP
pies are quiet and easy.
RaiSinS to the amount Of $4,000 boxes
were sent East overland in September. The
market is quiet at unchanged prices.
The meat market shows no changes be-
yond a slight decline in mutton and frac-
tional advance in hogs.
Cordwood is rising, presumably in SYM
patty with coal. Posts are fraction
lower. Tanbark is easier.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Sugar is reported in fair demand at I'M
changed prices.
lDIUiltIS VI CUHtt IeDUIL IL uulSt Uul III Ill
market at last weeks quotations.
Rice shows no changes worthy of note.
Beyond the downward tendency in hams
noted last week the provision market ex-
hbits no eiture worthy of remark.
Canned salmon is steady and unchanged.
Canned fruits continue in brisk demand
at unchanged prices.
Overland shipments of staple groceries
from California in September were $685.
$50 pounds sugar, Al 1000 pounds rice, 5000
pounds coffee and 1,74l,07o pounds tea.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Quicksilver is dull and weak at S54 per
flask asked. Tin plate has shot up to So 121s
to So % per box under the influence of pro-
lection Prior to the passage of the Tariff
Bill the quotations were 81 10 to 81 So.
All descriptions of cord ge have been
marked down 12c to 1c per pound.
Lumber is active, both on exp Jrt and local
account, and tonnage for the export move
ment is scarce, a local trade journal prints
the following Interesting item:
The fact that rough III IN Der has been put on the
free list while benefit to the country at large is
not pleasing to lumbermen owning largo tracts
of timber land in this country, nor to Canadians,
except those who have lumber TO sell. The lead
Ing Canadian papers are outspoken In this mat
ter baslng their opposition on the ground that
Americans will enter Canada to compete with
Canadians and derete the forests of the British
possessions In North America. The duty. here
tofore, has confined lumbermen TO this country
and they were rapidly denuding American for
ests.
Tobacco and cigars are meeting with fair
demand.
Coal rules firm, but arrivals have been
more liberal during the past week. Every
ton was needed, however. Prices continue
to advance and Greta has sold from ship at
S14, clean jump of 81 30 per ton, and Rocky
Mountain Goals have also been marked up
90 cents. Seattle Goals have been advanced
to S11 per ton, though there is IA strong senti-
ment against radical advance among some
members of the trade. They say that dur
ing the coal famine of several winters ago
many consumers were driven to gas and coal
oil stoves and nave never come back to coal,
and conservative dealers do not want
repetition of this experience.
Foreign imports at San Francisco during
the first nine months of the year footed up
S3i.S1S,500. a marked falling off from last
year. The total is the smallest in three
years. 1t is SASS, 200 less than last year.
Most OF this decrease is accounted for in
lessened imports from the Hawaiian Islands
The reduction from this source alone is 81.
%, 100. This is traceable to lessened re-
ceipts Of sugar, owing to deficiency in the
crop, occasioned by the drought