The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-29

during the first nine months of the year, com
pared with the same perioi in 1883, were as
follows: Sugar, 24j, $4,000 pounds, against
206, 019,000 pounds; coffee. Il, 935.000 pounds,
against 19,41S,000 pounds; rice, 3G,249.000
pounds, against sc, 997,0 600 pounds; tea,
4, "A, $50 pounds, against i, 293000 ounds.
Fluctuations in groceries continue few.
Yellow sugars have been worked up Il frac-
ton. but white goods remain unchanged.
OF coffee the private circular OF X. Hoch-
koter says:
Since our review OF the 1st inst the local
market has been firm At gradually hardening
prices with fair demand Tor irst-haud parcels
OF all descriptions. besides some trading between
jObbers. Tie lower grades show IA decided in
crease over previous quotations simply through
scarcity and conf etItlOn between buyers who
take everything offered OF these descriptions.
While last transactions In good green unwaShed
Salvador mark The price al 81 cents, there is an
upward tendency for This description and to-day
no sellers al That nguTe sales from hTSt Il anus
since October 1St embOGy about 500 bags Costa
Rica. 1900 Salvador aud 230O Guatemala, reduc-
Ing importers STOCK 10 600 bags-nOL one
months consumption. Second hands are In the
aggregate fairly supplied, but the al stfibutloH is
uneven and the total stock may ITOye barely
sufficient 10 carry tie TRACE until the advent Of
new crop coffees IN quantity The New YORK
market has shown no important fluctuations. a
slight advance during The lrsl half OF the month,
concurrent with reports OF injury by drought TO
The growing crop in Santos, was subsequently
lost upon receipt of more favorable news from
other sources coupled with declining tendency
Rice has advanced all around owing to
moderate receipts and talk of diminished
crops.
Beyond further depreciation in Eastern
hams the provision market has exhibited no
change. The demand is active.
Canned salmon is dull and weak.
Canned fruits are still in brisk demand,
despite the fancy plane of prices, and pack
ers hope to thoroughly clean up the market
this season. Shipments overland are
enormous and exports by water are unusually
large.
Several brands of oysters and starch have
been advanced. Rolled OATS Oat meal,
buckwheat flour and pear bailey are each ad-
vanced to correspond with higher prices for
new product.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
The local Lumber-dellers' Exchange has
advanced lumber from 80 cents to So per
1000 feet, and lathS % cents.
Prices for coal are getting too high to be
regarded with patience. When house Goals,
which must be used by the poor as well as
the rich, get up t. SIG per ton retail, with a
fine prospect for still higher prices and
winter close at hand, it Is time to call a halt
True. coal IS ahnOrmally scarce, but tie cost
OF mining and TRANSFORMATION has hardly yet
reached the point Of justification OF Sl3 for
Puget Sound Goals at wholesale. When the
rise will cease is a cOnundrum. At present
it is pinching many pocket and threatens
an embargo on some manufactures where
the item of fuel is important A local cir
cular, after reporting tie weeks arrivals at
only $500 tons, says:
Tie market is in disturbed condition, as
there IS large prepOnderance OF buyers and
very little 10 be purchased. Prices have been
again marleed up, and The outlook is very dis
couraglng for a suilciency OF supplies. The
cabled reports from Australia do NOT Intimate
any early settlement. hence our principal supply
point Is cut OIL, with VeIy slim chances Of any
early relief. The Coast mines straung
themselves TO meet the deficiency. but the scar
city OF carriers Is the material setback for the
moment. It is no easy matter TO handle 1000
tons OF coal per day, which i. our average daily
consumption, when for The present we have only
our local cOllieries 10 draw from. The yelling
ion managers report daily output OF about 200
tons, which they could readily Increase 10 1900
tons IL it were not for labor difficulties. The
Withholding OF this difference from the market Is
serious loss 10 tie public here, as well to the
owners OF tile property.
Since the Issuance Of the above circular a
cargo Of Wellington has arrived and it is
said that supplies from that mine may come
forward with more regularity henceforth
Tobacco is quieter Cigars are fairly ac-
tive, and local manufacturers report an ill.,
creased demand for the better grades of
domestics.
Dry goods continue active.