The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-25
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Business Quiet, as Usual in the
Midsummer Season.
The Produce ard Metal Markets Unsettled.
The Coffee Trade-Decreassd Local
Bank Clearings-Etc.

Trade is quiet This is shown by the
local bank clearings, which continue to fall
behind those of last year. Merchants also
report more or less dizziness. Still, there is
a fair movement Of merchandise. Produce
continues dull, as it always is on the eve OF
the new crops. at best we ought not to eX-
pect much activity in harvest time. If we
do expect it we are pretty apt to be disap-
| pointed.
Another cause of the quietness of trade is
the ground and lofty tumbling of Congress
over the Tariff Bill. The House first doc
tors the tariff, then the Senate oyerturns
the work of tine House, and cooks up bill
to suit itself. Thus no legislation is ac-
cOmplished, merchants, manufacturers and
producers never know where they stand,
and business is hurt all over the country.
THE GRAIN MARKET
Cereals continue to drag along without
much change. Wheat is very dull with no
variations except in strictly choice milling,
which is held high. Wheat freights are
dull and largely nominal.
Barley is quiet at the old prices. Oats
are neglected and Offering freely. Buye rs
do not touch the market unless COM
PEELED to, as prices are high.
Corn is in heavy stock and quiet at about
last weeks quotations. Rye is duh and
weak at 80 cents per GENITAL. Bran and mid
dlings have both been marked up during
| the week and are very firm.
Flour is active and steady.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Good new hay has gone up, being now
! quoted at SIS per ton for common up to SIS
! for choice wheat hay. Old hay is dull at q
decline. ranging from 81 to 81 90 per ton.
| Beans show no particular change, being
| quiet and weak.
Potatoes and onions are bringing good
| comparative prices, but the market for
| both shows weaker symptoms, as receipts
| are gradually increasing.
Butter and cheese show no noteworthy
changes. Eggs are plentiful, dull and
| lower.
Hides are duh and not very firm.
Honey is Offering freely and weak. The
! quality this year is remarkably fine and
! clear.
The dried fruit market continues unset
! tied and vague. Contracts for new crop
| are being drawn at the prices given last
| week. Dried prunes are being sold short at
| ga cents to ~ cents per pound. fan de-
| livery, aud some sales as nigh as u cents
| have been reported. Sales of peaches, april
| cots and fresh prunes on the tree are large.
| This selling the dried fruit crop short is
something new in this State, and illustrates
the wide demand for our orchard products.
| California will very shortly be the orchard
| of the United States.
Wool is quieter, and though strictly
| choice clips readily bring former prices.
| common descriptions are easy, though not
positively lower.
The feature of the meat market is the ad-
| vance in mutton and lamb which are
scarce. Beef ana pork are abundant and
unchanged. Veal is in lighter supply and
| firm, but no higher.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Groceries exhibited few features of inter-
est last week. Sugar continued active, and
| the two local rehneries have all they can do
! to supply the demand. Prices show no
change. Syrups, however, have been
| marked up AZ cents per gallon. Coffee
| las been active and firm of late, us will be
| seen by tie following circular Of X. Hoch-
| kutier:
Business during the last ten days has been
more active. owing to the hrmness oi the New
HorS market ana 10 the genera belief OF small
imports from Central America for the remainder
OF the season. As result. Jobbeis show more
| disposition TO buy aud Importers are becoming
hrmet IN llleil VIEWS although as yet there IS no
appreciable change III quotations. Strictly good
10 prime Guatemalas are held very firmly at p q
- cents, owing to scarcity. Fair aud medium
GuaIenlalas are IN demand al hdl dcDins prices.
Costa lticaS are In lille demand, aud quOtabe
20a2Ol2 ceuts for good Without black beans,
anu at I3aI994 cents for tar TO good. with
some black beans. Good unwashed Salvador
sold moderately at 9Ss a 1894 cents, closing at
the latter hguie, but Win little or no demand
Ordinary aud Inferior COnees neglected.
Sales since The 10Th inst. sum up 1875 bags
Costa Rica, 100 Salvador ana 2463 Guatemala
The stock OF Central Americans IN nrst LANDS
comprises 13,3oo bags Costa Rca, 56 Near
aqua, II. III Salvador, 10, 64S Guatemala, IN all
Al OPS bags.
Rice rules firm, partly owing to the agita-
ton of the silver question, but chiefly to
! tie partial failure OF the japanese crop.
Stocks are moderate.
Salt is dull, owing to recent heavy i'm
pOrtatiOns.
Hawaiian molasses has dropped from II
cents to ii cents.
Provisions show no important changes.
! Hams are firm, fine brands being in
| moderate supply. Bacon is easy, but no
lower.
Candy is down to 10 cents per pound, in
sympathy with the recent decline in sugar.
New pack Holsters are on the market and
futures are quoted about 10 cents advance
over last year. a short pack and higher
freight rates are the cause.
Canned salmon shows no change and
| dealers report quiet market. There is
| something doing on overland account at
| 81 so per dozen tUr Columbia River fish.
Canned fruits and vegetables are very
| firm. Tomatoes are going aG 81 spot and
| 50 cents future delivery. Peas are scarce
| stiff and nominal. Spot stocks of fruit are
| pretty well cleaned up and the Gamers are
ready Tor the new pack OF stone fruits. In
TACT, cherries are already pretty well dis
| posed Of for the season. Peaches are SELL
| ing freely for future delivery, but the de-
| mand for the green fruit for drying has oc-
| casioned apprehension in some quarters
that the Gamers Will not have the usual
wide assortment to choose from; but there
will probably be enough to 90 around.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Metals continue unsettled Tin-pIate is
| firmer with an upward tendency, owing TO
some overdue ships with supplies. Pig tin
is lower, and is offered to arrive at 12c less
than the spot price. Pig-iron is reported
frmer at S26 and $50 per ton, and the de-
mand is said to be better. Copper has gone
| up considerably of late. Quicksilver is
| easier under larger receipts.
| Tobacco Is quiet. The local production
of cigars decreased over 17,00O0O0 during
| the ten months ending April Both, and the
retailers complain of dull trade.
Dry goods sell fairly. The fall goods are
now coming in.
Coal is firm. The Wellington strike is
| reducing arrivals. Those of the week were
! $500 TONS Coast and 2l20 tons from Bati-
more. The only change is an advance in
| Greta to SIS so to dealers. AS general
| thing the market is sufficiently supplied.
Exports of merchandise from New York
from January LIST to June 1st were $780,
| 1000, against S140, 600 during the same
| period last year. the imports were S219,-
| $4,000, against 1901 COL, 900 in 1889.