The morning call., 1890-11-05

movement III dlilloSI all liucS OI tIuut. Jul
local bank clearings are cheering, as thev
show steady gain over those for 1889. For
last week they were S20,506. $50, against
SIS, 992, 400 for the same week last year. The
clearings for October were SS4,2S ,069.
against $50, 022, $40 for October, 1889. Those
for the first ten months of 1890 were S7O2,-
1860, against S697, 104, 147 during the same
period in 1889.
TIE CEREAL MARKET.
Wheat is dull and fairly steady. Freights
have advanced to 40 shillings, and this adj
vance operates against wheat. though prices
are about the same as last week.
Barley is firm at last weeks prices. A
fair demand for both feed and brewing de-
scriptiens is reported. Oats are steady at
the high prices, and dealers report fair in
curry. Corn is steader. White is scarce
and higher, while yelows are more firmly
held. Receipts Of yellows, however, are
| larger than usual Rye is dull and not over
| strong Bran is in sharp demand, and millers
are hardly able to ill their orders, despite
the high ruling prices. Middlings are scarce
and firm.
Grain bags are duh at 63s cents for May
! and June delivery. The elevator system in
| the North Pacific States is cutting down the
| demand for bags, as they are not needed
until the grain is put aboard ship, which is
| often months after harvest and supplies
| can then be picked up usually at low figures.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE.
hay is quieter and rather easier, though
receipts continue moderate. The high
ruling prices tend to check the demand.
Straw is steady.
Beans continue unsettled and arrivals are
large. Whites are depressed and freely
offered Bayos are in light supply and
higher. Limas are more steadily held.
Pinks are steady.
Potatoes are lower under continued heavy
arrivals. Onions are in light receipt and
higher.
Dairy products show some variations. All
kinds of cheese have advanced and the mar
ket is very firm. Picked butter is so closely
held that 1t is almost c0rnered, and the COM
mission merchants have marked up the
price to 27@ cents. The demand for it is
very sharp, as stocks are running low.
Firkin butter is very firm, IN sympathy.
Fresh butter alone is easy and quiet.
Eggs have again declined under large ar
rivals from the East and the market is quiet
at the close.
Fine white honey, both comb and ex-
tracted, is firm and wanted, but the darker
descriptions are quiet.
Dried fruit is quiet. Prunes are Inactive
and easy, though prices are no lower. April
cots are firm and in light supply. Peaches
are heavily offered and buyers are scarce.
Pitted plums are stiff and in demand at high
prices Apples are weaker and not active
Grapes are also weak.
With the exception of chestnuts and pea
nuts, which are in ample supply. nuts are
scarce and firm. Brazil nuts and pecans are
bringing remarkably high prices. supplies
being light. Walnuts, filberts and almonds
are firm.
Hops are very strong at IS and 40 cents for
fair TO choice, and it is thought that s21a
cents might be obtained for something fine.
Most of the crop has already left the State,
| aud spot stock, particularly OF choice, are
limited.
Hides are demoralzed at decline.
Wool Is in good demand and prices are
firm.
The meat market is well supplied with all
kinds, and prices show no further change.
Shipments of California wine from this
State thus far this year amount to 6,5Sl, 600
gallons, against 6, 1S5,000 gallons during the
same period last year.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Sugar has been advanced by both refner-
les since last review, aud the market is fairly
active. A press dispatch from Paris says
the French beet-root crop is failure Ii is
estimated the falling off from 1889 is go, 00o.-
600 pounds.
The circular of r. Hochkofler says of
coffee:
Immediately after the issue OF our circular on
I the 2lst Inst. further advance was established
In the price OF good green unwashed Salvador,
the entire stock available passing into cousump-
tive and speculative channels al 2114 aud II 12
cents, the parcels remaining unsold being held
under higher limits. The movement was wholly
local in character, due 10 actual and prospective
scarcity, IL being evident that present stocks
will with difficulty tide the season over, unless
arrivals OF new-crop coifees are unusually early
and large. Good to prime Costa Rlca moves
slowly as tile trade In buying gives preference
to the lowestprice coffee without much regard to
actual value. Guatemalas and all grades from
fair downward are obtalnabe only from second
hands, and at prices considerably above our quo
iaIiOns, which are more or less nominal. Sales
between dealers OF common and ordinary quail
ties show prices fully cent pound above their
relative value, and these are eagerly sought for
| ut such figures. The steamer CITY OF New Yo.k,
arriving the 18th Inst. brought The initial parcel
of new crop-59o bags OF Guatemala. Cargo not
| yet landed. Tho New York market ruled quiet
and steady at about previous rates until within
| the past three days, when disquetln. rumor
| that the Brazilian Government either had or In
| tended TO abolish the export duty caused a sud-
| den decline. The report while lacking Official
confirmation, has created nervous feeling, and
| business here is temporarily at standstill. Re-
ceipts at the Brazilian ports continue large but
| apparently the necessities OF consumption pre-.
vent any accumulation OF supplies there or else
where. The receipts at this port thus lar thls
year are 1874 693 bags, against lao, 562 bags dur
ing the same time last year. The sales from first
| hands In October were 1855 bags, and the
stock in first hands November 1st was 4226 bags.
Rice is higher aud in demand. The local
| market has been carrying small stock
lately.
| Provisions are reported fairly active.
| Prices show no uIther change, though hams
continue weak.
In spices several minor changes are noted.
| Pepper and nutmegs are shade easier In
| sympathy with other markets, sifted Singa-
pors pepper being quoted at 11% TO pc.
| Sage and pearl tapioca are each quoted at a
| slight advance. Mace and nutmegs have
| declined
The cheaper grades of Liverpool salt are
| soc per ton lower.
| One of the features of the week was the
arrival of a train Of twenty-four cars Of
Eastern canned corn. 1t was the largest
| special train of that class Of freight which
has ever crossed the continent. 1t really
| seems as if California ought to produce
| enough canned corn to satisfy the local de-
mand without calling on the East.
| Canned fruits continue firm at the remark
| ably high prices, and the Gamers ARE busy
| filling orders.
Canned salmon Is dull and not over strong.
| A New York dispatch says that Columbia
River salmon is reported offered there at
| slightly cut prices, with the slow demand
| usual at this time of the year.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Tin plate is strong at the recent advance,
| but all other metals are quiet Quicksilver
| is dull at S53 80 per flask as a nominal
| quotation. Nails have been marked down
| 10 cents per keg.
Tobacco is reported In fair movement
| Domestic cigars have been advanced in the
| East, but the local manufacturers have made
no change thus far. Imported cigars and
many brands of Key West have already ad-
| vanced, and when the present stocks are ex-
J hausted general advance will no doubt
| occur.
| Dry goods are more or less unsettled,
| owing to the new tariff bill. Trade, how
| ever, is good and the merchants report the
recovery of considerable of the northwestern
business, Invested from this point some
| time ago. This emphasizes the fact that
| San Francisco must always be the chief dis
| tributing point Of the whole coast, and that
diversions will be only temporary.
! Lumber is firm and in good demand. The
receipts at this port during the first ten
months of the year, compared with the cor
responding period last year, are as follows
Pine, 192, $4,000 feet, against 262, 005,0
feet; redwood 133. 355, 600 feet. against 49,
015,000 feet; shingles, 116,092,900. against
1861, 600; railroad ties, 1,2S2766, against
| COSTS
Coal is in slender stock, unsettled and ex-