The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-18

dull and weak. There is no demand of any
consequence. Dealers still hope for better
market later on, however.
Nuts are quiet, and the situation has not
changed for several weeks. Fine honey
continues firm and in demand, and stocks
are moderate.
The orange season is now beginning. AL
ready shipments of carload lots from the
northern citrus belt to the East have been
made, and southern oranges are now being
received here in small lots. Oranges from
Vacaville and Winters have been on the
market several weeks.
The wood market Is overStocked, and pine
wood has again declined.
In meats. beef is fraction higher under
lighter receipts, and spring lamb has ap-
Feared. No other changes.
Shipments OF wine from San Francisco
during the nrst eleven months of the year
were S,296.o00 gallons, valued at SIS, 296. 600,
against 7.4S5,o gallons, valued at So, 049. 600,
during the same period in 1889. The ex-
ports this year are thus far the heaviest on
record. In TACT, our wine trade shows a
marked and steady increase from year to
year.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Overland shipments of staple groceries
from San Francisco eastward in November
were 1,0S9,640 pounds of sugar. 2,06s, 100
pounds Of tea and 22,230 pounds of coffee
Imports of staple groceries at San Fran
cisco during the first eleven months of the
year, as compared with the corresponding
period IN 1889, were as follows: Sugar
299, 19l, eco pounds against 31O.649.000 pounds
in 1889; Coffee. 100000 pounds against
20,034,000 pounds; rice, 49, 3i4, GOO pounds
against 43,662.000 pounds; tea. 5.50S 700
pounds against 6,357, 800 pounds. All these
imports show falling off from last year.
As for the stap.es themselves there is
little to be said this week. Sugar is in
regular demand at last weeks prices. Coffee
is dull and unchanged. Rice shows no par
ticular variation. Canned fruits are very
dull, rs there is no Eastern demand at the
moment. Western packers have advanced
lard to cover the increased cost of tin.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Plug tobaccos are lower as rule, some of
the leading brands having been marked
down.
CASTLE soaps are hardening, owing to
tariff changes.
Dry goods are not very active in whole
sale way, but the retailers are enjoying a
good holiday trade. Dry goods have, up to
now, sold remarkably well for several
months.
Coal on tho spot is steady at rates last
quoted. Future deliveries are weak, and
buyers, fearing heavy arrivals next summer,
are cautious about purchasing. A local au-
th0rlty says:
Domestic Goals are for the moment being
rivals OF a number of British Columbia cargoes
this will only last for the next weeks. Still
very little Is being yarded by the jobbers as the
present cold snap has increased this months
house CONSUMPTION fully so per cent over that Of
November. 1t Is difficult TO make sales OF Aus
tralian carg0es for late delivery next year. the
views OF buyers aud the figures OF sellers being
TOO far apart; usually at this time OF year free
sales are being made.
Cordage has been marked down u to
cent per pound.
Imports of foreign merchandise at San
Francisco during the first eleven months of
1890 amounted to S42, 134. 600, against S47,-
229, coo during the corresponding period in
1889. The inn 0rts this year are the small
est since 1887, when the total was S3S, 209,-
721.
The output of lumber thus far the present
year is estimated from data from the various
mill points on the sound, to be about 700,-
100000 feet. Some eight mills on Puget
Sound with daily average capacity of from
10000 to about 100000 feet. have cut about
546, 600 feet of this large output, leaving
the balance to the other mills Of Puget
Sound of lesser capacity.