The morning call., 1891-01-28

nounced
THE CEREAL. MARKETS.
1t may be generally said of cereals that
while they have ali been very firm during
the week the cloudy skies at the close give
them a weaker tone, and good rainfall
would probably reverse the firm conditions
recently ruling. Wheat has met with an or
binary demand, but at the close is much
quieter. The millers report a fair call for
flour at steady and unchanged prices.
Barley has kept firm and at the close an
advance in tie actual grain has occurred,
though, as remarked above, the appearance
Of rain has given options weak aspect.
Chevalier is neglected and nominal, while
feed and brewing descriptions are in fair
demand.
High prices and larger receipts have
weakened the Oat Market which is reported
dull.
Holders Of corn have marked up their
prices in sympathy with yesterdays north
wind, but buyers refuse to pay the advance,
and should it rain they will probably de-
mand lower prices. Business in all grains
is now more or less a gamble on the
weather.
Bran and middlings have been scarce and
in keen demand at the steep prices.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE.
| Overland shipments of produce and mer-
| chandise from California via Southern
| Pacific lines in 1890 amounted to 2S9,6OO
| tons, oil 2S, $50 carloads against $500 car
| loads in 1889 This shows how the exports
| of our produce eastward are increasing
| year after year.
Hay is very firm at the recent advance
and the continued dry weather has kept
| the tone strong, being assisted by light
| receipts.
| Beans are unsettled and the demand is
not active. Whites and Limas only are
| firm.
Potatoes are quiet and prices are lower
| than last week. There are heavy stocks In
store. Onions are steady at a slight re-
| cOVery. Butter is very firm with light stocks
| of ali kinds. Cheese is unusually scarce
and high. Eggs, too. are scarcer than they
were last week and prices have made a
material recovery. The Eastern eggs are
| all cleaned up
No change is noted in honey, the market
| ruling firm for choice lots, which are in
slender supply.
Fruits show no particular features except
a demand for strictly fine apples, and de-
cline in oranges, which are III heavy supply.
! Dried fruits run along about the same.
| Dealers report light trading in peaches,
apples, apricots and prunes, all other de-
scriptions being neglected. Stocks OF al
| kinds are moderate. RaiSlnS are dull at the
decline recently reported.
Hides continue dull at the low prices.
Hops are steady but inactive. The an.
nual circular Of Liliepthal IL Co. report:
the hop crop on the Pacific Coast for the
past two years as follows: California. 49,
1870 bales last year against 1920 in 1890
Oregon, 49, 93 bales against 16,90S; Wash
ingt0n, AZ, 44S bales against 50, 1913; British
Columbia. 167 bales against 70; total 80 33S
bales in 1899 and 81, 342 in 1889. OF the Cali
fornia crop of Is, 13J bales hast year nearly
| q, 600 bales were produced by Sacramento
sSonoma and Mendocno counties in tn,
order named.
All spring and most fall woods are nov
exhausted and, in fact, there is very littl
good wool left here. The market is reported
firm and in good Shape.
The meat market shows no radical chang,