The morning call., 1891-12-17

pretty well cleaned up the red beans here,
ana there is some nibbling at whites on
Eastern account LimaS have declined
slightly.
River potatoes are weaker again under in
creased arrivals. and prices have fallen off
) cents or so. Fine Salinas Burbanks, on
the contrary, are firm.
Onions are in ample supply and easy.
Dairy products exhibit few features wor-
thy of remark. Fine butter and eggs are
steady, while cheese is rather easy, if any
thing.
There seems to be more confidence in the
wine market judging from occasional re-
ports from the interior, and the wine-pro-
ducers are indisposrd to sell under full fig
ures. The export movement shows steady
increase year after year. The shipments
by sea and rail from the State during the
first IL months of 1891 were g 800, 900 gallons,
valued at 81, l0l, 600. again st s. 296, coo gallons
at So, 296, coo during the same period in 1890.
The quantity shipped this year shows a
monthly average of S373,0O0 the largest for
any year in the history of the trade.
Mutton and lamb have advanced, choice
stock being scarce. Veal is also slowly
rising. Beef is firm. Hogs, on the con-
trary, are weak at general decline.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Jobbers in groceries report fair demand.
Sugar still sells al the old quotations. Cot
fee is quiet, but choice grades are steady.
Rice is quiet and easy az unchanged quota
TONS Provisions exhibit little variation
but all cured meats are easy, as a rule.
Canned salmon is dull. Canned fruits are
inactive, with firm prices for peaches and
apricots. Canned oysters have again been
marked down.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Tobacco is dull. Dry-goods are inactive
and show no noteworthy variations in prices.
The imports of foreign dry-goods at New
\ ork for the month OF November were val
IL
total for any month this year since last May
1t IS S645.0 less than for the same month
last year. and 81, 700. 600 less than two years
ago. The imports for the first eleven
months of the year were sos, sos, 800, against
S136, 49, 600 during the same period in 1890,
and 1928, 900, 400 in 1889.
Lumber is reported in an unsatisfac-
tory condition. The export trade is demon
allied, and shipments to Australia fail to
realize even fair profit as the market there
is drugged.
Coal continues in heavy supply and prices
show no change.
Quicksilver is steadily held at S47 50 to
S4S per flask. The receipts at this port dur
ing thu first eleven months of 1891 were
-, 700 TASKS, against 11,765 during the same
period in 1890, and the exports by water
were 1908 TASKS, against 1928.
Produce exports from San Francisco dur
ing the first eleven months of 1891 amounted
to S4S, 63S, 600, against SS6. 2SS, 900 during the
same period in 1890. The exports in No
yember were the largest for any month
since December, 1852, when the amount was
S., "a, 900, the largest on record out of this
port The total for the past three months
is larger than for any corresponding three
months since 1881. This is another nut to
crack for those who cry dull times The
heavy total for 1881 was the result OF the
unparalleled wheat crop in this State in
1881, which took us about eighteen months
to get rid of. The largest total for any
quarter in the history of the port was S19-
293. 200 for the last quarter of 1881. OF the
total for November, 1891, the large sum of
So, 300 was for -four and grain.
The total for the first eleven months of
the year shows gain of over $4,000, 600 as
compared with the same time last year, and
is the largest for any corresponding period