The morning call., 1891-01-21
CONDITION OF TRADE.
What This Port Is Doing in Ex.
ports and Imports.
our Growing Wine Trade = Increased Bank
Ciearings : Cereals and Feedstuffs
Advancing Weather.

Although to the cursory observer trade is
ouii' our local bank clearings last week
sho"ed gain of 81, 100000 over the CORE
sponaing week in 1890, being ST., 900
against Sl4,603,090. However, it must be
iehiehipered that at this time last year there
was general quetude in trade, owing to
VIC heaVy and continuous rains, from which
VIC are thls year almost wholly exempt No
.uuipl'lnts OF dry weather are yet heard, as
'ne soaking of 1SS9-1S90 gave the soil
aouhdahce of water, and with few show
CHS scattered along to keep the surface
hioisI We shall doubtless record our usual
prospero US year.
| THE CEREAL MARKET
wheat Is stronger. Operators are begin
ing 20 lax OF dry season and prices are
Slowly hardening in consequence. Thus
i"i no speculative purchases of any size are
ieporieu, Out II the rain holds off much
iUneer SPECTATORS will begin to buy freely.
nc foreign markets are declining. and were
~ noI Tor the apprehension of a dry season
1his market would be weak in sympathy.
Barley is very firm at fractional ad-
vance over last weeks quotations. Sellers
are Indifferent, and as buyers only purchase
10 HI Immediate requirements trade is
quiet.
Oats are strong at ST 90 to 81 10 for fair
TO choice. These are high prices Offer
| lngs are moderate and the demand is rather
! quiet
Large yellow corn is easy and dull. Good
small yellow and white are in light supply
| and finn.
Rye is rather firmer.
Feedslufs are strong and In good de-
ihand at the high prices.
| GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE.
| Overland shipments of merchandise and
| produce from California via Southern Pa
enc Coast railroad lines in December were
z9,o2o, go pounds, of which II, 726, 220 pounds
| went from San Francisco. The leading
Items Items We're as follows: p ,074 centas beans,
| zo,Zlo gallons brandy, Sit, 3gS gallons Wine
l'4oo5oO pounds wool, 10000 pounds
canned goods, 2,06S.S70 pounds dried fruits,
| z,9!U56O pounds raisns, 157, 700 pounds ct-
truS irult, eI,250 pounds fresh fruit, 1872 $50
| pounds hides, Sol, 40 pounds leather, Al, 100
| pounds honey, 122, 040 pounds nuts, 5723 GEN.
tails potatoes, l05, 40 pounds hops, 2l5, $50
pounds canned salmon, 15l go pounds
picked salmon,
Whatever croakers may say, the Califor-
MA wine trade is all right and getting larger
eVefy year. Occasional disasters do not often
set back any industry BonfOrts New York
WINE and Spirit Circular of January 10Th
mas The following commentator of our
wines:
. 1ne tecelpts OIL California wines by water dur
ing 1890 are far In excess OF what they have
been before. The consumption of these wines
throughout all The States east OF tie Rocky
I Mountains Is yearly increasing with giant strdes
and II the demand continues 10 grow In the same
proportion In The future 1t Will be a question OF
very lew years before the present yearly produc-
lion OF California VIII be considerably below
What VIII be required.
The receipts at New York last year were
3,600, coo gallons, against 1,117,9S7 gallons in
1880. This shows how the trade is growing.
hA Il
rail IN 1880 were 8, lbs, 900 gallons, of an APP
proxlmate value OF S3,640,o00
In general produce there Is little to say
this week. The holding off OF the rain has
again led to further advance in hay, which
is quoted very firm. Dealers expect jump
III prices unless 1t rains soon.
Beans have hardened considerably during
the week owing to variety of causes.
First receipts are light; second, there are a
lew orders on the market; third, there is u
tendency TO speculation, aud fourth, most of
the beans here ara owned by the holders,
VINO paid fully up TO current quotations for
them, and are therefore not willing to sell
at a loss. LimaS and pea beans have ad-
vaneed considerably, while the apprecia-
ton in the other descriptions has been less
marked.
Potatoes have again declined aud are very
weak. The famine so sanguineIy expected
some weeks ago has not yet appeared. In
TACT, stocks are liberal, and several hundred
thousand sacks are stored in bay nd river
warehouses ready TO be shipped in here
when the famine occurs Under these cir
cumstances 1t is not strange that the market
Is weak Onions have also declined, though
receipts are not heavy
Butter is tiruier, aud the dry weather by
operating against lnxuriant growth of
grass, tends 10 harden the market, which is
well cleaned up at the close. Cheese is
scarce and firm at the high prices. Eggs are
in very fair demand at % to 70 cents per
dozen, which Is FATHER lower than they were
quoted last week. The tendency at the close
is toward better prices.
During the past week there has been some
call for dried apples and prunes to antici-
pate the advance in overland freightS to-
morrow, but the movement has been small
Peaches are in continued good demand and
apricots ii ID fair sale. All other descrip-
tons OF dried fruit are stagnant and nomi-
nal However, stocks are by 10 means
large.
TIE feeling in raisins is less panicky as
the New York market exhibits more tone
Still trade is quiet at best. Nuts are dull
and featureless. Hops are quiet at 80 to 50
cents per pound Tor common to choice.
There is continual nibbling on the part Of
buyers, but little business result, as the
views of sellers are above those of pur-
chasers.
Wool is strong and would be active were
not stocks broken. Even as it is, some large
sales, chiefly of Oregon clips, are reported.
Oranges are in heavy supply, and prices
| dI6 dCCOluluBiy WcdheT
Beef has been advanced to 6JA cents for
the best Mutton rules firm. and lamb is
very scarce. Good pork is steady.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Overland shipments of groceries from
| California in December were 6l2, 500 pounds
| sugar and 479,490 pounds tea. The ship
| ments OF sugar overland in 1890 were 81, 49,
| $50 pounds, as compared with Ill, 559. go
pounds fer 1889. The imports of staple
| groceries at this port in 1890, as compared
with 1889, were as follows: Sugar, 32S,-
$4,000 pounds. against 81, 900 pounds :;
coffee, 2O,0l4,000 pounds, against 20,273, coo
| pounds; rice, 4S,01l, 335 pounds, against
| 46,53S,000 pounds; tea, 6,1S8,000 pounds,
against 7,4S90oO pounds.
Sugar is in fair average demand and
| prices show no change.
Coffee is dull and shade easier The
shipments overland in 1890 were 1881, $50
| pounds.
Rice shows no pronounced change from
| last week
| Provisions are reported rather more active
with ii continued downward tendency in
| hams and bacon.
Canned fruits are in fair demand for
Eastern shipment at unchanged prices.
| Canned salmon continues quiet
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Dry goods arc quiet and prices show very
| little variation.
| A III metals ara dull