The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25

over 100O0-Distilling and sugar The entire
granger group figured in the transactions for only
credit. slight reaction in about 1O:15
O'Clock, but the speculation quickly recovered Its
tone. and by IL O'Clock the market had become
firm again. The higher range of prices was not
long maintained. and during the hour preceding
midday the figures moved downward. Toward
noon the depression grew less pronounced nd
the market gradually steadied itself.
period of extreme stagnation set in, and
but lew changes OF moment were made during
the subsequent two hours In the last hour the
trading was irregular. but at the close fairly
steady tone prevailed the greater part of the list
however, showing declines compared with the
quotations OF Saturday, Bay state Gas and Cord
age guaranteed showing each q loss of 21S per
cents do common and preferred 81; Sugar pre-
ferred rs, ana Mobile d ohio 81. Some few
shares recorded advances on the day, incIudine
Delaware-Lackawanna 1873. Laclede Gas pre-
ferred "a and Distilling and Hooking Valley 5S
Rock island is up "A and st. Paul and Northwest
are down g an! "A respectively.
The bond market to-day was dun and prices for
the more speculative issues were shade lower.
Some OF the higher priced mortgages were in
favor and a few of them recorded material aa-
vances. Government Mt bonds easier. state bonds
quiet. Railroad bonds heavy Petroleum firm:
Pennsyyania OIL sales none; January option sales
none: closed CSC bid. Lima sales none.
An irregular demand tor staple and colored cot
tons has taken good quantity. as such pure bases
were stimulated by the reduction In prices of
Utica and ew Y rk mills quarter Dleached to Gle
and Mohawk Valley quarter bleached TO l71ac.
Fair sales OF tiGkings and denims were reported,
as also good request for Atwood dress goods.
Printing cloths dull at 81 1-16c plus per cent.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE
HopS-DuIl.
Nool-Dull.
Petroleum-DulI: United closed So bid.
OrangeS-Firm; fancy, So; others, $l@l S5.
Pigiron-Dull: Scotch, $1,000: American, SO SO
@lS
Copper-Quiet: brokers' price. SO rs.
Lead-Quiet: brokers price, So.
limp ates-N ominal.
SpeIter-Nom1nal
Coffee-options opened quiet at unchanged to 8
points lower: ruled inactive and featureless De-
cember especially weak; closed duh at and ! o
points decline. Sales. 7400 bags. including
March. $12 So; May, Sl2 so; June, $12 40; Sep
tember $l24O; October. 81 4U@l2 49, December,
Sl3 70@sl3 go.
spot oofee-Rio, dull: No. T. 151sc nominal;
md dun.
Santos Quiet: good average Santos. $500:
receipts. $4,000 bags; stock. S77 900 bags
hamburg-Quiet; prices unchanged to "a pig
higher December 70 and 20 viii be holidays.
Sales. l6, 600 bags.
Havce-- Holiday.
Rio-Quiet; exchange, 101ad. Receipts, 1000
bags. Cleared for the United States. 1000 bags;
cleared or Europe, none: stock. 202, 900 bags.
Warehouse deliveries from New York Yesterday.
l5,2O7 bags; New DIRK stock day. 246 557 bags:
United States stock, 274,377 bags; a1oat for the
United States 25S, 900 bags; total visible for the
United States, 527.377 bags, against 442,325 bags
last year.
Sugar-Raw, dull fair rein ing. 25S@234c; CEN
trlfugaI, SO test, 31sc; refined quiet.