The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-02
New York Markets..

NEW YORK. Dec. latter an irregular opening
the stock market assumed decidedly strong
tone, aHd under the leadership OF sugar the active
list and many OF the specialtes advanced ste ably
to the close, the final sales being in most instances
al the highest point of the day. The absence of
any pressure to sell induced the short interest
10 cover, and the announcement made officially
that the sugar trust had shut down merely for a
few days led TO a sharp buying movement in the
shares of the company. In many quarters it was
believed the action of President Havemeyer was
stock-jobbing, engineering scheme for the pur-
pose of shaking out weak holders, as well as TO
make quick turn in the STOCK.
Under these circumstances after opening reac-
ton of 49, Sugar rose sharply PA closing within
"A of the highest and at an advance on the day of
So. There good buying in the grangers all
Of which reached the top in the hual sales. St
burlington 7s Northwest q and Rock Island So
The coaieIS moved up in sympathy with the gen
Tobacco 11a, oregon Navigation /, Pacific Mail
49, on buying induced by the favorable Septem
Der statement, and National Lead "a. The other
gains were in the smaller fractions, there being
some few exceptions in which declines wero re-
corded Including oregon improvement and Of
ton Oil preferred IA, and Distiling "A.
During the week the share speculation has been
rather quieter than urual and the prevailing tone
has been depressing with the result a majority of
the stocks traded in show losses on the week s
transactions The favorable influence of the sue
cesstu placing of the new Government loan had
been discounted the preceding week and the seal
ing of dividends on orthwest, together with
ports of decreased railroad earnings and PIesi-
dent Havemeyer'S bear talk on sugar had de-
pressing effect on the general market The bear
feeling In the late dealings caused some recovery
but not enough TO wipo out the earlier declines
The total sales for the five days OF business were
SSl, 800 shares.
The bond market ruled firm during the day an q
on good trading some material advances were re-
corded, including Peoria and Eastern frsts 3 per
cent. The market was unsettled during the week
and prices moved irregular. in sympathy with the
stock speculation The trading was fairly active,
the sa es aggregating 81, S4600O.
The imports of specie for the week ending to-
day were 1898, 2OS. of which $9S.673 was gold,
against total OF $50 $40 last week.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
Wheat-December, 593sc.
Flour-Steady.
nops-stesdy; state. common to choice. old, ga
&c; new. 60l3c; Pacific Coast. Sac
Wool-Quiet: pulled. s@24e.
Petroleum-Nominal; united closed $3.50 bid
refined New York, So 10.
@ 5. A'"H' @lO
COpper-Dull; brokers' price. $685.
Lead-Quiet; brokers' price, SIS no exchange
Tin-Plate market dull.
Cotfee-options oper ed steady: September ad-
vanced 80 points, others unchanged to 10 points
higher: ruled steady. sellers and reports of
cholera in Brazil. Closed firm at Is to SO points
net advance Sales, 1880 bags. Including De-
cember. Sl3 80; January. S13 Az; March, So 80
@l2 90: April. s12 IS: May, ST. S5@l2 10; Sep.
TENDER, $l2 1922 10. Spot Coffee-Rio, firm :
No. T. 1880; mild, quiet; Cordova, 13I@l9c
Sales, 1000 bags. Rio No. spot. at 14la
Receipts. 10000 bags; stock. 380.OOO bags
H aG1, prices "a pig advance. Sales.
Havre-Opened steady; unchanged at IL NJ ::
closed steady l4f net advance. Total sales,
81 600 bags
Rio-Quiet; NO. Rio. 12sSoo. Exchange.
1l$sd. Receipts. 1000 bags. Cleared for the
United States. 1000 bags; cleared for Europe,
1000 bags. Stock. 205 900 bags. Cleared from
Rio November 30, 3, 900 bags
Warehouse deliveries from New York yesterday.
1888 bags; New York stock to-day. l75,93s bags;
United states stock 23l $50 bags; afioat for the
United States, $4,000 bags: total visible for the
United States DOB. 60 bags against 449, 698 bags
last year.
Sugar-Raw, dull; fair refining. Sc: centrifugal,
So rest 315c. Sales, none.
Reaned-QuIet. No. 8, S1l-1e@3zs; No. 7. 85s
@3 l3-l6c: 10 3. 1898 11-l6c: No. g. 3 7-lt@
No. ~ S14@3 7-1bc; No. ID 8 3-l6c; off A. 1915
81 3-l6c; mold A. 5-le@4Hac: standard A
5 15-l6@41sc: confectionsrs' A, 8 l5-lG641hc:
cut loaf. 4Ts@5 1-l6c; crushed 47s@4 size;
powdered, 5-l6@41ac; graduated, 4 i-l6@iJ4c;
cubes, 4 b-l6@41hc