The morning call., 1894-12-23
New York Markets.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The share speculation
during the two hours of business to-day was gen.
orally heavy In tone, and with few unimportant
exceptions prices declined steadily to the close.
London was a small seller of st. Paul and North
ern Pacific preferred, and this coupled with the
fact that American securities were rather heavy
on the London Stock Exchange factor in the
depression OF the market here. Sugar declined
II the opening, advanced IS, and then sold
down l$s. With final recovery OF 49, leaving a
gain OF per cent the day. General Electric
opened II per { lower and recovered the loss.
Under the pressure OF offerings, however, the
shares gave way Ia per cent with only recoy-
cry OF Is at the close.
The movement il the rest Of the list was merely
fractional and the market closed weak at a de-
cline the day OF rs to IS per cent the latter in
Reading Cordage and Tennessee Coal aud Iron.
and IS 10 ~ in the grangers. In exception to the
general decline Wheeling and Lake Erie pre-
ferred is IS, New YORK Central. Laciede Gas pre-.
ferred IA and Dist1lling Is higher. The volume
of business on the week has been extremely light,
the approach OF the holidays having restrictive
IN f1uence on trading and the aggregated sales
only OGO shares. The market in the main had
tended doWnward,a majority Of the stocks trade
in show declines ranging up to per cent.
heavy, the sales reaching only total of $500
The only change above a fraction are Decline OF
lss per cent in Laclede Gas fyes and ali advance
of ! per cent in Atlantic and Pacific fours During
the week the market has been fairly active. but
the majority:of the issues dealt IN. The sales ag
January option sales, none; closed 80 bid: Lima
oil sales. none.
York for the week ending to-day amounted to
SO. $40, 800 in gold and S9OS,o50 in silver. The
Goid, sol. s54; silver, sI6,327: dry goods,
S3,OTe $50; general merchandise So $50. 1855
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
wheat-December, 5975c
Flour-Steady.
Hops-DuIl: state. common to choice-oid, so
&c: new, 6@l2c. Pacific Coast-Old, 31a@7c; new,
Wooi-steady; domestic fleece, 17@33c; pulled
1s@24c.
Washington. barrels SIS so; bulk, SO so; refined
New York, So 20; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
orsnges-Quiet; fancy, 81 1902; others. 75c@
$l75.
oopper-strong; brokers' price. 1915.
Lead-nuil: brokers' price, So.
limp ates-Dul.
Coffee-options opened Irregular at 10 points
net decline to points advance; ruled steadier on
local coverings and scarcity OF sellers, closed
steady net unchanged TO points advance.
Sales. l4,5Oo bags, including December. $13 95
Way. Si2 5o@i3 IS. ~ --''''' o. 'i- 'O'
spot cofee-Rio, quiet; No. z, l51sc. nominal
mild. quiet; Cordova, 1814@l9e. Sales, none,
Santos Quiet; good average Santos. 13S40O:
receipts. 24.o0O bags; stock. 81 900 bags.
higher; safes. II, 900 bags
Havre opened irregular, December 113t
lower; others unchanged at IL noon; closed fr-
regular, December al advance; others al from
opening Total sales. 10000 bags.
Rio-Qniet; No. 2 Rio, 12Se0o Exchange
United States, 1000; cleared for Europe, none
STOCK 2O2. 900 bags.
Warehouse deliveries from New York Yesterday.
1888 bags: New ork stock to-day .228. 1872 bags:
United states stock, 256,344 bags; afost for the
United States, 2S6,0O0 bags total visible for the
United States 42,364 bags, against 442,S25 bags
last year.
sugar-Raw. dull: renned. quiet. No. 6. $3.50
3 g-l6c: No. Z. 8 5-l6@319ci No. 9, 31403 7-16c;
No. g. 8 3-16@33sc;' No 10, S1s@358c; NO. II,
8 I-l6@314c: 10. ~. 3G3 ollie: No Is, 2
15-I6c: of A. 31a63334c; mold A. 1-16(0414c:
standard A, fI-l6@37sci confectioRers' A,
5Il-I6@55sc; powdered, 4 1l-le94$zc; granu-
lated, B l3-16(94c; cubes, l1-l6(9494c.