The morning call., 1894-03-20
Neu Nnr. hiarkets.

NEW YORK, March LEON the Stock Exchange
to-day the week opened with a firm tone to the
speculation and generally higher prices, Chicago
Gas. which was l per cent down being the only
notable exception. Sugar showed more strength
and activity, the first sale being at advance of
per cent. In the early dealings further i'm
proyement OF 1a per cent was made. followed by
a reaction OF "a. Washington adyices coming
forward to the effect that the rehBers would be
given increased protection ind uced purchases of
the shares, aud rumors were circulated Chat he
recent bull pOo.S on sugar were again acquiring
stock Tor the purpose OF another upward move
hleht Inc result Was an ADVANCE OF rs. at
Whlch price there was some realizing, which
caused reaction OF Is, but at the iate dealings
there was a recovery OF 20, leaving gain OF 21s
per cent. The Grangers Kept inside per eeHt
limit on moderate transactions and show an i'm
proyement of "a to 3s per cent. NatloaI Lead
made a sDurt during the morning of 2 y per cent
but lost Is OI the Improvement in the late deel-
lngs, 1he preferred 3s per cent. n Dis
ttIjinC the SPECULATION was restored by asou Of
the unsettled condition OF affairs between the dis
tributlng and distiil1ng companies, representa-
lives of which are stIll III conference with the
hope of an agreement being reached ednesday.
AiSSourt Pacinc lost Il. then rose rs. closing
reaction OF u per cert. In the rest OF the list
transactions were onR small scale. bat few OF
the specia ties made material gains on the day. A
fairy steady tone chaTacteriz. the marAet at the
close. Tne bond market " as strong all day. lhs
leading changes are All below per cent. Govern
ment bonds firm. Stste bonds Inactive. Petro-
leum steady. Pennsylvan "a Oil-Sales none: April
option. sales none; closed S214 bd- Lima OIL
Sales none
GRAIN AND MERCHANDIsE
Wnear-March, 597so.
Flour-Steady
Hops-M eak.
Pigron- Dull; American. sll 5O9I5.
Copper-Quiet; Lake. 50 rs.
Lead-Firm: Domestic, IS 20
Tin-Eirm: Straits. $l9 D asked.
Sp- -lter-Steadier: Dom mestic. 81 % bid.
COfee-Options opened irregular and generally
weak under disappointing cables and absence OF
speculative supp IT, and closed dun at net 5
points advance TO 10 points decline. Sales 5000
bags Inc uding March SIS b5: April. SI6 20;
May. $l5 95&i6 90; june. s so: July. . 8 80 !;
August Sl5 Is; December, Sl4 65 spot Coffee
and unchanged: Cordova. 10 s@l9Iac. Sales
late Saturday $500 bags. including Rio. Fiat
bean. spot. I7skc 900 bags Maracaibo and 400
bags Central N rican private trade tock in
States lSS.227 bags: ahoat Tor the United States.
$4,000 bags; total visible available for the
United States, 437,377 bags, against 622,52O
bags last year
London-Market quiet, but firm; prices 3d@6s
higher
prices nominally Il pig higher.
Rlo-Market quiet. No. z Rio, II, $780, er-
change. 8 15-16 Receipts. $4,000 bags; stock,
2O3.0O0 bags
santos-Market quiet. Good average Santos
nominal; quotations recorded. Receipts, 22-
900 bags; stock 90U0 bags: cleared, 10000 bags
suEar-Raw, quiet; fair refining 2s4e; centrif-
ugsl. 50 test, 31sc sales. rumored, MuscOvado,
80 test. z$4c: renned, 1-l6c lower for B, -
and IA and 1sc lower for other grades; No. 6
37sc: o. z, 3S4c; NO. 8. 7-I6c; No. 9, 33sG1
sac; No. TO- 312c; No. Il. &c; No. IL, 37sc;
o. l3, &C; A, ll-16c; mUd A. z3s@
9-l6c: standard A. 4@4 3-loc; confectioners' A,
powdered. 1891 9-l6c; granulated. l1-l6@5c;
cubes o-l6c