The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-29
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, y. V, Aug. 2S.-The upward
movement in stocks made further progress to-day,
3l2 $40 shares of stock and SAL 900 railway
and miscellaneous bonds having changed hands at
advanced prices. The low-priced issues were the
special favortes during the early session and to-
ward the close the graDgers doomed into promi-
hence again and were bought a liberal scale by
operators who sold out yesterday on the belief that
the rise in these issues had been carried too far.
sharp outside demand Tor such stocks as Pacific
Mail, Big Four, Wabash preferred Pttsburg and
Western preferred, ST. Paul and Duluth, Denver
and Rio Grande, Tennessee coal, Missouri Pacific
and Susquehanna and Western seemed TO convince
the talent, the professional element is called
nowadays, OF the error OF Judgment and in the late
trading this class of operators quite promi-
nent buyers OF the standard issues
The rise in the low-prced stocks are equal to to
31s per cent, the latter IN Pittsourg and Western
preferred, which was bought on the steadily iu-
creasing earnings of the road. Late in the day the
grangers attracted most attention, and naturally
So in view OF the favorable reports OF the st. Paul
and Chicago and Eastern Illinois roads for the
month of July. The first named reported gain in
net earnings of 1858 952 and the latter an in
crease OF $36, 1853. St Paul sold up to TIA, Rock
Island to S4Ss Omaha 70 As. Northwest TO 1868
and Burlington and Quincy 10 $3.50 These
figures are the best attained since the present bull
campaign started. Atchison, Illinois Central and
Jersey Central also made new high records.
London sold st. Paul again today, but also late
the stock found ready resting place. Foreigners,
however, bought fairly large amounts of WABASH,
Union Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande. In
fact the rise in the preferred 10 So was the result
of European purchases. The bulk of the buying of
the grancers to-day was due 10 intimations from
inside sources thai the earnings of these roads
improving steadily.
In the industrials, Sugar and Leather preferred
were inc ined to weakness. Chicago Gas was
rather firm. Dstilling first ad vanced 223s and
later receded to 81 IS. Speculation closed strong,
with prices anywhere from 1s TO 15s per cent
higher on the dav The largest transactions in
stocks were: st. Paul, $4,000: Sugar. 32, 500;
Atchison, 2I,700; Burlington and Quincy, 1880;
The railway and miscellaneous bond market was
active and higher. The transactions were simply
enormous, footing up $4l6O00. The Improvement
in prices ranged from IL to 3 per cent; Wilkes
barre and Eastern firsts rose / to 9414 Savannah
and Western certificates, l to 637s: Wabash de-
bentures series b. ia TO 327s; do seconds, to
1914: do. ST. Paul Il. and NJ. frsts). to l211a:
St. Louis and San Francisco fours, 112 to So: RIO
Grande Western tours, IA 10 10; Reading firsts,
preferred ia TO 1864 do. fours, 1a 10 S434 do.
certificates. "a 10 1919; Ohio Southern frsjs, PIG
TO 92Ia; Kansas Pacific consols, 11h to IA do.
certificates, 214 TO 7434; Hooking Valley sixes
10 %; Cincinnati, Dayton and Ironton fves, to
1l2; Chicago and Erie frsts, 1$4 to 107; do in
comes, TO 81: AtchisOn fours IL to 80: do. ad-
!ustment tours, rs 10 59$s; do. seconds class A,
81 to 44S4
silver bullion on hand, 172,025 ounces; certificates
outstanding, 172
Grain and Merchandise
NEW YORK. y. Y, Aug. 28.-Flour, weak
and dull. Winter wheat-Low grades, SO l5@
IS; do fair to fancy, So 1893 80; do, patents.
SO 50@3 80; Minnesota clear. 50 55M3 25; do
straights, So 1898 so: DO, patents, SIS so a d
low extras 50 1902 50; city mills, SO 9O@4 l5
do patent 81 1904 35: Southern flour dull
weak; common to lair extra, $2@2 10: good to
Sc 75@2 so.
Wheat-Easler, and options more active for ex-
port No =, red, in store and elevator, 6454@
ungraded red, 60a67c; No Northern 645ia67c
options opened firm with free buying for foreign
account, declined $4@7sc on easier cables. weaker
West and local realizing: advan ced 1s@15sc on
covering and foreign buying: clos ing firm al Lao
Csc below yesterday, with trading fairly active.
6i5sc; September, 651sc; October, 653lsc; Deem
Corn-Dun, firm: 10. q 425sc in elevator; 431Sc
ahoat, Options were duh and irregular, closing
steady at 1s declince, following The West and on
easier cables and local reazlngs; May and Sep
4O7sc; November 1856; May, 3614c
Oats-Fairly active, lower. Options dull. easier;
May, z414c. Spot prices: No. 2, 24@241sc: No.
White, 2b12@26s4c: No. 2 Chicago, 26@251s;
24@26c: White State and Western 2S@s2c. es'efn
Pigron - Moderately active, firm; American,
$ll 50@14.
Copper-steady. Lake, sl2 25; domestic,
sI2 So.
g Tin.Easy. straights. $14 80; plates, quiet.
Hops-Quiet. easy. State, common to choice
9@7c; do new. s@10c; Pacific Coast, 4@7c. Lon
don market unchanged.
Wool-Steady, quiet. Domestic fleece, 16f022c;
pulled, l5@34c; Texas. 10@l4c.
Lard-Quiet, easier. Western steam, So 271a
fined, quiet Continent, So 20; South America,
So IS: compound, 45sG5c.
Pork-Quiet easy. Mess, S11@l1 so.
Bntter-Quiet choice steady. State dairy. IL
@1S12c; do creamery, l912@D2Oc; Western dairy
912@13c: do creamery, 13@20c: do factory, So
1212c; Elgins, zoe; imitation creamery, 1I@15c.
Cheese-Quiet, unchanged,
Eggs-Less firm. fair supply. State and Penn
sylvania 156l6c; Western, fresh, l31ls6ll5c: do
per case, 81 5G04.
Tallow-LoSer. City, 1850: country, 4ss@41ac
Cottonseed oll-Easy, quiet Crude, 24c: yellow
prime 2699g26$4c; do off grades, 26c asked.
Rice and Molasses-Firm, unchanged
Coffee-Steady: 1920 points up. September
&l4 75@l4 81; October, $l4 95Ml5: December
$l5; March, $14 gu. Spot Rio, dull, steady: No. 7,
16c
Sugar-Raw duh, easier. Fair refining, 2s4@
2Hsc: centrifugals. SO test. 3JsG3I4c asked; re-
fined, quiet, ste ady. unchanged.
California fruit quotations. Pears-Bartlett, 81 35
az 3d.; Benrre Hardy, 81 45@1 rs. Peaches-Or-
ange cling 95cgSl l5 strawberry, 95c@$1 05;
Late Crawford, 90c@l 25. Nectarlnes-$1tal SIS.
Plums-Japan. 81 35@2 20: Egg 50cGSl 40: Brad
shaw, 7OG9Oc. Prunes-Gros 90c0$l 40. Raisins-
Three-crown. So rs. Prnnes, four sizes, So 350
80.
CHICAGO NARKETS.