The record-union., 1895-12-31
COMMERCIAL.
The Week Opens With Firm Wheat
Market at San Francisco.
Barley Also Firm, With an Advance
in Feed, Which is Scarce and
In Demand.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. soth.


The week opened with firmer Wheat mar
ket locally and prices tending upward, with
considerable encouragement from Chicago
and abroad the export movement has been
quite brisk; cargo OF $4,000 centals down
from Port Costa to-day for shipping. Barley
is firm and advanced for feed, which is scarce
and in demand A fair inquiry for Oats, with
firm market; to-day's receipts were lighter.
Quite a lot of corn in to-day: market inactive
and prices weak
Sweet Potatoes are firm and scarce. Bay
and river Tomatoes do not sell; a few Los
Angeles selling at 81 per box. Green Peas
and String Beans from Los Angeles are in
light suppl y and higher. Asparagus sold
slowly and was lower, although not plentiful.
Not much doing in California Poultry to-
day; Turkeys were doing better. A car OF
Eastern Poultry on the market to-day and
sold for So 50@6 for hens, S4 5o95 for fry
ers and So 5O96 for young roosters. Game
still goes slowly; receipts were quite heavy;
being about 112 sacks.
Produce Quotations.
FLOUR-Net cash prices for Family Extras,
50 5o@3 60; Bakers Extras, 50 3093 40;
Supernne, So BOG rs ? Dbl.
WHEAT-Shipplng Wheat Is quoted at
S1@1 25 p cu Tor No. and 81 o24 for
choice. Milling Wheat 81 o71S@1 1213.
BARLEI-Feed, lair 10 good, 671s9 sac;
OATS-Milling, 70975c p ctl; Surprise cog
971ac; Fancy Feed, o09o5c; good TO choice.
671s@S soc; poor to 1air, D 71a&65c; Black, for
seed 81 10Ql so; Gray, 65@75c = ctl-
COkN-Large Yellow, S0@S212c; Small Sel-
low, S21aG o5c P ctl; White, o0@ooc.
RYE-7714@S0c p ctl.
BUCkW HEAL 5@S5c p ell.
MIDDLINGS-S1S@2 p ton.
BRAN-$12@13 80 p ton.
GROUND BAkLEY-SI5 @16 y ton.
hAY-WheaT, SS@12 so; Wheat aud Dat,
M n fol 70
90 Barley, S7@9 so; Glover, S6@7 90;
Compressed, SO 5o&11; stock, 5000 90 =
ton.
STRAW-35@6oc y bale
HOPS-4@6c p d.
BEANS-Bayos, 81 1901 is; Butter, 81 so
oil so; Pink, S1@1 Is; Red, 81 20@1 90;
White, 81 1901 90; Large W bite, 81 100
! 80; Blackeye, 81 1901 80; tied Kidney,
81 1901 90; Horse, 81 3O&1 70 p ctl
POTATOES-Salinas BurUanks, 60@S0c p
ctI; River BurbankS 30G35c 2 sack; Oregon
Surbanks, $4,000 q ctl; River Reds, 35@40c
p cJl; Early Rose, 50@6Oc p ctl; Sweet Po-
tatoes, S2@2 20 2 ctl.
ONIUNo-5U@7 sc p ctl for California; Ore
gon, 1906 Soc p cd
VEG ErABLES-Cream Squash, 20@25c p
box; Tomatoes, 25Q40c; String Beans, log
12c r Il; Green Peas, $3.50 q b; Green Peppers,
25@50c box; Carrots, 3og4Oci Cabbage, soc
. ctl; Garlic, 41a@51ac 2 u; Dried Peppers
S@1Oc r d; Mushrooms, zoe 2 d; Mar
Squash, S69s p ton; Asparagus, 1901 &c
. b.
FRESH FRUIT-Apples-No 1 grades, coo
@S1 p box; common, 100000 p box; fancy,
81 25@1 90; Lady Apples zoe Tor small
boxes ana S1@1 so tor large size. Cranber-
ries, S10911 . Dbl. Grapes, 60q75c In boxes
and 75c@S1 in crates. Pears nominal. Per-
simmons, 40@7 sc y box.
CITRUS FhUIr-MeXican Lines, S565 so
p box; California Lemons, S1@l 20 Tor COM
mon and 81 50@2 p box for good to choice,
and 81 5O93 for Ianoy; California Oranges,
81 75@2 rs p box for seedlings; Navels
So 2543 = box; japanese Mandarins, 9oc@
81 10 E box.
TROPICAL FRUIT-Bananas, 81 25@2 p
bunch; Pineapples. 81 5000 Z. dozen; Per
sian dates 4G5c = 70.
DRIED FRU1TS-Followin are the prices
furnished by the San Francisco Fruit Elk
change. The figures presented represent car
load lots. Apricots. firm; Apples. steady:
I'runes, strong. especially for larger sizes;
Peaches quiet. Apricots-Fancy MoorparkS,
1O@ile; choice, do, loo; fancy, $40; choice,
sc; standard, SC; prime, 91ac. Apples
EvapOrdted, 414@5c; sun-dred, 3&31zc.
Ieaches-tancy, &C; choice, DC; standard.
41sc: prime, &c; peeled in boxes, 1913
Hears-kancy, halves, &c; quarters, 615c;
choice, &c: standard, 90; prime, &c. PIums-
Pitted 4@412c; implied, l11921ac. Prunes-
-Four sizes, 4c. Neclarnes-kancy, &c:
choice, &c; standard, 51sc; prime. sc. Figs
White, choice, 3 aG4c; Black, 2Q214c. Raistns
In carload lots, r. y. b, san francisco IN