The San Francisco call., 1895-05-23
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK. n. Y, May 22.-There was slight
increase in the volume of business the Stock
Exchange to-day, but the tone of speculation was
in the main heavy and large majority Of the
stocks traded in show losses on the day. While
there nothing especially depressing in the stu
alton, the local traders were mostly on the bear
side of the market, and that with liqudations and
sales of the short account, made tendency for the
downward motion. Little was done in the market
for the foreigners, it being settling day in London
but there was some slight setting by the arbtrage
houses.
A raid was made on distling, believed to be in
the interest of an inside clique which desired to
shake ont some weak holders The advance in
wheat was made use Of to attack the grangers and
the short interest in this group largely in
creased. Sugar was subjected to some peculiar
manipulations by the controlling power which
sent the stock "a per cent TO 1895, the highest
record of the year then dropped it to 11714, with
closing rally Of per cent, restricting the loss
to 11s per cent. 1t was in the grangers in which
most advances were made, but in the final dealings
they showed the most weakness, and the market
closed with depressed tone.
There was firm tone to the bond speculation.
The aggregate sales were $2,59s0OO. Government
bonds, steady. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds,
firm. Petroleum, strong; closed 81 20 bid.
Grain and Merchandise.
Flour-Receipts, 1890 bols; exports, 67OO
bbs; sales, 21,7Oo pkgs. Higher but buyers re-
psen 81 eo o Wer paens So s
25: City mill clears, SO s5@3 95; Winter
so; Winter extras So e0as 35; Winter low low
grades, So 1902 95: Spring low grades, S262 40
Southern flour dull; good to choice extra do,
81 S0G3
Wheat-Receipts, 1S,5OO bushels; exports none:
sales 33,555,000 bushels; futures, $4,000 bushels
spot. Spot, higher: No 2 red store and ele-
vator. 7S1sc; afioat, 1890 +. b. SO14c afioat:
No l hard $3.50 delivered. Options were less
active than yesterday, but had a bigger advance
and closed excited at 36Sd4C net rise for the day
The bull factors were heavy outside buyers on good
cash demand west, strong cables, foreign buying
renewed bad crop news, and decrease of $50, ,OOO-
600 bushels in the worlds stock for the week
No. red-May closed 7S1sc: June, closed 791Ac:
July, 7714@S0c. closed at SOC; A ugust, 771a0S0c,
closed at soc; September, 775s4SOc, closed al
SOLE: October, 7S$4@Slc, closed at Sic; Decem-
Der, 7912@s25sc, closed at S212c.
Hops-Dull.
Wool-Firm.
Pigiron : Quiet; Scotch. $1,000; America,
SO 50@l2 So
oopPernEirm; brokers' price, $40 so; exchange
Lead-steady; brokers' price. SO Is: exchange
price, SO 20.
Tin-Firm: straits, S14 70; plates steady.
Spelter-Firm: domestic So 80.
Coffee-Options opened steady at SOLO points de-
cline, ruled quiet and featureiesS with European
rested by small warehouse deliveries and small
Brazil receipts: closed steady at net unchanged to
points decline. Sales, 5000 bags including: Nav AT
S14 3O@l4 40: June, $14 35: July Sl4 SOG
cember Sl4 75Gl4 so.
Spot Cofee-Rio, dull: No Z, 1890: mild ouiet
Cordova. 1S14@19c. Sales recently, 1000 bags Rio
No. 8 at S11434c; 1900 bags Padagan spot at
2612c: 1900 bags Maracaibo 500 bags SavaniIla
$50 bags Porto Cabello and 400 bags unwashed
Caracas p. {.
sugar-Raw firm but quiet; sales none Refined
quiet but steady.