The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
NEW YORK MARKETS.


opening and the first prices were made shade
lower than the closing figures of yesterday. The
depression was largely due TO selling for the for
eign account and the heavy sales of Americans in
London. Trading, however, soon became more
animated and buying movement was inaugurated
under the influence of which New Jersey Central
sold up 49, Sugar IA, Tennessee Coal 1 and the
rest of the list a fraction. The higher prices in
duceu reaiIzations which, together with small
pear trade, brought about reaction of IS TO per
cent the latter in Northern Pacific preferred, 11s
in Erie Telegraph and Cotton Oil preferred, ! in
New Jersey Central and 3s in Sugar. Laclede
Gas exception and rose 3 per cent to 33.
About noon the latter advanced us for COM
mon and 214 for the preferred, the closing IA be-
low the best. y general Improvement set in also
in the general market. which continued TO the
Close when the prices were current. The apprecia-
tion in values ranged up to per cent, Great North
ern nreferred the 1iran9ers Manhattan Sugar and
Chicago Gas were the most prominent. But when
IL and ! O'Clock arrived there was recession Of
21s in Pullman. 11s in Long Island and Laclede
tone and on the day prices were in the main 1902
per cent higher, the latter in Great Northern.
morning but in the subsequent trading prices
stiffened all around. The sales were So, ,5S2 00U.
81 50.
Grain and Merchandise.
Flour-Receipts, 1900 bols; exports, S40O
bbls; sales, 16.700 pkgs. Firm but dull owing to
the unsettled condition of wheat buyers only meet
ing current wants
Rye Flour-Firm; sales. 300 bbls
Wheat-Receipts, 377 400 bushels; exports, 49,
800 bushes sales, "a S25, 900 bushels; futures,
$4,000 spot Spot, irregular: No red store and ele
vator 7514c: afoat, 761sc; I. o. b. TIC a1oat;
No. hard, 81 sac delivered. Options more
active than yesterday, but within a smaller range
of prices. The afternoon market was active and
irregular. closing SIC advance. The cables were
stronger and crop news bad No. red
May, 753s@7512c closed 1890: June 1880
1890, closed 1850; July, 7514@76Szc; August,
75i4@76S4, closed 76 612c; September, 10 9-l6@77c,
closed 765sc; October, 765s@7714c. closed 1850;
December, 773s@777sc, closed 1890.
Hops-dull.
Wool-Quet.
Petroeum-Closed dull; United 81 SO asked.
Pigron = Firm; Scotch, $l9@2O; America
Copper-Strong; brokers' price. $40 so; exchange
price, $40 so.
Lead-quiet: brokers' price, So: exchange price,
$3 25.
Tin-Steady; straits S14 90; plates, steady.
Spelter-Quiet; sales on 'change, 10 tons August
Tin, $14 70.
Coffee-options opened firm, at an advance of
5@15 points. ruled generally steady with offerings
small on higher Havre quotations and large ware
house deliveries. Closed steady at 10d20 points
net advance. Sales, 1880 bags, including: March,
Sl4 1904 so: June, $14 25(114 35: July, $14 500
IA So; September, $14 S00l4 S5; october, $l4 80
Ola 95; December, $14 S0@14 S5.
Spot Coffee-Rio, dull: No 7. 1854 mild, quie.
Cordova, 1S14919c. Sales, 800 bags Maracabo
and 300 bags Bucaramanaga. p. t.
Sugar-Raw, firm; sales 1900 bags centrifugal,
80 test, for shipment, at 1880; G. and F.. re-
fined, quiet and steady.