The San Francisco call., 1895-07-16
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK MARKETS.
the Stock Exchange to-day was decidedly irregu-
lar The railway list except for slight recession
at the opening, ruled firm throughout, and at the
close the active issues showed gains of anywhere
from Il 20 ia per cent as compared with Satur-
days finals The comparative strength of the rail-
ways in the face of heaviness in industrals is due
to good crop reports from the North west st. Paul
and other prominent roads. and as long as these
favorable statements continue to come in the bears
will find it difficult work 10 get prices down, no
matter what they may be able 10 do with the IN
dustrials. Jersey Central and Reading were among
the strongest of the railway stocks on the revival
of the report that progress had been made in the
work Of settling trade differences.
London bought st. Paul as well other OF its
favorites. but the amount was not large by any
means. Still the fact that the foreigners were once
more disposed 10 take our stocks was considered
sterling exchange market Bankers are now pre-
dieting that exchange Will decline shortly and that
money will work light. Already a hardening ten
dency is noted in the market for time loans and
the season advances and the crops begin to move
high rates OF interest may be confidently looked
for The industrlals were 1everlSh and IN the main
weak. Leather the particularly weak spot, and
the preferred after breaking from S5$4 TO 50, raj
lied to S412 and then dropped TO S234 to S3SS.
The common sold at 160165s. The rumors that
the directors at meeting last week authorized an
issue of 10000 shares of common and equal
amount of preferred was again revived but could
sugar dropped about a point, but later recovered
part OF the decline. Tobacco sold down to 1O7ss
ex dividend OF per cent and recovered to 1850
1922. Chicago Gas, Distilling, General Electric,
while not active the other industrials scored
declines. feature Of the early trading was a
slump in Tennessee Coal and Iron from 3714 to
S3S4 An analysis of the operations of the
company and the expansion OF its capital was
printed to-day and this frightened the timid hold
ers and gave the bears chance to hammer the
stock.
Speculation closed irregular, net changes show
Ing gains of 1s@114 per cent, Jersey Central
leading. The industrials lost anywhere from IL to
27s per cent, and Of these Leather preferred made
the largest decline. Tennessee Coal and Iron lost
and New England per cent. Total sales were
Sugar: Zoo Reading, 19,6o0 Tobacco, l9,5OO
Distfllers and 1880 Leather.
Bonds were firm. Sales were s., ,302 ,00O
Grain and Merchandise.
NEW YORK, n. Y, July 15.-Flour-Dull; :;
unsettled with wheat, closing steady; Winter
wheat, low grades, 50 1908 20: do fair to fancy
SO 5094; do patents, $4 20@4 25: Minnesota clear
SO 1898 40; do straits So 3093 80; do patents,
SO 9094 20; low extras, 81 70@3 80; do City
mills, s4 Is; do patents 81 so; Southern -four
dull, steady; common to fair extra, So 4OG3 IS:
good TO choice do, $3 20d4.
Cornmeal-Quiet, steady; yellow Western 81 so
Rye-Nominal; State, roc
Wheat-Dull, hrmer; No. red, store and ele-
@731sc; ungraded red, 65@73c; No. 1 Northern,
Options were active excited and very irregular
opening weak and declining &c on weakness West
and free local lquidations, rallying 2@215c on
hrmer West and local coverings, declining 14c and
closing firm at 1s912c over Saturday; September
and December most active. No. Red-July, ,7114c;
August 7114c; September, II &c: October, 723sc;
February, 76; March, TIC.
Corn-Dull, 1c lower closing firm; No. 2, 491a
lied Sac on covering and closed firm at sSds2c sI.t
below Saturday, with duh trade. September most
active. July, 495sc; August, SOC; September,
Oats-Dull, irregular Options dull, firm: July,
22S34c; september 2114c Spot prices; No. 2,
2e14c; No. 3, 2sc: No 8, white, S2c; mixed
Western, 29@3Oc; white, State and Western, SO
Hay-ouiet, firm. Shipping e5@7oc; good to
Hops-01iet, steady. State common to choice, 3
csc; Pacific Coast 3@9c: London market un-
changed.
Pigiron-Firm; fair demand American. $11 so
@l4.
Copper-Firm. Lake, $40 s71&@l1.
Lead-Steady. Domestic, So 3099 321A.
Tin-steady. Straits $14 Is; plates, firm mod
speiter-Firmer. Domestic. So e21a@S e5.
Wool-Fair demand, firm. Domestic fleece, $50
22c: pulled, 15@15s4c: Texas, 10@14e.
Lard-Quiet, easier. Western steam, Sc 60 NOM
inal; city s6 1906 10; September, So 81, nominal;
81 80; compound, $5@5A.
Pork-Moderate demand, steady. Mess, $12 25
@l3.
Butter = Fancy firm, fairly active; State
dairy, l1@1612c; do creamery, tic; Western
dairy, e12@13c; do creamery, 12@l7c: do factory,
SGl214c; Elgins, 17c; imitation creamery, 1l9
Cheese-Quiet, about steady: State large. ga
1880: do fancy, 73S@75sc: do small, 612@Sssc;
part skins, 21a@6c: full Skins; 11a92c.,
Eggs-Fairiy active, steady State and Pennsyl-
yana, 13129l5c; Western, fresh, 1212@1S1ac;
do per case, 81 50(63 so.
Taow-Scarce, steady; city, 414c; country,
414@41ac.
Cottonseed Oil - Dull, unsettled; 23c bid for
2534c.
Rice-Firrn, moderate demand: domestic, 4140
&c; Japan, 4@41ac.
Molasses-Duif; foreign, nominal; New Orleans,
26@32c.
CoYee-Dur 1o@2o points down; December,
sl4 So: March,G$l4 So; spot Rio dull. steady; No.
2, S15 so.
Sugar-Raw firm, fairly active; fair refining,
21sc centrifugal, SO test, 314c: refined, quiet,
firm: on A, 41s@43sc; Mold A, 11-16@47sc;
Standard A, 7-I6t945sc Confectioners' A, A 6-l6
@412c; Cut Loaf aud Crushed, 1-16@514c; Pow
dered, 1904 15-16c; Granulated 47-16@4s4c;
Cubes. 1-16@47sc.
California fruit quotations: oranges-Mediter-
ranean sweets, S2(G2 30; fancy seedlings, 81 45t0
rs; Tardiff, So 0b- Peaches-Bale's Early, 81 20;
Plums, Royal Hstive, S0cGS1 10; Peaches, 81 25
oil 45 pears Bartlett, 81 1902 05; prunes Trag-
edy, 81 5Oql 50; German, 81 so; aprcots nomi-
nal; cherres-Royal Anne. So l5; black mixed,
81 %; raisns, crown, 312c; prunes, four sizes,