The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
NEW YORK MARKETs.
Financial.

Financial
NEW YORK, n. Y, June GA better tone
prevailed at the Stock Exchange to-day, and there
was general advance in prices, due principally, it
should be added. TO covering of short contracts.
This change of front on the part Of the room
traders can be traced to the growing impression
that the st. Louis convention will adopt the
regular Republican currency plank the possi-
biity of early adjournment of Congress, belier
that the House will kill the Butler bond bill and
the absence of gold engagements for Shipment 10
Europe tomorrow. According TO authorities, J..
Pierpont Morgan has placed round amounts OF
securities abroad and there will be sufficient
volume of exchange to attend to the remitters for
q lJtle time to come. This, OF course, means the
cessation Of gold exports.
A recovery in the price Of wheat and the favor
able report of the Chicago and North western road
Just issued, exerted a favorable influence the
shares OF the Western roads and neutra ized the
moderate selling OF st. Paul by London. Some
Manhattan rose from 10S to 105A on the neeo-
tions progressing with the Rapid Transit
Comm issioners. Tobacco was irregular but in the
main firm at 695s to 6514. Sugar was stronger
on the improvement in the market for railways
and late in the day there was extensive covering
and the STOCK rose 2Ss 10 12434.
LackAwanna jumped 3 per cent to 1855. Jersey
Central, Delaware and Hudson were also very
strong. Bay State Gas rose ia to 296s, and later
dropped 21s TO 271a. Speculation closed firm In
tone. Net changes also advanced "A to IA per
cent, Manhattan, Sugar and the coaIers leading.
Reading lost "A per cent. Total sales 112,2OU
shares.
Bonds were generally lower. The sales footed
fell l to 81 Louisville, New Al bany and Chicago
general fves, ] to SO; Oregon Short Line consol
fves certificates, 13 10 6512; PittSbhrg and West
fours, u to 1914; Missouri Pacific fours to
1O3.
1925 SOLD at 1859.
Grain.
FLoUR-DulI, easy, unchanged; Winter wheat.
low grades, 81 70; do fair to fancy, 81 40 do pat
ents, $3 10; Minnesota clear, 81 AS; do straits
So 95 90 patents So AS low extras, 81 10; city
mi a.. d0 ata m
supertne, 81 95; fine, 81 20. Southern -four dull,
easy; common fair extra, 81 20; good do, 81 30:
CoRNMEAL-Unchanged steady; yellow West
ern, 81 05: Brandywine, 81 10.
RYE-Unchanged; Western, 3e12@4Oc: State,
BARLEY-Unchanged: ungraded Western. Ss
@4lc.
BARLEY MALT-Unchanged; Nv estern. 4sS5sc.
WHEAT-Dull stronger; !: o, b., 711sc 70 ar
rive; ungraded red, 66976c; No Northern. $3.50.
Options active d Irregular closing strong
at 15s9134c advance on bad crop reports, bulIsh
cables, high West and free local covering. sep
tember and July most active. No. red, June,
661sc. July, $685.; September. 65s4c; Decem-
CoRN@DulI, firm; No. 2, S31zc elevator; s41ac
ahoat
Options were dull, weak, at unchanged prices 10
18c decline, with trading on local, September and
July most active. June, o312c; July sage; Au-
gust, 35c; september, So 15c.
OATS-Spot, less active. steady.
Options dull, unchanged. june 2Sc; July, 2314c.
Spot prices; No. 2 3 s4@23c; No. 2 white, 25c:
No. Chicago 23S4 4@24c; No. 8, 2214c: No
white, 2S@23Ac mixed Western 23@24c No.
white Western and white state, 2412@2Sc.
FEED BRAN-Unchsnged, 55@60c-
MIDDlING GS-U nchanged, 60@65c,
RHE-Unchanged: feed. oOc
Provisions.
BEEF-steady; family ss 5o@s; extra mess,
SCOT: beef hams, nominal, Sl4 30; tierced beef,
quiet; city extra India mess, $11@i2: cut meats,
dull weak picked bellies, II pounds, &C; do
shoulders. 414c; DO hams, 9@91y2c.
LARD-QuieJ, stronger; Western steam, $4 As;
city, 81 05@4 10; July, 81 so. Refined firmer;
n x. K.
pound. 4@4s4c.
PORK-Active, stronger; old mess, So 26@s 70;
nB BUTTEEFancy TTss ?9a ICY steady, fairly acve state
dairy. 10@15c; do creamery. 11@151ac: Western
dairy, sole; do creamery, 1112@151sc; do
factory, sole; Elgins 1512c; imitation
creamery, 1U9l2c.
CHEESE ES1oderate demand; State large,
new, 51a@634c; do small, new, 4@7c; part skim,
2941ac; full skins, 11a@zc
EGGS-Fancy, fair demand; State and Pennsyl-
vania, 12c; Western fresh, 1112@121ac; do per
case, 81 1908.
,TALIoW-ouiet, firm; city. s14c; country,
G0TTUNsEED oIL-Firmer. more active;
crude, 19@20c; yellow prime. 25c; OF grades,
KESiN-Dull. easy; strained, common to good,
81 rs.
TUR RPENTINE-Q Quiet, easy; 251l@26c
PoIAToES-Fairly active; Southern, 81
RICE-steady, quiet; Domestic, fair to extra,
1AsSES-Steady, quiet; New Orleans open
kettle. good TO choice, 27637c
COFFEE-Steady, unchanged to 5 points up;
July, $l1 45; August, $40 9001O 95: September,
$40 60@$10 So; october, SO 20@1U 80; Decem-
Der. SO 10; May. SO S0@9 S5; Spot Rio,
dull, steady; No z. 1314c.
SUGAR-Raw, dull, steady; far refining, SAC;
centrifugals, 30 test, 3s4c; refined, steady:
mold A, 514c; standard A, Sc: confectionery A,
47sci cut loaf ana crushed $3.50; powdered, s
1-16ci granulated, sc; cubes, 514c.
Fruit and Produce.
APRICOTS-Bags, 81b@lOc.
PEACHEs-Peeled, q b, 12G13c; do unpeeled,
51&6Sc.
PRUNES-Four sizes, 4c
RAISINS-Two-crown loose Muscatel 3631Ac;
do Ihree-crown, 4@414c: do four-crown, 41a15c;
do London layers 9Uc@1$l.
HoPs-Steady; State common to choice 21s@
Sc: Pacific Coast 21aG25sc.
WOOL-Unchanged.
Merchandise.
PIG IRON - Moderate demand; American,
$40 75013
CoPPER-Unchanged lake. 81 4O911 So
LEAD-Steady; domestic. S3t03 021a.
IlN-Quiet: straits, $l3 35@13 40.
PLATES-Quiet
SPELIER-Firmer; donest 81 10,
CHICAGO MARKETS.