The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

Financial.
NEW YORK, y. y, Jan. 2O-The railway and
miscellaneous share speculation quiet again
to-day, the sales of stocks footing up only l25000
shares. Tobacco was the most active stock on the
list. The market was unsettled and irregular
throughout the session. Al the opening number
OF stocks. including Metropolitan Trac zion, Sugar,
the GrAngers, General Electric and Lake Shore,
were quite heavy and lost 1aGl21a per cent. Later
OF Tobacco jumped per cent TO 81 on covering OF
shorts and this strengthened the whole market.
In the afternoon the tendency OF prices was
downward, the market having been adversely in
huenced by the Sl,550-000 gold for shipment TO
Europe on ednesday and the belief that the ship
ments on the day named may reach S2500,0jO.
Western Union WAS particularly weak in the
afternoon trading and sold down 10 S21S There
was no special pressure TO sell however, and the
disposition is general 10 go slow until the new
Government bond loan is out OF the way. Wash
ington is also being closely watched Tor financial
and political legislation.
The market closed about steady. Net changes
SHOW gains OF 1sGSs per cent IN the railway list,
and SsGlI4 per cent in the lndUstrials Western
Union lost u per cent.
Bonds were lower. The sales aggregated S1,037,'
600. Chesapeake and Ohio general four and
halls fell rs TO 1873 Kansas and Texas first ives,
TO "A; Kentucky Central fours, to SS; Missouri
PacihcC Consol skies SO ONO Southern first skies
to SO: 81. Louis Southwestern seconds. l to IS; /;
st. Paul Consol sevens rose 212 to 1251z. In
Government bonds $1,000 coupons fours OF 19O7
brought lO9.
FLOUR - Quiet steady Winter wheat low
grades 81 25d2 65; do fair TO fancy. 50 650
80; do patents, So 1908 rs; Minnesota clear,
81 5O03 TO- do Straits s30d3 35: do patents So Is
"a ~: low extras. 81 25@2 65; CITY Mills, So 80
3 20; superfne, S2@2 20. sou hern four-Steady
common to 1air extras 50 1922 80; good to choice
do 50 9063. Rye fiour-Quiet. steady, 50 40(G2 S5.
Buckwheat flour. 81 25Gl 30.
BUCKWHEAT-38c elevator; Beige February.
CORNMEAL-Steady; yellow Western, 81 2561
so: Brandywine. - 20.
RYE-Nominai.
BARLEN-Nominal; No. 9 Milwaukee, 47c: I'M
graded W Western, 39G40c.
BARLEY MAL1-Nominal.
II L n
store and elevator, 7I34@72c: ahoat, T214@74c;
uugraded red. 66G67c; y o. l northern. 7134 d72c.
Opt ons were fairly active and firmer, closing at
lc advance on former cables, foreign Dying and To-
cal covering. May and July most active. No. 2
red, $3.50 for January; February, 7014c; March,
71c; May, 6s5sc; June and July, 6s12c.
CoRN-Spot, dull; hrmer. No. ., 35$4c@36,
Options We're dull and firm at 3SG1ac ad-
vance on Increased stocks; frmer West; better
cables and local covering. May most active. Janu-
airy and February. 557sc; May. 35$4c; July,
oATs-spot, quiet hrmer Options, dull, irmer;
Spot prices: No. >. 2412c: No. 2 white, 251sG
zoe; 40. ? Chicago, 25f4c; No 5, 2SI2c; 40 5
white. 2412c: mixed Western, 241a@2b12c;
white do 2592sc; white state, 25@2sc
Stocks OF grain in store and atioat January 1s:
Wheat. 7,49s, ,62O bushels corn SS3.329; oats / :
954O2S; rye. 22,91S; barley, 545.862; malt, II, >
S24: peas, 1852.
MIDDLINGS-65G7Oc.
RYE-Feed, 65@70c.
Provisions.
BEEF-ouiet, firm; family, slO@12; extra
Tes.. ness 81 - 5ogs .s Beef hams quiet SO 50
15 10; cut meats, stronger; picked bellies, 51sc;
do shoulders, 424 G5c; do hams, s14@s34c.
IS so; January, So 05; refined frmer; Cont
nent. So 35; South america, Sc 80; compound,
PoRK-Firmer; mess. $40 1901.
BUTrER-Lower, liberal supply; State dairy,
cry, I6g2Ic; 40 June, 14@l912c; do factory,
91eGl6c; Elgins, 2lc; imitation creamery, l4@
1712c; rolls, 9Gl4c.
CHEEsE-Fair demand, firm; State large
a!49Sl4c; do small. 7S4@1O14; part SKINS,
2i4G7c; full skins, 2dSc
EGGS-Firmer State and Pennsylvania lS0
1Sc; southern, l612lGl7t t2c; lcehouse, 15@l6c:
do case. 81 5O@3 rs; Western fresh, l7@l8c;
TALLow-Moderated demand. City, szsc: eoun-
coTToNsEED oIL-Quiet firm. Crude, 241a@
25c: yellow prime. 2s12929c; do on grades, 2Sc.
ROSIN-Quiet, steady. Strained, common to
TURPENTTNE-Dunw weak; 32@321ac.
Fd1A P0rAI0 I0ES,-Easy. S(l.e, sweets S2414 75.
extra, 3G5s4c; Japan, 3s4@4c.
MoLASSESattrm fair demand. New Orleans,
COFFEE-Firm. 20 points MP: January
SIS 40j February, Sl3 20; March, $13 l0@l3 20
May, Sl2 70G12 70; September, S11 80; October,
81 75; December S11 79. Spot Rio, dull, steady
sUGAR-Raw, firm: dull; fair refining, s1sc;
No. 8, 4$;16e; No 10, 4asc; No. IL, &c: &c:
45sc; mold A, 5 3-l6c; standard A, l5-i6c;
confectioners' A, A l-l6c: cut loaf, 9-l6:
crus he'd, e-l6c; powdered and cubes, 3-I6c;
granulated 4 l5-l6c.
Fruit and Produce.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Apricots-B lO1s
@l2c. -
PEAcHEs-lss4, unpeelea. 41A@7c; do 1895
unpeeled, 634 @S12c; 1895 peeled, l5c
PRU NES-Eour sizes. 512c
RAIsINsI- London layers s5c@s1 25; do
4-crown loose Muscatel. dose; do S-crown ga
312c. ~
soft-s shell, 9@912c. w
WALNU1s-standard, e1z@7c; 40 soft-shell,
S13@10c.
HOPS-Quiet, weak and unchanged
WOoL-Fair demand, firm; unchanged
Merchandise.
PIG IRoN-ouiet; American, $l1 76al3 So
COPPER-Dull; Lake. SO 10.
JEAD-Quiet; domestic, So
TIN TdN1Qnet: 6 Straits, S13 10; plates, quiet