The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-10
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, N. Y. July 9.-The tendency OF
stocks was downward to-day. In the first place
the market lacked foreign support and instead of
buying, of late, arbitrage houses sold moderately
OF st. Paul and other international favorites
Furthermore, commission houses with out
orders, and there a general disposition on the
part of the bulls to await the outcome of the Chi
cago convention. Speculation dragged along in q
hstless man until late in the afternoon session
when the bears ana professional operators pro-
ceeded to take advantage of the lack of inter est
manifested by those usually arrayed on the bull
side.
sugar was the leading card dropping from llO1h
to 1O734. The stock at the opening strength
ened for time by an advance of one sixteenth of
cent per pound a certain grade of refined, but a
the frmness short-lived. After sugar IN e
weakest stocks were Chicago Gas, the Changers
and Louisville and Nashville The selling of the
Changers was accelerated by the reports from the
West OF damage TO spring wheat. st. Paul fell IA
to "a, Burlington and Quincy 81 to Tia, RoctS
Island u to 6l34 and Northwest "a 10 9Ss1.
Louisville and Nashville, Manhattan and other
leading railway issues lost 1s and rs per cent,
while Chicago Gas dropped nearly to 1914
The lowest figures of the day were current in he
closing hour and the market left of weak In tone.
Net changes show losses of 1462% outside of
1oi se sss 5 wne s gs1sd % to 1874 The
300 Sugar, 800 st Paul, $500 Chicago Gas and
64UO Louisville and Nashville.
Bonds were quiet and weak. Sales were ONLY
S4OsO00. Ann Arbor tours fell II to 50: Iron
Mountain Central hves, 51a to "a; Kansas and
and Chicago consolidated Sizes AIS 10 e5; kan
sss and Eastern fives, to 80 and San Antonio
Government bopds0sse 900 coupon tour, q,
1925 sold at 1855 $4,000 registered fours Of
1907 at l0S14910S: $4,000 do coupon at lO9 and
$500 registered tours Of 1925 at 1859
Grain.
FLOUR - Dull; winter wheat, low grades
81 1892 IS; do patents, SO 5OG3 so; Minnesota
clear, 81 1902 go; do patents, % 1894 Rye
CoRNAEAL-Steady; yellow Western, az O5a
2 10: Brandywine, 50 Is
RYE-Dull: Western. 3Sc T. O. b.
BARLEY-Quiet; 49 10 sacks quoted &c e. O. b.
BARLEY MALT-Western, 4Sl053c
WHEAT-Spot market active. steady 3sc to B6c
LAWYER; T. o. b., 651sc; ungraded red, 56@Q66c: No
Northern, 651sc-
Options dun and weak at Sac TO SAC decline
selling. lower West and local iiquidations SEN
TENDER ana December most active. July 6i1hc.
august. 81 Csc; Septemo Der. 621sc; October 628zc:
Decem Der, 641sc.
CORN-Spot dull, easier; NO. 2, 926Ac eIeva-
tor; 345Sc afoat-
Options were dull and steady at 31sc TO lac de-
cline with the West. September most active
July 325sc; September 3S1sc; October 1850
OAIS-Spot quiet. steady.
Options dull easier; July, 2o14c; August, 1886;
September, 1890.
Spot prices: 40. 2. 2O149201zc: No. white.
81 1ac; No Chicago 21(62l1ac; No 8. 1916: No
white do, 23(1251sc: white state, 23@251hc
FEED BRAN-b0@5O1hc
IDDLINGS-60@621ac
RYE-Feed, bic.
Provisions
BEEF-Quet. Family, So 5000: extra mesa.
S697. Beef hams dull, $14 50@l5; terced beef.
dull; city extra India mess, 81 OILS: cut meats
firm; picked bellies 45S@434c; picked Shout
ders, 41sg4ssc; picked hams. 91z(0l0c.
JAkD-Lower. Western steam SO S5M3 go:
city 81 30; September, So 90; refined weak, duh
continent. 81 10; south American, 81 so; COM
pound, 4d41Ac.