The San Francisco call., 1896-03-20
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK. n. Y, March 19.-The improve
ment in the political situation abroad had good
effect stock prices at the opening and the prom
inent issues moved up 14G12 per cent. In this
rise Edison Electric, Illuminating OF New York
and tobacco led the upward movement. The gain
in the standard issues of small proportions,
Notwithstanding s purchases OF iully 10000 shares
OF st. Paul, Louisville and Nashville and Erie Tor
London account. Local traders who have been
working for reaction for some days were alarmed
by the foreign buying and covered.
This stm ulated the upward movement at the
opening. Toward IL O'Clock the market devel-
oped weakness, and the professional operators and
comm sson houses were rather liberal sellers
The selling was based on the unsatisfactory trade
conditions and vague rumors that there would be
unfavorable developments in Congress in the mat
ter of the Cuban and Venezuelan questions
Prices dropped anywhere from IA TO 27s per cent
Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred fell 27s TO
31s4; Tennessee Coal l 1s TO 2614, and the other
leading issues "A to 11a per cent.
In the last hour OF trading there disposi-
tion to cover shorts and rally of IA to 5s per
cent ensued- Sugar led with sales up TO Io,5a.
The market closed barely steady in tone. The
sales were ia 600 shares. Bonds were lower
Sales 81 1,4l7,000. Atchison adjustment; fours fell
Us 10 44A: Illinois Central fours Of 1858, to
10I: Kansas and Texas seconds, 11a 10 S. Louis
vile, New Albany and Chicago Consolidated
skies, l to l011a: Northern Pacific thirds, to
1917; Ohio southern fours Certificates, 3 TO 50
In Government bonds $57 900 coupon fonrs Of
1925 brought ll65s@ll6s4, and $4,000 coupon
fves 1884.
FLOUR Steady, dull. Winter wheat low
grsoes. 50 25@2 IS; do, fair TO fancy 50 s5@4 go
do patents, S5 9O@4 25; Minnesota clear 81 7O@
low W. e9ias 9G az 80 oo ctp % I44 ~
do, patents, 81 20@4 AS: rye mixtures, 81 5OG
30: superfne, s2@2 so; fine. s2@2 30. South
ern -four, steady; common to fair extra, 81 4OG3;
good to choice, $3@3 30. Rye -four, quiet, steady y
at 81 6O@2 S5.
BUCkWHEAT-4o@41c
CoRNMEAL-steady; yellow Western. 81 2oG
%: Brandywine, So 20.
RYE-Nominal.
BARIEY-Firm: ungraded Western, 4Od47c
BA riley MALT-Quiet
wHEAT-Dull, weaker with options No. red,
store and elevator. 7814G7s1ac: afoat. 1884 @sUc
Northern. m 7zf4@7slac N''- -eN' ''e''''' ~ :
Options were fairly active and closed weak at
6s@s7sc decline on easier cables, lower West and
local realizing. May and July most active. No
red, March, 7o7sc; april. 7O14c; May, 69ssc;
CoRN-DuIl, easier; No 2. CSC atioat.
Options were dun and m firm q. unchanged prices
July, 365sc; September, 1850.
OATS-DulI, weak.
optionsmDuii steady: }. Msgch anxl and May, 2sc
261a@26szc: No. 9 Chicago 2614c: No 8,
24i9c; No. white, 251ac: mixed Western,
25l4@2sc: white do, z7G2sc; white State, ZIG
FEED-Bran, eo@e21kc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RYE-Feed, 6212@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF-ouet easy, unchanged. Beef hams dull
$l4 50@15. Tierced beef, inactive, Unchanged
city extra India mess Sl5@16 so. Cut meats
quiet. Pickled bellies 12-f MS 43sc; do shoulders.
415@43zc; do hams, S12G9c.
LARD-Quiet. Western steam, So z712: city,
SIS: May, SIS 55. Refined. slow: continental
% 80; south American. SO 15; compound. ass
@47sc.
PORK-Weak, more active. Mess, SO 75@l0 25
BUTTER Fairly active. State dairy l0@2Oc
do creamery held. I3@lSc; Western dairy, log
lac: do creamery. i2Q22c: do held, l2@1Sc: do
factory, 9@13c: Elgins. 22c: imitation creamery,
1114@16c: rolls, 9Gl3c.
chEESE-Fsiry active. State. large. 6@1014c;
DO fancy, 1014c: do small, 6@l0Sz; part SKINS,
2d7c; full skins 2@31zc.
EGGS-Firmer: fair demand. State and Penn