The San Francisco call., 1896-02-04
NEW YORK. MARKETS.
Financial.

cles, had no special influence on prices at the
Stock Exchange. In fact the reactionary ten
dency of the stock market, which was its charac-
teristic to-day, was chiefly due to lower cables
from London and to a disposition the part of
local operators to reduce their lines until the
come of the new Government loan subscription is
known. There were a few stocks which displayed
weakness, notably Lead. Sugar and General Elec-
trio. Lead fell ~ to %, the death of President
Thompson having been used against the stock
Sugar sold down from l073s TO 10o1s, the
rumorS about the probable action of the Reichstag
in the matter of bounty exported German
sugars having had an adverse effect. General
Electric dropped from 303s to 27S Qenials OF
the stories current last week that the company had
secured the contract to equip the Manhattan
pressure sell, however, and late in the day,
when the posted rates OF sterling exchange We're
reduced TO $4 81 and 81 Ss12, net decline of l
per cent for the day, the market for stocks
showed an improving tendency.
The importations of gold and belief that the
Government loan will be largely oversub-
scrbed added TO the slimness of stocks In the late
trading. The heaviness of sterling exchange
generally accepted as meaning that the foreign
subscriptions will be large and this added to the
anxiety of the shorts in the late trading. The
market closed about steady in tone. Net changes
show losses of 1s@17s per cent, Missouri Pacific,
General EIe ,tric and Lake Shore leading Total
Bonds quiet and weaker. Sales, 81, 1872
goo. Baltimore and Ohio coDsol fves rose l II to
106; Pittsburg and Western fours, / TO U.s. st.
Louis Southwestern firsts. ia to II; Denver and
Gulf consol fves, IA to S512.
In Government bonds 81 1900 registered fours of
$4,000 registered fonrs of 1925, at 1is@I14;
$4,000 do coupon, at 113.
Grain.
FLoUR-Firm; moderately active. Winter
wheat. lower grades. 81 3o02 so; do fair to fancy
50 S0@3 SO; do patents, So 70@4; Minnesota clear,
50 6O@3 20; do straights, -ss@S so; do patents,
tuFe. 81 4o@3 20; superine 81 10@2 65; fine, S2@
extra. So 3O@2 90; good to choice do S3@3 20.
Rye hour-firm, fairly active; 81 40 a 80.
BUCKWHEAT-4oc elevator; 4lc delivered.
OBJ NE STEADY; s5 yellow Western,
RYE-Nominal. No. Milwaukee, 47c; un-
graded Western, SIC.
BARLEY-Nominal. No. 2 Milwaukee, 45c de-
uvered; ungraded Western. 3S15@45c.
BARLEY MALT-Nominal.
MHEATnDulI, II, .,,, firmer No red. store and
elevator, S214@1S212c; atoat, S315@lS4c; Z. o. b..
s3SsGS4c; ungraded red, 10@S5c: No. northern.
76i1@77sz
Options were more active and irregular closing
firm at lac advance on firmer cables, decreased
stocks. decrease in English visible and passage
and local covering. May and July most active.
No 2, red, February, 7512c; March, 761ac; May,
74ssc; June and July. 1880.
wheat 81 coGn SGne ooaa Oats
rye 1854, barley 36499S, malt 14,824, peas
coRN.oDull, finn: No. p. $3.50 elevator;
375sc afoat. Options were dull and firm with
only local al, trade Nay g and July most active
oATS-Dull. frmer Options were trmer dull.
February, 251sc: March, 25ssc; May. 1890. Spot
2 Chicago. 26c: No. 3, 24@241sc: No. white,
26i4c; mixed Western 25@26c; white, State and
FEED BRAN-6212@65c
MlDDLlNGS-66@6712c screened, 67970c.
Provisions.
BEEF - Dull; family, S1O@12: extra mess
81 50@8, Bref hams. quiet, s1o SO. Tierced beef,
quiet; city extra India mess. $l5 50@17; cut
meats, dull, firm; picked bellies, II bs 512c; 90
shoulders 61ac; do hams. s1z@sc
city, S5 40; May, S6 25. Refined slow: continent,
SO IS; s. A., Sc so; compound. $4s4951s
PORK-Firm, moderate demand; mess, $ll@
1925.
BUTTER-Moderate receipts: State dairy, ga
l6c: do factory, s@lsl9c: Elgins. lsc; imita,
tion creamery, i112@15c: rolls 9@l2c.
CHEESE-Cboce firm: fair demand State
large. 714@lO14c; do fancy, 1O14c: do small, 7s4
@lOs4c; part skins, 314@7c; full Skins, IA
EGGs-Large receipts, weak: State and Penn
syieapa's sn; l1e; Southern lS@l37Sc; icehouse per
12@1212c;, do case. S2@2 rs.
TALLoW-ouiet, steady: city. 1876; coun-
e etoTToNsEED o1L-steady. quiet: Crude. 24@
243zc yellow; prime 2sc: do of grades, 27@2712c
TURPENTINE-Dulle easy; 2s1s@soc.
P9TATeEs-wesk P2GA eq5s !y,a1!. sweets, s2sz 80.
MoLAssEs-Firm. iair demands New Orleans
0so 70 1885 poHss oss down March
Sl2 l0@l2 25; May, 81 56@JI 20; June, $ll 40;
july. oil 20, september $1O 6OG0lO 80: NOvem-
Der, $40 rs; December $40 45@10 so. Spot-Rio
dull, easy: No. z. 13c
sUGAR-Raw. firm, dull; fair refining, 31hc;
centrifngals, SO test, 35sc. Refined, easy
quiet: No e, 414c; No. z, 4t4c: No. 8, 4Iac; No
8. 1916: No. 10, 43sc; No. IL, 4c: No. l2
1880; No. l3, 37sc: of a, 7-16@4 9-1ec;
cut loaf and crushed 552c; powdered and cubes
b1sc: granulated, 41sc.
Fruit and Produce.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Aprlcotss bags esz a
,PEAcHEs-Peeled, l4@l5c: dounpeeleo, 41a@
S1ac
PRuNEs-Four sizes, 51s@514c.
hAlSINS = London layers, S5@95c: do clus-
ters. 81 266l 40; do 3-crown loose Muscatel, 31A@
312c; do 4-crown, 41a@l5c. S10 ~
ALMONDS-Paper-shell, ll@l2c; do soft shell,
7&1S@sc & S,-rs Co..
e3s@10c
HOPS Steady. State common to choice, 6
changed A'' ~
WoOL-Fairly active: frm. Domestic fleece.
1o@22c; pulled. 15@S4c; Texas, e@l3c.
Merchandise.
1880. ~ ''VS
CoPPER-Steady. Lake. S1O@lO 20.
LEAD-Flrmer- Domestic, IS 071S
TiN-Steady Straits, SIS 40; plates fairly
active, steady. -'
sPELTEk-Nominal. Domestic 81