The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
NEW YORK aIARKETs.
Financial.

NFW YORK, y. y, Feb l5.-The stock mar
ket, after a strong opening and an advance of 40
II per cent, in which Sugar, General Electric,
Manhattan and Lead and Chicago Gas most
prominent developed weakness and recorded losses
OF anywhere from u to 3i4 per cent. In he upw ard
movement sugar was quite feature, selling within
a fraction of us on the advance of l-l6c sper
pound in certain grades OF hard sugar. Lead WAS
strengthened by the favorable report for 1895,
which shows surplus OF $sS 927 against deficit
last year of s27s, ,l84.
The particularly weak spots were Manhattan,
Leather preferred and Tobacco, Manhattan break
ing from lO8 TO 1O4sl Leather preferred from
6S1z TO CO, and Tobacco fell from 81 to 1853.
Manhattan's weakness was due to the poor state
ment for the December quarter, which shows a
deficit OF Sl4O,573 against surplus in 1894 Of
iteration OF the runors that the February divi-
dend will be passed and Tobacco was depressed by
foundations. The loss in the general market
ranged from IL TO l12 per cent and was well dis
trouted- ., -, -, -, -,
active issues and closed practically unchanged on
the day The weakness OF the market was fur
ther disappointment to the bulls, WHO were look
ing for considerably higher figures on account of
the defeat OF the silvertes IN the House yesterday
mace but speculation left of weak in tone. Net
changes show losses OF A@1s4 per cent. In the
inactive issues, Consolidated Gas jumped TO
1879 and National Starch preferred to So.
Total sales log, 400 shares.
Atchison adjustment fours fell to AZ Oregon I'm
provement irsts, to ss: Peoria and Pekin Union
seconds, l12 to 6S; ST. Louis southeastern hrsts,
ia 10 74sI and Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania income fves, 3s 10 II.
In Government bonds 1912, 900 coupon fours of
1925 brought 115TsCgll6S.s; 9Z4OoO 40 registered
49, and $50, 600 registered fours OF 1907, 1O912.
Grain.
FLOUR - Dull. steady. as before. Southern
four-Dull. steady, as before. Rye fouroQuiet oL let
easy at 50 4O93 95. Buckwheat Hour, 3OGl 35.
BUCKWH EAT-41@42c.
CoRNMEAL-Dull, steady, as before.
RYE-Noninal, as before.
BARLEY MALT-Nominal, as before.
WHEAT-spot market dull, firm. No. q red, store
and elevator SOGS014c; afoat, S112@Sl34c; +. O..
b., S11sdS214c; ungraded red, 67@e3c; NO. L
Northern, 7534@76c.
weak at 14G3sc decline on foreign selling, weak
West and local realizing, May and July most ac-
tive, No, red, 7312c; March, 74ssc; May, 12Hsc;
CokNNFirrn. No. ., 3e1zc elevator; 371ac
R6out.
Options were firmly active at 1s@14c advance
on local covering and with the West, May most ac-
I'VE. I've february, 367sc; April, $3.50; May, $780,
.a oArSs@oDuIl, so,DuIl, firm. No 2, 2514@25s4e; No. 2
24c So whiie 25se. n45.S Ixed Western e e. z
&c; Shite DO, 27@2s1a: White state and Western
Options oull. nominal. February and March,
z27gSG; gfti;, May; ; 2534c.
FEED BRAN-As before
Provisions.
BEEF-Quet, steady. Beef hams dull, s15 SO.
IaeISso oeei, quiet: city extra India meFs, $3.50
10; cut meats quiet unsettled; picked bellies, y
S12@Ss4c. a.
LARDaQuiet weak. Western steam. s5 571a:
CITY, % ~; May, SO 95. Refined, dull; conIf-
nent S6i $. a, Sc IS; compound Sd 75@5.
P0Rk.Dull, steady; mess, $40 SO@sI0 rs.
BUTTER=Choice, firm: state dairy, s0lSc: do
creamery, 139l612c: Western dairy. 1O@14c do
creamery 13Gl9c: do held. l2@lsc: do factory.
S12@l212c; Elgins. 1ec initiation creamery. i1@
15c: rolls. S@l2c.
CHEESE-Fair demand: fancy, firm: State,
large. l014c: do fancy, lO1lc: do small, 6@IOszc;
part 4.c6 SKINS 314@7c: full SKINS 11a@sc.
PennsylVan1a,
@l49l61zc; Southern, 1874 @l4c; icehouse case,