The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-12
NEW YORK MARKETS.
financial.


NEW YORK, y. y, Jan. 1.-THE dealings at
the stock Exchange today amounted only to TO-
800 shares The indusJrials monopolized the trad
ing in stocks and figured for nearly half OF the
total At the opening sugar the especial
feature, rising Ia TO 1914 on reports from Wash
ingtOn that the Senate Finance Committee viii de-
eide not tamper with the duty on raw sugar
Lea her preferred firm tor a time, but on the
dend, dropped from $3.50 TO ga 5.
Chicago Gas was inclined TO weakness and ranged
between 6512 and 661A. closing at the lower figure
on lue Ie-ute OF the rnmors current yesterday
about q declaration OF dividends etc. Tobacco
was IN demand and at one time rose to SOL The
Ise Drought out long STOCK and reaction 10 1912
followed The railway list after an irregular open
ing became firm in sympathy with the rise in su-
gar, but the changes were confined 10 narrow linn
lis London sold moderately OF the International
issues with the exception OF st. Paul,
New developments in the bond situation. such as
the withdrawal OF the New York ife Insurance
Company from the Morgan syndicate had no in
fuence Whatever. Speculation closed barely
1AG12 per cent in the railway list and gains OF
12olls in the Industrials. Chicago gas and leather
preferred los $4@ IS per cent.
Bonds We're rrm. Sales were S759OO. Chesa-
peake aud ONO General Jour and halls rose l12
70 "a; Denver and Rio Grande fours l3s 20 IS;
Wabash, . Jroi. and Chicago fves, Ia 10 9SI5 :
Heading general fours certificates, q to 74s4
Oregon Short Line skies, u 20 iO3.
Nrain.
FIOUR-Dun, unchanged. Rye four-Quiet.
steady; 50 40a2 IS. Buckwheat -four, 81 sol 90.
Buckwheat CSC
kNE-Nomnal-
BARLEY-Uuchanged.
NHEAI-Spot market duh hrm- No.2 red, store.
and elevator, 6s &c; / O. b. 69S4 @7013c; ungraded
red, e4A7Sc: an6at. zoe: No. northern. 6s1ac. I
options were duh and easv sc decline, foIIow-
Ing the West and on local realizing May most
active 80 red. January. 671ac; February
66lec. ''''7 anu July
C6RN-spo. duh, easier No. >, S5I4c elevator;
options we're dun, closing steady and unchanged.
January S5l &c; February, S51s; May, 351s
OATo-SpO. dull. steady. options duil, easy.
January, 237sc February, 24c; May. 2414c. Spot
prices; Ne. > zil4c; 40 white. 25$4c; No.
24s4c: mixed Western 2444@251ac; white DO
FEED BRAN-57Iqa6214c
Provisions.
BEFF-Quiet. unchanged. Beef hams dull
SIS 50; uerced beef steady, unchanged. Cut
meats firm. unchanged.
LARD-Ques: easy. Western steam. SIS rs:
city. 80 50 January, s. 70; refined. quiet Con
Hnent, 50 10; south america, So 20; compound,
FGBK-DuI Mess. sloalO 20.
BUTTER - Moderate demand. state dairy,
lI02-c; DO June. 16E22c; 90 creamery, IS
Csc: Western dairy, llglsc; 10 creamery. IS
G25c; 90 June I6a2l12c: do factory, IOGl7c:
Ei-os l5c; imitation creamery, l4@1ec; rolls,
CHEEsE-Firm, fair demand: State large, 514
q ltc- 10 fancy. lOc; do small, 734c1GL2C;
Western small, 9l4Gl014: part skins, 314@7c;
EGSss-5iqcn lower; quite liberal supply. State
err fresh. 1920; lined, l70lTI2c
IALLOA-Quet. city 3 ssc; country 3ISc.
COITONSEED OII.-Qgiei. steady. Crude 240l
2tlac yellow, prime, 2S62sI2ci do,of grade, 2714
RoSIN = Quiet. Strained common to good,
81 fGGl 62l2.
TUkPENTINE-Firmer 3l1&G32c.
POTA1 OES-Quiet. sweets. S2dl rs.
AOLASSES-Ea demand, iirG. New Orleans
open kettle, unchanged; choice. 27d37c
COFEEE-Barely steady, lOG39 points M
January, S13 45@lS so; March, sl3 lO0l3 IS;
May, Sl2 T0Gl2 So; June, SIP IS: September
sll s5Gl2 o.. October, Sll 95 Spot Rio, dull:
No. = &c
SUGAR - Firm, dull; fair refining. 1890:
centrifugal, 90 test, $3.50. Refined auief steady,
or =, 4l2545sc; mold A, 5lsc: standard 4
Hsc; confectioners' A, 4s4c: cut LOAF Sic;
crushed, sligo powdered, 5lsc; granulaJed, 4 20
&c; cubes, 51sc. 1919
Fruit and Produce
CALIFORNIA FRUITs-Apricots- 1o16
@l2c 7" -072
PEACHEs-Peeled, 15c: unpeeied, 5sla81Lc.
PRUNEs-Four sizes, 51s9514c.
HAlSlNS-Lonoon layers, 85cidSl %. looua
Muscatel 3crown SEC; 4-crown. 4d4sIc O'90
ALMONDS - Paper shell, l1@I2c; DO soft-
shell, 9Q912c. w. SUI
S1a@10c. 0iA
H0Pss-Quiet, unchanged; London market IN
changed. un
WOOL-Firm; unchanged.