The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-22
NEW YORK MARKETS
Financial.

NEW YORK. n. Y. Dec. 2l-The opening
prices were generally higher, though Manhattan
broke 215 per cent, the litigation Just brought by
a bondholder having bean taken advantage of by
the bearish contingent to force liquidation Con.
Gas o. New York broke on the circulation of
stories of adverse legislation at Albany this win
ter, and sugar on on the talk about aggressive
action by The ArbucKes, bu5 the general list held
fairly well. In the after noon, when II was an
nounced that the Senate had postponed action on
the Cameron resol ution, local operators promptly
chang d from the to the buil side, and this
new buying leo to a sharp rise in the active spe-
ciaIties In the rally which followed the favorable
developments prices rose 12 to Ala per cent
Manhattanlwas the great feature rising to 90
The grangers Louisville and y aShv1lle, Reading,
Southern Railway Preferred, Western Union Chi
cage Cas- Rubber, Tobacco and Leather pre-
ferred, were all prominent. The adv ance brought
about realizing sales in the last hour of trading
but in the final transactions the m arS ct was firm
cent. Total sales were 237 1888 shares. An inter-
esing incident of the dav was the sale of a block
OF $1,000 COO United States As OF 1928 by Ia.
Harr nlau & Co. to Harvey Fisk's Sons al 1t
is understood that the purchasers have ady
placed a round amount of the bonds with invest
Bonds were Irregular but In the main firm. To-
tai sales aggregated S1,l70,000. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa Falls AM Northern SKIES fell 315: Rich
mond and Allegheny first consolidated tours, ia
Cleve. ard, Lorraine and Wheeling consolidated
fves, ga; Kentucky Central tours, Pig: Louis
Short Line, skies certificates, /; Reading third
prefer ed ia; Pittsburg and Western fours,
thcates, z. Cincinnati and Springfield sevens.
rose A. International and Great Northern sec
onds, /: Kansas and Texas seconds ! rs Reading
SECONDS preferred. l1s:. st. Paul, Hastings and
Dakota fives, 315; ST. Paul, Minnea polls and
Mani oba consolidated four ana a halls. 2: south
ern hallway consolidated fves, 2; Union Elevated
skies, /.
In Government bonds coupon tours of 1925
sold at lo@1l91S: do, registered, at 100; coupon
fours of 1907 at III, and coupon ives at 1875
Grain.
mil staady
81 2O@3 so: fair to fancy, SO 35@4 75 do pat
do straights. SAGA so: do patents. "a 25@5 Is;
low extras. 81 2U@3 80; city m lis, $a@5: DO pat.
ents, SIS 1908 10: rye mixture. So so; SUI
perhne, 50 l0ta3 30: fine. 81 S0Qlo 05. Southern
-four dull steady; common 10 1air extra S3C03 55:
good to choice do So 1908 SO. Rye -FOUR
quiet, steady, 81 S5@3 20.
CoRNMEAL-Quiet, steady. Yellow Western
81 ESQ., O5.
RYE-Quiet: UNCHANGED.
BARLEY Dull; feeding CSC C. /. f. Buffalo
WHEAT - SPOT marxet moderately active;
No. Northern, S914c.
Options active and irregular, opening weak and
dec ining 14@14c, ral 12@1sc, fell AM3sc
and closed Unsettled, with early months 14(G1%C
up and late mouths lac down. May aud Ma en-
most active. No. RED January. S73Sc: March
$3.50; Nay, s552c; July, S114c; December
CoKN-spots fair, active; for export firm; No
y 2s5sc elevator: 299sc afioat; ungraded mixed
op ions were dull and steady at lac decline,
MAY only traded in December, 2S9sc; January,
2S3lc; May, 81 1sc.
O4TS-spot4. more active; frmer.
Options firm, more active. December, 22c;
January, 221sc; Februaro, 23c; May, 24c-
while. 221Sc; mixed Western. z2@2sc; white do
22G31c.
Provisions.
J.Rr-o Quiet, steady Western steam. "a Is: