The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
NEW YORK MARKETS,
Financial.

NEW YORK. n. Y, March 5.-Speculation
at the stock exchange to- day was of a midsummer
character, the dullness having been extreme. Only
los, 900 shares were traded in. Notwithstanding
the dullness the tendency of prices in the d.
rection of improvement. London bought moderate
amounts favorites and this. with the slightly
higher prices from abroad and the belief that the
political situation In the United States affecting
the outside world had improved, assisted the rise
which took place in the general list. The greatest
gains made in the industrals. Chicago Gas
advanced point TO 67sls on the reports that the
directors intended 10 resume the payments of
dividends.
Tobacco. after an early decline from SO to S21a,
rose TO S4 and closed al S312 The story on the
board was that the directors at their meeting on
Wednesday next will declare q dividend on the
common stock. Nothing official could be obtained
The reports about a consolidation with the out
side manufacturers were again revived and vigor-
ously denied by the Western people who are not in
the combination. II has been remarked that the
American Tobacco directors are singularly quiet
about the matter. Sugar first fell 70 ia and rose
TO 1l514@l15. General Electric was firmer and
ranged between S5 and 353s.
hefraiway list firm, but the variations
were merely fractional st. Paul was strenethened
by the increase in its earnings for the third week
OF March of nearly S1lt,000 Speculation closed
frm, with prices anywhere from 1s 10 "a per cent
higher on the day Bonds were higher. The sales
footed up 1892 900. \ tchison general fours GER
tiicates rose l to 1854; Chicago, Cincinnati and
Illinois sinking fund eights, IA TO l0S14: Kansas
and Texas seconds, / TO 56A Louisville and
Nashville general skies, TO i 10; Morris and Es-
10 l1O12
In Government bonds $4,000 coupon fours OF
1925 brought 1854.
Grain.
FLOUR = Dull easy Winter wheat, low
graoes, So 1592 S5; do. fair 20 fancy, So S53 90:
do, patents, IS 90@4 25; Minnesota clear, 81 7OM
low extras. 81 25a2 IS: city % mills. "a "a iSSs4 81
DO, patents, 81 20@4 AS: rye mixtures, 81 5O@
30; superfine, $2@2 SO; fine, $2@2 30. South
ern flour, easy; common TO fair extra. So 40G3;
good TO choice. S3C93 80. Rye flour, quiet, stead v
at 81 6o@2 So; buckwheat flour, unchanged.
BUCkWHEAT-40@413
CoRNMEAL- Steady; yellow western, 81 &c
O. 20: Brandyw:ne, 81 20.
RYE-Nomnal; Western, 49@51c.
BARLE1-Cluiet: ungraded Western, 4O647c.
BARLEY MAIT-Quiet; Western, 5O@56c.
WHEAT-Dull, frmer No. RED, store and
s0$4c; ungraded red, 62@82c; No. 1 Northern,
lac advance, better West and on local Coverings
May and July most active. No. red: March
1885; as; april, ;oc; May May and June, $3.50; July
o6RN-Dull, firm; No ?. SIC elevator; $50
Options dull and firm at 1sc advance. following
the st and on local coverings: May most ac-
tive; March, 371ac: May. 35ssc; July, 3614c.
options-Duil, nominalIy unchanged: March
24l4c; May, 2414c. Spot prices: No. 2. 24s4
no; z white 2e1ac: No. 2 Chicago, 25slc: No
24@g6c: white do, 26@2sc, and white state
ITsiSO-DIdu OOiQOZ4aC.
MIDDLINGS-65@7ue.
RYE-Feed, 90 212@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF : Dull. Family, SlO@12: extra mess
81 50@3. Beef hams inactive: $l4 50@15. Tierced
beef quiet; CITY extra India mess, $l50l5 SO
Cut meats. quiet, unsettled. Picked bellies Il
TBS, 4s4 @47sc; do shoulders. 415c: do hams S1Is
@9c.
LARD-Quet, about steady. Western steam
s5 40; city, 81 go; May, SIS 45. Refined duh
continent, So 70; south American. So 10; com.
pound. 1850.
PoRK-Dul, steady. Mess. SO 5O@lO.
BUTTER-Fairlv active. State dairy lO@2Oc
do creamery. l5@1Sc; Western dairy, 1OC1l 4c:
do creamery, i2@22c: do held, l2GlSc: do fac
tory, 9Gll3c: EIgiDs. pc: imitation creamery,
12@1c1a6: rolls, 9@l3c.
ChEESE-F.ir jobbing demand. State, large
6@l014c; do factory l0@14c: DO small, 6@1014
part SKINS 3tG7c; full skins. 2@212c.
EGGS-Fair demand. State and Pennsylvania
12c: Western. fresh, l114@1l1ac: duck, 24@2sc;
goose. 60@65c.
TALLOW-Quiet, steady. City, 1l-l66Q1 33zc
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