The San Francisco call., 1896-01-18
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.


NFW YORK, y. y. Jan. 17.-This was an un-
usually dun day at the stock Exchange. The
transactions aggregated 1880 shares. The deal
ngs were almost entirely professional and the
movements in quotations exceedingly erratic
Generally speaking the market ruled higher during
the first half OF the day ana lower toward the close
In the early Improvement Manhattan, Tobacco
sugar and Wheeling and Lake Erie, Jersey Central
We're most conspicuous. The gains in these varied
from "a 10 l5s per cent. As the day advanced the
street seemed 10 have renewed apprehension as TO
the effect upon the local money market OF the pros
peCtlVe payments Tor the Government loan
At any rate the talk 10 This effect made the
preIeXt Tor raid upon the market, and prices de-
cIined all around The bears were most successful
in the case OF the induStrials, Leather preferred
Cbicaeo Gas l., 10 651.S Colorado FueI and iron
az 10 26l2 and Manhattan ia 10 9934. The rail
Island and he martet left or dnII and ratbar
weak in tone Net changes show losses of IA to
l5s per cent, Lake Shore and southern Railway
preferred leading. The loss in the ndustrials
ranged from a to 2i2 per cent.
Bonds were lower sales footed up Sl,015 900.
Cleveland and Canton tirsts IelI II 10 79, Kansas
Improvement consol fves TO 80, Mobile and
Ohio general fOurS Il TO 6512. Susquehann and
western general SINeS brought 20 4, against 80
coupon tours OF 1925 brought 1l612 and $1,000
coupon fves 1874.
Grain.
FIOCR-Quiet. steady Winter wheat low
grades, 81 25G2 65; do fair TO fancy, So $50
3 30: do patents So 45G3 rs: Minnesota clear,
- OUtDS ~. 90 straits. S5G0 80. patents. 81
al 10; low extras. 81 Z5G2 90; City Mills. So 80
"a; do patents. saga 25. Rye mixture, So 100
3 20; supertine. S2Cd2 20 Southern f1our-Steady
common to fair extras, 81 1902 80; good to choice
do. 81 90d3 Rye four-DuI, steady, 50 4OG2 S5.
Buckwheat -four, 81 2501 80.
BUCkW HkAT-3S12
CORNMEAL-Quiet; yellow Western, 50 25@
. 80: Brandywne. 81 25.
BARLEY-NomInal; No. Milwaukee, 47c; un-
graded Western 39G40c.
BARLEY NALl-Nominal.
WI EAI-Iull. firnpr. with ODtiOnS. n 2 rod
store and elevator, 7OI2670S4c; atioat, 7134 arc;
T. o. b., 716s@735sc; ungraded red, 65@74c: No l
northern. 7Ol4dIOl2c.
Options were fairly active and firm at ss@1bc
advance on foreign buying, frmer West and local
6SSsc; February, 69c March, 50 7sc; May, 1856;
June and July, SIC
ahoau
options were dulI and steady at 1sQ14c advance
following the West and on local coverings. Janu-
ary, So 2c February, 3514c; May. 351sc; July,
361sc; May most active.
OATS - Dull, steady Options quiet, irmer
January and February. 24c; May. 241zc. Spot
prices: No. =, 24l4c: No. white, 2514c: No. 2
Chicago 25@25i4c; No. 3 22s4c; No; 3 white
and Western. 241z@Z512c.
FEED BRAN-60G62lac.
MIDDLINGS- -65a7Oc
RYE-Feed, 60@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF-Steady, family, $40 lo@lO so; extra
mess, 81 5O@s. Beef hams, steady. Sl5 so
Terced beef. steady, moderate demand; city extra
India mess. Sl5 5O@l7 cut meats quiet, firm.
picked bellies, 51sc; DO shoulders, 4ja@4s4ci
do hams, s@S12c.
LARD-Firmer. quiet: Western steam. SIS a5,
city. So 40G5 so; January, SIS 80; refined
quiet; Continent, So 20; south america, So so
compound, S4 1895.
PoRk-Firm, moderate demand Mess. SO 2s
@lO IS.
do creamery, 17G211 12c: Western dairy, 1l@l7c;
DO creamery 17@2@c: DO June. l5@2lc: do fac
tory, 9129l6c; Elgins, 23c; imitation creamery
l4Glsc; rolls. 9Gl5c.
CHEEsB-Firm fair demand. State large, IA
@lOIc; do fancy 1Oq1O14c: do small, 734 a
lOS4c: part skins, S1491c; tull skins, &c.
EGGS-Weaker. state and Pennsylvania, 1Sd
19c; Icehouse, l612@1712c; do: per case. So 60@
3 80; Western fresh l7@lSc; lined, 15@l512c.
TAlLoW-Moderate demand City. 37sc: coun-
COTToNsEED oIL-Quiet firm. Crude. 24G
22432c: yellow, prime 2s12929c; do off grades
R0SIN-Quiet. Strained, common to good, 81 80
TUkfENTINE-Qu Quiet, steady, 3214@34c
MISUNDERSTANDING demand: easy.
hlCE-tlrm. Domestic fair extra, 34534c
AoLAssEs-F Firm. fair demand. New Orleans,
open kettle. good 10 choice, 27Q37c
COFEEE-Steady, 10 to ] 5 points down: Janu-
airy, 81 80; March, Sl3 059l3 Is; May, SIP 65;
September 81 50. spot Rio, dull, steady. No. Z,
stGAR-Raw, dull; refined, frmer. fair demand.
No HaF rSn"ls 6 4s.c '9SS 9ensmfpgs SO test 3c:
10. 8; 1$ieo: No 10, 4ssc; No. H. o-l9e: &c:
80 &c: IN mold loll0i IS !S SzsS;a of A. 4s@
confectioners' A, l3-l6c: cut loaf and
crushed, 9-l6c; powdered and cubes 3-l6c;
granulated, l5-l6c.
Fruit and Produce.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Apricots-B 1U1l
@I2c - %
PEACHEs-lss4, unpeeled, 41aa7c; do 1895
unpeeled, 534GS12c: 1888 peeled, 15c
PRU NES-Four sizes, nominal, 5IAc.
RAISINS-London layers. S5cGSl 25: do
4-crown loose Muscatel 4@5c; do 3-crown 3@
3Iac.
ALMoNDs-Paper-shell, ll@12c; do, soft shell,
9G912c.
WALNUTs-standaId, 61z@7c; 90 sOft-shell.
S12@l0c.
HOPS-Quiet and unchanged.
WooL-Fair demand, firm; unchanged.
Merchandise.
PIG IRoN-Quiet: American, $l1 1913 SO.
COPPER-Dull; Lake. SO 75d9 S5.
LEAD-Quiet: domestic, $30)3 021l.
TIN-Steady; Straits, Sl3 05; plates, moderate
demand.
sPELTER-Nominal domestic, s4
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. 17.-There was dearth
OF news in the grain trade this morning. The alb
aag,