The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-20
CHICAGO aIAKKErs.

CHICAGO H. Aug. 49, The inclination
among local traders In wheat was to look for
rally to-day and prices responsive to fair buying
displayed better tone and advanced little dur
ing the morning hours. A number of purchasing
orders which appeared at the opening were for
foreign account and New York reported that there
was some of the same kind in that market. This
indicating il did disposition the part of
Europeans to take hold inspired the home trade
with greater confidence. Receipts at Chicago were
146 and i9l,203 bushels were taken from
store The Northwest had 346 cars against zoe
last Wednesday and 21S year ago.
Liverpool cables steady The posting of
export clearanceS of wheat and flour aggregated
$50, 929 bushels, and was the occasion of tempo
rary frmness, which disappeared upon the an
nouncement by Bradstreet's of decrease In the
worlds stocks of only $4,000 bushels Closing
Paris cables were 20 TO 30 confines higher for
-four and unchanged for wheat. Antwerp was I'M
changed and Berlin "a to marks higher Re-
newed strength, which ascribed to a better
New York stock market and to heavy importa-
ton of gold, appeared in the last half hour the
September wheat opened from 551sc to 55@551sc,
advanced to 557Sc closing at 555S955S4c, 12c
over yesterday. Estimated receipts for tomorrow
116 cars.
CORN-Business in corn was slow, as compared
with that OF wheat and oats. II was case where
both sellers and buyers lacked the necessary
nerve and confidence, and in consequence the mar
ket remained duh and listless- As to tone and d.
rection they were regulated by the prevailing ten
dency OF wheat Receipts were 597 cars and
470,073 bushels withdrawn from store.
Liverpool cables were firm. Rradstreets reported,
ances were 241, 500 bushels May corn openedA
26s4c, advanced to 2714c, closing at 271sc bid at
@3sc higher than yesterday Estimated receipts
Tor tomorrow 440 cars.
OATS-A steady demand for oats existed all
through the session, the inquiry being principally
by shorts, who displayed no little uneasiness
There naturally considerable buying for in
vestment the belief in higher prices claiming not
a lew adherents. Receipts were 2O6 cars and 103-
b24 bushels were Withdrawn from store. Export
clearances amounted to $4,000 bushels. Brad
streets gave an increase in stocks of 46U,000 BUSH
els. May oats closed AGI3Ac higher Estimated
receipts for tomorrow l66 cars
FLAX-wss easy; Cash old and new, 66@661ac:
September, 66@6612c. closing al 6619c; Deem
Der sold from roc to 6914c, closing at 691ac
PRoVIsIoNS-The reports from the yards
were not easy as regarded the hog market this
morning and provision traders were unfavorably
impressed. The run of hogs was heavy and prices
decline in product Before the close moderate
| recovery TOOK place, January PORK closing un-
changed, January lard 212@5c lower and January
ribs sc lower.
BUTTER-The butter market was firm to-day
| some dealers were of the opinion. however, that
prices were being advanced too rapidly. Supplies
| were light and the demand good.
| Creameres = Extras, Ice: firsts, 141a0l51ac;
| seconds, 11@13c; limitations, fancy, 12@ &c.
DRiries-Extras, lac: frsts, l1@12c;seconds, l0c.
Ladles-Extras, 91a@1oc; flrsts, 8@s1ac; packing
EGGs-Were again frmer. Stocks were light
and the quality better. There was good demand.
| MONEl-Was firm at 6@7% both for call and
rlme loans New York exchange sold at csc dis
| count
WHEAT - August. Soc: September 555s6
/ 553zc December, 5914t9593sc.
| COkN-August, 22$4c. september. 231zc: May,
! 271sc.
/ CATs-september 171sc; May. zoe.
| PORk-Septem ber So; January, 81.
| LAKD-September SO 371a: January, So til II
h1bs-Septemper, So 2712; January, SIS 471a
Livestock.
| UNION STOCKYARDS. ILL, Aug l9.-The
cattle market fairly active to-day. The sup.
ply was good and prices unevenly lower, the de
/ cline ranging from 1Oc I5c. The demand for
| hogs fair but the supply was rather heavy and
| prices weakened and declined 5@1Oc. sheep were
| steady, but lambs declined 150z5c.
! CATTLE-Receipts. 81 900. Fancy beeves. 81 SO
| "a S5: choice 10 prime 1900 TO 1900 d steers
81 <0t04 80; good to choice steers. 1900 1900 D.
81 2O614 35; medium steers, HOO to 800 h. So 81
| "a l5: common to fair steers $50 to 1900 MS,
SIS 10 al 75: rough Western steers, 81 90G
40: feeders. 900 to 1900 h. So 9503 So: stockers,
| 800 to $50 h. 81 40@3 30; bulls, choice ex-
ira ~ SOl08 20; bulls. poor cnoice, 81 as
az TO: COWS ana heifers. choice to extra. So 601
| 90; cows, fair to choice 81 25@S 90: COWS,
| TO choice. SIS 25@5 70: calves, common to good
| So 00@5 20: Texas grass steers. 81 S5@S So:
| Texas cows and bulls, 81 1892 rs; Western can
ming steers So 1904; Western range COWS and heif-
ers 81 COOS so. mixers and springers, p mead,
4 S20@4U: Western range steers, So 1904.
| HOGS-KeceIpts, 22000 Heavy packing ana
! shipping lots. So 00G3 35 common 10 choice
mixed So 00@3 So: choice assorted, SIS 5b6
| S. night, SO 1898 s.; pigs. 81 50g3 80
| sHEkP-keceipts. 16,OOU lnferlor 10 choice,
| 1903 20 lambs, 50 70 80 so.