The San Francisco call., 1896-03-10
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK. n. Y, March 9.-American To-
bacco again the feature OF trading at the Stock
Exchange. The ock ranged between 7134@1737s
and closed at 727s against 1855 on Saturday on
the usual stories about Tobacco Including the one
without the passage of dividends and the cutting
into the revenues of tn company through the
operations of its Western rivals Cotton Oil was a
particularly weak spot and dropped 2@2A per
cent, the common falling to IL and the preferred
TO 80. Sugar fell 70 TO 1875, and later rose 10
1161s on the declaration of the regular dividends
The early decline was Z TO selling by Washing
ton houses. General Electric in demand
throughout and rose from S34 70 TO S35 1212.
The rise in the stock due to the recent decision
in favor of the company in the matter of the troll
In the railway list Baltimore and Ohio was the
special card and jumped from $14 STA to
Sl7 81 Y on covering short contracts. The stock
is heavily oversold and any further demonstration
the part OF the operators bullishly inclined
would lead to still higher figures.
The trunk lines, GraDgers, anthracite coalers,
Missouri Pacific and Louisville and Nash vile
quiet throughout and the changes continued in the
80 ,-z - u - ~ 4A'iIi ~ " 1i -
on reports that the companys steamer city of Rio
de Janeiro, which left San Francisco February
for Yokohama was two weeks Overdue. Later
there was a rally IN the STOCK The market closed
firm in tone. Net changes showed advances of ia
@3 per cent. Tobacco lost "a and Manhattan /
per cent The total sales were 80, ! "a shares.
Bonds were firm. sales footed up S1174 ,000
Cleveland, Cincmuatl, Chicago and st. Louis gen.
eral fours rose l1a to S71a: Northern Paci fic
4614; do certificates, "a to 361s; Ohio and Mis,is
sppi. Springfield division sevens, IA TO 1Ol4
9b. In Government bonds $4,000 coupon fours
of 1925 brought 117@11714; $500 registered
fours, 1l514@l153s
Grain.
FLoUR-Dull, steady. Winter wheat low grades
50 50G3; do fair to fancy 81 S5d3 go: do patents
So 9o@4 10: Minnesota clear, 81 70@3 SO; Mime
straits, S3d3 SO; Minnesota patents So 35d
30; low extras, So 50@3: city mills, $4 1904 25
city mills patents, "a 30@4 As; rye mixture
81 SOFAS so; superfne, 50 1902 TO- fine, S2@2 55
Southern hour-Duli, steady; common to fair
ira, 81 40t93; good TO choice, S3@3 80. Rye -four
Quiet, steady at 81 6O92 SIS.
BUCKW
RNMEAL-Quiet, steady; yellow Western
81 209S2 20: Brandywine. So 20.
RYE-State, 49c delivered; Western, 4S15c.
BARLEY-Ungraded Western 43@4Sc
ARLEY MALT-Firm. Western, 55G5Sc.
WHEAT-Dull, frmer No. 2 req, store and ele-
S214c; ungraded red. 70@S3c; No. Northern 75c
Options moderately active ard firm at Sac ad-
local covering and decrease on passage May and
July most active. No. 2 red, March 74c: April
74$sc; May, 721sc: June and July, 71s4c
Wheat 3, l05, ,222 corn l3l, ,9l6; oats, 1,637 395; ;
rye, rye, 1920; barley lss,o52; malt. 50,725; peas,
,coRNo-Easy, firm, dull No. 2, 1850 elevator;
405sc afioat.
Options dull and firm at 1sc advance on higher
West and local covering: May and July only
traded in March, 371sc; May, 361sc; July, SIC.
OATS-Dull. steady.
253sc. Spot prices: No. 2, 26c; No 2 white,
274sc; No 2 Chicago, PC: No; 3, 25c; No. i
State and Western, 27G29c.
FEED-Bran, 60062Lac.
MIDDLINGS-65@7oc.
RYE-Feed, 6212@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF-Steady; family, $lO@l2; extra mess
81 50GS. Beef hams dull, $l4 506l5: tierced
beef, quiet: city extra India mess, $l5 5O0l6 so:
meats, easy; picked bellies, 4Mc; do
Ehoulders, Alec; hams S12dS34c
LARD-Quiet, firm. western steam s5 55:
city, So; May. So 721a Refined. dul continent
20 So; South American. So 10: compound 47sc
PoRK-Quet, firm. Mess, sl0@lO so.
BUTTER-Fancy firm: fair demand; State
dairy, l0G20c: do creamery held. 1870 SC: Western
sreamery. I4@a22c: do held, l2@lSc: do factory
bGl3c: Elgins 2112@22c; imitation creamery
l112@16c; rolls. 6@S12c.
ca EESE-Steady: fair demand. State. large
6a614c: do fancy, 1OAc: do small 6@lOs4 G.;
part SKINS, 314G7c: full Skins 11a@6c
EGGS-Fairly active, steady. State and Penn
tylvania l2@14c; Southern, 1O14@1l14c: ice
house. case, $2@2 70; Western, fresh, 1114@
l1Mc; duck, 25@2Sc.
TALLow-e teady; fair demand City. lI-16c;
country. 334 (037sc.
COTToNSEED OIL-Quiet. steady: crude. 2lc:
Fellow prime 25140p2512 12c do on grade. 2oc.
RESIN-Quiet, steady Strained common to good
Fl 7C@I 75.
TURPENTINE-Quie steady; 2914@291ac.
P0TAToES-Steady; moderate demand; sweet,
u 2094 70.