The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK. n. Y, March Speculation
at the Stock Exchange, while extremely duh, was
characterized by frmer tone than on any
previous day OF the week The dealings, as usual
of late. were almost entirely professional, but
among spectators the feeling was rather more
bulsh owing to the improving railway traffic re-
turns OF Western roads The advance in the
posted rates OF sterling exchange had very little
influence on the markets ror securities partly for
the reason that the price OF gold bars was ad-
vanced by the assay office from 1-l6th to 3-l6ths
per cent. This is calculated TO prevent gold ship
ments at least until The rates OF exchange advance
12GS4 above the figures now ruling.
Thr STOCK market advanced IS to 5s at the start,
the purchase OF several thousand shares for Lon
don account having had good effect The i'm
provement afterward partially lost, but during
the afternoon there was a general rally. Consoli-
dated Gas and Chicago Gas each moved up l 112 per
cent. There was good buying OF the latter on ap-
parently reliable reports that the directors will de-
clare dividend in the near future. The advance
In the general list was equal to 1s9$4 per cent on
very light trading. shortly before the closing
other reaction of 1s to IL ensued and the market
left Off about steady in tone.
The total sales lls,350 shares. The net
changes show advances OF 1ste$4 per cent Chicago
and Nashville 1s, and Northern Pacific pre-
ferred "a.
Bonds were dull and easy. Sales were S725 600
Atchison adjustment fours rose l to 46, Chicago
and Northern Pacific fves 112 to 4312 Kansas
and Texas seconds 81 10 81, MiIwauEee Lake
Shore and Western extension tives 21zs 10 l131b
Missouri Pacific Consolidated skies l to 81.
In Government bonds $l6u,000 coupon fours Of
4V-O AAOSeS AAOS4s duu S4o'OOU COupO0
fves 1872.
FLOUR = Quiet. easy Winter whea., low
graoes, So 25@2 50; do. fair to fancy So s5@3 go:
do patents, So 9O@14 25; Minnesota clear 81 7O@
5 so: do, straits, $3@3 so: patents, So 5504 rs I;
low extras, 81 25a2 So: city mills, 81 1904 25
8 80: superfne. s2@2 so; fine, s2@2 80. South
ern flour, easy common 10 fair extra. So 40@3;
kye flour. dull, steady, ,at so 6O@2 s5; buckwheat
-four, 81 2O9l %
BUCKwHEAT-40@41s4
CORNMEAL- STEADY: yellow Western, So 20
az %: Brandywine. 81 20.
RYE-Nominal Western, 49@5lc.
BARLEY-Quet; ungraded Western, 40@47c.
BARLEY MALT-Quiet; Western, 50@56c.
WHEAT-Firm moderately active. No. z
red, store and elevator: 79@7914c: afioat, so19@
SU34c; I. O. b., S0dSl14c: ungraded red, $50
s2c: No. I Northern, 73o7314c.
Options fairly active and irregular, closing
local coverings. May and July most active. No.
2 red March and April, -05sc; May, 701Rc;
June. zoe: July, $3.50; August 6934c; septem-
cokN@Dull, firm; No. q &c elevator: 3sc
afioat.
the w st and on local COVERINGS; May and July
only traded in. March, 3714c: May. 355sc; July,
o9Ts-ouiet, strong.
Options-DulI: firmer. March and May, 2s5sc.
sg0 pssS sn Se cHienso Meae 25 2Ss
@26c; No. white, z312@23s4; white mixed
and white State, 2692S12c.
tEED-Bran, bUelozAacs
MIDDLINGS-65@7uc.
RYE-Feed, 6212G65c.
Provisions.
BEEF Quiet steady. Family, S10@l2: extra
mess. ST SOFAS. Beef hams Gs.ll; $l4 50915.
11erced beef, inactive; city extra India mess,
Sl5@15 so. Cut meats. quiet, steady. Picked
bellies, II ibs. 4s4@47sc; do shoulders. 41ac:
do hams. S1a@9c.
LARD-Duli. easy. Western steam, 30 371y5@
SIS 40; city. 81 co. May, SIS 45. Refined, dull:
continent, So 70; South American. SO TO- COM
pound. 45sc.
PORKNSIow Mess, So 5o@l0.
BUTTER-Si ieadv. light receipts. state dairy,
e@2Oc; do creamery, held, l3GlSc; Western
dairy, l0@l 4c: do creamery, I39122c: do held,
l2@lSc: do factory, s@13c; Elgtns, 22c; imi-
tation creamery. l2@17c: rolls, 9@l4c.
CHEESE Fair demand State, large,
6@lO14c; do factory, l0@14c: DO small. 6@lO14 /;
part SKINS, 3@7c: full SKINS. 2@212c.
EGGS-Easy, State and Pennsylyania, ll1aci