The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

INV YORK, n. y, May 23.-stocks showed
greater strength and business was on larger
scale than for any previous day of the week. Com
mission houses were more active and more i'm
portant interests which have recently held aloof
prominent in the dealings. Profess
sional operators who have been attached to the
bear side of the account were disturbed by the
activity OF the bulls and their purchases 10 cover
short contracts materially assisted the upward
movement. The main factor in bringing about
the higher range of prices the reteration of
stories current during the past week that the
position of the leading Republican candidate for
the Presidential nomination was in line with the
god-standard men.
Bus ness was better dis ributed than of late.
Sugar was bought on the advance of a sixteenth in
refined and rose TO 1925. Manhattan jumped "A
10 lO712, closing at the best figure of the day on
the defeas or the tunnel scheme and belief that the
eleva ed system Will resume its extensions with
long period OF dizziness, advanced sh arpy TO 3612.
The recent agreement made with the Westing-
discontinuance of several hundred suits Bush
ness OF both companies, it is said, is also mprov-
ing as result OF the new combination.
The railway list made substantial gains. and O
majority of the leading issues sold at the top
the close. when it on from 6s1s TO 66A.
Speculation closed strong. Net changes show
shares.
Bonds were quiet and strong. sales were s4s7.-
rose IA to II3, St. Paul southwestern dividend
SKIES to l1S, Texas Pacific seconds ~ to 221a
and Wisconsin Central fives certificates IL TO SO
IN Government bonds $4,000 registered tours of
1925 sold at IL
Provisions.
BEEF-slow. steady: family, $e@lo: extra mess.
S7@s; beef hams, qqiet, $l4 50@l5; uerced Deef
dull; dty extra India mess, $l3@l5; cut
meats dull steady ;pickled bellies. 10 pounds 41s
@4Aci do shoulders. "A, 472c; do hams. s@s14c
"a 1924 621a; city, 50 10; May. 81 so Refined.
slow, continent. So; south American SO Az; com
pound, 41s9414c.
PokKHsteady, quiet: old mess, $s 25@s 70; new
BUTTER-Ouiet fairly active; state dairy sa
15c: do creamery. 11@15c: Western dairy, 76lOc
do creamery, 1l@l5c; do held, 9@l lc; do factory,
7(d1U1ac; Elgins. 16c; imitation. 1Ugl2c..
CHEESE-Moderate demand; state large. new,
61a@714c; do small, new. SAC: part skims old,
EG5s-Firm light receipts; State and Pennsyl-
vania, ll9l2c: Western fresh, 91a@l1c; do, per
TALLoW-Qnet; city. 3@3lsc: country, 30
CoTTUNsEED o1L-Dnll, lower; crude 2lc;
RESIN Quiet, STEADY; strained, common to good,
81 SOG1 50.
TUKPENTINE-steady 2ec.
pOTAToEs-Quiet easy; old, e0@70c: Bermu-
das, s2@2 40; Southern, 81 35gl Az
RIck-steady; Domestic. fair to extra 3@5s4c;
MoLAs -Es-Eirm; New Orleans open kettle,
eco COFFEE Steady; iO@25 points down; May,
Sl2 759l2 so; June, $l2 80; July. 81 10; August,
Der $40 50; December SO S5Sio s.. Spot Rio
dull, steady, No. 7, l4c.
SUGAR-Raw quiet. steady: refining 31ac p ID;
centrifuRals. 80 test, &c q ID refined. Lice higher
quiet; on A. 4 Il-l6@414c: mold a. 63sc; standard
a. 51sc; confectionery A.. &c; cut loaf and
61sc: cubes, 53sc.
Grain.
FLOUR-Dull. weak Winter wheat. low grades,
81 1902 20; do fair TO fancy, 81 50@3 So; do pat
ents SO 75M4: Minnesota clears. 81 b0n3 10: do
straits $393 so; 90 patents SO 1904 80; low
extras 81 75(12 go; city mills. 81 1Oo4 20; do
patents 81 3O(d4 so: rye -four qui l. steady. SO 40
as so superhne, $2g2 25 fine, 81 1902 10. South
ern iour,dull, steady common o fair extra, 81 30
@z 40; good to choice. 81 0O@3 20.
GORNMEAL- Quiet steady: yellow Western,
81 O5@2 10; Brandywine, 81 80.