The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, \. " Feb. l9.-Speculation at
the Stock Exchange was intensely dull to-day.
The undertone strong, however, and higher
prices were recorded in number of cases. Lon
don a buyer of the specialties and bankers
with foreign connections said that interest in
American securities abroad revivng. The
main reason for this, bankers said, the
high price which British consols selling.
These securities brought lO95s in London to-day.
The declaration OF the regular dividend by the
Burlington and Quincy, the favorable traffic re-
turns OF the Baltimore and Ohio, Louisville and
Nashville and Southern Railway had good effect
on the market.
feature OF the day was the neavy buying of the
fours up to 177s, 81 ,633, 000ichanging hands
at the board. The award OF nearly five millions
more bonds TO Morgan was well received, it
means an additional net gain in gold for the treas
uTy. The particularly strong stocks Louis
Vile and Nashville, the grangers and Manhattan.
St. Paul rose 10 775s; Burlington and Quincy to
S07s Rock Island TO 1912: Louisville and Nash
vile TO 5l$4; Manhattan to 1852 and Union
easier and fell from lie to oll47s@ll51a. Leather
preferred fell Il 66 and rose to 6634. Speculation
closed firm. Net changes show net gains of 14Gl
per cent, Burlington and Quincy leading. Sugar.
Chicago Gas ana New York Central lost 1s@l34 per
cent. Total sales were 116,20o shares.
Bonds were active, strong. sales were 81, 1872
900. Chicago aud Northern Pacific fiYes rose 7s
10 1875; Iron Mountain seconds IA 10 1O21a
Northern Pacific seconds ls4 TO 112; do thirds ia
10 1912 do consolidated fives IA A. do certif-
cafes 1913 10 ADS; Texas Pacific seconds ! to
221s; Wabash seconds lss to 20; and Wisconsin
Central tives certificates Z12 TO 46
l,OO
fours OF 1907. no, and S30,ooO registered fonrs
of 1925, ll75sc.
FLOUR - Dull, steady. UNCHANGED. Southern
ogTIS5eady nnehsnged Eye & Sqrgpq Sg 55 easy,
BUCkW WHEAT-4l@42c.
CoRNMEAL-steady yellow Western, SO 200
25; Brandywine 81 20.
RYE-Nominal.
BARLEY-Nominal: No. Milwaukee, 45c;
ungraded Western. 40G47c.
BARLEY MALT-Nominal.
WHEAT-Fairly active, stronger: No. red.
store and elevator, 1890; afoat, Sl14c; l. o. b..
SoSsqSl$4c; ungraded red, 67@slc; No. North
Options were moderately active and Irregular,
closing steady at 14G5sc advance, following the
West and on local covering. with a better export
demand. May and July most active, No.. red,
February, 72zsc; ., March, 1889 May, 71a4c;
CoRNEDun, firm. 10. q SEC elevator; 371sc
atoaI.
Options duh and 1Isc higher, with only local
trade. MAY and July only months traded in. Febru-
ary, $685.; Nav, 361sc; July, 37c.
251sc Spot prices No. 25i4@25isc; as No3 white hns
30 white 2525ec: mixed Western s6233e
white Gtt,sI, state e :, and y Western, e 27g2s12c
MIDDLINGS-65a671y@
RYE FEED-65@7Oc.
Provisions.
BEEF-opiet, steady: family, lo@12c.
beef. dull steady: city extra India mess Sl5@
10 so; cut meats. quiet, unchanged.
LARD-Quiet, steady; Western steam, So 72Ia.
city, $5 10; May So 50. Refined, inactive: cont,
nent, SIS s5; $. A, Sc 20; compound. 81 75
PORK-Dull: mess, $40 50GlO rs.
BUTTER-Chotce, tirmer sood demand. State
dairy, 9G1Sc; do creamery. held l3@l7c: Western
dairy: s12@l3c; do creamery. lS@2oc: do held,
12@l7c; do factory, s1aol2c; Elgins, zoe; imita-
tion creamery. 1l@15c; rolls, ll@ll12c.
CHEESE-Fair demand: State, large 6C1lOc. do
fancy, lOi4c: do small, 6@lo34c; part skins, 314
G7c full Skins, 112@3c.
EGGs-Libera supply, weak; State and Penn
sylvania $50 312c: Southern, l2@l21sc; do case
81 75@2 IS: Western, fresh, lz12GI3c: lined
case, S2G3.
TALLoW-ouiet. steady; city. 8 3l3-l6c; coun-
try. 3$4 24c-
COTT0NSEED OIL-Dul easy: Crude 2l1a
@22c; prime yellow, 26c: DO on grade, 251ac
RESIN-Quiet, firm; strained common 10 good
81 60@l 621/a.
TURPENTlNE-ouiet, easy; 2914@2934c.
PoTATOES-Quiot, weak; unchanged.
RICE-Unchenged.
MOLASSES-Quiet: unchanged.
CoFFEE-Quiet: and 10 points down. March,
s12 65Gl2 10; May, $l2 05GI225. Spot Rio dull,
steady; No. z, l314c.
SUGAR-Raw strong, quiet; far refining 33l C.: