The San Francisco call., 1896-10-31
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.


NEW YORK. y Y, Oct. 30.-There was de-
cided change for the better in the financial! situa-
tion and at no time did he rae for call loans ad-
vance iothe figures OF yesterday, and in the after
noon The quotation dropped 10 6 per cent per an
num- at which the final transactions were erected
The decline in money was the resui OF a confer
ence last n ght by the presidents of downtown
banks at which fourteen of the leading institu-
tlons were represented. II was determined to
assist stock Exchange borrowers, but not through
the issuance of Clearing certificates A
statement by President simmons OF the Clearing
house that there nothing in the situation TO
excl alarm and that the banks were abundantly
a bic 10 meet any emergency that might arise had
a strengl hening influence.
The comparative ease in money not only en-
couraged those of a bullish ten dency, put leu 10
considerable covering of short contracts put out
yesterday. \ good deal of the buving for the local
account sold down to important Interests
Commission houss purchases in view OF the dis
turbances in the loan market were light, but for
egn firms in rec eipt OF good orders and espe-
ciallr at the opening of business. I he advance in
prices Dged from ~ 10 47s per cent and marry
every prominent issue par icipated in the rise.
sugar scored the greatest gain, rising to 10 e.
Lower Wallis rect interests were alleged TO be The
largest buyers OF the stock.
Chicago Gas moved up to 707S on Western ad-
vices that the directors intended 20 declare dlVi-
dend OF l1a per cent on November 10 next An
other dividend of az per cent was also promised
for January Other important advances follow:
2Ts 10 1875: St Paul 31@ 10 rs; Northwest, 21s
10 on S,'ocS Island, !, 10 65: delaware and
Hudson River, l1a TO l231a: General Electric,
15s TO 2l1s; Louisville and Nashville. 2Ss TO
463s Manhattan, / ~ TO 9.12 Kansas and Il xas
preferred, 212 to 2s34; Missouri Pacific, ] III to
2l12; Northern Pacific prefer ed, l9S 10 :z1s;
Southern Railway preferred ! rs 10 257s, Ten
nessee Goal 70 to PASS, Leather preferred IA TO
active list Minneapolis and ST Lopis first pre-.
ftrred sumped 2Io ~. Hooking Valley preferred
3 TO IS and Pullman 21s to 1521s Speculation at
e'close was steady with an dvancing tendency.
Set chauges shoy gains OF 1402Ss per cent, sugar
leading Total transactions were only lS4,6
including 46, 100 Sugar. 232O0 st. Paul; 17.7OO
Reading and IA 900 Burlington ana Quincy.
actions aggregated Sl:24O.OOO. Atchison fours
rSse PA 10 1919, 90 adjustment 25s 10 S94
Hooking. Valley genera skies TO SS, Kansas and
Texas seconds 21a to 561a Northern Pacific consoi
Or@gon Shors Line consol fves certifi n es 212 TO
6212 Reading first preferred I$4 to 43s4. do sec
l3s 20 1888, soui hern Railway consol fives 12
sb15 Texas Pacificseconds TO 20, Wabash firsts
to 2312 snd Wilkesbarre and Western first lives
IN Gov rnment bonds s27. 900 coupon fours of
1925 sold at l167s@l1712, $4,000 do registered. at
115I rs and $4,000 registered tours OF 1907 at 1Oo4
Grain.
FLoUR-steady. Winter wheat, low grades,
81 20@3 35: & DO fair I to fancy. So 25@4 90 ~;
4; do do straits So so@a eSs do patents,
50 S5@4 80; low xtras % 20@3 35; city mi Is
80. Rye four-steady, qu'et; 81 sO@3 10.
CuRNMEAL-Quet steady; yellow Western
50 1902 III.
RYE-Dul, steady: Western, 3s1ac C. / +
Buffalo.
BARLEY-271s@2s1ac c. l. f. Buffalo
wHkAT-spot ma ket, moderately active,
frmer; O. b.. s414(as412e; ungraded red, 72@
S5c No. 1 Northern. S1@Sl14c.
Option opened weaHer declined 12@Ac on
weaker cables foreign selling and local r. aizing;
rallied 2@214c on The laIes strength at the West
and foreign buying, declined 3s@5sc on realizing
and closed steady at 7s@lc over yesterday, with
fairly active trade. December and May most
active. 30. req, January, S11sc: March, s35sc;
CoKN-spot dull, firm. No. Q, SO1sc ele-
options We're dull and firm at unchanged prices
to IS advance with only Light local trade, May
December. 81 1ac; May .S412c
OAT Spots quiet, firm.
Options dull trmer. October, f23sc; December,
2314c May, 261sc
spot prices: No 2. 221ac: No 2 white Csc;
white 23c; mixed Western, 22@24c; white do
22@52c
Provisions.
LARD = Easy, quiet: Western steam. 81 60;
city. 81 IS; october, 81 5. efined, dull: Con-
tinentaI, So; south American, $5 50; compound,
45s@47sc.
BUT1EI. steady. Fancy, seady: Western
dairy. sS@121ac do creamery, 1212@20c; do fac
tory. 7@l1$4c; EIgins. zoe; imitation creamery,
ChEEsE-ouist, t, steady; part skins, 91a@6s4c;
full SKINS 21903c.
EGGS-Quiet: icehouse. l51a@l6c; Western,
fresh, 16@ &c; 90, case, So 70d4 30: lined. l5c.
TALLoW : Quiet; city, 3ss@312c; country,
33s G35sc.
COTT0NSEED OIL-DulI, nominal; crude, 22c;
yellow 26c.
RICE-Firm. good deman1: unchanged.
MOLASSES-Q Quiet: New Orleans, z5@32c
COFFEE-Stesdv, unchanged to points down.
October SO 10; ;November,S1010@l Is; Decem-
Der. $40 06; January. $lO@lO 05: March, $l0@
10 O5 June, SO 10. Spot Rlo dull, steady; No z,
107sc.
SUGAR Fairly active; OF A, 37s @o4c;
mold a, e412c: standard A, 414c: confecron-
ers' a, 41sc; cut oaf, 47sc; crushed, 41sc; pow
dered, 412c; granuated, 414c; cubes, 412c.
Fruit and Produce.
4APRICOTS-Boxes, 10@15c.
PkACHks-Peeieu, boxes 13G14c; unpeeled,
Sa101ac.
PRUNES-Four sizes. 51s0514c.
kAISlNS - Two-crowr. loose Muscatel. 43zc;
co, three-crown, 5s4@6c: do tonr crown. 6$4
London layers old 81 sal 25; do, new 81 556