The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-16
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.

7 The last named was materially strengthened by a
statement NJ ade by Ex-Governor Flower that the
regular quarterly Dividend OF 1a per cent Will
shortly he declared, aud also by a growing belief
that The Illinois Legislature will permit the con-
situent companies comprising the so-calleG trust
| to consolidate The market closed strong at the
| top prices Of the day. Net changes show advances
/ OF 112d2 per cent, Manhattan leading. In the
| specia.tits Illinois steel Jumped 8 to 81 In the
total sales sugar figured for 46 200 shares st.
Paul for 10 100 Chicago Gas for IL, 800, Burning
| ton for 1860, Louisville and Nashville for
12,7OO and Reading for II 500 snares
Bonds were active and strong. The transactions
| footed up $2,249.000 Chesapeake and Ohio gen.
Northern Pacific fives, certificates, to a: Hons
ton and Texas Central consols, skies, rs TO lO2;
Lake Erie and Western Fl: sts TO 10; Loulsvllie
and Nashville unified tours, to 10; Manhattan
consois, 112 to 941s: Milwaukee and Northern
hrss OF 1904 to l1S12 Missouri Pacific tours, "a
TO lO214; Missouri Kansas and Eastern first hVes,
to IS; Morris and Essex first sevens. 10 14zH2;
Nickel Plate first tours TO 100; Northern racine
thirds TO 1912; do consols fves "A 10 So; do
Montana first SKIES l 10 434; Northwest sinking
SKIES, 11s to l17 90 extended fours, 12 TO 1U2H3:
Omaha and st. Louis first tours cerllncates -
to 4912; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville second
| fves, certificates, l to IS; St. Louis and San
Francisco trust fives, 51a to 80, and Wabash, De-
In Government bonds, $4,000 coupon tours of
1928 sold at 12l@1211S and S4ooC do OF Isof al
ll12@1l1Ss.
FLoUR-DuIl, steady; unchanged. Southern
-four quiet unchanged. Rye Hour dull STEADY
CoKNMEAL-Quiet, steady. Yellow Western,
kYE-Dull, steady, unchanged. Western car
lots, 43@44c; c. l. f. Buffalo at AT; f. o. b at S12c
BARLEY-Quiet.
WHEAT-spot market less active. easier, cos,
Ing steady. No. red, f. o. b., 9s$sc; ungraded
red, 771a019Sc; No. l Northern, $3.50
Options were moderately active and Irregular,
closing weak at decline o. 9sgS4c, following the
West with cables easier and some foreign selling,
May ami July most active. No. red, January,
SIC; March. 90c; May, S6Ssc; July, Sc.
CORN-SpoJS dull, easier No. ., 1915 elevator,
ahO1ts steamer. mixed. 81
options were dull ana weak at 1s@s4c decline,
following wheat and the West, with trading only
local. May and July most active. January,
z91sc; May, S05sc; June, 311sc; July, 3134c
CATS-Spots quiet, eady.
Options duh, steady. January, 221sc; February,
SPOT prices: No ?. 2214e; No. 2 white
8 Wnlte, 22c; white mixed Western. zZ@24c;
white do, 23@30c
Provisions.
JARn- Quiet: barely steady. Western steam,
81 IS; city, S. IS; JanuaIy, 81 %; refined, quiet:
firm; continental, "a 80; ). A, 81 80; compound
414@432c.
BU1TEk-Moderately active: steady: Western
creamery. 13@20c: do factory 7@l4c; Elgins,
zoe; imitation creamery, ll@16c.
CHE hsE-Fairly a-live; firm; part skins, 4@Sc;
full skins. 2120Sc.
EGGs-ouiet; easy; icehouse l3@14c; Western
fresh. Ice; 40 case ST 1903; lined, I30I3Lac
IALLOW-Steady; city, 312c; country, $3.50
C0TToNsEED oIL-Qulet; firm; crude, 2O1ac;
MoLAsSks -Quiet New Orleans. 2@3c
C0tFkE-steady: TO 10 points up; March.
SO 45@9 so; May, 50 50@9 90; September IS 90
90 70; december, SO 10 spot Rio dull steady;
No. Z, l0c.
SUGAR Quiet; No. l to No. ., 1-16 up;
No. 9 to No Is, slice lower; No. IA, 1sc down;
No. d, Lie: No. 7. S34c; No. 8, ) l1-l6c; No.
g. 1l-16c; No. 10, $780, No. II, 9-16c; No. IL.
312c; no. 49, 7-l6. On a, 4G A 1sc; mold A, $3.50;
standard A, 1850; confecuoners' A, 414c;
cut loaf. SC; crushed. SC; powdered, 1885, granu-
lated, 43sc; cubes, A5sc.
Fruit and Produce.
APRICOTS-Pags. e@l1c.
TEAC HIS Peeled, boxes, 125@15c; do un-
peeled, bags 1@9c.
PRUNES-l our sizes, nominal, 51sc
RAISINS-Two-crown, loose mu Catel. 41sc p
h: S-crown 512c; 4-cIown. 612c; London layers
t12c clusters, 81 6562.
4 MoNDS-soft shells, sG912c; do paper SHE'LL
11@l2c.
WALNUTS-Staudard. &c; soft shell. &c.
HOPS-Firm, N oderately active. Pacific Coast,
312@1sc.
1S@31c; Texas 79l2c
Merchandise.
TIGIRON-Dun. American s11@l6
COPPER-Firm. Lake S1l 70@1l 80.
1EAD- Steady. Domesuc $50 O6
1lh-Eirmer. Straits, S13 1913 %; plates
quiet
tfElTEk-DulI. Domestic, So s5aS 95.