The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-02-21
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial

NEW YORK y. y. Feb. 20.-The dealings TO-
day too5ed up only S5.S45 ares and the f1uctua-
tions were on par with The trade. The mArk-t
throughout was narrow and professional. At the
opening there disposition on the part of the
bears to even up contracts over the double holi-
day and an advance of 14@1s per cent followed.
The upwari movement showed in the industl ials
and Western Union and grangers most promi-
nently. The advance brought out long stock,
some of the foreign holders having turned up as
sellers, owing to the unsettled condition of ku-
ropean politics There was no pressure TO sell,
however, and the declines were OF small proper
lions. Tne bank statement was regard
rather uniavoraule, Tut il had no infiuAn nee on the
stock speculaJlons Loans were contracted al,
$40 00U. While The sur lus continued TO pie up,
the gain IN cash being over five million.
In the oituminOus group Hoc&ing Valley Con.
fves frmer and advanced TO SO Lake
shore stronger on the revival OF the old report
OF early retirement OF high rate interest paying
bonds through the sale of per cent m ortgagrs.
Specu alton osed quiet and barely steady lone
Net changes showed gains OF 1s934 per cent, the
latter in Western U N on.
The bond arket was dull and firm to-day. The
total transactions were 1871. 900. Great Northern
thirds rose 70 015, Union Pacific sinking rund
Fights u 20 IS, aud Northern Pacific terminal
in Government bonds 100000 registered fours
of 1907 sold at III 78@l1ls4, and $4,000 coupons
fiveS at 1loSl1'&S c.
FLOUR Dull, weak, Winter wheat, low
80; do patents, 81 SOFA IS; Minnesota Gear,
So 1904 So; low extras. 50 3G(93 so; CITY Mills
saga 90: do patents 81 8O@5 %; Rye mixture
Southern flour dull; common to fair extra,
So 2o@S 50: Iood 10 hoice do; SO 5O@5
Rye Hour. quiet, steady, 81 3U(GS.
CORNMEAL-Active. Yellow Western, 81 rs
RYE-Dull. Western. 3s14@4Oc
BAkLkY-Firm, quiet; feeding, 26@261ac C. l.
WHEAT-Duli, firmer with options; (. O. b..
9012c; ungraded red, 72@9lc; No l Northern.
s713c
on better cables mode ate foreign buying, bet er
Western and local Covering. May and ia v most
active. No. red, FEBRUARY, Sac; Nj ,rch. 8, 34c;
April S21sc; May, s212c; June, 617sc: Jul,
CORN Dull, firm. No, 2, 2s1sc elevator, 3O1ac
af1oa-
options were dull and firm at unchanged prices
to 1sc advance fol owing the West, with trading
only local May and July ouly traded in. Febru-
oATs->pot dull. nrm. options dull, noml-
nally 7se up. February, 2555o; ay, 215sc;
Provisions.
nominal; City, SIS so: May. 50 50. nominal; re,
fined, dull; Continent 81 45; South American,
$4 So; pound, 4@412>
Pohk-Steady, inactive; new mess SO 25S
UTTER - Quiet. Fancy, steady; Western
creamery, 1S@lsc; Elgins zoe: imitation cream
CHEEsE-Frm active. Part skins. 5@91sc;
full SKINS S@S12c
EGGS-SteAdy. LINED, 1876
COTTONSEED Oh steady; crude, 2062O15c.
RICE-Firm; unchanged
MOLA SSES-Steady. New Orleans, 1S630c.
COFFEE-Firm, 6CG10 poin up March. SO 10;
July. 50 10; sep ember. 80 %. spot Rio dull,
No. z $3.50.
sUGAn-Firrn. fair demand. No 9. 1870;
No. Is, 31sc q b. oil A, 4041sc p II; mold,
45sc; STANDARD, z3sc; confect oners 414c:
cut loaf, SC; crushed &C; powdered, 4Ssc; granu-
lated, 1885, cubes, 46sc-
ruit and Produce.
APRICOTS-Baps 9mllc
j ACF fs-Peele.i, boxes 1212S15c; unpeeled,
boxes 1895.
PRUNES-Four sizes, 43z05c.
RAlsINS-Two, crown L. NJ, 414c; three
crown, 515c; four crow q, 6d61ac Lon1on lay ers,
81 350l 20; clusters. 81 40@l so
l0@l2c.
wALNUTs-standard &c; do soft shell, &c.
HOPS-Cholce moderately active. Pacific
Coast. hG13c
WOOL : Firm. Moderately active Domestic
fleece, 22@2Sc; pulled ls@Slc; Texas, 7@lzc
Merchandise.
TIGIRoN-ModerAte demand. American, Sll
@l2 so.
COPPER-Firm. Lake Sl2
LEAD-Steady. Domestic. 50 266D3 so.
fairly active.
sFELrkR-ouiet. Domestic. s4@4O5.