The record-union., 1898-05-18
COMMERCIAL.
WHEAT MARKET IN AN UNSET.
TIED CONDITION.
Prices Weak and Lower for OPP
tions-Bar1ey Quiet, With a
Declining Tendency.

San Francisco, May 17th.
The Wheat market has been in an un-
! settled condition: the market East has
been bobbing about at the pleasure of the
Letter people and the local market has,
as rule, followed a like course; this
morning Chicago opened stronger. but to-
ward the close dropped back below the
| opening prices: the local market is weak
and lower for options, owing to the re-
cent rain and the present threatening
weather; spot is nominal, shippers being
out of the market; milling is firmly held
Barley is quiet and weak; options opened
lower to-day and spot has a lower ten
dency. Not much doing in Oats; prices
have been unchanged for some days; the
| supply is ample, yet not excessive; nearly
all come from the north. There has been
considerable Eastern Corn received of
late, and practically no California; the
Eastern is finding market and prices
| rule steady.
During the week there has been a de-
| cline in Bran and Middlings; the market
has been quiet and the supply has been
more than sufficient for the needs. Con-
| siderable new Hay has been received, but
! with the exception of some Wheaton from
Sacramento the new Hay has not been
we'll taken to: much of the Oat and Bar
| ley has been baled green and arrives
steaming; the new Oat Hay takes wide
range for that reason; the new Island
Alfalfa, arrived to-day from Utah, and
the market for such is lower. one car
came from Washington and one from Ne
vada.
The first Currants of the season were
| received to-day from San Leandro; there
We're two crates, containing four baskets,
25c more than the first brought last sea-
son; they were quite ripe. Large Straw
berries from Watsonville brought at auc-
ton $4 20d6 10 per chest; some were poor
and muddy causing the wide range in
prices; all Watsonville shippers but a cou-
pie have agreed to send their Berries to
the auction room for a time; commission
men think that the old method will yield
better returns. Receipts Were 237 chests
of Cherries Black Cherries did better,
as did also fancy White and Red
Dried Fruits are unchanged: There is
steady demand for Prunes, which are pref
ty well cleaned up and rule firm: other
Fruits are quiet.
Butter is firm and the market is in good
mand is good; some Eastern Butter here
and more is on the way. Cheese is rather
too plentiful for the demand, and the
market is weak at quoted prices. Eggs
are stiff at higher prices; receipts have
been light; some Eastern here, but they
do not affect the price for local goods
Produce Quotations.
FLOUR-Net cash prices for Family
Extras, seas 10; Bakers Extras, s. 759
WHEAT-s Shipping Wheat, 81 rs per ctl:
Milling Wheat. 81 S0Q1 S5 Der ctl.
BARLEYmFteed' FEED 81 So@1 s1A per ctl;
OATs-We quote: Poor to fair, 81 300
321a per ctl; good to choice 81 35d1 40:
fancy feed, 81 421aQl1 45 per cti; Gray. 81 32II
al 371a; Milling. 81 35Q1 421a; Surprise, 81 10
al so.
CORN-In bulk-Large Yellow. s. o5p
81 071a; Small Yellow, 81 2215d1 %; White,
81 05d1 0715; Mixed. 81 03s491 05.
RYE-S1 3712@1 40 per ctl.
BUCKWHEAT-Nom at s2Q2 Is per
MIDDLINGs-s 5Oa23 50 per ton.
BRAN-$1S619 oer ton.
ROLLED BARLEY-s2SQ29 per ton
CLIPPED OATS-$1d2 per ton more
than the whole article, as to quality.
HAY (ex-ear or cargo)-Oid crop
Wheat, s19g25 per ton; Wheat and oat.
Alfalfa s13G14; Clover, nominal; Stock,
nominal; Compressed Wheat, $21024; dc
Oat, s1Sd19; Timothy, SIG 50G17 So New
crep--Wheat s19Q20 per ton; oat, s13Q16;
Island Barley. SIC.
W-75c0s1 10 per bale.
HOPS-9H l2l2c per ID.