The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-01


NEW YORK. Aug. .-FLoUR-Receipts,
q, 800 barrels; exports. 27,171. Dull and easier
for low grade winters. but steady for higher
priced brands :,
wHEAT-Receipts. $50 bushels; exports.
3.S40. Spot. market easy; No. red: 72Sc +.
opened steady and ruled firm on ff foreign buy
.ns, strength. in corn and frmer cables, then
rne na eosed On
esiSc. closed 6S9sc = 49,.
HOPsSteady -:.-@..- ..:~'-:.'
METALs-The market for metals shows ir-
regularity. While firm undertone is noted in
some departments weakness prevails in, others.
Business in spelter and iron was moderately
At the close the Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRoN-Warrants frtner, with SO 90 bid
LAKE CoPPER-Unchanged, with 81 10 bid
and s1z Is asked. -. -:
TIN-weaker; with SIS. 20. bid and 81: 80 asked:
LEAD-Easy with 81 02I3' bid and "a 05: asked.
The firm naming the settling price for Heading
Western. miners and smelters quotes lead at
s .5 FIN ~ bid. 81 s. asked,
/. COFFEE Options: opened steady with prices
unchanged to: s. points higher ana ruled gen gen
tons BuNish cables from European: markets
and small receipts were offset by unfayorable
news from: Rio and Santos markets, light ware
house receipts and absence OF outside support,
business being restricted chiefly to lquiGatl9n
CT Changed 10 s points Tower, Sales, 5000 bags
including September, S. 6Od5 s.: Spot coffee
Rio; steady; mild, steady; sales, good business
I ,sttGAR:& Raw. very firm; fair refining,
3 l3-1gc; centrifugal, 5-16c; molasses, 3 s-l6c;
BUTTERGReceipts 1883 packages; Steady;
Western creamery 'l+1saiS'sc; Elsins, ls1sc;
EGds=Rec.ipts. 8l2s packages. Quiet; west
ern, Ice: :: :. =: - =.
NEW. YORK, " Aus. s1.>-'california Dried
= f,i EVaf stfi APPLES = Common slsc;
prime wire tray, &C.; choice, sfec; fancy, $40
,PRlTNIss 4qsc. as 70 size and quality,
: PEACHES unpeeled 7aec; peeled; 12gl6c.:.
~; CHICAGO GRAIN. MARKET :: -
/: CHICAGO Aug sl.-Liverpool before* the
opening here. showed declines in: Wheat OF
asd for September and I'd for; December. which
was sufficient to account for lower prices at
the start. More confidence was expressed by
the traders however. when they. observed how
little Wheat was for sals at the reduction and
how. much appeared to be wanted The North
western receipts: were sufficiently liberal to
keep bullshness from taking very firm hold
| of bearishness to be heard New York reported
early in the day. that: foreign demand here for
Wheat for shipment was more active than for
! some time previous: 1t was partly because OF
the improved export demand but perhaps more
+ on account of the early bullishness of Corn
! that: September and December Wheat at Chi
| cago quickly recovered the slight dip It made
at the opening. Cash Wheat was easy at about
:I,65lc- decline for the contract grade and lower
grades at about yesterdays prices to shade
higher. In. the last hour. the advancing ten
/ dency in :. Corn having been checked, Whoa,
/ turned weak and prices gradually worked
lower: September closed 1t@ssc. lower and De
.cember lost AQtsc. -
/. The growing conviction OF a prospective short
! crop being at. present clinched into an as
suraIice of poor yield by the continued high
! temperature strengthened Corn. Prominent
| bulls bought heavily and the efforts made by
| the shorts to cover were hardly less active
There was some recession from the top neal
the; closing. caused by realizing and liberal
estimates for: Tomorrow. September closed
:h9Ec higher than yesterday. 80
Oats acted independent of either Wheat OF
j Corn and prices ruled steady within narrow
i range. The most Of the trading done was
. changing from September to December. Sep
ternber closed unchanged to &c lower
Large receipts of hogs and lower prices. al
I the yards started provisions weak Yellow
| fever rumors brought about heavy selling OF
Pork and Lard, and prices declined sharply
| September Pork declined. 1ztfc,. Lard 121c and
/ Ribs 2t2c..
| The leading futures ranged as follows