The San Francisco call., 1898-02-03
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Feb. 2-FLOUR-Receipts 1s, ,161 barrels: exports, 7276 barrels. Quiet and considerably weaker in undertone.
 WHEAT-Receipts, 9250 bushels. Spot weak; No red, s1 037s. Options ruled firm all the forenoon on foreign buying and better cables than expected Later, however there was a bad break led by February, which was in- iuenced by deliveries contracts and a re- duction of cash premiums. closing 1@c net lower against %6Xc decline In other posi- tions. Export trade was fair: No. ? red Feb ruary. sl 0l1sQ1 Osi1 closed s1 011a; May, s6A o 97 7-16c, closed e6%c.
 HOPS+Steady State common to choice. 1895 crop. 4q6e; 1896 crop. 7G9c; 1897 crop. 1791yc: Pacific Coast, 1895 crop, 446c: 1896 crop, S11Oc; 1897 crop, 17Q1sc.
 PETROLEUM-Dull.
 METALS-There is no improvement in the market for Metals. If anything the turn mat be in the other direction except possibly s0f Lead, 1 which h is just nov at least holding its the closing follows
 PIGIRON-warrants dull; ss 45 bid and s ss asked.
 TIN-Easier; sl3 75 bid and SIS s5 asked
 SPELTER-Quiet; 8 90 bid and s4 asked. miners and smeters calls Lead 8 45 Copper per COFFEE-options opened steady at points advance. ruled decidedly active and closed points. Sales, 15.75O bags, including March , 65c. Spot-Steady: Rio, steady; No. invoice 65z asssc; No: jobbing.. sasas7sc; mild, steady; sTGAR-Raw. steady: fair refining s-16c; centIrIifngal, II gs test. 1-iSe; e refined steady Western creamery, 1f1&d2oc; Elgins, 20c; fac EGGs-Receipts, $500 packages Primer: State and Pennsylvania, 20c; Western, 1sc
 DRIED FRUIT.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2-California Dried F'ruits-Apples firm; other Fruits quiet and steady
 PERFORATED APPLEs-C Common 5@7&.c prime wire tray. SAC; wood dried prime. s1ac; choice. S&e; fancy. sQs14c
 PRICoTs-Royal, 51zd7sc; Moorpark 90 PEACHES -Unpeeled, 791oc; peeled, 12G2oc
 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
 CHICAGO. Feb. 2-Traders In wheat were somewhat puzzled at the start by the action of Liverpool. That market in spite of yesterday 8 advance here, opened slightly lower, and a weak feeling the curb noticeable in consequence. Later news coming before the opening hour showed the decline recovered and some advance besides Runors were also cur rent of a sale of big block of Letter wheat and seaboard messages told of good cable ac ceptances of wheat offered to the other side May started at from e5%c to s6c. A few min utes after the opening eeKc offered for May The price fell to s534c That price ruled for some time The publication of Thoman's s crop report, giving so-5 as the average condi- ton of the crop at present. indicating a total of 400. 000, GOO bushels though quite generally ridiculed at first, had considerable effect as the morning The market grew quite weak during the afternoon. Prices had in the meantime rallied the receipt of strong clos ing continental cables. May getting up to s6c again. but New York selling broke the mar ket. May was carried down to s51sc. closing at a5A 6e5asc.
 Corn was slow and barely steady. May closed a shade lower.
 Oats were dull. May closed unchanged.
 Provisions the strongest market on the floor and fairly active trade was done. Short covering and good buying by packers caused general rise from the start May pork closed rihs 15c higher
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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