The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGs-Calcutta Grain Bags for next season. nominal. at 47sq5c; Wool Bags. 26@2sc; San quentin Bags $4 s5; Fruit Bags Sc. 513c and SAC for the three grades of white and 7qSc for brown.
 GoAL-wenington. s per ton; New Yelling ton. SS; Southfeld Wellington, s7 50; Seattle, s6; Bryant, s6 Goes Bay. s5 Wallsend. s7 5O; Scotch. $s; Cumberland, $10 in bulk and s11 25 Camel. s10 per ton; Rock Springs and Castle Gate ,s7 60; Coke. SIP per ton In bulk and S14
 COFFEE-C E. Bickfords circular gives the receipts at this port thus far this year at i26- s62 bags, against 13O,3A bags during the same time last year The sales from first hands were loo, l24 bags. against 9S.061 The stock on hand october was 24.31s bags against 9. 1Os. The worlds visible supply october l 6905, ,240 bags. against 5973,215 last year. The circular
 ''The aggregate business of the past month has been quite satisfactory in view of the gen. eraily uninterestng state of this and all dis tributing markets. Price rather than quality Is governing coffee consumers nowadays. and, therefore, also those who supply their wants, and the market presents the anomalisttc fea- lures of an active demand. with some degree of hrmness for grades below 10c in value, while slow of movement So long as seryiceable qualities of sound whole bean coffee can be ob- tained at their present range of from Sc to 1Oc this condition will continue, and if must result In further contraction Of the premiums on style than intrinsic merit, until an adjustment of values Is reached that meets the consumer s pocket and the laws of supply and demand
 Crop prospects in Brazil. according to re cent estimates point to $500. 900 bags for the of 1S9S-99. Receipts thus far have been proportonately small, due. it Is said, to bad weather but sufficient to again increase the worlds visible supply by 504, 900 bags during September. The New York market rules steady at 614c for Rio No. ' and 71sa7Ac for Santos No. 4.
 ''To-day's local first hand stock consists of 4457 bags Costa Rica- 103 Nicaragua, 4sS0 Sal vador, II 120 Guatemala and 1896 Mexican; in all 22.466 bags. as against 7oo2 bags the same
 We quote: Costa Rica-15G17c for prime washed, 14415c for good washed, 15q1619c for good to prime washed peaberry, 1212q14c for good peaberry 116l311c for good to prime, l0q I1c for good current mixed with black beans S1401011c for fair, 51k@sc for common to ordi- nary. Salvador-nM1312c for good to prime washed s1hq11c for fair washed. 12q181ac for good to prime washed peaberry, S2sQ9e for su- perior unwashed, sac for good green unwashed, ioj1@l1c for good to prime unwashed peaberry. Nicarag agua-Sq9c for good to superior unwashed. lOl6011c for good to prime unwashed peaberry. Guatemala and Mexican-1411G17c for prime to fancy washed, 12G14c for good to strictly good washed enq11hc for fair washed 1Q9c for me- diun, 5d7c for inferior to ordinary. l2gl4c For good to prime washed peaberry, 101eqnc Tor good unwashed peaberry, Sqsc for good to su- perior unwashed
 sUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Com pany quotes. terms net cash: Cube Crushed and Fine Crushed 7hc; Powdered, 64sc; Candy Cranulated 61tc; Dry Granulated, Sc; Confec- tioners' A. 6c; California A, SAC; Magnolia A. 5ssc; Extra c, 51ac; Golden C. 5Sc: half-barrels Ac more than barrels. and boxes 1ac more. NO order taken for less than 7S barrels or It's equivalent.