The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

Futures here declined 10 to 90 points. closing barely
l. pig. to y pfg, Rio as barely steady At UNCHANGED
exchange I'd a decline Of s'ssi. santos was quiet
At 30 refs decline; receipts, 80; 1000; stock. $4,000.
eral receipts caused the decline here to-day. The war;.
house deliveries continue liberal, but they had no
M~KrAIs-Iron was quiet at 5000 90, rs for spot and
and January. iPo.sssIic !" The Exports y FOR Becem SpG.
according TO Metal Exchange returns, were lo.9oo
ss7 tons last year. Lead was quiet at s.oS fssss' NC.
for spot and January Tin Was quiet hut steady.
changed. Spot and January 8. 9OS4c.
s sstss'A''' '0""0" to good strained F0''n' ''''0
PErnolEvM-crud certificates were u~nquoted hero
and in OIL City. Refined was unchanged.
pRovisIoNs.Lsrd was nrm but quiet Prime. %;
Tsfi was, dull ha, ste"dy; Mess. IS sS%ssHsso cut
]ssaSoac. Taltow. sssSac. ~RntterEcroaEery VEST:
ssn s1' iss &c. ss.:; s s,rsss' f ;Ssx iG sis seG Sr.,:, so % iSs.;
thIrds to seconds, l5Ge isc. Cheese-state, full cream,
7iaSsc.; common, 7ia%sc.; mail colorsd and White
fancy. 0994c.; choice. Staasa,c.; common TO good.
cr reSS'f fancy ass'a 2ssast",; western fresh ssthered.
tirsts, 22Se9c.: fair TO good. eo@esc. Chicago,
the hog market and in sympathy with grain. closing
steady st ! at a, a moderate m m. rsaS sdO. from ,. inside o prices sat There
realizing and also moderate offerings from packers
Of OF H ane Mess. s 9d llseT In s aoF r ssta Mer the eb se%G ~ esr
pected. The worlds stock OF lard incrt aSed 10000
tos. during December. but chow n reduction OF 1884,
600 ties. for the past year. show ng that the copsump-
ton il overtaking the production. as packing returns
for the same period were the largest on record.
Forty-four thousand hogs are estimated for to-Inor.
row.
suGAR-Raw was nrm; So test. Sh63ac.; 9s' test.
4~isst4c. Sales l0,00C bags centrifugals p6' test on
private terms. Refined was quiet.
ToBAcco-The semi.weekly sales wers 100 cases
1895 Pennsylvania Havana at &c.; so cases 1895
at 70c.Sel.l0 In bond. and SO bales Sumatra at
91Ge1.i0 in bond.
WooL.-Considerable activity is evInced in Terri.
tories; some large transactions have been reported
and the resultant strengthening of prices Is beginning
TO materialiEe. The following are current quotations
based OH Wool Exchange Official classifcations:
TeSas-Flne. 12 months, l7&lSc.; fine MEDIUM. 12
months. lsGe l0c.; medium. ~ mon his, Q S20c.; fine
and fine medium spring. 9 to 4 months. 100 &c;
medium spr ne. o to 4 months, 16GlSc.; fine and
nnc medium fall, 100 l0c.; medium fall. l4GSl6c.
Kansas and Nebraska-Fine choice. 14Gl5c.; hno
medium choice. 15@lTc.; medium choice, l7@lsc.;
quarter. 11c; fine average. 12pl3c.; nne medium
average. 13G1Ic.; M diun average. i5al6c.; quar-
ter average. l4Sl6". Dakota-F ne choice. l5@ i8c.:
fine medium choice. 17@lsc.; medium choice. la@
dun average. 100 l6c.; medium average. l8@17c.;
free. l10lsc.; Middle county spring. l4el5c.;
Southern spring. 12a1il8c. bury and defective.
as Zoe: Northern fall free. 1850 &C.; Southern fall,
100 lee: fall defective. 7@8c. Disqualification
chO.cc, l5c.; Eastern average. l2613c.; Eastern
heavy, l0sl1c.; valley No. I. 1s@ 20c. valley No. 2.
20@22c.; valley No. 3. 10G2lc.: valley lambs. II
&1Dc.