The San Francisco call., 1898-05-04
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

against S27s the final price of yesterday.
 NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
 NEW YORK. May -FLoUR-Receipts. 13. 1s3; exports, q, 12s Opened weak dull trade, but later rallied with Wheat and closed firm.
 WHEAT-Receipts, POT, 200 bushels; exports. 15s,550; spot strong; No red, 91&c f. 0. b. afoat; August s09sc f. O. b. aioat. Options onened weak and declined under weak cables and continued bearish home news. An ex- cited rally took place in the afternoon, how had been removed May closed slkc net high CT: July %c and other months Sqhc lower; No. red. May. s1 1Sq1 24. closed s1 2s14; July. s1 00kG1 0S1f, closed. s1 o3%sc-
 HOPS-Quiet
 WOOI-Steady.
 PETROLEUM-Duli.
 METALS-To-day's metal market was an in different affair with bid prices throughout the session practically unchanged from the final figures of yesterday. At the close the Metal Exchange called:
 PIG IRON-Warrants unchanged at s6 10 bid
 LAKE CoPPER-Unchanged at SIP 15 bid and SIP 25 asked
 TIN-Dull. at s14 55 bid and s14 65 asked. SPELTER-Qu s4 05 bid, S4 10 asked
 LEAD-Dun 8 70 bid. 8 75 asked. The firm fixing the settling price for smelters and miners in the west quoted Lead at 8 5G The Metal Exchange will be closed tomorrow.
 COFFEE-Options closed steady. 5910 points net lower: sales lseoo bags including May: iSreiy steady; No invoice. 7c; No. job ping. TIC; mild, steady; Cordova, s1ha15c. ss test, iAc Rehned-Firm; mold A, 11-isc standard A, 5 5-l5c confectioners' A, 5-16c cut loaf, 15-1cc; crushed l5-ltc; powdered 11-16c; granulated, 7-l6c cubes. 11-16c.
 BUTTER--Receipts. 10.117 packages, steady; Western creamery, 14lkd17c; Elgins, 17c; fac EGGs~Receipts, 1sa7s packages. steady; Western. nhd11&c; Southern. 1oha1Ac.
 DRIED FRUIT
 NEW YORK, May 3-California dried fruits, EVAAPoRATEp APPLES Common. 5a7hc; prime, wire tray se wood dried prime 7hasc; choice; sc fancy; ,ngs, sashc'
 APR1coTs-Royal, 6hGsc; Moorpark, $40 PEAcHEs-Unpeeled. 5@sc; peeled. 1l@14c.
 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET CHICAGO, May a.--An opening decline of about 2d in the Liverpool market was fully sympathized with at the opening or the Chicago market July here started 1ss@17sc below yes terdays close, while May started Sc lower. Favorable crop news and the failure of frosts prediction helped the decline July opened at 52i1NesAc declined to e2Ac and for an hour held within Ac of the opening figures. Runors of the removal of the French Import buying attributed to Letter and Cudahy the market gathered strength. Near the close the import duty had been removed for the months. of May and June There was a | scramble for Wheat ana July sold up To y4a4c, closing Ac net higher at 945sc bid. May sold between sl F and s1 21ts, closing lc net higher at q zl
 Corn opened weak and Ac lower. due to large receipts, good weather and lower Lverpool was unchanged from yesterday.
 Oats opened weak. The upturn in Wheat checked the decline. but left loss of lc in May. July closed unchanged. Provisions started weak, but reacted and closed strong support from packers espe- cially in lard. July lard closed 10c net higher. July pork 20c higher and ribs 21xc higher. 1 The leading futures ranged follows: