The San Francisco call., 1899-03-25

NEW YORK. March A.-FLOUR-Receipts,
g. sos barrels exports "a, LIS; stronger with
wheat and held higher, but lacked demand.
WHEAT - Receipts. 1900; exports. 1891
Spot. strong; No. red, s211c- (. o. b. afloat.
Options opened weak, owing to heavy foreign
and local short sales. but turned strong in the
saaboard and bullish Russian reports of famine
caused active covering and a strong close at
l]sc net advance. Gables were steady and crop
news bad but neglected. March s0+sqS2 3-l6c.
closed 82IIc; April 7411a76a.c, closed 764c; May,
1874 as 5-I6c closed 7514c; July, 721744c, closed
744c; September, 7O14 @721sc, closed 7212c.
HIDES-Firm.
WoOI-DuiI. Fleeces, 16921c; Texas. 12914c.
tain amount Of weakness. Spelter eased off a
shade, while tin exhibited a greater degree of
best was rather conservative. The foreign
news at hand was badly mixed and largely re-
sponsible for the above changes. At the close
the Metal Exchange called:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. dull and nominal. at
$40 80 bid and 81 asked.
LAKE COPPER-Easier. with S16 IS bid and
TiN1steady, with s28 10 bid and s23 so asked.
LEAD-Easy, with "a 80 bid and 81 42le asked.
SPELTER-Unchanged, with 50 30 bid and
The brokers' price for lead is "a 20 and for
coFFEE-options closed steady, net un-
81 shsnFsd an May sas s. g. ga s. s.
October. IS As; November. IS 90; December.
Spot Coffee-Rio dull and featureless. No. I
invoice, 6 11-1sc; No. jobbing. 5-16c. Mild,
quiet Cordova. SqAc:
ing. 37sc: centrifugal, 9s test 4asc; molasses
sugar, 3atc. Refined quiet and steady.
western creamery. f7g22c; Elglns. 22o; factory.
EGGSReceipts. 11.41s packages; steady. at
decline. Western. 13G14c; Southern. 1212ql3c.
DRIED FRUITS.
NEW YORK. March 24-California dried
fruits. firm. Apples steady, and other fruits
ETAP0RATED APPLES Common, 7aSHc;
prime wire tray, s5sqS7tc choice, 9a9Ac; fancy,
'PfRUNEs-3Hashc
APRICoTs- Royal. 1aa14c; Moorpark, 1870
PEACHES -Unpeeled. sale; peeled. 25a2sc.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO, March 24.-There was an easy
feeling in the start OF the market and May
opened 14Gfsc lower at 6914d691ac and slid off TO
6Shc during the first hours trading. There
were no fresh reasons for weakness at the
time of opening but bulls were disheartened
at the apathy of traders in general and the
Indifference with which reports of heavy dam
considered the holding of wheat under such
circumstances like loves labor lost and let
some drop into the maws of the bears VINO VINO
were short and were looking on the decline
with which the market started as the proper
time TO feed. The reports of winter killed
wheat from the country were numerous ana
fully corroborated previous advtces OF SINH
lar character. The action of the market; how,
ever, during the early trading cleary lnulcated
a well based belief that wheat was not nearly
so seriously damaged as had been claimed.
Indications were that the worlds shipments
to Europe would be about $500 900 bushels for
the week. st. Louis bought wheat freely on
the break and orders from the outside gener-
ally were to buy. During the last half of the
session reports from Kentucky said that the
wheat fields were being plowed up and general
COMPLAINTS from the Southwest were OF almost
sensational character. claiming that damage
previously uninspected had revealed itself.
fThis sort of news started local shorts scram-
bling to cover. Offerings found to be
very scarce, however, and after a vigorous
closed at 703sc.
Corn followed wheat. rallying sharply at the
close The shorts and elevator people were
buyers on the way up. May closed 14c higher.
oats rallied with the other grains, closing
firm at the high point. Ac higher.
A good cash demand for meats and buying OF
! lard and ribs by packing concerns strength
eued provisions May pork closed TIC higher.
Lard and ribs closed unchanged
The leading futures ranged as follows: