The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-22
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. March H.-FLOUR-Receipts
%, 40 barrels; exports. ass barrels; steady and
moderately active until influenced by the late
decline in wheat.
WHEAT-Receipts, AS bushels. Spot
steady; No. 2 red, S07kc, f. o. b. afloat to ar
rive. Options opened firm on good foreign buy
Ing of May and July. In addition Western
more active and cables reported too much cold
weather in Germany The result was continued
local strength most Of the day with a setback
under realizing but final rally on coverings.
vance: March. s0!s9SO+sc; closed , S93sc; May
T3a173&4c, closed 1850; July, 70 1-16472 u-l6c
closed 727sc; September, 7O1A@7O5sc closed 7o44c.
HOPS-Quiet.
HIDESFirm.
WOOL-Quiet
METALS-The only feature Of importance IN
to-day's metal market was further sunening
of iron. due to continued urgent demand and a
more arbitrary bearing of producers. The other
departments were destitute of price variation
the close the Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRoN,-Warrants firm at $40 50 bid and
TIN-Unchanged, at s23 rs.
LEAD-Quiet, with 81 40 bid and 81 As asked.
sPELTER-Ffrm. with Sc So bid and Sc 40
The brokers' price for lead is 81 20 and for
c0FFEE-Options closed steady. unchanged.
to points higher. Sales, lo,250 bags, includ-
ing: April. s.: May, 50 TO- June; IS Is; SOFTEN
ruary IS go Spot coffee-Rio. dull and easier;
No. invoice. 1-16c; No. Z 5obbing, s-16c,
SUGAR-Raw steady but quiet; fair refn-
ing, 3Ac; centrifugal, So test, ARC; molasses
sugar. 3&c. Refined steady.
BUTTER-Receipts, H. 400 PACKAGES steady;
Western creamery. 1619@22c; Elgins, 22c; fac
EGGS Receipts, 2555 packages; firm; West
ern, 1910; Southern. 12h613c.
DRIED FRUITS.
NEW YORK. March 21.-Calitornia dried
fruits: Evaporated apples, firm; other fruits
EVAPoRATED APPLEs-Common. 7a84c;
GLc- abo{Ca H.. faoo
PRUNEs- 4AqsHc
APRICOTs-Royal. 1S914c; Moorpark. 1910
PEACHES Unpeeled, s@11o; peeled. 25@2Sc.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO March 2l-The fear of crop dam
age in Europe and indications of a late spring
caused better feeling in the wheat market
from the commencement. May opened n shade
higher at 67%G6Sc, and domestic bad cror
claims were as numerous as ever the price
gradually rose to 685sc. Bradstreet's report
of the world visible made an increase OF
SIS, 900 bushels, compared with 1851. 600 bush
els decrease a year ago. The market weak
ened on that information and May wheat
which previous to the announcement had beer
bringing 6S3sd6Shc, dropped at to 6S}sG
! 6SAc. 1t was steadied again, however in q
few minutes by report of New York of q
boatloads being taken for export. The bears
made a savage drive about half an hour from
| the close and depressed the market for a min
ute or two to about the lowest figure made
at the opening. but the closing price for May
was 6sAc.
Diminishing receipts and bad weather fol
! hauling the grain to market strengthened
| corn Another helping factor was a goot
/ cash demand for immediate shipment to the
seaboard. May closed at H@}sc advance.
/ There was only scattered trade in oats and
/ the market was influenced almost entirely by
wheat and corn. May closed Nc higher.
Firnness of corn had stimulating influence
on provisions but the receipts of hogs were
! still too heavy for any confident buying
! Changing of May contracts into later deltv-
! cries was the chief feature of the speculative
! business May pork PIC and lard anc
| ribs closed unchanged.
The leading futnres ranged as follows: