The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, March 2s.-FLOUR-Receipts
"a 900 barrels; exports, 6142 barrels. Market
neglected and weaker.
WHEAT-Receipts, 1850 bushels; exports
81 s73 bushels Spot weak. No. red, sl%4c
T. o. b. afoat to arrive. Options opened weak
and were Influenced all day by local liquida-
ton heavy outside selling, - ish cables and
foreign selling Furthermore home crop news
was less bulIish owing 10 SHOWS over the
wheat belt There were rev rallies and the
market closed 1A912sc net decline. March.
S2Qs21zc. closed 82lsc; May. 757sg76 u-19c,
September, 729sq734sc. closed 72Ssc.
HOP%Steady
HIDES-Steady.
WOOI--DuIl.
METALS, Copper and tin made g.. sharp 1. up
turn in to-day's market, lead developed weak
ness and iron was noninaIly lower. Business
in tin and copper was brisk, but in the other
fiepartments hung fire to a certain degree.
49, 3D. 20 LIee and strong news from
the West were chiefly responsible for the sud
den activity OF consumers in the department
the close the Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRON-Warrants, nominal. with $40 50
LAKE COPPER-strong and higher with
81 30 bid and 81 e asked.
TIN-Firm and higher, with s24 bid and S24 Is
ae TEAD-weak. with "a 823s bid and 81 871b
asked. The brokers price for lead is 81 20
and for copper ST. 75QlS
Observation-Disclosures with IS 80 bid and
e 0FFEE-Options closed quiet at net IN
changed prices. Sales. 1900 bags, including:
May, s. G5; October, s. 49, November, IS 45;
December, 50 60 Spot coffee-Rio dull. No
invoice. 6 11-16c; No jobbing, s-16c Mild,
quiet Cordova. sq14c.
SUGAR-Raw, steady. Fair refining. SIC;
centrifugal 96 test, 4szc; molasses sugar, SIC.
Refined, inactive. but steady
BUTTER-Recepts. 1o.529 packages. Steady.
Western creamery, 17Q22c; Elgtns, &c; fac
'O EaGGsSReceipts, 221ss packages. Steady.
Southern, 13Q1319c
DRIED FRUITS.
NEW YORK. March 28.-California dried
E Eva APPLEs-Common, 7a8ho;
prime wire tray, S5s9S7sc; choice, 9Q94c; fan
cy. 94d10c.
APRTCoTs- Royal 13@14c; Moorpark. 1870
PEACHES Unpeeled, s@11c; peeled, 25@2Sc.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
CHICAGO. March 2S-Mnder weather and a
heavy fall of snow over large section Of the
winter wheat country gave wheat weak start.
Liverpool sent lower quotations to begin with
and still lower at later stage. New York
wired that foreigners were selling freely at the
seaboard The Southwest, which has of late
been the best buyer, turned seller Local
shorts had covered so freely recently that the
market got little support from that interest.
and with so much in the situation that was
against the price liquidation gradually carried
the price down. There a marked falling
of in crop damage complaints 1t was not
claimed that the winter crop damage, which re-
Gently has narrowed up the feelings of
! spectators has been repaired. Nevertheless
/ the action of the market suggested an i'm
! preston that some such idea prevailed in the
! pit Atlantic port clearances of wheat and
/ -four 154, 900 bushels. An Improvement OF
! 1d21z centinnes at Antwerp and report Of the
/ Orange Judd Farmer making the average con-
dition of winter wheat S2.l, against $50 last
year were the incentives that arrested the
! decline. Bradstreet's statement of 7S9. 00l
bushels decreased worlds visible supply had
a slightly bullish effect, but the bulls were not
aggressive, while the bears were inclined to
/ press the advantage already gained, that
! no permanent material improvement was eff
! fected. May wheat opened 11p&c lower at
from 71%c down TO 7117c, sold sparingly at
| 7I7sc and from that gradually down to 707sc,
and in the final struggle TO 70Ac. 1t closed
with buyers at 70bc.
/ Corn heavy quite moderate amount
! of speculative trade. The weakness of wheat
was the chief influence and lower quotations
/ from Liverpool likewise helped. May corn
! closed sc lower.
Oats were weak and lower, due to the lib
eral selling by longs and the easness of wheat
! and corn. May oats lost i9q2sc.
Selling by packing concerns, which have re
/ recently been the best buyers, weakened pro-
visions The weakness OF grains and lack
! OF speculation assisted in the decline. May
/ pork lost 15c, lard 10c and ribs TIC.
/ The leading futures ranged follows: