The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05

NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.


NEW YORK. Jan. 4-FLoUR-Receipts.
1854 barrels; exports. sc. COS barrels Again
quiet. but reflected moderately the strength
IN Wheat.
WHEAT-Receipts, 374 625 bushels; exports
1885 bushels. Spot strong; No red SO5sc
+. o. b. afoat to arrive. Options have been
strong all day. Opening firm on cold weather
they responded little to bearish cables and
then hardened on the big clearances which for
the week fully half a million bushels Of
Wheat and Flour ahead of last week. Demand
kept up all the afternoon and final ouotations
were 9sQ7sc net higher. Foreign houses sold
Wheat and otherwise opposed the advance dur
ing the day. March, q 15-16Q7S7sc. closed
HoPs-steady.
WOOL-Steady.
tional changes. the Metal market retained all
its firm features to-day, with a good business
points and a readjustment was made in Spell
ter, but aside from this no important changes
the West and from London about met expecta-
tons. Some parties were claiming a reaction
must be looked for, but the indications We're
that the present boom still on. At the
close the Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRON-Warrants quiet but firm. at 81 rs
LAKE CoPPER-Firm, at s13 Is bid and
s13 80 asked
TIN-Firm; SO 20 bid and $40 asked
LEAD-Steady: s. 80 bid and 50 80 asked. Lead
was quoted at So 20 and Copper at $12 rs by the
firm naming the settling price for leading
miners and smeters in the West
SPELTER-Fi IS 10 bid and IS Is asked
COFFEE-Options closed steady. unchanged
to five points lower Sales, 24.500 bags, includ-
ing: January. s. IS; February. s. As March.
vember, s. So; December, S. 05. Spot Coffee
Rio weak and lower; No. invoice, 619c; No.
sUGAR-Raw irregular; fair refining 1850:
centrifugal. &c test. 5-16c; molasses sugar,
9-16c. Refined-Unsettled.
BUTTER-Receipts. 600 packages. Firm.
Western creamery, 15Q21c; Elgins. 21c; fac
i EGGs@Receipts. $500 packages. Strong and
steady. Western, 27G2Sc.
DRIED FRUITS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-California Dried
EVAPORATED APPLES - Common. TIC
prime wire tray. SIC; choice 9Q9Ac; fancy, 1oc.
APRiCOTs&1i9i4c Moorpark, 1s@17c.
PEACHEs-Unpeeled, 9Q1l1Ac; peeled, 2qi5c.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO. jan 4-The Liverpool wheat mar
ket was the chief influence here at the start.
Gables Id lower for futures. Such APP
parent eagerness abroad to emphasize the weak
ness in this market caused the selling out of
a heavy line of long wheat here. May opened
a fraction lower with sellers at from 70%c
down to 70I5c So much for sale that the
price was forced down to 7O5zc before intend
ing buyers could shout bids. The Atlantic
port clearances, however, began to have
bullsh effect when Philadelphia reported $780,,
port. When other seaboard cities swelled the
total exports for twenty-four hours to over
LOO, 900 bushels the feeling of spectators
found expression in quick advance to 711sc.
Reports of cold wave from the north, which
II was claimed would cause severe damage to
the winter wheat, had a strengthening influ-
ence. The market then became very bullish.
Shorts covered freely and there were heavy
buying accounts, which resulted in advancing
May to 71%c. That was above call price and
realizing on privileges caused a slight reac-
tion the end, May closing at 711s91tsc.
Wet weather, which considered likely to
curtail receipts, strengthened corn. There was
also a good export demand. May closed &c
higher.
Oats ruled active and higher. The advance
was due to good cash demand moderate re-
ceipts unfavorable weather and the advance
In other grains. May closed nc higher.
disappointingly heavy increase in the
stocks of hog products for December depressed
provisions early. At the resulting decline
however, commission houses had numerous
buying orders and packers who free sell
turned buyers, the consequence being
recovery of practically all the decline. May
pork lost PIC, May lard advanced PIC and
May ribs unchanged.
The leading futures ranged follows.