The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-17
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-FLOUR-Receipts,
"a. S24 exports, 457o barrels. Moderately active
and steady.
WHEAT-Receipts. $500; exports. 2OS. 615.
Spot. steady. No red, sO9scQSo7s f. O. b.
afloat TO arrive. Options opened frmer on
cables and small Russian shipments. The dull
trade, however, prompted realizing and a sub
sequent decline took place, with the visible
supply increase, small clenranc-s and light eX-
port trade additional points of weakness. Near
the close prices rallied covering and left
off firm at ssq12c net advance. No. rcd
March. 7Sa.d7sc, closed, 7s3sc; May, 75AQ755s.
HOFS-Quiet.
HIDES-Fir1n.
WOOL-Steady.
METALS-The week opens with the metal
market showing great strength in nearly all
departments. The feature OF to-days market
was further rise from 10 to % points in
copper, due TO bullish reports from the West
and abroad and withdrawal of sellers. Lead,
spelter and iron followed the Improvement on
a smaller scale. Tin firm but without
change. Many rumors were in circulation as
this metal having shown remarkable and even
sensational turns last week.
AT the close the Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRON-Warrants firm S. % nominal.
LAKE COPPEk-Strong and higher, with
S14 bid and $l4 50 asked.
TIN-Firm, with S2l 10 bid and S22 asked.
LEAD-strong. with 81 10 bid and 81 171h
asked.
sPELTER-Firm. with IS so bid and 81 17Ba
The brokers price on lead to-day was So s234
and copper 1fLc.
COFFEE-Options closed barely steady. un-
changed TO . points lower. Sales, 1O.25O bags,
including: March, IS 65 April, IS 70; May,
8 cI5beq July So ATsH55 $ 81 September IS So
SPOT COFFEE-Rio. dull and barely steady.
No. invoice, 65sc; No. jobbtng, 71sc. Mild,
SUGAR-Raw Irregular and unsettled. Fair
refining. 3 lS-l6c; centrifugal. SO test, 4Ac;
BUTTER-Receipts, 7S4O packages; firm.
Western creamery, 15Qlsci Elgins, 20c; factory,
12q14c.
EGGs-Receipts, 4s47 packages; firm. West
ern, 2lc; Southern 20j2G21c.
DRIED FRUITS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-California dried fruits
steadier all around with a better demand.
EVAPORATED APPLES-Common. 7@Sc;
prime wire tray, SAC; choice. sQs3ac; fancy, loo.
APRICoTs- Royal, l1a14e; Moorpark. 18a1sc
PEACHES-Unpeeled sa1lc; peeled. 2lQ28c.
CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, Jan. ia heavy shrinkage in
the output from Russian and Danubian ports
for last week started wheat strong. May
opened 14q7sc higher. at 12sd7lIsc, and met
with such heavy covering by shorts. together
with buying for the long account, that in a
few minutes the price reached 71Ssc. The next
! matter to receive attention was the prospect
/ of increase in the visible. indications of
which began to appear as the result of stock
( taking at the various centers was made known.
/ II looked at one time as if the increase would
amount TO Loo, 900 bushels, and on that prob
ability May and July sold down 705sc AS
! the increase proved to be but 377, 900 bushels.
a shade of confidence again, commenced to
diffuse itself throughout the pit. and May was
/ bid up TO u3sq1izc.
The bears forced May to tic. sellers on
! large receipts
/ The cash demand here was slow, and the
Atlantic port clearances of wheat and -four
4 were placed at ATS 900 bushels Liverpool and
/ the continental markets closed strong in the
/ face Of an increase in the English visible sup
ply of !. SCI, 600 bushels. Toward the end, how
! ever, longs bid May UP to 1Aa1}sc, and it
remained at that figure until the close
The strength in wheat and receipts away
! below estimates started corn firm. The adj
vance however. met with heavy selling by a
/ prominent shipping concern, and the market
! ally developed a steady feeling, and in the
! last fifteen minutes the market became very
! strong and touched the highest price made
near the start. May closed at 1sdzc higher
Oats started firm. with the other grains.
| Prices eased off for q while heavy trad
/ ing, but when the offerings were finally alb
/ sorbed the market turned strong and closed
near the top for the day May closed I'M
/ changed.
! Provisions opened strong, but there was con-
/ siderably more for sale than appeared to be
wanted for a while, and prices declined to a
/ trife below Saturdays level Near the end
of the session the publication of last week
| shipments of meats so heavy as to in
/ duce enough buying to cause a rally all
around. May pork and ribs gained PIC each
| and lard sc.
The leading futures ranged as follows: