The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-05-15
LOCAL MARKETS

Wheat Continues 60 etrergthea Under
an Active Demand from Mills In
Interior of the State.
EGGS were q very firm feature az
the produce market yesterday, and, as
was foreshadoved In the last report,
prices Of fancy ranch advanced sharp
~. Continued heavy speculative buy
ing in the producing districts IL given
as the direct oasse OF the advance. but
the tardy delivery Of returned ship
ping reoeptacles By tho express COM
pany Is Ia q measure responsible for
martret. Batter rules drm under q
fair shipping demand, while choose 10
Inclined TO easinessl
The wheat max1rs< continued to
strengthen under "A ACTIVE demand
from the country mills, and some han
dlers report occasional sales OF choice
stock AZ slight advance over the
outside quotations. Northern Blue
stem Is selling TO arrive at al advance
OF u per ton. Oaez. too. are strong.
with supplies limited. and the Govern
liberal quantities destroyed by the re-
cent fire In Seattle. Barley and feed
stuffs are decidedly weak, as nearly an
Of the mills operating within the State
are busy grinding -four and are un-
loading their holdings Of other min
goods at easy rates.
There is continued zil-around nrm-
ness IN beans. Orders are coming to
hand freely from various points out
varieties IN the unburned warehouses
are said to be rapidly decreasing
Large white continue relatively nrmer
than the other descriptions, and are
expected to advance soon IN sympathy
with the Eastern markets.
Trade In fresh fruits wes Of good
proportions and prices showed but
slight variation from Saturdays clos
ing quotations. the only noteworthy
change being asdecifne IN strawberries
the receipts Of which were about 500
chests, the heaviest thus far this sea
son. Gooseberries were very slow Of
sale at 25c to $50 per drawer, and cur
rants sold In peddling way az 800 TO
81 per drawer. A crate Of apricots,
the first for the season Appeared from
the Coachella Valley, but arrived too
late to be sold.
In the vegetable market asparagus
was IN short supply and firm at sharp
" advanced rates. The Gamers ara
paying stiff prices In the growing dis
trtcts, thus checking the movement IN
giutted with peas, and there were no
established prices for the general run
Of supplies. A considerable quantity
was given away ON Saturday afternoon
The other vegetables were generally
dull and unchanged.
Supplies Of poultry consisted almost
entirely Of carried-ovef stock, and as
there was very little demand prices
were nominally unchanged.
freely, and all three are lower. Veal
is still In comparatively light supply
and steady at the old quotations
The steamer Manchuria. which ar
rived from the Orient yesterday,
brought a shipment Of 542s bales Of
jute from Hongkong. the first con-
signment received since the FIRE.
The circular OF Scott & Magner says
Of hay;
eve can report arrivals Of hay at
San Francisco during last week OF
200 tons Last Monday was the first
day since the fire that the railroads
brought any hay to San Francisco.
They have continued since then bring
Ing in little each day, and are using
their best efforts TO get things regu-
lated so as TO raise the blockade of
freight, which then will permit local
traffic to be handled again IN a nor
NAL way. Practically all OF our ar
rivals. therefore, have come In by
water, and have consisted In the main
Of the medium anG poorer varieties.
Prices have been wholly nominal. as
no definite established basis could be
'effected during the two weeks imme-
diastely following the IRE. When con-
dftions change TO such an extent that
trading can be done in the normal
way values win be better determined.
The San Francisco Hay Association
has tust completed It's semi-annual ac-
count Of hay In store tributary TO this
market. showing on May 1, 1906, "a. 500
tons. which Is a much smaller amount
than on the same date last year. II
Is generally expected that the entire
amount OF the old crop will have gone
into consumption by the time that the
new crop Is cured and ready to mar
ket- While trade IN nearly every line
was entirely upset for the time being
by the great calamity. yet we contin-
ued TO distribute hay with but q days
interruption, as the horses had to be
fed. 1t was fortunate that the hay
wharf and also the railroad yards, as
well as the larger hay warehouses.
were not Destroyed
Market Quotations.
0RAIN-Per ctl. Wheat. California
Club. s1.ao@i.s5; California White
Australian, s1-s7 1-2014o; lower grades
of California, s1.o56L25; Northern Club,
s1.30; Northern Bluestem, s135@1.40;
Northern Red. sL27h @1.s0; Barley,
$115@1.so for common and s12001.25
for choice feed; Oats. Red. $1.3o01.40
for poor TO fair, a1<b0i-B5 for good and
sLeo@I7o for choice; White. s1-s5@1. 70;
Black. nominal; Corn, s155Q1.so for
yellow and white and s1-a2 LIZ for
mixed; large yellow, s1s501lo
HAY-F. o. b. wharf or car. s1s0ts
per ton for choice, ,1b916 tor medium
and s1oG14 for inferior grades.
FEEDSTUFFe-Per ton, Bran, e7eD
s1i Middlinss. $4,000, Shorts. as1@25;
Rolled Barley. t26
BDANs-Psr cti. Bayes, s3.s5@s.75:
Pea, sa.75@4; small White. $s.5o@s. rs;
large White, s2.40@2.7o: Pink. s2.o5G
AIS, Red. "a; Lama, s4.eo@L75; Red
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