The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1899, Page 10

<= NEWL SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. iay a holida; local demand. at unsettled, owing to indications of war. Corn and Rve dull. in good demand and firm. A few minor changes in Hay. Straw higher. continue dull. inancial quotations unaltered. Increasing firmness in Hams, Bacon and Lard. Other Meats unchanged. ps and Hides show no new features. Coffec in act d Lamb lower. Game in light receipt, with good prices. Wine Grapes offering here at $20 per ton. Limes scarce and higher. s and Phuns getting scarcer. in Dried Fruits and Nuts. er and Eggs continue to shade off. Cheese topheav) show the wsual gain. dull and lo Nothing n v Bank ( orthwestern Island & Pac Chicago Rocl > C & St Louis.. Colorado Southern 2d Delaware & - Delaware Lack & Wester: Rio Grande.... Denver & Rio T Great Northern pr Hocking Coal Hocking Valley Kansas City Grie & Western 3 & Western prefd... lle & Nashville.... Manhattan Elevated Metropolitan of the Mint. Street Railw Minneapolis & St Loui: Minneapolis & S: Missouri Pacific Missourl Kansas & Texa: Missouri Kansas & Texa: Northern Pacific prefd Ontario & W vigation.... Oregon Railw > Grande Western .. Western pref or Refort. an Fran Ist prefd. t Louls Southwestern prefd uthern Pacific uthern Railway uthern Railway Texas & Pacific Maximum temperature, Tnion Pacific prefd GENERAL Wahash prefd Wisconsin Central companies— United_States Miscellaneous— tton Oil prefd. Maiting prefd Smelting & Refining Smelting & Refin pr Spirits prefd ... winds on the teel Hoop profd.. Fair Saturday; light : Steel & Wire prefd Tin Plate pref central and eastern Tobaceo prefd ... Fair Satur- Rapld Transit. Colorado Fuel & Tron Continental Continental Federal Steel ....... Federal Steel prefd. General Electric . Glucose Sugar . Glucose Sugar prefd International Paper International Paper prefd.... ALEXANDE! srecast Official. Tobacco prefd.. EASTERN MARKETS. Jew York Stock Market. Considerable stock was lay as a result of the | ational Biscuft prefd ........ National Lead National Lead prefd NEW YORK ational Steel prefd York Air Brake fon of the local money of uneasiness fferings very well, and so notably Kansas and sressed S and Western pre- Eteaanagstee) Pullman_ Palace Car . Standard Rope & Tw nort was for Sugar pref. Tennessee Coal & Tron ...... United States Leather .. Tnited States Leather prefd United States Rubber .. United States Rubber prefd... Western Union Republic Steel ... 4,064 Republic Steel prefd . praterred and red their losses, Nortolk pre- there was a a n there was wed weakness on the circulation of alarm- 1 level of prices +d of the better feel- shares sold. sver 1wo points ar and Brook- 130 (N Car 6s. L130%| Do 4s.. L111% N Pac 1s new 4s coup. ubsequent wi being material- QN Y C & St L 4s. N & W con 45 Ala class A ed a loss of tement of a de- ljed afterward. spression were Tobaceo stocks, Atch gen 4s. 1021%/0r Short Line 65 Can So 2ds.........10 |Reading gen 4s.... §7% Ches & Ohlo 4ige. US%IStL &I M StL &S F G 6 St Paul con: 8% St P C & P Leather prefarr Chi & N con Ts. Hocking Val- Rio Grande and Chi Term 4s D & R G lsts. “the money ‘market e held at & ETV&GIists Erie gen 4s. F W& D C 1sts. Tenn new set 3s Tex & Pac lst had been met and was with- = in the sur- |0 Pacific 45 | Wabash 1sts |West Shore Wis Central 1sts.. ‘a Centuries. | Do aeferred 12 &S 4s..... out significanc A 6s.....108 plus reserves in to-morrow's bank state movements of cur- ate a net loss to the in : by express ind fowa Cent 1 P & G lsts... 72 has gained from the banks, in- deposits’ for the sub-treasu La new con 4s L & N unf 4s MK & T 24 arent against this 1os Sterling exc of upward of 3 NG R TOCRS. . 170|Plymouth . 70 Quicksilver ... Do preferred. 3)/Sierra Nevada.. .65 00 Standard 51 Union Con. 47 Yellow Jacket... BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS, Con Cal & Va. fmness of sterling exchange is attributed to a bills to cover &hort kales nd for bankers' against cotton bills he bond marke Sould & Curry..... Hale & Norcross. " a yielding tendency transactions. fron Silver... s unchanged in bid quota- YORK STOCK Do prefd... Time loans.. Westinghs Elec. Atch T & St F. . 8412 Atchison 4s.. Mining Shares— Baltimore & Ohio. cific ox V.. nadian Southern ... Central Pacific”. Amer Sug e; Do prefd..... Allouez Min Co. Boston & Albany Boston Ele...... Boston & Maine. Chi B & Q.. Fitchburg prefd. Gen Electric. reat Weytern. » Burlington & Quincy.. Ind & St Louis -118% \Centennial +..122% Franklin . Federal Steel.. 12 [Humboldt Do prefd.. S1iq | Jsceola. . | Mexican Cent...... 1at Parrot .. Mich Tele.. 2190 [Quiney ... 4 Colon: Jid Domi S |5t Fe Copper....... 14 JI‘QITnmarlL‘R . Rubber .. 49" 'Winona Union Pacific...... 46%|Wolverines Union Land... 61’ Utah ... London Market. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—The Commercial Ad- vertiser's London financial cablegram says: The markets here were about stagnant to-day awaiting the decision of the Cabinet on the 'n of the war with the Transvaal Repub- The opinfon was much divided and busi- ness was most meager. A slight rally came late in the day on the bear covering before the holiday consols were closed down. Americans bhegan flat under parity, but there was little buying in the early afternoon. New York followed suit, and the close was quiet at the best. Spanish fours were 593; Tintos, 45%, { Anacondas, 1%, bought £62.000 gold in bars and The bank £600,000 was taken for the Cape, especially for & war fund, following the dispatch of £400,000 August 11 The banks are avoiding discounts in view of war possibilities. CLOSING. LONDON, Sept. S.—Canadian Pacific, 95%: Union Pacific preferred, $2i; Northern Pacific | preferred, 7814 Atchison, 21%: Grand Trunk, §; Anaconda, 1i%; money, 1%@2 per cent. The Money Martket. NEW YORK, Sept. S.—Money on call, firm, | at 2@6 per cent; last loan, 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 414@5 per cent. Sterling ex- change, easier, with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4 S6%@4 86%2 for demand and $4 83@ 483% for sixty days: posted rates, $i 84@4 §7%s. Commercial bills, $4 §2; silver certificates, | 59%c; bar silver, 5%¢; Mexican doliars 2 Government bonds, steady; state bonds, steady; railroad bonds, weak Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—To-day’s condition sury shows: Available cash balance, gold reserve, $253,055,400. Bradstreet’s Financial Review. — NEW YORK, Sept. S.—Bradstreet’s Financial Review to-morrow will say: While by no means a broad market, the speculation of the past week has been of a very intetesting de- @ scription. It was, as has been the case for several weeks, largely of a professional kind, | though the erratic performances of some of the stocks, which have been subjected to manipulation by bull pools, attracted a certaim measure of public buying. Toward the end of the week the market, in fact, has assumed an overhought appearance, and inclined to give | way under the pressure induced by a stiffening in the rates for money and the more threaten- ing aspect in the Transvaal question abroad. In the latter connection it may be noted that while ndon has increased its speculative holdings on American securities, there are not believed to be any very large amounts of such holdings to be thrown on our market in case of acute trouble. 1t is held that the forelgn markets have been warned so long ahead that should war super- vene the effect on th ndon money market or on prices there would be slight. In spite, how- having thus been par- ever, of the situation tally discounted, it has created nervousness | in international banking circles, and was re- flected in the speculative market here b 0 increased unwillingness to take any decided position. The advance in the rate for call money to 4@6 per cent seems to be the natural outcome of the steady absorption of money in business activity, Last Saturday’s bank state- ment was construed favorably ~because it showed a smaller decrease in the surplus re- serves than had been anticipated. The belief | is, however, that the banks have been steady losers in cash this week, both to the treasury and the interior, and that to-day’s bank state- ment may be a pbsitively bad one. The rise in call loan rates was accordingly a factor in pro- Qucing the moderate concessions that the list generally exhibited the last two days. little confidence was shown In the temper and tendency of speculation, based on the fact that < ‘are now safe and that general bus in such a favorable and profitable con- dition. Above all, the Qustry and the large profits which concerns enzaged In it are now making has stimulated a Class. The features rapid rises of stocks, 1o Fuel #nd othe of the week were the like Tefinessee Coal, Colo- | ;‘n.\l = k list was not as actl as the iron and steel stocks, but a good deal of strength was shown by the Vanderbilt and granger properties. @ ad Bradstrect’s on Trade. % o NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Bradstreet's to-mor- row will say: Strength of staple prices, activity in fall demand, large railroad earnings, re- ports of heavy lake traffic and of activity in leading industries are the features, none of them necessarily new, but still presenting themselves in the trade situation this week Expansion in fall demand is perhaps most notable at the leading Western and North- Western markets, but advices from Eastern markets furnish evidence that active inter- T manifested at those centers. The price Situation is one of notable strength, the events 5¢ the week, in fact, having been to accen- tuate in man ing_August. trading has been within rather narrow limits, the advance in wheat having been mainly due | induced by more bullish increased export demand. The hot weather In the West is responsibl for a further shading in exuberant estimate of the corn crop and of the slight strengthen- fng in prices shown therein. The only changes In"the iron and steel situation are in an up- ward direction as to prices. Complaints of hehind hand supplies and scarelty of ma- terfal are still made. Work has In many in- Stances, notably in ship-building, been de- Javed by backward deliveries of Steel. ~Some improvement In the position of anthracite coal | {8 reported and prices obtained at the East are claimed to be nearer the scale. while recent advances at the West are maintained. Production for August was fully 12 per cent | farger than in the same month a year ago. Good demand has evidently had the effect of strengthening raw wool prices, which are firm as a whole and slightly higher for the finer grades. Crop damage reports have been again the important feature in cotton this week and coverings, | to short 2 | foreign cables and prices are higher as a result in face of very heacy receipts at most Southern points claimed to be due, however, to prematur r_strength is ripening In some cases. Furt Early fo be noted in dairy products this week. dry weather conditions stili affect prices, while zood foreign and home demand has strengthened quotations in cheese. A con- sepieuous exception to the strength displayed by most staples, however, is found in coffee, which this recorded, thus | current_season. | ments for the week aggregate 4, against 3,613,444 bushels last bushels in the corresponding week 53,906 bushels and 1,810,036 bushels in 150: Since July 1, this_season, the wheat aggregate 37,476,246 bushels 763,500 bushels last vear and 34, failures for the week number only 123, against 131 last week, 142 in this week a cir ago, 173 in 1807, 308 in 1% and 213 in | 1895. Business faflures in the Dominion of Canada | for the week number 21, against 25 last week, 17 in this week a vear ago, 32 in 1897, 41 in 1896 | and 22 in 1895 Dun’s Review of Trade. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—R. G. weekly review of trade will say to-morrow: The sky is still cloudless and no disquiet- n ing change has come during the week. epite of more warlfke news about South Africa, the Bank of England behaves as if the worst possibly had been fully provided for, and this country has no reason to fear trouble from that source unless FEnglish markets have so The marketing of overloaded as to need help. domestic products, both farm and manufac- fured, continues surprisingly large for the season. The new possessions, taken together, are returning in revenue already more than it cost to clean and govern them. The West and South still_behave as if it would be im- pertinent for crop moving, and are still bidding for com- mercial loans here. Failures are few, strikes scarce and readily September 4 without pressure means reason- able safety for months ahead. Cotton has risen 3-16c since annual reports, regardiess of these and owing to bad accounts from Texas. The market for goods is re- markably strong this week and previous prices are fully maintained. After a sharp decline wheat has risen Yc this week, with Atlantic exports 2,900,966 | | | | | Not & “boom’’ in the iron in- | “oeculative movement in securities of that | of the group. Thefrail- | | st ases the advances shown dur- | Cereals are generally highor and | The butter | | Knoxvii week reached the lowest price ever | reflecting enormous _stocks % | Trazilian srades and a possible heavy crop the | Wheat, including flour, ship- | 61,508 bushels in 1597, 3,769,141 bushels in 139 exports of | against 32,- | 752 bushels | Canton, ©. B 257,300 Springfield, 242,937 Fargo, N. 306,474 Sioux Falls Dun & Co.'s | Hamilton New York to offer money for settied and the passage of | bushels, flour included, against 2 bushels' last vear and Pacific exports 364,256 bushels, against 163,192 bushels last year. Corn has also taken a start upward, rising %c, with exports of 3,051,369 bushels, agalnst 231,055 bushels last year. So great demand for both grains deserves motice, but so do Western receipts, 549,697 bushels Wheat, against 6,774,611 bushels last year, and of corn 5,523,447 bushels, against 4,208,452 bushels last year. —There is no hesitancy in selling or in Ebipping; with extraordinary foreign de- mands for the season farmers are sending for- ward at remarkable low prices extraordinary | quantities of grain. Neither philosophical explanations of the rise in iron and steel, nor constant addition to the | number of furnaces producing, checks the ad- yance, which has made Bessemer pig sell for 23 a local coke for $2150 at Chicago. ~ With the whole output of its furnaces sold ahead for | the vear the valley association demand $23 65 at. Pittsburg on future contracts and Chicago is selling mainly for delivery next vear. Fin- ished products are advanced in some cases $5 | per ton at a time without checking the de- mand. as for sheets at Pittsburg, with plates advanced $2 and wire nalls $3 per ton. Large contracts even at these prices are Te- ported, many running into next vear, in Chi- | cago and Pittsburg in bars, and in plates at all_points, with 3000 tons Western and large Eastern bridge contracts taken by works four to five months behind already and inquiry for twenty-two miles of pipe in South Africa pending. Tin is strong at 32%e for spot, with 1255 tons decrease In all visible supply. Lake copper is steady at 18ic, with heavy buying for elec- trical use, and lead is quiet at $1 60. Preparations for other woolen combinations affect the market for goods somewhat, which is nevertheless strong, although some irregulari- ties have developed in worsteds. The wool market is much less active than of late, with sales of only 9.225,200 pounds at the chief mar- kets, mostly Territory, and while prices are stll stiff manufacturers are buying only for immediate needs. Quotations for the week are unchanged, holders are confidently looking for a large vance to result from the London sales. Failures for the first week in September have been $715,560, against $1,111,503 last year: manu- facturing $212,23, against $224,602 last year, and trading $486,313, ‘against §$703,991 last vear. _Failures for the week have been 132 In the United States, against 154 last year, and 30 in Canada, against 16 last year. — 5 New York Grain and Produce. @ —& NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—FLOUR—Receipts 21,745 barrels; exports, 10,726 barrels; sales, 6300 barrels. Inactive and easy, but not quo- tably lower. but ad- WHEAT—Receipts, 133,725 bushels; exports, 7710 bushels; sales, 1,600,000 bushels futures, 600,000 bushels spot; spot, easy; No. 2 red, T%c f. o. b. afloat spot; No. 1 Northern Duluth, | % f. 0. b. afloat to arrive; No. luth, S1%c to arrive; No. 2, 73%c elevator. Op- | | tions opened barely steady and unchanged, de- clining positively later in the day under heav: Northwest receipts, lower cables, local unload- ing and small clearances. A short afternoon { rally occurred on better export reports and war talk, but renewed selling closed the market weak at a partlal %c net decline; May 79 9-l6c, closed Tolsc; Septe. oer, T3 closed 73lc; December, T6%4@76%c, closed T63ic. METALS--The market in general showed less stability to-day, with tin and spelter quota- tions a shade lower under light selling pres- sure and a temporary withdrawal of buyers prompted by disappointing cables. The Metal Exchange at the close called: PIG_IRON—Warrants unchanged at $16 50. LAKE COPPER—Very quiet at $1S 3 TIN—Steady, with $32 05 bid and $32 25 asked. LEAD Unchanged “at # 60 bid ‘and $4 623 asked, SPELTER—Easier at $5 bid and 65 asked. The brokers' price for lead is $4 40 and for copper $1S 50. HOPS—Quiet. HIDES- Steady. WOOL—Steady. COFFEE—Options closed _quiet, unchanged to five points lower; sales, 6750 bags, including October, $4 35; December, '§4 50; January, $4 00 March, '$1 0G4 To; July, $4 90@4 9; August, $3. Spot’ Coffee—Rio dull and nominal; mild, ‘dull and barely steady SUGAR—Raw dull and nomina ing, 3%c; centrifugal, 9 test, 4 7-16c sugar, 3 11-16c; refined, dull and barely steady BUTTER—Receipts, 2500 packages: firm Western creamery, 17@22c; June creamery, 18@ 2le: factory. 13@iTl%c FEGGS—Receipts, 6400 packages; firm; W ndle extras at mark, 13@l5c. California Dried Fruits. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—California dried fruits Fair refin- stern o | steady. EVAPORATED APPLES—Common, Tl prime wire tray, 84@Sic; cholce, $%@9; fancy, s@9ice. PRUNES-—3y@sc. APRICOTS- Royal, 14c; Moorpark, 14@16ec. PEACHES—Unpeeled, 8$@1lc. ’ Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Sept. S.—The following table, compiled hy Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at the principal cities for the week end- ing September §, with the percentage of in- crease and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last vear. Percentage. Citles— Inc. De New York & Boston - Chicago ... Philadelphia . St. Louts . Pittsburg ... Baltimore ... San Francisco . Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit - Cleveland . Louisville Providence Milwaukee Paul Buffalo - Omaha . Indianapolis ..... Columbus, Ohfo.. Savannah Denver . Hartford Richmond Memphis . Washington Peoria Rochester New Haven..... Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake Springfield, Fort Worth.. Portland, Me Portiand, Or St. Joseph.. Log Angele: orfolk - Syracuse . Des Mol Nashville Wilmington, Fall RIVer.......... Seranton Grand Rap! Avgusta, Ga.. Lowell .. Dayton, Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City Bedfc 1563 1,148,491 New Topeka 2irmingh: Wichita, Binghamton Lexington, K Jncksonville, Kalamazoo . Akron Chattancoga Rackford, 111 Fla : 231,106 Hastings, Fremont, Neb... Davenport .. Toledo Galveston Houston Youngstown Evansville Hele: Macon, Ga Springfield, Til Little Rack.. Totale, U. S....§1,370,706,561 Totals outslde New SEOTic R S o 22.6 ais DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal $11,85,972 g ‘Toronto 044,390 Winnipeg Halifax St. John, N Vancouver, Victoria . B B. Totals §23.261,30 —_— Chicago Grain Market. — - s CHICAGO, Sept. §.—Heavy receipts in Northwest afia resulted in a heavy market throughout the en- tire session. Early Liverpool cash demand there. Heavy receipts at Russian ports were also reported and Argentine ship- ments were liberal. The fact that the Trans- vaal situation did not improve the foreign de- mand apparently brought traders back to the Pittsburg, gray forge for $19 7 there, | anthracite No. 1 for $3 50 at Philedalphia and | 1 hard Du- | molasses the indifference of foreign buyers were influences at the opening in wheat which caused an initial decline of %@%c and which cables showed about %d decline and reported a very. slack | ola basis of supply and demand and the con- | tinued large receipts at primary points and the | small cash demand here resulted in more or less | liquidation by longs in all the deferred futures. | September, however, was in good demand from | elevator people. At times there was brisk com- | petition from that source, and prices were | steadily maintained. | more rosy aspect was given the gjtuation by re; | ports of good engagements at New York and { by the more serious tone of Transvaal advices. | This resulted in a contraction of the selling movement and induced some covering by shorts, | a slight rally in prices resuiting, but by noon | the market had fallen back into its old rut and | the slight advantage was soon lost. The real feature of trading was its extreme Narrowness. Prices all day kept within half a cent range, and trading was almost entirely professional. The market for quite long periods was abso- lutely at a standstill. Heaviness prevailed to the end. During the latter part of the session about the only support the market received was buying against puts, which were touched early inthe day. December opened 4@%c lower at 714 @T1%c. declined to 71@7like, reacted to TliaC | where it and declined again closed; S Corn was weak and lower. to TL@i%e, wh eptember closed unchanged at 70%c. weather helped the bears and brought consid- erable long corn into the market. closed e lower. | “Oats acted independent of other grain mar- kets. Some easiness was shown, but deferred futures were steady and in good demand. De- cember closed a shade lower and September lost tac. Provistons were slow and weak. There was steadiness early on the firm hog market and on the continued cash demand, but later in the session there was quite general realizing, and prices declined. October pork declined loc, lard Tiee and ribs 5@7ike, The leading futures ranged as follows: Articles— Open. Low. Close. ‘Wheat No. 2— - September 0% T0% December . 1 T | May . 7 % Corn’ No. 2= | september 3134 | December . I May ... Oats No. September .. .oy 21% | December . .20 201 | May ... .. 2o 2% | Mess pork, per bhl— | October ... 820 8 07% December . 830 171 January ............9 60 956 Lard, per 100 1bs— October . 532 532 6 December . 0° 54z 5 January 4% 550 5 Short ribs, per 100 Ihs— October . 5% 5B b January 502% 505 4 quotations were as follows: Flour, No. 3_spring wheat, 68@6sic; No. 2 c; No. 2 corn, 32%c; No. 2 oats, 2 . 2 white, 28@2ic; No. 3 white. | @231ec; No. 2 rye, 5ic: No. 2 barley, 36@i2c . 1 flaxseed, $1 14; prime timothy seed, 32 2 mess pork, per barrel, $7 20@S 10; lard, per 1100 pounds,’ $5 20@5 35; short ribs sides (loose). dry salted shoulders (boxed) D clear sides (boxed), Qistillers’ finished goods, per gallon, Articles— Recelpts. Shipme | Flour, barrels . . 13,000 7,000 Wheat, bushels 2 50,000 | Corn, bushels .. 526,000 Oats, bushels . 394,000 Rye, bushels . 9,000 Barley, bushel 000 On the Produce Exchange to-da: | market was firm. Creamery, 16 20c; dairy, 13@iTc. Cheese, firm; 10%@lil%c. Eggs, firm; | 14@14%c. o —e ! Foreign Futures. i | Wheat— Dec. Mar. | Opening ...... 5113 6 1% | Closing .- 5 11% 6 1% | PARIS. | Wheat— Sept Jan.-Apr. 20 60 | 20 60 Opening 5 Closing 35 o — | I California Fruit Sales. ' |4 & ° | NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—FPorter Bros. Com- sales of California fruit: Peaches—Sal- Toe@$l 05 box; George's Late Levi Cling. $105@120; Barton, Sic@sl: quets, Soc. Pears—Bartletts, $1 35@2 30 and §1 half box; Garber, 2ic half box Clairgeaus, $1 50 box. Grapes—Tokay, $1 0@ 185 half crates. Fifteen cars of fruit sold to- a 0@t Pic bo: CHICAGO, Sept. §.—Porter Bros sales of California fruit: Grapes—Tokay, $1 W@ ears—Bartlett, 90c $160; Seckels, | @$115 half crates. box; Beurre Clairgeaus, half boxes. Peaches—Salways, %0c@sl | Crawtord, 81~ Plums-Kelsey, | crates. 'Prunes—Hungarian, §0c half crates Sixteen cars sold. LONDON, Sept. S.—Porter Bros. Company's sales of California_fruit to-day: Pears—Bart- box. Eastern Livestock Market. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Sept Hittle offering of cattle to- | of a market. Good prices prevailed | market was well cleaned up. cattle sold at $ T5@6 85, $1 30@5 70; stockers and feeders brought bulls, cows and heifers, $2@5 40; 3 50@4 25; rangers, $3 505 35 and calves, . $2@1 10. large for Fridey, easier for lambs. for prime yearlings 25; lambs, $8 50@6 30, —Cattle, 1500; hogs, and “prices 15,000; sheep, Portland’s Business. 169; balances, §33,524. Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. Under these circumstances, Dbrighter reports wh under way. paying much of a_premium over exp although prices were hardly quotably reights continue firm and inactive, Walla, %c; Valley, §0@6lc: Bluestem, 62c. WASHINGTON. TACOMA. Sept. S—A steas prices prevails in the local wh 5Sc; Bluestem, 6lc. together value: v _condition Foreign Markets. LONDON, Sept. 8.—Consols, 104 9-16; silver, country’ markets, LIVERPOOL, Sent. Standard California, steady: flour in Parl markefs, steady: weather in England COTTON—Uniands, 3. o108, o ond fne: CLOSING part dearer. S.—Wheat, firm; 611d; w! eat ber, 5s 11%d; March. Gs 15d. CORN—Firm. old, 3= 5d. Futures-—Stead: 4740; October. 3s 5izd; November, 38 6%d. Receipts of wheat durinz the s days, 571000 centals, can; receiots of corn, 100,300 centals, - LOCAL MARKETS. W heat and Other Grains. Produce Exchange will remain there will be no business in grain. change. The demand for shipment is light. Chicago opened easy and- dull General rains were reported. tious. tine shipments were 1,100, Spot Wheat—Shipping, $1 07%@1 10. CALL BOARD SALES. bushels. 14,000 ctls, $110; 4000, $1 10%. Second Sesslon—December—2000 ctls, §1 10%. Shortly before noon & 4000, Sttac. The breaking of the drought throughout the corn belt and cooler Decerber ents. | the butter | Buerre Company's 150 half crates;. Rose Peru, $1 40; Muscat, Sic @$2 25 s@soe, | letts, 48c@§l 56 half boxes; Duchess, $1 5 half S.—CATTLE-There was too to make much the Good to choice commoner grades at 3@ Texas Prices for hogs were strong and fully 5c higher. There was a good demand and a light suppi Heavy hogs, $4 15a4 mixed 34 20@4 0; lights, $4 30@4 75; pigs, $3 0@ >~ Receipts of sheep and lambs were A were somewhat Sheep, §2@3 for inferior to Western rangers, PORTLAND, Or., Sept. S.—Clearances, $27,- PORTLAND, Sept. S.—There was an waser feeling In the Buropean wheat markets to-day and the East was not showing much strength. ; with e harvesting will be again buyers were more indifferent about Tower. Walla | ot t market. Club, 7.2-160; French rentes, 100f 62146; wheat car- Zoes off coast, quiet and steady: cargoes on passage, buyers indifferent operators; English No. 1 in Paris, steady: French country Soot— 2 red Western 0. 1 Northern spring, 6s 1d. September, 5s 9%d; Decem- Spot—American mixed new, 3 : September, 3s past three including 237,000 Ameri- — & @ - Exchange and Bullion. Sterling Exchange, ) days RS LE Steriing Exchange, sight. = 1 851 Sterling Cables . —_— 487 New York Exchange, sight -_— 10 New York Exchange, telegraphic — 1214 Mexican Dollars 43 A4S Fine Silver, per ounce............ — 5 WHEAT—To-day belng a legal holiday the closed and The Flottbek takes for Cork 68,535 ctls, valued at $76,200. The market drags along without much on bearish .cables and large receipts in the Northwest. The downward tendency was soon checked by lower consols and fears of war, which made the bears cau- A large local trade developed. Argen- 022@1 03%; milling, Informal Session — 9:15 o'clock—December— Regular Morning Session—December—12,000 $110%; 12,000, $110%; May—20,000, $115% ctls, ft Sajes—No_sales. ALY _The Queen Margaret takes for Antwerp 75,269 ctls, valued at §73.34. The market continues dull and unchanged. Teed, S0@s3%e; Brewing, %0Gvc; Chevalier, $1 10@1 223 per ctl. CALL BOARD SALES. nformal_Session—9:15 o'clock—No eales. T Session- December—4000 ctls, S4%c: Regular Morning Session—December—i000 ctls, s4%yc; Selier '99,. new—2000, S3ta . 'Afternoon Session—December—i0 ctls, Si%c. OATS—A Government order for 300 tons gives 11 trength to a lightly supplied mar- e and prices rule firm. ket. The demand is fair ¥ White, §110@1 2%; Red, $107%@115 per ctl; Black, 62i4c@s$l. i CORN-—Eastern large Yellow, $105; White and mixed, $1025@l 05 per ctl. RYE—%0@%2%c per ctl. BUCKWHE. Nominal. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California family extras, $3 60@3 75, usual terms; bakers' extras, $3 40@3 50; Oregon and Washington, $3 40@3 50 per bbl for extra, $3 25@3 40 for bakers' and §2 25@3 for super- fine. MILLSTUFFS—Prices in sacks are as fol- the trade: Graham lows, usual’ discount to Flour, $3 2% per 100 Ibs; Rye Flour, §275: Rye Meal, £ 50; Rice Flour, §7; Cornmeal, §2 50; ex- tra Cream Cornmeal, $3 25; Oatmeal, $1 50@4 7 Oat Groats, $4 75; Hominy, 33 25@3 50; Buck- wheat Flour, $4(74 25; Cracked Wheat, $375;: Farina, $ 50; Whole Wheat Flour, § Rolled Oats (barrels), $6 35@6 95: in sacks, $6 35@6 Pearl Barley, $5; Split Peas, $ 50; Green Peas, $5 per 100 1bs. Hay and Feedstuffs. minor changes in Hay will be ob- served. The market continues fairly steady, with ample receipts. Straw is in light re- ceipt and firm at a small advance. Feedstuffs show no change. BRAN—$15 50@17 per ton. MIDDLINGS—$17 50@19 50 per ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Barley, §18@18 50 per ton; Oilcake Meal at the mill, $21@2%; jobbing, A few Cocoanut Cake, $20@21; Cornmeal, 3§23 Cracked Corn, 324@25; Mixed Feed, ottonseed Meal, $2§ per ton. $ 50@8 50_for common to good Wheat and Oat, $6@ 826415 50 HAY—Wheat. and $9@9 2 for choice: 8 50; Oat, $6@7 50; Barley, $5@7; Island Barley, $5@ ‘Alfalfa, $5 50@7 per ton; Compressed, $6 50@0, STRAW—30@33c per bale Beans and Seeds. There is nothing new in this market. demand continues slow. BEANS—Bayos, §1 70@1 80; Small White, $2 05 @2 15; Large White, $160@l 75; Pinks, §215@ 2 25; Reds, nominal; Blackeye, $4 15@4 25; But- ters. nominal; Limas, $ 10@4 15; Pea, 32 15@ 235 Red Kidneys, $2@2 2 per ctl. SEEDS—Brown Mustard, 2i4@ge; Yellow Mus- tard, nominal; Flax, $190@2 10; Canary Seed 23, @3¢ per Ib for Caiifornia and 3ic for Eas The ern; Alfalfa, S%@%%c; Rape, 3c; Hemp, 4@ 414c; Timothy, nominal. DRIED PEAS—Niles, §1 25@1 30; Green, $1 50 @2 ver ctl. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Tomatoes and Corn are as plentiful and dull as ever. The canners have not vet started in on the former, and until they do the market will probably drag. There is no particular change in Potatoes and Onions. POTATOES — Garnet Chiles, T5@%c; Farly Rose, 43@65c; Burbanks, T5c@$1 per ctl; Salinas Burbanks, §14125; Sweet Potatoes, 2@2%c ver 1b. ONIONS — 75@S5c_per ctl for Silverskins; Pickle Oninns, Z04Tic per ctl ETABLES — Green Peas, String Beans, 1@2c: Lima Reans. age, 50@60c: River Tomatoes, 15 Tomatoes, 25@30c: Egg Plant, per box: Garlic, 3G3c; Green Pep- c for Chili und $40c per box for rrote, 30@40c per sack: Bay Cucumbers. @A 25@35c; Pickles, §1 50@1 75 per ctl for No. 1 and 7ic for No. 2; Summer Squash. fat per sack, s0@7ie per crate 25@10e for Berkeley. Poultry and Game. More Eastern is in and the usual quantity is announced for the beginning of next week. The market continues dull all around, though Turkeys are rather firmer. Game is in light receipt. Another car of Eastern sold at $6 for Hens, $7 for young Roosters, § for old Roosters, $$‘ for Fryers and $3 30 for Broilers. POULTRY — Live Turkeys, l4@i5c for Gob- blers and M@lsc for Hens: Young Turkevs, | 16@18c; Geese, per pair, $125@1 50: Goslings. 0@l 7a; $3@i for old and $4@5 young Roo: Fryers, § oung: s 50@5: old Roosters, $4 25 e $3@3 50 for large, $2 50@3 for small Pigeons, §1 2561 50 per dozen for old and $1 | @2 for 8. GA’ 85¢ per dozen: Grouse, $7i0: age Hen: ountain Quail, $3 50; Hare, $1; Rabbits, § @1 50 per dozen. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. The Butter market continues weak and | quiet, with ample supplies. There is no decline in Cheese, but the market is top heav Eggs are lower again and quiet at the de- cline. The demand is slack. BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy creamery, 25@26%c; seconds, 24c. 5 Dairy—Fancy, 22%@23c; good to choice, 2@ 22c: store, nominal. Pickled roll, 20@2lc; firkin, 19@2lc; creamery tub, 21@22 per Ib. {EESE—Choice mild new, 1@11k%c; old, 10 @0%c: Young America, 11@lligc; Eastern, 14 @ {GS—Quoted at 21@2%c for store and 27@30c per dozen for ranch; Eastern, 214@2ic for selected, 20@2le for No. 1 and 17@lsc for sec- onds. Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. Pomegranates are on the market at 0@7c per box. 2 Ripe Pears are weaker, but cholce graen are | scarce and firm. | Peaches and Plums are in light supply and stea The Grape market kinds and dull. There is no particular change in Berries and is overstocked with all | Melon: A few Wine Grapes have arrived and are held at $20 per ton, but buyers do not pur- chase at this figure Lemons are dull and lower. Limes are scarce { and_higher. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— Apples, 3@6lc per box for common and 75c@ $1 for good to choice. BERRIES-Blackberries, $3 50@4 per chest; Strawberries, $6@7 per chest for small and 5 arge berries: Raspberries, $3@4 per | herries, $i@éc per lb. box and_crate for Fon- 0% @ssc for Isabella r 100 @} per crate Nutmess, 20@ 50¢ for Cornichon Watermelons. 6 antaloupes, 50 40 per box Do DNitlett, $1 251 0 per box_for No, 1 | Jfor No. 2: in bulk, $33@30 per ton, per_box for double layers of 50@60c for large purple. box; in bulk, $20@35 per T small black Peaches, 2 ton. Flums, c per box and §20@30 per ton; | Prunes, per crate. Quinces, s0@slc per box. CITRUS TS Lemons, $1@1 75 for com- | mon and 22 3 for good to choice; Mexican Times, $@p 50: California Limes, nominal; hanas, $1 50@2 30 per bunch; Pineapples, i 50 per dozen. Dried Fruits, Nuts, Raisins. There is no further change to report in any description. The market is quiet as a rule, and, in the case of Peaches and Prunes, dull, The leading kind in firmness is Apricots. DRIED FRUITS (New Crop)—Prunes, in 14c for 40 43¢ for 50-60's, 4c for §0- e for T0-5U's, 3@3%c for 80-90's and 2% o for S0-100's; Apricots. 1071l tor Royals, | Moorparks and 1212 for Blen- heims: Peaches, @iize for Standards, 5@atie Tor ehoice and 6@tize for fancy; peeled Peaches, 10@ie; Evaporated Apples, 6 Sun-dried’ LA ac per 1b; Nectarines, Tasiéc per Ib: | Pears, T@Sc for quarters and $@1c for halves: ack Figs, 3c B N SINSg%.¢ for two-crown, 4%c for three-- crown, S%c for four-crown, 4iife for Seedless Sltanas, Swe for Seedless’ Muscatels and $1 20 | for London Layers; Dried Grapes, “%asc. NUTS—Walnuts, 5@Se for hardshell, for g(;l;(sl\t”, Chile Walnuts, 11G12 1016@1te for paper shetl, SGtc s@ic for hard shell: Peanuts, Fnstern; Brazil Nuts, St Filberts, 11@ fithe: Pecans, 73%@Sc; Cocoanuts, $4 30@ HONEY—Comb, 1% for bright and 10%c for light amber; water white extracted, TH@7ie; light amber extracted, 6%@7c; dark, Sic er 1 P SEESWAX—24@26c per Ib. @i ; Almonds, for soft and SU@E%e for Provisions. Increasing firmness in Hams, Bacon and Lard is noted, owing to advancing quotations in the Western markets. Prices here -tand about the same. CURED MEATS—Bacon, $%c per Ib for heavy, 9@%%c for light medium, llc for light, 12%c for extra light and 13c for sugar-cured; Eastern sugar-cured Hams. 13%c; California Hams, 13c; Mess Beef, $13 per bbl; extra] Prime Pork, $12 50; extra clear, $1650; me: d B D Tierces quoted ound and e for_pure: P 10-1b tins, Sic: 5-1b tins,_Sicc. COTTOLENE—Tierces, Hides, Tallow, JVoal and Hops. All descriptions remain as previou HIDES AND SKINS about lc under the quotations. at 5%@>%c per Ib for halt barrels, 6%@The per 1b. Culls and brands sell Heavy saltad Stags. 6c; Salted Kip, 9¢c; Calf, Cowhides, 9c; I6c; culls .nd brands 10c; dry Hides, Sheepskins, Wool, 35@hic ea goc@$110 each; TALLOW-—2 2, 3@3%c; refined. WOOL '— Spring ch: medium, 10@90c; long Wool Horse Hides, @1 50 for small 3 . 1 rendered, 4@4ic per b; ) ——; grease, 2@2%c. : San Joaquin Foot Pabtern Oregon, 12@ldc for choice and 5@l for fair to good. Fall Clip—San Joaquin Lambs, n Joaquin and Southern Moun ‘New are quoted at 12%4@lic per Ib, General Merchandise. Grain Bags, RAGS—Calcutta for the three grades of white an bleached jute % COAL—Wellington, $§ per ton; Ne Wellington, Cumberland, 9 COFFEE—C. E. Bickford's receipts at this 161,103 bags, 130,043 bags, against 91381 September 1 was 25,613 ba World's visible supply bags, against 6,400,340 active busines: view continues. all grades worth 10c and under have are practically s only the least desirabl eptember 1 wa It has been en hands and conside: een jobbers. vadors declined ferings were rapidly concentrated A renewed demand h for this description_and since been sold at Tlzc, Wwith further bus the hands o “Low grades of all kinds are a mand and by reason of their scarcity ¢ to command prices out of all proportion to t better classes. ““To-day's first ragua, S48 Sal Guatemala and 6 ; 11@12%c for go prime peaberr: : Prime: S@9c nominal for good current mixe with_black beans 7 common to ordi to prime washed: 1%e for good to prime washed peaberry sy, for good to prime semi-washe for superior unwashed; @dc for good for fair washe Nicaragua—14@16i%4c for prime to fancy washe: s@ilc for fair to good w: for good to superior unwashed’ 8% for good to prime unwashed peaberry. mala and Mexican—12a15 > for prime to fancy 4@hizc for infe for good to prime washed for good to prime unwashed T for good to superfor unwashed RICE—China 5. AR—The Western' Suzar Refining Cor terms net cash, : Confectioner: Dry Granulate Golden C, 4 34 more: boxes, lac more; 50-1b No order taken for less than Dominoes, halt barrels, barrels or it3 San Francisco Meat Market. Beef iz unchanged. the old quotations. Wholesale rates from slaughterers to dealers: 7%e per Ib for Steer: and 6%@Tc for VEAL—7@10c per Ib, T@Tisc; Ewes, 6@6lc per LAMB—Spring, PORK—Live Hors. 54@ medium and Feeders, 5%c¢; Reccipts of Produce. FOR FRIDAY. | Flour, ar sks %e for small, 6c for 4@3%e for large: stock hogs and dressed Hogs, 14,300 Sugar, 269 Wine, gals | Butter, ctls. _eather, roll “heese, ctls Family Retail Market. The tendency in Butter wholesale markets is toward lower prices quotations remain about the been rather Supplies of The Poultry market is kept well supplied by the continued large arrivals from the East, a prices accordingly keep low. Grouse and M tain Quail are now in market, but they are b yond the reach of the ordinary purse. sed their zenith Fruits have pa for this sea- lighter supply. leading fruit at the moment, usual abundance. There are still large quantities of Vegetables on the market at the usual low prices. particularly and are in their plentiful of late. almon goes out of season to-day. The following is The Cail's regular weekly Coal, per ton— $—@10 00| Castle Gate...$9 00G —@10 00, Southfield —@10 00| Coos Bay.... Dairy Produce, ete— |Common_Fsgs.. 50@60| Rancn do, good ... Eastern. . 17a2 Do, extra Swise, . 206 17| Pork, fresh 5220 | Pork, ealt. Pork Chops. —@10 | Round Steak 5|Sirloin Steak ‘dfig6— | Porterhouse, .12@15 Smoked Eeef. Cornad Beef Mutton ..... Poultry and Game— 0@60 Geese, each...$1 25@1 40@60 Rabbits, pair .... 013 Roosters, 40@60 doves, Fryers, each Broilers, each 4 3age Hens, Mt Qualil, pr doz.. 5 ® Fruits and N Almonds, 1b 15@20| Limes, per doz... 4@ 6§ Pears, per 1b 20@25 Peaehes, per Ib. | Bananas, doz . Blackberries, 25@30 | Raisins, 5@15| Raspberries, Cantaloupes, Nutmeg Melons. . Figs, per Ib . 5@ §' Strawberries, ib. 6@10| Wainuts, 1b. | Watermélons, Huckleberries, Vegetables— Artichokes, doz. Beans, white, ib. 4@ 5| Peppers, green, _I. 6@— | Potatoes, : 3 I\, 5@10| sweet Potatoes Cauliflowers, each 5@10| Parsnips, doz.. “Celery, buncn..... 5@—| Radishes, dz Sage, doz bc Cabbage, each c A6z Briche 204 g Plant, per 1b5G 8| per Ib. Green Okra, pr b 4G 6 Tomatoés. 1D ireen Peas, Fish, per Ib— Sal Sk 0: i Do, Eastern, doz.25@40 Continued on Page 13.