The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1900, Page 10

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1900. 743 bushels last 4,711,614 bushels in the corresponding week of 1599, 4,111,312 bushels In 1898, 3,308,477 bushels in 1897 and 2,747,855 bush- “;‘:\? “.:h season wheat ex: m 1 n wheat ex- ports are 14065959 hasheis agaimst 18,508,906 bushels last seasen and 14,426,122 bushels in Business fallures for the week number 170, as against 163 last week, 156 In_ this week @ year ago. 159 In 1898, 214 in 1897 and 269 In 1896 Canadian failures for the week number 29, as against 13 last week, 26 In this week a year 280 and 23 {n 1898, e Dun’s Review of Trade. NEW/ Silver a fraction weaker. Exchange unchanged. Shipment of $691,279 to China. Vheat dull, but steady. Barley firm. Chicago gets in under San Francisco on Government Oats. Corn and Rye as previously quoted. Beans and Seeds unchanged. Hay and Fecdstuffs show no further variation. Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables still in good supply. Poultry market overstocked and weak. Fruit trains and boats came in late. Good Dried Fruit in increasing demand. Estimates of the Prune crop still further reduced. Provisions continue to show an upward tendency. Wool, Hops and Hides unchanged. No further change in the Meat market. New prices for Candles. Amer Sugar Do pref Bell Tele 121% N E G & Coke 5s.. 84 15 | Mining Shares— 4614 |Adventure — NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—R. G. Dun & Com- Lioston & Albany. 248 Alloues Mo 1 | pany’s Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will l‘z"\)s(mn &hx’;\-a;llm ..142 |Amal Copiper g‘é say: ston & Maine... 18 1o . read §_ symp- Chi Bur & Q D At Sont. a0 ® | It 18 often hard to encouraging_eymp. e 41 ° Butte & Boston.... 62 | tomS of general business in declining prices IRl X 13 Calumet & Hecla..740 | commodities, but just mow it is reasonable to Federal Steel 3234 Centennial . 16% | look for them. _Some raw materials and some hp.-. prefd. 16 |Franklin 13% | manufactured products, one ‘stage. removed tehburg 137 Humboldt . 2 | from the raw, are selling at lower prices than General Eiec ......130 (Osceola ... 6% t in; Do prefd. .138% Parrot 42 at any time since last year's advance sét in; Ed Elec Il 205 Quine but there is confidence among buyers that the Mexican Cent ..... 125 Santa Jownward | swing {s nearly overj while: asllers Michigan Telo .. & = Tamarack .. are adopting a cautious policy, Which until re- E Gas & Coke.. 15%|Uitah Mining . cently characterized the attitude of buyers. Oid Colony 1205 'Winona . i 00 etael matkete were Atartied | bY Old Dc Rubber minion rs at 9c per 100 e same time was rencrts of sales of steel pounds, but business at the largest in months at Chicago on a basis of about $125. Increasing demand for bar iron from makers of agricultural implements and car-builders was a feature, contracts being placed estimated at 110,000 tons in bars and pl The trade believes that orders will increade as the season advances and that the total needs of iron consumers will compare well with last yeer. Heavy bids appear for foun- dry iron, buvers being uneasy, without reduc- Ing, and selling prices of many descriptions ap- Dproximating cost. Export orders increase and makers do not fully accept reports of purchases of foreign rails for delivery in the South. Some traders are not satisfled with the result of - 18% |Wolverines . l2 ] o Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear- ings at the principal cities for the week ended August 2, with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: Total sales, rout any feature. 5 000. itates refunding 2s, when issued, and jeclined %, and 38, old 4s and new ds on the last Treasure Shipment. ] OCK LIST. | Closing Bid. %Y NEW YORK § Stock— uded $67 1 for tc ington & Quir polis & Lou susville pi rn Illinois thwestern. . & Pacifi in New w York. ra: the wh yesterday firm at tha made ket is now king O king Vall hold! ags of v an Central & St Louts... & St Louls pre as & Central “entral . thern Pac Ontario & W ) & Navigation. .. ay & Navigation tern prerd Francisco... .. ..... § ancisco st pfd.. 66 wouis & San Francisco 2d prefd, Southwestern . secee nwestern prefd.. St Lout L Paul prefd 1 St Paul & Omaha. Southern Pacific Southern Railway rn Rallway prefd Pacific ot sh prefd 3 e & Lake Erie : & Lake Erie 21 prefd consin Central hird Avenue h stores phophones, 12 pkgs pkes electrical su pkes 7_pk 1 57 bags raw cats, la—4165 gals bottled bes pkes groceries and provisions. ndy, < wine. # pkgs dri n Cotton Oil p 45 pkgs machin n Malting ...... n Maiting prefd —20 cs canned goods, neiting & Refining pkgs groceries and provisions, m—25 cs phor provist W eather R?part. graphs, 69 pkes kgs machinery. gro- teel Hoop prefd American Steel & Wire.. American Steel & Wire prefd American Tin Plate.. American Tin Plate American Tobaceo American Tobacco pr Anaconda_Mining Co.. Brooklyn Rapid Transi: Fuel & Iron tal Tobacco .. ntinental Tobacco pre Federal Steel ...... Federal Steel prefd General Electric Glucose Glucose Internat Paper . International Paper p Laciede Gas e ational Bi: ational Bi fonal Lead .. ional Lead ational Steel atlond] Steel prefd. ew York Air Brake. North Amcrican Pacific Coast 16 acific Time.) Aug ndence . imum temperature, AND GENERAL CAST. r the Pacific slope , where it is gen- Light showers | Utah and Arizona Pacific slope ars, but there n California fallen over the y-four h: a3 | ined nearly sta- 1 € high winds are reported: Eu- Pacific Coast 1s | es per hour, from the north- Pacific Coast 2nd prefd Te | thirty-four, from the east Pacific Mail .31 | an Francisco for thirty People’s Gas L ey | t, August 4 Pressed Steel Ca . 381 | Fair Saturd fresh | Pressed Steel Car p -T2 | Puliman Palace Car.. L1582 California—Fair Saturday; fresh Standard Rope & Twin, g Sugar .... JA21% Fair Saturday Sugar prefd g | ; Tennessee Coal & Iron. ey | United States Leather 0% | TUnited States Leather pre Tnited States Rubber. United States Rubber pref( ‘Western Union .. Local Forecast Offi Republic Iron & Steel 91 Republic Iron & Steel pref © 50t P CC & St Loyls.......... .8 Shares sold. CLOSING BONDS. EASTERN MARKETS. e U S ret when is sued reg 1 coupon - , T8 % New York Stock Market. B NEW YORK, Aug. 3—Sugar, Brooklyn L Snew dsreg.....13% /N Y C & St L 4s Transit, Baitimore and Ohlo and Union Pacific | | 5 DEW 48 coup.. 13204 N & W con 4s o | fell somewhat into the background to-day. An |17 & old 4a coup. effort was made by the traders to bring for- | U § §8 Teg 112 Or Short Line 6 Sward some of the other raflroad stocks to take | I § 58 coup 12 | Do con 3s.. the place of these recent favorites. Thexe did | Dis of Col 3.656....122 |Reading Gen 4a Dot avall 10 Al the gap left by the quietude of the mercurial specialties, but the day's deal- ines hed an sppearance of rather better dis- tribution as & result of these new evidences of activity and the general tone of the mar- ket was firm and_approached to positive strength @t times. The center of this strength | was the Granger group, which was favorably affected by the show of increased earnings for the fourth week in July by the St. Paul sys- tem. The showing was particularly effective because it compared With a very high level of | earnings last year and because St. Paul bas | rather been looked upon as the leader of the | reactionary tendency in ralirond earnings inci- dent to the falling off In general business. There was mo svecial feature of traffic to ex- | plain the recovery, which contrasts with a de- Crease for each of the earlier weeks of the | Atchison gen 4s....101% R G W 1sts 54 ISt L & I M con 5s. n nn;: 6s..121 1055 B L & § F Ge 22 Pac’4 92% Southern Ry fe £21y Stand R & T 6s. 102 (Tex & Pac lists. 974 Tex & Pac 2ds. 8813 Union Pac 4s. 71 /Wabash lsts .. 15 Towa Cent lsts.....13 # K CP&Gists. 0% Wis Cent lIsts. L & N Uni 4s..... 983 Va Centuries . MINING STOCKS. 14)Ontario . Chic Term 4s. Colorado Sou 4s. D &R G lsts Do month. It ls, attributed to general merchancise | oo [ traffic. There was a remewed effort also to . b advanee Umion Pacific, which met with some | rn’«";a% Va. 1 g QPI“ylmmlltél" 8 =o° Fuccess. At the high level the Grangers, | Dosarerdoi Eicktiope 110 10 Bouthern Pacific and Southwestern were gen: | pould & Cu ey 2 gomly 2 potpt o o i S8 Bpvd TS o | Homemake 1130 8 Btaurd e rect eres, i it covered in past relapecd into semi. | Dom Suow - 5[Union Con. 18 Stagnation and dropped lower. The traders | - Tade something of the Jarge increass in caxh | BOSTON STOCKS AND BONDS. prospect in to-morrow’s bank statement. The | Money— ! Union Pac 0% time money market continued to show an easy 9 e =1 . 9% | to the summer season and the temporary re- | are on a restricted scale, which seriously em- | lation in various parts of the list, Sugar and | 432 per cent there, had a bad effect on views as Percen . { Chicago’s confidence, pointing to the report of Clttes— Taecena8ee: | the production of plgiron in the first half of Feow Xork. . 25.1 | the year, exceeding all records, and contrast- Boston . 23 20.0 | I it with the recent dull markets. Chicago . ‘Copper exports for July are estimated at 10,- Philadelp < ¢.5 | 061 tons, against 7160 in 1599, and the amount St. Louls. . 5.0 [ coming Into sight in the first half year for Pittsburg E home consumption is only 65,025 tons, a g Baltimore crease of 19,467 tons. San Franci The foreign demand for bituminous coal is Cincinnatl . Kansas City New Orleans heavy, but producers hesftate to contract ship- ments while prices tend upward. While prices are above the 1899 opening in woolens, they are materfally below the figures reached later last season. The wool market has been active. An average of 100 quotations on August 1 was slightly below $20 51. Wide sheetings are re- duced 15@20 per cent, but the decline attracts more business. London Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The Commercial Ad- vertiser's London financial cablegram says: The markets here were still very idle to-day, but the news harder, Investment securities par- ticularly being in demand. Americans were listiess and Baltimore and Ohlo issues were momnmne 1591712 weak on realization on declaration of the divi- 210,964 24.¢ | dend. Union Pacific was good, but entirely on T043.351 16.0 | New York support. Rio Tintos were strong 3.0 | early in the day on Paris buying, but later 14.0 | they relapeed. Anacondas, however, held the rise owing to New York support. The Stock Exchange here will be closed Saturday and Monday. CLOSING. Atchison, 20%: Canadian Pacific, %0'%; Union Pacific preferred, i7is; Northern Pacific pre. ferred, 73%; Grand Trunk, 6%; Anaconda, Bar silver, steady, 27 15-16d per ounce. Money, 3@3% per cent. New York Money Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Money on call easy, 14@1% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 44@ 5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual business in bankers' bills at $4 §7% for demand and at 4 $4 for sixty days; posted Tates, # Sig @4 8 and.$4 $316; commercial bills, $4 8334 §3s. Bar silver, 60%c. Silver certificates, (1l,@624c. Mexican dollars, 4§ Bonds—Government, weak; State, inactiv. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—To-day’'s statsment of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shows: Available casn balance, $148,624,7}4; gold, $73,037,226. Scranton . Grand Rap — s ; New York Grain and Produce. I mont, Nebr. Davenport . Toledo Gaveston' e Helena . Evansville Macon, Ga *- NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—FLOUR—Receipts, 16,- 243 barrels; exports, 16,710 barrels; sales, 7850 packages. Market was steadily held and mod- erately active, closing rather firm with wheat. WHEAT—Receipts 11 bushels; exports, 223,291 bushels: sales, 3,850,000 bushels futures, 1,280,000 bushels export. Spot—Firm; No. 2 red, T9%c elevator and S1%¢ f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, $c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 hard Duluth, $§%c f. o. b. afloat. Options—Opened firm on unexpected higher cables, sold off later 356 16.8 2.6 : 571,890,674 DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal . owing to bearish home crop news, extension ol Toronto # short accounts and a liberal Southwest move- Winnipeg . 5. ment. From this the market rallied on a big Hallfax 3. cash demand, closing firm at 4@%c net ad- amilton 3. vance. September, T94@S0 5-16c, losed 80%c; t. John, 13.; December, 51 5-16@82%c, closed $23c. Vancouv: 1.7 HOPS—Quiet. Victoria, B. 3.0 WOOL~Dull. S HIDES—Steady. Totals 1.0 COFFEE—Spot Rlo, weak: No. 7 Invoice, 9%c¢; mild, quiet, barely steady. Futures ciosed * —# | steady at a net decline of 10@15 points. Sales, 5 % 22‘;’0 ba’g7n, including: September, §7 70@7 80: Oc- 7, ; tober, $785; November, $7 §5; December, $7 Bradstreet's Financial Review. | | tober, 1 November, §1 §; December, 3 trifugal, 9 test, 4%c; molasses sugar, 4%c. - 4 | fined_steady. BUTTER—Receip! 4000 packages. Firm; rent packed factor: 14@15%¢; creamer; NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Bradstreet's review of the New York stock market will say to-mor- | 19%¢C. z row: This has been a week of pronouncea | JGGS—_Recelpts, 638 packages, Quiet and dullness, accompanied by varability in move- | Joes off, J3ac D ot merk, 11@134c; Western, loss off, 15%c. ment of stock market prices. Present specu- e i DRIED FRUITS, lative conditions may, of course, be partly due NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—California dried fruits show little activity, though ruling generally steady at former quotations. Offerings were moderate. Prunes are quoted 3%@7c per pound, as to and quality. APRICOTS—Royal 11@14c; Moorpark, 15@17c. PEACHES—Peeled, 14@1Sc; unpeeled, 6@dc. EVAPORATED APPLES—Showed some ir- regularity, owing to freer offerings and light duction in the numbers of both professional and outside operators. There would seem, how- ever, 1o be some points of difference betwe an ordinary midsummer market and the exi ing situation in Wall street. At present the fear of an unsettling of prices on account of the Presidential campaign or the Chinese com- plications seems to overhang the market and | demand. Common now quoted at 3@ic; prime, render “the regular participants in speculation | % Go%c; cholce, S%@ec; fancy, 6%@7c. cautious about their operations, while the pub- oera 54 llc is indifferent, or it might be sald Indis- | gomou o T # posed to touch stocks except in the way of investment. The buying of securities for the latter purpese has naturally fallen off at this season, but the fact remains that the floating supply of dividend-paying railroad shares is greatly reduced and offerings of such stocks % Chicago Grain Market. W e CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Wheat opened with buy- ers in the majority. The briet session at Liver- pool resulted in an advance of %d in prices there. As local prices declined lc vesterday, this naturally had considerable’ effect. There was a good deal of covering by yesterday's sellers at the opening and buying by profes- sional longs. September opencd at To%@7a%c. compared with yesterday's closing price of 4% e, The ndvance was maintained but a short time. Primary receipts were very large, nearly 50 per cent larger than a year ago, and the quality of receipts of new wheat at Minne- apolis was said to be the best in years. As 800m as the opening demand was satisfied the market turned weak. Bears took advantage of the lack of buying orders to put pressure on the market and prices slid off very easily un: der the raiding, September dropped to Tc, with hardly a rally of consequence. It then rallied to 7o%c, but again declined to TUX@TAC, | chiefly on account of lack of support, and not until the session was near the close did the market develop-any real strength. Then re- ports of heavy cash business and export en- Gagements began to come in, local as well as outside points reporting a good business. Se tember rallied to 7o%c and closed at TB“GT{!:C Corn, with the exception of a few moments of firmness around the opening, was weak and lower all day. The weather was good and the favorable crop ts encouraged selling. tember closed 13@8c lower. ts were dull, but fairly steady. Septem- ber closed %c higher. \ Yellow fever reports were the one factor in provisions. Opening prices showed material declines for lard and until late in the market was extremely weak. The close was heavy, September pork 15c lower, lard 214@ 5c_lower ‘and ribs 5@7ck lower. The leading futures ranged as follows: barrasses the efforts of bear operators to de- press the general market. As might be ex- pected there was more or less bearish manipu- Tobacco stocks coming in for a notable share of this, but rallies followed quickly after eacn depression. London was not a prominent factor and though it was a seller on a small scare here the disposition abroad was .pe-mmly to take a more favorable view of the Chinese sit- uation. This to a certain extent steadied the market, but on the other hand the fact that the London market was preparing itselt for a large new war loan and discount is up to to the future of the money market, supplement- ed as it is by the bellef that all the European countries will have to borrow largely to de- fray the cost of their operations in China. The fact that no gold was shipped this week from New York was offset by the rise of ex- change dated at the end of the week, with the firmness of money in London being taken as an indication that the gold will be with- drawn from this side. Bradstreet's on Trade. e e S i e NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Bradstreet’s to-morrow will say: Trade conditions still favor the buyer; the general fall demand, though fair in view of the midsummer conditions, is still below expectations and below a year ago; bank clearings are at the lowest for two years past, and faflures are slightly more numerous, though no marked tendencies are perceptible. On the other hand gross rallway earnings hold the percentage of gain previously shown and where prices are made low enough to satisfy | Articles— Open. High. Low. Close. buyers a heavy business is uncovered and read- | Wheat No. 2— 1ly booked, pointing to the demand being still | August ...... ;& 74& B W present and awaiting dispcsal, The crop situa- | September . i3 T4 5% tion, as a whole, is beiter. ‘The outlook for | October .......irees 76 % Tl corn s for a 2,100,000,00 bushel crop. Spring | Corn No. 2— wheat is turning out better in quality and | August .. Yy 8T 0% 2% quantity than expected and there has been an 3% ::2 37 unguestionable improvement in cotton crop con- 6% 6% Stom. The yiaks of apsise ias. chw st in Al e IANY Years an ruits y are liberally and commanding good prices. o MWy Ay 2 “ ‘The iron and steel industry fu the most | October .. e 2% 2% 2% A% notable example of reduced prices, inducing a | Mess Pork, barrel— n"Contused one the voume of trade tn Anlened 1o 10 115 12 o a material, notably bars and plates, s very large. £ 685 680 6 Foundry pig iron has been in better demand, 690 685 u.o but at concessions, and the drift of crude prices §7 6 €7 generally is toward a lower level. nds— W et e Bt VL O im e ime capacity obatructs business. i i b he cereals are all lower this week, partly s St ity o e AIoRn ot Vhernn feeling | _No. 3 spring wheat, LA, No. 2 red, o. 3 No. after the lnte‘mcuom C Noj'l y’lllu;, UE lucts are on . 3 .No. wi gomend S T SR AT | B0 S e L g e o U eht er ba : per 100 pe week agiregates 5,627,000 bushels, againgt B30 | 56 S5 short ibe’ sides. “soser.” 31 531 2 o ; 3" shoulde (boxed), short clear sides (ted), 315587 09; whicky, basts of nigh wines, §1 23%; clover, contract grade, §5. Articles— Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 13,000 7,000 Wheat, bushels 134,000 15,000 Corn, bushels 211,000 841,000 Oats, bushels 370,000 247, Rye, bushels .. . Bariey, bushel On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market.was firm. Creamery, 15@13c; Daliry, 14 @17c. Cheese, steady, @10%c. Eggs, firm; fresh, 1llec. Foreign Futures. : LIVERPOOL. Opes i 1% ning .. i : i cr:um“ . .6 6 1% Wheat— Aug. Nov.-Feb. Opening 21 00 Closing . 2100 Flour— Opening, Closing LONDON, Aug. 8.—Earl Fruit Company's sales of California fruit: Pears—Bartlet $2 55@2 76, two-fitthe box: Souvenir de Con- sress, $2 05G2 10. Peaches—Decker, $1 80@1 92 a box; Twin Sisters, $1 S0F1 92 a box. Plums— Quakenboss, average $2 88; Jefferson, $2 04G2 22, single crates; Yellow Egg, $2 M@2 22 LONDON, Aug. 3.—Porter Bros. Company sales of Californla fruit: Pears—Bartletts, $2 76, half-box; Black Hardys, $1 56 to $2 28 per half-box; Black Clairgeaus, $150 to $175 pe: half-box. Plums—$2 10@2 28 per single crates. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Earl Fruit Company's sales of California fruit: Grapes—Malagas. $1 1091 65, single crates; Clusters, $1 1041 Pears—Bartletts, $1 210 a box. Plums—Yel- low Egg, $120@2 15, single crates; Kelsey Ja-" pan, $2 40@3 25. Twelve cars fruit sold to-day. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Porter Bros. Company sales of California fruft: _Pears_Bartletts, $140 to 3210 per box; Hardys, 3125 to $15. Peaches—Crawfords, $125 to 3130 per box. Plums—Jefferson, $1 15 to $1 35 per single crate. Prunes—Gros, $1 55 to $1 60 per single crate. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Porter Bros. Company sales of Californta fruit: _Peaches—Early Crawfords, $1 to 31 05 per box: Late Crawfords, 85¢ to §1 03; Susquebanna, $1 05 to 31 10; Orang Cling, 31 to $1 05; Tuscan, 80c to $1 05; Albright, $105 to $115; Crawford Cling, $105 to $115; l-‘reeuumelbo’l 05. Pears — Bartletts, $130 to $165 per box and 70c to Sic per half-box: Hardys, $130 to $135 per box. = Prunes—Ger- 35 to $1 50 per single crate: Gros. $1 40 to §2'25; Silver, §140; Italian, $160. Plums— Kelsey, 'Sic to $155 per single crates; Yellow | Exg, $12% to $155; Glant, $1 45; Washington, | : "Purple Duane. $13. Grapes—Malaga, to SOc per single crate; Clusters, §1 15 Grapes in poor condition. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—Earl Fruit Company's sales of California fruit. Grapes—Malagas, $1@ 140, single crate; Clusters, average $i 70. Pears '»B«nlm-. $145@1 65 & box. Prunes—Gros, | average, §i 65, single crates. Twelve cars of fruit sold to-day. Chicago Liwestock Market. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—CATTLE—Receipts, 3000. Steers, strong to 10c higher; butchers’ stock steady except medium cows, lower. Natives, best on sale to-day, four car loads at § 70 $5 35@6 50; poor to u feeders, good to prime steers, dium, $4 45@5 25; _selected mixed stockers, $3@ $3@5; canners, §2 @2 $5; , 33 caives, $506 85;: Texas fed steers, $ 407 Texas grass steers, $3 35@430; Texas bulls, §2 30@3 40. HOGS—Receipts to-day, 19.000; to-morrow. 15.- 000, estimated: left over, 2000, Mixed and butch- | $5 15@5 50; good to cholce heavy. $o 10G | rough heavy, $4 90@5 05; light, 34 20@5 50. | SHEEP—Receipts, 5. Strong to shade higher: lambs, 2G40 lower; good to cholce wethers, strong to 10c higher, $1 35@4 to choice mixed, $3 23; Western sheep. §1 @4 70: Texas shee ic_higher, native lambs, $ Western @5 New York Metal Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—There is no sign of a reaction in the market for metals here or abroad. To-day's developments were unfavor- able. showing inherent weakness in every de- partment. At-the close the Metal Exchange called pig warrants very weak with $12 nom- inal price. Lake copper, unchanggd at $18 50. Tin, barely steady at $32@32 25. Lead, unsettled at $4 25. Spelter, easy at $1 20G4 2. The brokers” price for lead Is # and for copper, 16 50. New York Cotton Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 3—To-day the pressure of cotton was general except for occasional and brief intervals of reaction. Opening steady at a decline of 2@7 points under adverse cables, | the market soon became unsettled and selling | Wwas getive by all classes of traders. The mar- ket closed quiet at a net loss of §@18 points, Portland’s Business. PORTLAND, balances, $41,010. Northern Wheat Market. OREGON. PORTLAND, Aug. 3.—A few small lots of wheat are selling all the time, but the busi- ness as a whole is of small proportions. Prices do not show much change. Export values are about 55c to If for Walla Walla and valley and about % for bluestem. WASHINGTON. TACOMA, Aug. 3—Wheat quiet and un- chgnged; biuestem, S9c; club, Se. $4@4 8; : helfers, 1 Aug. 3.—Clearances, $257,453; Foreign Markets. - LONDON, Aug. 3.—Consols, 97 13-18; silver, 27 15-16d; French rentes, 100f 17%c. Wheat cargoes on passage. nominally unchanged: English_country markets, quiet. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 3.—Wheat, steady: No. 1 Standard California, 6s 2d@és 2%d: wheat In Paris, quiet; flour In Paris, qulief French country marikets, dull. COTTON—Uplands, 5 7-164. CLOSING. WHEAT—Spot, steady; No. 2 red Western winter, €8 112d; No. 1 Northern spring, 6s 3d; No. 1 California, fs 1%d@6s 2d. Futures, quiet; September, 6s %d: December, 6s 1%d. CORN—Spot, steady: American mixed, new, 38 10%d; American mixed, old, 3s 114d. Fu- tures, dull; September, 3s 10%d; October, Js 11d; November, 3s 1134, —— LOCAL MARKETS. Exchange and Bullion. Sterling Exchange, sight - uswm Sterling Exchange, sixty days 5 Sterling Cables = ey New York Exchang - 1 New York Exchange, telegraphic — 12% Fine Silver, per ounce. =, % Mexican Dollars, nominai. = priv Wheat and Other Grains. WHEAT—Local futures opened lower, but re- covered. Liverpool futures were weak and Parls fu- tures firm. Chicago opened firmer on better foreign ad- vices, but the demand was moderate and chief- 1y to fill shorts. At the same time 300,000 bush- were sold for export on the seaboard, and at Chicago and Duluth. Snow estimates the crop in the three Northwestern States at $6,- 000,000 bushels on his and 177,000,000 on the Government acreage. ere were renewed complaints of drought iIn the corn belt. Ar- gentine_shipments were 1,000,000 bushels. Spot Wheat—Shipping, $105; Milling, $107% 10. i CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—9:15 o'clock—December—13,. ctls, ; 26,000, $1 - T e bers 400, ctia, $1. 1%, ‘ lar Morning Session—December—4000 ctls, 1113, Afternoon Session—14,000 ctls, $1 113, BARLEY—Rules firm with a good demand. T@TTi4c for No. 1 and 673 for oft : Brewing and shipping , 30@Silge; ier, nominal. CALL BOARD SALES. Informal Session—December—12,000 ctls, 77%c; 2000, TSici 4000, T8ic. Second "Change by the discovery that the averland rail- md‘g- given the Government a freight rate ony Oats of 60c per ctl from points clear through to Yokobama or Hongkong. The rate from Chicago to San Francisco is soc. This immense decrease In the through rate enables Chicago to completely updersell San for Government account. With a price of 220 per pushel at Chicago. the latter can land Oats at either Oriental port at $1 35, w] San Francisco cannot possibly do it at a to-day of §1 ctl_under $§1 6. 974 sacks rolled and $§7 sacks raw Oats. This shows the loss to this market by this discrim- ln&tlve (re.ll:lnle rate. o hite, §1 10@1 35; Surprise, $§1 35@1 40; Red. 61 10@1 22%: Gray, $1 10G1 20: inck 51 a6 1 22% per ctl: off grades of all kinds, $1@1 974, CORN—Large Yellow, $125 per ctl: Whits, #1.25 per ctl; Small Rotind Yellow, §1 3. YE—90@8%c per ctl. BUCKWHEAT—Nominal. Flour and Millstuffs. FLOUR—California Family Extras, §3 6083 7, usual terms; Bakers' Extras, $3 40@3 50; Oregon and Washington, §2 T5@3 10 per barre! for fam- ily_and §3 15@3 80 for bakers'; Eastern, $ 5@ per barrel. usual discount to the trade: Graham Flou 33 per 100 Ibs: Rye Flour, 2 75: Rye Meal, 32 50; Rice Flour, Corn Meal, $2 75; extra crea: do, 32 50; Oat Groats, 34 50: Hominy, $3 50@3 13; Buckwheat Flour, $4@4 %; Cracked Wheat, 3 50; Farina, $4 50; Whole Wheat Flour, $3 %: Rolled Oats (barrels). $6@7 25; in sacks, $ 75 @7: Pearl Barley, $5: Split Peas, $; Green Peas, % 50 per 100 ths. by Hay and Feedstuffs. Hay s steady and unchanged, and there is no further change In Feedstuffs. BRAN—$12 50@13 50 per ton, MIDDLINGS—$17G20 ver ton. FEEDSTUFFS—Rolled Bariey, $16@17 5 per ton; Ofleake Meal at the mill, $26G27; jobbin 27 50§28; Cocoanut Cake, 21; Corn Me: §26 50: Cracked Corn, $27; Mixed Feed. $13 307 14. HAY—Volunteer. 3 50@6 50; Wheat, $l0@! Wheat and Oat, $9 50@11 50; Oat, $@10; Clover, !MN; Alfalfa, $6@750; Barley, $6 J0@8 50 per | on. STRAW—2G40c per bale. | Beans and Seeds. BEANS—Bayos, §2 65@2 75: Small White. $3 40 | @3 60; large White, 32 60G2 75; Pink, $2@2 S5; | Red, $3 25@3 50; Blackeye, 33 $; Lima, % 30@ | 5 40; Pea, nomin: SEEDS—Brown Mustard, 4c; ::\f.x’xw e Ra, @3c; H a, nominal . H . 4@4%c; Timothy, 4@4%: S o DRIED PEAS—Niles, nominal; Green, 32 %@ 250 per ctl; Blackeye, 2. Potatoes, Onions and Vegefébles. To- Sweet Potatoes and Onlons are weaker. matoes are doing rather better. POTATOES—Gggnet Chiles, 50c; New Early Rose, 25G30c; Burbanks, 25@80c for Rivers and 6@Tc per ctl for Salinas; Sweets, 1%@2c per et ! | this week approximat. | relative coal s $1 for small and 25@50c Summer or red skins, 35¢; fall or medium skins, for coits. 36c. winter or thin skins, 20c. Goatskins- Prime Angoras, Te; large and smooth, medium, e, TALLOW—No. 1 rendered. {c per Ib; No. Z 3¢c; refined, 5%c: grease, 2Gilec. WOOL—Spring clip is quotable as follows: Northern free, 14@lic; Northern, defective, 129 Me; Middle County, free, M4@lfc: Middle Coun- . defective. 12@lc; Southern Mountain, 11@i2: Southern Mountain, free, . 10@12¢;’ Southern Mountain, ‘defecttve 7 months’, 9@1lc; Humboldt and Mendoeino, llgl Nevada, 13@16c per Ib. ‘all Clip-San Joaquin Lambs’, $@%c per Ib. m.l;loml’s—ou. nominal at §@l0c per 1b. new, 12 7 i 30 San Francisco Meat Market. There is nothing new to report in any de- seription. BEEF—5@6c per Ib for fair to choice. VEAL-—Large, 7GSc; small, $@9%e per Ib. MUTTON—Wethers, TigGiSc; ewes, 1@74¢ per pound. LAMB—Spring. & c I PORK—Live Hf'l":r”fi'%‘z: fu?' small. 5%@570 for medium and '4@i%e for large; stock Hogs and feeders, 5%@5%c; dressed Hogs, SGS'%C. General Merchandise. BAGS—San Quentin Dags, &: Caleutta Grain 8@6%e; Wool Bags, 28%@32%e; : Fruit Bags, 6ls@one for white and S, @s%e for bleached Jute. $9 per ton; Southfleld e b o #; Bryant, $; Coos Fay, $ 50 llsend, $9; Co-operative Wallsend, 39; Cumt in bulk - nthracite 316 per & tocky $8 45 per 2000 pounds and §8 to_brand Harrison's circular says there have be itgton with lumbia, $500 tons: total. 34,89 tons but we are doing scarcity of carriers considering iantity deliverec ount eon coessfully meet _the as snmed, The 1 struggling to increa brisk demand all sections. New producing yorted, thereby deliveries of all y and in the interior. In product of California should improved Aaure marked up somewhat, coal 1s so urgent in A\ sels are delayed sixty days await ing turns. If the anticipated which will be oreated by the pound. 60@%c per Pickle ONIONS—Yellow, Onfons, $1G1 2. VEGETABLES—Green Corn, 50c@$1 per sack, %c@$1 per crate for Berkeley and $1@1 50 for Alameda; Green Peas, 2@3%c per Ib; String 3@ic: Cabbage. 0G5 | Bay, 65 : Green 'Okra, Green Peppers, 25@60c per box for Chili and @é0e for Bell: Dried Peppers, 8@10c: Carrots, 2 @35¢ per sack: Summer Squash, %@35ec for Al meda; Cucumbers, 20@30c for Alameda: $1 per ctl for 2 @3c per Ib; Marrowfat Squash, §12G15 per ton. Poultry and Game. The market is overstocked with almost all descriptions, and the demand is Inadequate to consume more than half of the arrivals. Prices are weak. of course, though young Gobblers are reported sold at 15@1%. POULTRY—Live Turkeys, 3@10c for Gobblers and 10G12c for Hens; Geese, per pair, $1 25@: 30; Goslings, $1 25G1 Ducks, $3@4 for old and $2 50@4 for young: Hens, $1@5 50; Young Roost- ers, $#4@6; Old Roosters, $3 @4 50; Fryers, $3@3 50; Brolers, 32 30@3 for large and $1 5 for smali; Pigeons, $1 50@1 75 per dagen for old | and $1 2541 5 for Squabs | GAM ves, 40@60c per dozen: Cottontail Rabbits, §1 Brush Rabbits, 75¢@$1; Hare, §1 | | | | Butter, Cheese and Eggs. | Prices for all descriptions stand about xme. the Butter and Eggs are steady, though the | Istter are in better receipt and dull. Cheese | continues very weak, BUTTER— Creamery—Fancy Creamery, 23@2%c; sec- 4. Fancy, 20c; good to choice, 13@i%c: 1@ 1774 common, Creaméry tub— Pickled roil—20c. Firkin—15@2oc. per b, CHEESE—New, 8@%: Young America, %@ 10c; Eastern. 13%@14%c; Western, 10@12c per Ib. EGGS—Quoted at 14@17%c for store 23c per dozen for ranci Deciduous and Citrus Fruits. It was a late day vesterday. The berries | from Watsonville and the peninsula were late | and the river boats with the Peaches and Pears were late. Of course, the late goods suffered. | Otherwise there was little new to report. | Limes are about cleaned up again, the re- cent hot spell having created a sharp demand. Lemons are in better supply and weaker. DECIDUOUS FRUITS— APRICOTS—Nominal and about gone at 25@ 50c per box and crate, and $15@25 per ton to the canners. APPLES-25@40c_per box for common and c@$1 % for good to cholae; Crabapples, 20g#3c per small box and 40@60c per large box. PEARS—Bartletts, 25@fc in boxes and $109 20 per_ton in bulk. PLUMS—20@40c_per box and crate; in bulk, $10@15 per ton: Prunes, 25@50c per crate; E€& Plums, $10@15 per ton. STRAWEERRIES—3§2 50§83 50 per chest for large and $3@5 for small berries. RASPBERRIES—$5@S per chest. BLACKBERRIES—$@5 per chest. LOGAN BERRIES_§7 per chest. CURRANTS—$1 50G2 per chest. HUCKLEBERRIES—6@7c per ib. FIGS—Nominal, NECTARINES—White, 35@i0c per box: red. | O SCHES_99@40c _per box and 3s@M0c per basket: in carriers, 60@75c: in bulk, $15@20 per | ton for freestone and $20@25 for clings. GRAPES — Fontainebleau, g8 per crate. asic per crate: ess, T5gSse e Sweetwater, 3@50c; black: S0Q@Te, i ) TR S—Nutmegs, 50c@$1 25 per case; Can- | MELON taloupes, $1 25@3 per crate; Watermelons, $8 Lem- @2 per 100, with $30 for extra large. CITRUS FRUITS—Valencias, $233 50: | ons, $1 50@2 50 for common and $3@4 for good | o choice; Mexican Limes, §: Bananas, | 31 25@2 50 per bunch; Pineapples, $i 50@3 o per dozen. Driéd Fruits, Nuts and Raisins. New fruits of all kinds except Apples seem to be gradually creeping up, as the output is no- where near as large as predicted two months | ago, and as interested parties would even now fead people .to believe. Reports from the in- | terior are that dealers who held off for lower prices for Apricots are noW scurrying around After supplies and find choice goods hard to get. Peaches are also showing a better tone. The situation in Prunes in New York will be found fully set forth in the first column. If | the facts published by the Journal of Commerce prove correct, i. e, that San Francisco esti- Mates are now for a crop of 9,000,000 pounds, | instead of 150,000,000 pounds, ‘as figured on six | weeks ago, and that the large sizes are 40 per | cent short of last year, p-::' for Prunes will probably be higher this yea® than for several years. DRIED FRUITS—Old Crop—Prunes. nomi- nal—cleaned up. Evaj Apples, 3%@4isc; sun-dried, 3@3'cc ver I NEW CROP—Apricots. 5@7%e for Royals and §,@10%¢ for Moorparks; Evaporated = Apples, Gaibe: sun-dried, JG3ic; Peaches. Sc for stand: 2, 6e_for choice and_ic for fancy; Pears, 5@ T4c; Plums, pitted, 5@6c; unpittéd, Jgige: Neetarines, 4@sc for red and 5@c for white. RAISINS—Bleached pson’s fancy, per Ib, 10c; choice, Sc ime, & un- bleached Thompso Suitanas— Fancy, per Ib, S$%c: elioice, T¢; standard, fige; prime, tc; unbleached Suitanas, 5c; Seediess. £0-Ib_boxes, 2-crown, loose Muscatels, sie. 3-crown, 6%c; 4-crown, 7c; London Layers, 2. 1130 per boxi 3-crown. 31 60 ' Fan 3$2; Dehesa, ‘32 30; Imperial, $3. A ; o."b. at common shipping points la lifornia. NUTS—Walnuts, $@10c for Standards and 3 llc for softsheils; new Almonds, 114@12e per-shell. 9%@10%c for soft and 6@ic for hardsheil; Peanuts, 5 for Eastern and 5@6e for Californta: Brazil Nuts, 11G1%%e: Fil- | %'{"' 12@13c; Pecans, 11g13c; Cocoanuts, 33 30 HONEY—Comb, 12@12%c for bri; 11%c for light amber; ~water whi light amber extracted, 6%@6%c. per _1b. BEESWAX—24@26c per Ib. Provisions. The situation is very firm, and as remarked vesterday. some dealers are asking e advance for cured meats. Stocks are light, but the de- TEURED MEATS 10@10 e heavy, 10%@10%c for light medium, lgh i, ily, $4; extra Prime Pork, Mese, $16 50; Smoked Beef, LARD—Tierces quoted pound and I‘c for bhalf-barrels, 9¢; 10-1b tins, $%4c: &I: tins, 9%c. COTTOLENE—One-half barrel, - §%e; three haif-barreis, $%c: one tierce, $%c; two tlerces, Sice: five tierces, $%e per Ib. Hides, Tallow, Wool and Hops. HIDES AND SKINS—Culls and brands seil sbout lc under quotations. Heavy salted ght and 1@ ite, T 3 per 1b for 1¥%e for “fmompeni t Gic per Ib for com- pure, | a requisition may | Common Esss. | Beet, chofce. -15@29 | Pork Chops Do, (10§12 | Round Steak. Corn Beef . 10 | Strioin Steak. Steers, $lgc; medium, §ic; light. Sie; Cow- combined European war ve should be made on New South to predict what confusion will ensue. made on the h ma ider tes b ity Is meager and desirable. Colllery proprietors 1 through America can safely join in the choru ‘Coal is King' for 1900 and for several years to eome." CANDLES—~Electric light, according to size; twelves be collieries, sixes, h Granite Mining. sixes, $%@13%o: twelves ( teD), 11%c; Paratfine Wax Candles, 12%@12 for ‘'white and lc higher for col SUGAR—The Western Sugar Refining Com- pany quotes, per Ib, in 100-ib bags: Cubes, A Crushed and Fine Crushed, Powdered, § S0c; Candy Granulated, 5.80c; Dry Granulated, 5.70c; Confectioners’ A, 5.70¢; Magnolia A, 5.30c; Extra C, 5.20c; Golden C, 5.10c; barrels, 10¢ more; half-barrels, 25c more; boxes, 0o more; 0-1b bags, 10¢c more. No orders taken for less than barrels or its equivalent. Dom-~ inos, half-barrels, 6.4c; boxes, §.70c per Ib. Receipts of Produce. FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 3, 1900 Flour, qr sks. 10.390 Eggs, doz. Whe: ctls. 4.5% Sugar, bbl Sugar, sks Lime, bbis. | Flour, qr sk 14,078 Bran, sks | Wheat, ctls 490 Wool, bales.. Dats, ctis 560, — Family Retail Market. | | | - Butter, Cheese and Eggs stand the same as last week. Meats show no change, but the wholesals markets are growing firmer. Poultry is in heavy supply,” with low prices for small and young fowl. ‘There is nothing new in frutts and vegetables, both being abundant, Coal, per ton— Cannel ......$—@13 00|Southfield Wellington . —@11 0| Wellington —@U Seattle .. 9 @ (Coos Bay.... —@ Dairy Produce, ete Butter, per sqr..43@ Do, per roil. Cheese, Cal Cheese Meats, per Bacon . Ham, Eastern..15@ Lard o§ 5 12 Mutton P Spring Laml 15| Veal Pork, tresh. 120 Poultry and Game— Hens, each .......50@T Ducks, each Youne Roosters, Geese, each...§1 €8CH <....reeere..80@T5 Pigeons, pair. Old Roosters, Fryers. each Brollers, each.. | Turkeys, per Ib...i5@20] Fruits and Nuts— Apricots - 4@ 5|Nutmeg Melons, Almonds, per 1b..15G—| each . 50 Apples ........ . 4@ 5 Oranges, dozen...15 Bananas, dozen Lemons. dozen. @ Blackberries, Nectarines, per Ib 4@ § Crabapples, per Ib 4 3/ Plums, per Ib..... g 5 Cantaloupes, each 5@15 Raisin: per 1b. A5 Currants. drawer.30@50 Figs, per 1b. - 107715 drawer . 260 Logan Berries, per drawer drawer .. 30@6) Walnuts, Grapes, pe: '5@10| Watermélons, Vegetables— Artichokes, doz...30@50|Lettuce, per doz.13@— Asparagus, per 1b 4@10(Onions, per Ib.... 3% 5 Raspberries, dwr. 4G50 ‘o 8 Peaches, per Ib Beets, doz .. 2@15 |Okra, green pr Ib.1 Beans, white, 1b.. 5@— | Peppers, green, 1b 5& Colored, per Ib. 4@ 5 Potatoes, per Ib.. 3 Lima, per Ib. Cabbage, each ... Cauliffowers, each 5310 Celery, bunch..... 5@— Sweet Potatoes... 5@ Parsnips, per doz.15¢ Radishes, dz behs10@12 Sage, doz bnchs. Cress, doz bnchs.20625 String Beans, 1b. 4@ § Cucumbers, pr dz.100 — Summer Squash, Ess Plant, 1b.... S010 per ib ... i@ 5 Green Corn, d0z.10@3)/Thyme, per 1b....20@20 Green Peas, Ib.... 5@ § Turnips, per doz.10@15 Lentils, per Ib.... 6@ 8/Tomatoes, per Ib. 4@ 5 Fish— Barracuda . Carp Codfish . Flounders Halibut Kingfish . Mackerst Mossels, quart. 12§15 (Oysters. Cal, 100, —a2| Do Eastern, do: < sgol 108 | THE STOCK. MARKET. — Local stocks and bonds and the ofl stocks were dull yesterday MOFRIng, With no change worthy of remark. In the afterncon there were some sales of Home Of1 at $ Sales of stocks on the Bond Exchange during the first seven months of the year were 265870 <, against #2.000 during the same tims =t vear, and of bonds, $2,71130, against $3, 869, 200 The Best & Belcher Mining Company has levied an assessment of 15 cents and the Chol- lar one of 10 cents. STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE. 3 FRIDAY, Aug. 32 p. m. Bid. ‘= i ¥ oup % quar co b iscellancous— Sae EIG&PCo. 2% - © # SFG&E... 3%+ € 5 Ed = F& Gea: - HC Do ™ LA - LA Cal S D & T..1i% — Do |First Nationi 275 * - LA — Lon P& A...1M% LA 101% | Merchants” Ex 15 - Mark 12833 Nev Nat Bk... — -— Do Savings Banks— N¢ er § & L..180 — R /Hum 8 & L... — Do Mve Sev B 4§ ~ P |8 ¥ Sav U....505 Do |Sev & L So. T4 N Cal |8ee Say BX.... — Oak G {ton T Coeoee —= Oak Oak