The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1904, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904 SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS. Stocks weak. Cotton lower again. -change a fraction higher. Wall-stree Silver decl Lumber trade reported unsetiled and quicter. Local Stocks and Bonds still without especial feature. us prices. Corn wery firm. Sterling E. Wheat and Barley quict at previc lemand and steady. Middlings still scarce and strong. Hay matket stift. Oats in fair rther change in Beans and Seeds. : Butier steady, Cheese plentifut and Eggs scarce and firm. ene highe ht stocks. )ther Meats as before. Southern Vegetables in light sions quiet, with Cottc Hops guicter but steady, with Shring Lambs scarce and high. es steadier. Onions firm. tone. Arrivals of Game liberal. still unfavorabiy affected by cool weather. e this e Lumber Trade. \ised a bad impression. earnings 5ot considered satisfactory and the sell- ing of Pepnsylvania was continued on account { its poor December showing. ok contributed its share to the day's unset- | although there was nothing decisive concurrence of such toward depression had creased effect by reason of the manifest pass- period of redundancy of money Tb-Treastiry requirements and transters of Orleans have made Inroads | reserves this week, and_in- terfor exchanges are moviny The intimation from some $30,000,000 of { ment will be withdrawn from deposit with tional banks is of unmistakable authority and whatever is done to nothing will be al- The war out- in the day’s news. in- New ington that Panama canal pay- | gives assurance u | range for the payment, | lowed to come as a surprise and unprepared | Some _confidence | $4 35@4 50 | 1s expressed that the payment can be effected | ter extr export of gold at all, money market will undoubtedly be more pacid | fter the operation is concluded. Bonds l‘er!(dull and heavy. | for by the business world. facturers aiso form- raised prices | that a etiffer the last fortnight. ates 28 and old 4s declined % per | cent on .call thern districts of Cali- plentiful and general promising, but in TOCK LIST. 3 W YORK S Sale: | Baltimore & Ohio | Balt & Onio pra. Canadian Pacific | Central of N J ns Lave a most de- smber markets of a satisfying rain comes | be littie de- the San Josquin and south > disturbed over the steamship com- carrying vessels ine just what be, but any dis- | ed &t thi= moment Chi & Alton ptd | Chi & Gt W | Chi & Gt W | Chi Term & Trans. Chi T & T ptd C C C & St Louis.. Colo Southern olo So 1st pfd in shingles and species, has fallen This is due to the East- ng off until our conditions be- Del & Hudson Del Lack & West W eather Report. 20th Meridian—Pacific Time.) NCISCO, Feb. the seasonal rainfalls to th those of same last twenty-four hours This Last Iowa Central Southern pf@. Louisv & Nashv Manhattan L . | Met Street Rall Kans & Texas orfolk_& West or & West pfd f Reading 24 ptd Rock Island Co Rock Isiand.Co pfd SL&SF 2y St Louis South St .Louis South St Psul prd Southern Pacific Southern Ratlway Southern Ry pfd Wabash ptd 20 | Wheel & Lake E: | Wisconsin Centra | Wisconsin Cen pfd. 5| Express Companies— United States . Wells-Fargo .. Miscellaneous— | Amal _Copper A Sen Francisco Sen Diego.. . Winnemucca WEATHER CONDITIC FORECAST. re has fallen rapidly over morthwestern portion of the country. the jast twenty-four hours there has been a fell of nearly helf an inch in pressure over Puget Bound. A storm of some violence gver- lies Vancouver Island and Northwestern Wash- Brooklyn Rap T { Colo Fuel & Iron. Colum & H | Coneolidated Gas . General Electric - m“smm{mn.[::?‘l:nd northward and i y on lay in Cent: Northern alifornia. gt ene Southeast storm warnings are displayed at A maximum wind velocity of 72 miles per | bour, from the southeast, is reported mouth of the Columbia River. . ‘'orecast made at San Francisco for th hours ending midnight, February 4: g ‘ornia—Rain Thursday: ably high on the coast i Southern California — Increasing cloudiness T cay and possibly rain Friday; light north ¥ changing to southerly. evade—Cloudy Thursda: brisk southerly Francisco and vieinity—Probably rain Jay; warmer; fresh southeast winds, in- p pid . National Biseuit National Lead North American People’'s Gas | Pressed Steel Car . Pressed Steel ¢ ptd | Pullman Pal Cq sthexst winds, pro 715 | I l Chicago Board Republic Steel Rubbe: Goods pfd. Tenn Coal & Irom. S Leather pfd £ Rubber pfa Steel ... nE A. G. McADIE, District Forecaster. Western Union T ..445,000 shares. NITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO. EW YORK, Feb. 3.—Bond transactions o Railroads of San Francisco: 25,000 1 25,000 at $78 STi4. ICAN CAN COMPANY, 3,—.9merlc:‘:d('nn Com- Ti: asked, $4. Pre. 7895 50: asked, $54 50. Total rales. . EASTERN MARKETS. e York Moncy Market. Feb. 3.—Money on call, easy, H e steady; sixty days, . % 4 (Man con gold és. 04 e : Stock Market. s quite manifest in The paralysis of the ceneral market W and in o manner un- £ involves real losses There 1s no mistaking the. fact urities i) an 3325Eng8ats $H985 om t&g act, The death of Wittars o1 mey was a special depressing factor in of corvarations with which he had been closcly identified. Wintry temperatures and o raser Southwestern winter 9 wa BEsrLRges Do ptd Amer Tel Do prd Atchison | _Do pta the | @425, WHEA o. strong. Total sales, par | 95%c f . B, : | #1623 '£. 0. b. afloa nominal f. o. b. afloat. strong market in wheat, .new high records for ! eeveral years being reached. Controlling ad- vicos were higher cables, tremendous corn_advance. 115@18;c _net closed, 9514c September PRUD @15c. e Generally 45% | Locaily coi Lak | light and Boston Stocks and Bonds. Money— Call loans Time loans. Bonds— Atchison 4s Mex Cent 4s. Railroads— United Fruit. Westing Com.. g2 8% 8 r's . Centennial 5 .. Boston & Albany.248 |Copper Range Boston & Maine. Doni Coal . Boston Elev.. NY NH&H. Fitchburg pfd. Isle Royale . 0l Dominion | strength to-day. bat the situation sl re- | firm. The Oregon Steamer s due to- Miscellaneous— Amer Sugar . Do pfd.... | better than for some time past. Small re- Hay continues firm at high price: i cireulur of Somers & Co. says: ceipts and a good ehipping demand were minor o G s | shade lower to & shade higher at 4374c to 45ec. iglugu the past week, the total amounting to Dom Iron & 8. Gen Electric Mass Electric Do pfd.. U S Steel. 10% | Winona 54% | Wolverine . London Closing Stocks. Cons for money. Do for acct. Anaconda 7234 Ont & Western., | Bal & Ohio. Can Pacific Ches & Ohio Chl Great We: N Tasd gt | new buying to take ail the offerin ! shorts, Including some of the vackers. The [ | .. Do 2d pfd | I Central . | Louis & Nash. M. K & Tex Bar sflver—Weak, 26%d per ounce. | Money—2@2% per e & of discount {n the open market for short bills is 2%@2% per cent and for three months' bills 2%G2 15-16 per cent. i The rat, New York Grain and Produce. NEW YORK, Feb. 3 ,873 barrels: exports, 24, firmer and held 10c higher nesota patents, FLOUR—Rec: winter straigh! Minnesota patents, $4 75@5 .3: win- | $3 35@3 60; Minnesota bakers', $3 90 ' M nter low grades, §3 05G3 40. | 1 red, '05c_ele: war rumors and a closed 8934c; S3cc, closed 83%c. COFFEE—Spot Rio, nominal; No. T invoice, 814 asked, mild, steady: Cordova, T%@13%c. Coffee futures opened barely steady at a de- cline of 15@50 points, and after a slight re- | covery around midday ruled sensationally act- The decline was started by the weakpess of French cables and continued sell- in connection with further by cotton exchange interests, may have been influenced by the break in the cotton market and by the report that the hol sal bull leader in cotton were be- The market closed steady, ive and weak. ing by importers unloading inge of the I ing thrown over. 5 to 65 points fower. 8.50c; December, 8 2% SUGAR—Raw, DRIED FRUITS. EVAPORATED 8 | held at recent prices, but the trade is slow and ic: choice, 5%@ the tone quoted at 4@5c 6c; fancy. Are barely steady here, although indicate slightly improved condi- % | tions. Spot prices range from 31sc to Ge, ac- cording to grade. |~ APRICOTE—Are firm | e @ntie; coast adv! Choice are quoted at extra choice, PEACH cholce quoted st T%@T%c: extra cholce,. | fancy, s@ioc. p months were 6 points higher to 2 | points lower, while the new crop positions were first trading was al opening Liverpool to break 4 points at a clip. Thie precipl- tated another wild rush for selling and soon values were heing driven down at a rate al- most equal to that of yesterday. in the call March sold down to 15. from 16.60c to 15.50c and . a decline of about points and a net loss of from 40 to on the positions named, which, added to the decline of vesterday, made a net loss of 1he¢ a pound in about four hours of actual trading. The old ¢ £ to 15 points ; soon after the 16.65¢ to- 1 | ¢howed a heavy tendency in the afternoon and | the close was steady. duced to a maiter of 5@ i estimated at 700,000 ba New York 1 NEW YORK, Feb. London, with and futurs the net loss re- letal Market. Tin was irregular in igher at £126 28 d, 2e 64 lower at £126. Locally tin | declined about 10 Doints, 50 . ‘Copper declined 7s ¢d to £56 5s for spot and | £55 17s €4 for futures in the London market. per aleo was lower, wi . $12 but quict at $4 45@4 The London market £11 25 6d. | ~ Spelter was unchanged here | London it declined 2s to £21 1 Iron closed at 0(s 1d in Glasgow and 42s 64 Locally iron was uncha at $4 9045. In Be. % | in Miadlesboro. | No. 1_foundry, Northern, dry, Northern, 0. 1 foundry, South, No. 1 foundry, Southern, Jew );rk—Y;\T Goods. NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Buying has not been during the last few daye in the drygoods market, owing to the uncertain con- ditions of the raw cotton market. While sell- re show no disposition to weaken from their { yet the utmost conservatism is shown by both buyer and seller, and there indication as to what s liberal a former position, | seems to be mo future may have In store. * of Trade. minated | evitable general ion came “out to 92%c. Future Grain and Provisions. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Cash No, 2 red wheat | sold on the Board of Trade to-day at $1 a | bushel, two carloads changing hands at that | price.” The wheat was bought by millere. | Wheat has not sold so high in this market, | either for spot or future delivery, since June, | 1808 in which month the Leiter deal cul- The high prices bels | cago are the direct result of | May wheat being engineered by Armour. May to-day at the top price for the 9434c, a_gain of 2%@2%c The advance was accom- | panied by active covering of shorts and much speculative excitement. Prices for corn, oats and provisions were also doing some lofty climbing, May corn was up 34c to 85c; Ma; c_a gain of 1%c to 1%c, an 70, a gain of 20¢ per barrel, The dlsplay of bullishness was sald to be largely the result of buying by speculators, who have made big profits in cotion and have now transferred their dealings to the grain and_provision markets. Wheat gathered fresh impetus during ths . | night from foreign news indicating that war rtic. 923 between Russia and Japan now seemed - Great _activity was manifested in pald at Chi- | wheat sold | season at yesterday's close, oats sold to 46 pit at the start and prices were higher plane. May was % higher at e to 92ic, while July BARLE to t c to 83%c. There oy 3 Atarier Bl day, (e market being were unusually active e oo 1P el B B0 were comparatively falf to cholce. : urgent demand to 93c. At that the end of the first half - Only a very small was necessary to sta ard march, At had recovered all last halt hour. and in consequence the market | There is hurdly any California Corn coming in. suffe vance. red some reaction. The close, however, | The market rules at the recent ad . was strong at 98%@93%c, a net gain for the | Western sa 81 1 35 for Yeliow, $1 30 A4 3001 3234 for Mixed: J73; small The 1 50: e, $1 25@1 30 -per of yesterday's enormous trading. The volume | ¢tl; Egyptian, $1 45@1 56 for white and §1.25 of an even 2c. July closéd at Si%c, an | @1 323 for White and ?. advarice of 1%c. California la Yellow, $1 corn pit was the scene of a_repetition | round do, $1 of business, in fact, was so large that the | for Paarier was extremely hard to follow. One | RYE—Firm at §1 301 32% per ctl gf the most striking rn;um wx“ the heavy | BUCKWHEAT—S$1 75@2 per ctl. uying of May corn by the prominent operator oo ors b who 18 said to be practically in control of May 1l wheat, The increased speculative demand was Flour and Millstuffs. another noticeable feature. Wall-street traders were said to be investing héavily in corn. At | FLOUR—California Fami Extras, $4 600 times the market took precedence over wheat, |4 85 usual térms; Bakers & and larger gains were made in this pit than A Oregon and Washington, $3 00@4 20 per bbl for in either of the other cereals, May corn at | Family and § 40 for Bakers'. one time showing an advance of 3%c over last MILLSTUFFS—Prices in packages are as night's close, The opening was strong. influ- | follows: Grgham Flour, $3 25 per 100 Ibs énced to some extent by higher cablek, May | Rye Flour, $3 Meal, §3; Rice Flour, 52%c. ; Corn Meal, being up 4c to ¥c at 52%c to . Some $7: of the large bull houses s0ld moderately early | Groats, ip the day, but the offerings were eagerly | Flour, ‘$i taken by shorts and prices held firm. Toward | Iina. $150; Whole the latter part of the day the interests that | Oats, bbls, $7 25@S Tad sold garly tufned active buyers and the | Pearl Barley, $6; osglu Peas, .demand was so persistent that prices rose | Peas. $5 50 per 100 Ibs. rapldly, Within the last few moments of | tradl) May sold at 55c, a gal f 8 4 i B o s e nes whea Tt Hay and Feedstuffs. The oat market lost some of its independent Bran and Middlings continue very mained bullish in sympathy with other grains, | s0me 6000 or 7000 sacks, but It is reported N that There ‘was selling credited to the principal | MOst of the line has aiready been sold, so there holder- but the commission-house trade was | Will not be much to place upon the market. fartors in’ supporting prices. - May opened a | _ '‘Shipments of Hay have The early trade was moderate and without tons, in_comparison with 2000 tons conspicubus featura®, shorts bein, e best profit-taking local longs, With the shaj May selling up to 46%c late in the da; The cl Y, el with May Ve igher, | 325 o0k Wi be made towara the end af oVl e o Ay b uDIE | belleve the condition of the Hay market Thers was, heavy mgquidation by N0 | be Tather critical, for Wwith the heavy drains the bull side of late, but there was enough | OB country stocks it bexins to though we would not have enough to last us through. e ad- hest demand was for pork, and that product May nork closed higher, lard was v closed With a gain of HAT%e. The leading futures ranged as follows: Wheat No. 2— for thé next month or two. al 52 50% 4812 B50% February . @y ax eyl ., b % | tully 81 per ton higher." i 2 404 MW 45% | UBRAN-gz142 per ton. . September ..... 331 3222 33 33 MIDDLINGS—$27 50429 per ton. Mess Pork, per Bbl SHORTS—$21@22 per ton. ay ...13 47% 13 70 13 4715 13 65 FEEDSTUFFS —Rolled Barley, $23 50@24 50 ard, per 100 2 per ton; Oflcake Meal at the mill, g'mmgm; 755 7 60 jobbing, $32: Cocoanut Cake $21G22; Cor July . . T 02 00 Short Ribs, per 100 100 680 g g2 | 40 per ton: Broom Corn Feed, 00c per etl. Cash Grain and Provisions. $12@13 50 per ton. STRAW CHICAGO, Teb. 3. h quotations were as %% < follows: Flour, firm; No. 3 wheat, S9@9lc; Beans and Sceds. No. 2 red, 94c@$1; No. 2 corn, 5le; No. 2 yel- — low, Ble; No. 2 oats, 42%@43%c: No. 3 white, | Most descrintions under this head remain as 2 previously quoted and conditions show no 431, @44%c; No. 2 rye, 61@62c; good feeding barley, 88@4l1c: fair to choice malting, 46@57c; | $3: No. flaxseed, . 1 Northwestern, | 1a % §$118; prime tim 53 5 %00 O Bk, 8 e 13501 o barrel, §1 | Lima, $3 20@3 40; Red K 7 371 @7 40; | Blackeye, §2 15G2' 26 per ctl: 68714; short clear sides | §242 50. whisky, basis high wines, $127; clover, con- | tract grade, $10 T5@11. i Articles— Receipts. Shipments. | Flour, barrels. . 61300 27.600 SEEDS—Brown Mustard, $3 50; saz $0: Flax, 81 sdi o Rt Wheat, bushels . T4,400 ‘Corn, bushels. . 417,200 per ten. A s ¢ DRIED PEAS—Blackeye, $2 25G2 50 per etl arley, bushels. . © 202,300 AT il Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. O buyers who had been holdl CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—On the Produce Ex- ¥ : hise change to-day the hutter market was firm. | 13 ;:;'",',‘:‘u“a:u::,, R R Creameriex, 1572 firm at mark, cases included, 27@29¢. Cheese, | steady, 10G10%: e | supplies and two freshly arri CHICAGO. Oregon stock were firmly held at the maximum CHICAGO, Feb. 3. —CATTLE—Receipts, #8000, | quutation. Steady to 10c higher. Good to prime $4 7065 50; poor to medium, $4j4 T 4 4 : ‘o5t | and sales were reorted at 3@4c er pound. PR b bl b et | Receipts of snuthern vegetables were It canvers, $150@ calses, 88 507 5 cth.(::‘t‘(;‘l;::u 0 e e Biined and batchers, | 10Wer 4nd o box of Asparagus from the $30065 05 003 to choice heavy, $4 95@5 15: | mento River was sold at 40c bulk of eales, $4 85G | SHELP—Recelpts, 15,000, Sheep, steady: | lambs, strong. Good to chojce wethers, $4@ 4 €0; fair to choicé mixed, $37064i; Western | n\eer. $465 1 ern lambs, $5@: $1 pr ctl; Salinas Burbanks. $1 Sweet Potatoes, §2 15 per ctl. i ] 1 O BT ABLEG Gréen Peas, 507 b . , VEGETA. 5—Green Pea 7c per Ib; | Miscellaneous Markets. ’ Stting Beans, 17%c per 1b: Wax, SG12%0: 3 » | Tomutoes from Los Angeles, $1G1 50 per box ¥* | or cruts: Rhubarb, i@Oc per Ib; Summer | 5 = | Squash frem Los Ang, 1 50 per box. Foreign Futures. | Cabbage, $1 per ctl; Carrots, S0c per sack: e small ard §1 50@2 for large: Garlic, % LIVERPOOL. @be per 1b: , Bgg Plant, per Wheat— Marah, ¥. | Jb; Dried Peppers. 5@Sc per lb for Stock- ! : { Mushrooms, 406! 1ots and %@GHe per 1 or sacked: Poultry and Game. ‘There was no Wi ing_extra an ST. LOUIS, Feb. slightly firmer rates. & PORTLAND, Fel ~—Wheat—Walla Walla, Tde; bluestem, 80c port to-day for Hongkons and way ports with | §2@2 Goslings, $9@2 25: Ducks. 268,330 bushels of wheat. g;r dozen for old and $6@7 for young: Hens, WASHINGTON. 60G@6_for large and $1 50@5 50 for smail: Feb. 3.—Wheat—Steady. Blue- ung Roosters, $6@7; Roosters, $5@ 80 pryers 8 et Brollers, §4 50a5 3 largs wng 3500450 ror small Pleeons, Northern Business. §1 2501 20 per dozen for old and §2 2382 30 . $112,307. 2571 50; Widgeon, ";'f\'cc’u:. Féb, 3.—Clearings, $319,123; bal- | 76e@$1; Gr. ances, $52,47S. o balances, $21,439, [ $1 26 for Brush: Hare, $1 26@1 50. # | Butter, Cheese and Eggs. 3 are beginning to repert in easicr feeling. | The G . es: market in still overstocked and dull. Exchange and Bullion. The situation I Eggs at the moment is this: £ ‘The demand ‘or ehipment ie suill brisk and the a . | shippers wi y or anything fresh, o T i raction higher. | Ly "\will not touch the very finest ranch at even gralits Taonange, Wity e P R T s tre. siten the. morby And oo Sy Saoanp. Sie 1 890 | under a7c are kept o up., Receipts con- New York Exthange, sight . New York Exchange, telegraphic. Silver, per ounce 3 Mexican Dollars, Wheat and Other Grains. terday they were slightly below tm'c':t T3% | preceding day. The general market is I IRARN R ‘nominai w, at this time of the year. nd 9100 1bs WHEAT—The forelgn markets showed 10 | ror Giib i tang’ S6aBey. for semandar duiry. (Lol changes worthy of note. Chi continued h 5 y mm‘“g, store Butter. nominal; Very active and unsettled, m 01%e to | 3o D2c and %o ling back to 9ke. ) e e was no change whatever in this mar- | fromei os ot. . and 0@10c_for lower grades: Young Amer- CASH WHEAT. Tone, Ti12e: Eastern.” 10@16c; Western, 140 California Club, $1 3T@1 42 California | 16 per Ib. ‘White Australlan. $1 45@1 50; Northern Clul N Ranch, 26G27c for choifee to fancy $1 38%@1 u;gv; Norths Bluestem, §1 47%@ | and 25¢c for small and mixed colors; store, 1 50; ‘alley, $1 40, 26G26c; cold storage, 18@10c. Session 9 to 11:30 a. m. Decidvous and Citrus Fruits. unchanged. FUTURES. arce and Neither the weather condi- 1) hayers And e e ek heioplsd byl o antea e tree I.mmenn,;mch tney have | vances in wheat and corn, trading in oats be. | De¢n ordered in simply to supply the Gemivch | /¢ tor Languedoc; Peanuts. 6@c | B T e Rty | FEOC (ol UL o G| B b nd | Sea thay. the entire shipment of Jax i R e teaiTe 1 ne | . HONEY—Comb, 1011340 for white and 81 ¢ for amber: .water white cx(rlc_t-d. 58 month. Aside from the matter of weather we | Ja8 T8, RUUIARL TRl SN, GRS vance by heavy oove Southern California_has been calling on us was accelerated by heavy covering by | ior o littie Hay, With the probability of want- ing ‘more right along, and now Orezon and Washingion Wwant. to kinow what we can do for | them. ‘o the sou of us large quantities of @10c. while ribs | 7ot re now being consumed because of the Arought, and the cntire State is in rather bad | o pe. Open. High. Low. Close.) """Gwing to the strong demand, both in the 2 , | country and In the eity, prices have advance CoBg 8P By B somewhat and will continue so w do until we g it e have rain. A good storm would probably have 80 | the effect of preventing a still further advance | 513% . 80 513 ough to a very | Mess Fork, 55 p % | great extent the Hay market 1s not a wedther 85 | Market, being controlled almost entirely by th m of supply and demand. Some grades e advanced 50c per ton, while others are Mea) - §28 50@20 50; Cracked ' Corn, 6% T T | \yited Feed $21 50422 50: Horse Beans. ot T AY—Wheat. §15618; Wheat and Oat. $146 <4 YA T b atald o 117; Oat. $14@17; Wild Oat, $14@16: Barley, $12@14 50; Stock: nominal—none here; Alfalfa, But- tte, | 1&.12«; “Fimothy, 6G6iGc: Hemp. 3% @34 ! 1B: Miitet, 3@3%e; Broom Corn Seed, $20@21 The Potato market had a steadier tone and | 7i4e for heavy and Tisc for off for kome days | Saited K®, fc: Salted Vees T rices were obliged | v no | Cal se; datrtes, 1314@20c. E¥8E, | greqt improvement, but ayailable supplies were contrelled by a few dealers and there was no | competition or cutting of prices, hence the | e firmer “:;ellnm 3 Bnels T b g e | gmall apd 6Cc for Colts. Horse Hides, o ness and & carload of fresh stock was offered | Livestock Market. at a_deeline. Onions ruled firm under lmited d carloads of | Mexican, 3ic. dry salted Mexican, 25c: ‘American, 3lc. Goat Skins—Primé An- ; large and smooth, 50c; medium, 35c; Small quantities of new Potatoes were re 4 ceiyed from several places in Alameda Coupty per pound. Mush- Tough heavy, $i S6@+ 95; light, $ 35@4 80; | ;fi:fi' were very scarce and readily commanded 5 i T rates. . POTATOES—Burbanks from the river, 80cg 4021 60 per ;" Oreson Burbanks. $1 1081 35 per etl; o 2 o oot | River Reds, G@Id¢ per ctl; Garnet Chiles. 906 tive lambs, $4@590; West- | ZQUET Ch. Early Rgse. 00cG$I per . ctl; ONIONS—Yellow, $1 60G1 75 per ctl; Green | ton aad 10¢12%c for southern: Dried Okra, 12%c per Ib: Green Peppers, S@12lac per Ib: Sc per Ib: Marrowfat and Hubbrrd Squash, $10G15 per ton for round rn Poultry offering and the market for local stock had a better tone in consequence. Th; demand, however, was noth- il (;1 ices of l‘ll fm:’:]vflgnl '!Ire g 3 unchanged. Fine young fowl sold off fairly, Ay Eovdrs: CombinE At <iothing. irgiie; | yhile old Hens and Roosters, which constituted P A 0 . ITW21¢: | he buik of the supplies, were inclined to draj | light fine, 15@17%e: heavy fine, 12G15%¢; tub | Two cars of Western fall due to-day. A o w . pt cases of dressed Turkeys came in and sold at Vorthern Wheat Market. Game arrivals were liberal and included only a small quantity of wild Ducks and they sold readily at previous prices, while all other kinds ley, Toc. o T RY—Dressea Turkeys, 18@21c per Ib; The steamship Indrasahma cleared from this | live Turiwys, 16@17c_per Ib: Geese, per pair, 25: $3_50G6 GA Mallard _Ducks, $3@4 ner dozen; b. 3.—Clearings, $509,192; bal- | Canvasback, $3@i 50; Spriz. $1 5082: Teal, A I 0T e §1 1 Bomi 60: smali D!;exu. ay Geese, §3: 3 G $1 25; Brant §1 25 for small and $2 for large: PORTLAND, Feb. 3.—Clearings, $526,779; | Honkers, $4 30 for large and §3 50 for small: 14. English Snipe, $3; common Snipe, $1 50: Wild Feb. 3.—Clearings, $370,770; | Doves, $1. Rabbits, l%] for Cottontails and LOCAL mKETS' ( There is no change in Butter or Cheese. The % | former is fairly steady. thoush some houses leaned tinue to increase, as will be seen, yes- the t the trade are looking for a decline am: day no the production always increases Reccipts were 31.600 Ibs Butter, 1035 cases Cheese. cold 3 for extrag, 16@Z0c fOr seconds and 166180 10%@11%c for good to cholce new sta Mexican Limes, bunch for Hawaflfan American; Pineapples, ntral Amerfcan and @l1e for Moorparks; 534¢; sup-dried, 3@dc; Pea 6@10c; Nectarines, 4@b%c; RAISINS—The loose, 5¢c; 3. Thompsons, unbleached, lfie. 1b box—é-crown Imperial alust Dehesa clulllrx'.‘ $2 50; 4-crown Seedlings, Muscafeis, NUTS—Walnuts, No. 1 'ccans, 11@13¢; Cocoanuts, | nuts, 5@7c @ic, BEESWAX—27@29¢ per Ib. Provisions. yesterday. | © CURED MEATS—Bacon, 10° heavy, 11%c for light medium, 14c for extra light and 16¢ I 13¢c; Mess Beef, Hams, extra Mess, Dry salted e | Feet, $5 25; Smoked Beel | LARI erces quoted &t 93se; 10-Ib tins, half barrels, B3c; five tierc 85¢ per Ib. g‘gzd wather Is restricting the are bardly any left. DES AND SKINS—Culls T0i5c: ary Hides, 15@16c: d~: if, | short Wool. 40166 each: medium Wool, $1G1 30; Horse Hides, salt. .$2 75 o iarge and $2@% 0 for medium. $1 231 78 for for sinall and 50c for Colts. fective, H@1Cc: N 18@19¢: Oreson medium, and 17@20c for crop of 1 Mecat Market. and Pcrk remalned steady. are as follows: BE ] @7 1b_for Cows. gL, | per cent shrinkage for Cattle: 7@Se: thin Cows, 4GSc per Ib. CILVES 101 | per Ib (gross_weight). S s@sise per Ib. 13 per ton in bulk and $15 2dd Be; Linseed, 4% 47c for raw: Castor and 42¢ for raw; Chins Cocoanut Oil, in barrei: for Australian: extra 274e; Eocene, Hig line, in bulk, 17 bulk, 13¢: In_cases. 193, in bulk. 25c: in cases. 3lc. TUR! E—SSe 82c in drums and iron rrels, RED AND WHITE LEAD- 7c per Ib: White Lead, Simre SUGAR—The Wi faay auotes es bes. A Cru Bimatutea. ne. 530c: D ranuiated. fine. 3 5.30c: Fruit Granulated. 5.30c (100-1b_bags onlv). ind i .+ Receipts of Pr FOR WEDNFSDAY. FERRUARY Featurel still on with the Stock R Powier de i it box for fancy, $1 25@1 75 for A AT N and Dried Fruits,Nut$,Raisins,Honey. FRUIT--Avricots, T¥@0%e for Royals and 9 Evaporated bod g9, whit in boxss; black, 4%c; Piv 8, pitted, i 21}.'«):5-1“ crop, 24@2Ke for the four announces the # B, . aowh S Terowa oue: 8 : i : ::.e‘“. ele. Aie: Beoditan Routed dige: S i Seediers Sultanas, unbleached, 4%4¢; < ] ive anr [~ » L) ) ivy B . HH (1 g 2, A {3 o g FERRTEREE @ 7 &1 815l & akven i ¥ 1 8883 ivvv; R eioo w gk %8 i iy .8 8 L secded Seedlings. Muscatéls, per Ib, §¢4 softshel] FfgeRen rer I £ £ E §ob & & of ) 28az8/11 Do R Do » c (-4 s G N N N N N o o 4 Cottolens is %ec Gigher. Otherwise there is no particular change, either here or in the West. The Chicugo market was firmer again GAS AND ELECTRIC. or | Eastern sugar-cured Hams, 13%c; CERTIFICATES, compound and 9%c for pure; half-barrels, pure, 2 H0ei 5 R Mas, T0te: 3-1b ‘tine, 1034¢. gm'rox.!:s!‘,-om half barrel, 9%c: three one tierce, 8%c; two tierces, ; Saf. : Figst Nationl — SAVINGS BANKS. Hum S & L. — F Sav U.620 STREET RAILROADS. lwlalg |Fresiato . i Hides, Tailow, Wool and Hops. The trade yesterday quoted a quieter feeling in Hcps, saying that the brewers here are weil stocked ‘up, while in the East the extremely ng E iness in 1903 ey furthermore say that busl Hops s practically over for the season, as there A local house says of Wool: warehouses wre being rapidly cleaned out of stock and it looks as if there would be no old or 1904 Wool on hand by March 1. is not at all encouraging for California ers for the present year, as down the coas stock men arc very much wortied by lack of | serious losses | ., Kilagea 8 C. — 2 Onomea S C 22% 30 Paguhau SC — @ SCELLANEOUS. {Oceantc 8 €. & 973 Pac Aux FA 95 .iPac C Borx.167 The outlook | Hawailan grow- | Hon t the | Hutch S | rain and feed, and reports of among cattlemen are coming to hand. 50° have’ not suffered so much, but necessarily there " Hotse Banne | Will be losses among Sheep soon unless late AR, | rains help things out. The Sacramento Valley hus had sufficient rains to make nd crops. and no doubt many of the middle coun- ties and most of the southern counties will be soon seeking new pastures morth, lambing and shearing as they can make a start. If the Government would open its reservations for the summer it would save millions of doi- lars to the stockmen and would entall no ship on the Government for & eason.”” 1 25333492338 25 Alaska Packers’ er Ce 10 Giant Powder Con 10 Giant Powder Con 58 F Ga 23 S F Gas & Electric 00 § F Gas & Electric, s 90. § 3 per cent (coupon).. 8 3 per cent (coupon). ic Blectric Ry 5 per cent. S P Branch Ry 6 per cent. U3 BE3aA33u3uI3 58 Sheepskins shearlings, Johe chch: medtun Afternoon Bession. 5 Glant Powder Con . 50 Oceanic 8 S Co.. $1 75 for large and $1 50 for medium. $I@1 25 Buck Skins— Califernia Stock’ andOilExchange Oil Stock— Alma . 4 1c per Ib. HOPS—25@0¢ per b ’ar California. 1903, | Central 1;:0"" Cor The ofily change vesterday was an advance in Spring Lambs. There are very few coming in. Some dealers were disposed to quote easjer prices for Ewes and Yearling Lambs, but_the mper} majority adhered to previous quotations. Beef Independence DRESSED MEATS. Whelesale rates {rom slaughterers to dealers %e for Steers and 6@6i4¢ per,! Hothouse Cucumbers, 00c@$l per dozen 1of | '"yEAT " [urge. SGc; small, 9@10c ‘per Ib. MUTTON—Wethers, 9%@10c; wes, 949 ser Ih LAMB—Yearlings, 1014@11c per Ib; Spring. ! Kern River Lien .. B Monareh (of Arizona) Cris Oceidental of W Vi City Petroleum Crude |8 F & MeKittrick PORK—Dressed Hogs, TGSle per Ib. | San Joaquin O & D LIVESTOCK MARKET. The follow.ng quotations are for good, sound ' Livestock. delivered in San Francisco, less 50 ' CATTLE—Steers, 8@9¢; Cows and Heifers, c per 1b (gross weight). SHEEP—Wethers, 414@3c; Ewes, p v LA \ HOGS—Live Hogs, 140 to 180 Ibs. 5% over 180 1bs, Sc; soft Hogs, 4%4c; Sows. cent off; Boars, 50 per cent off. and per cent uff from above quotations. General Merchandise. American Blscuit . . American District Tel . Cal Gas & Elee Corp. California Cotton Mills. California Jockey California Ship~ing Co Cal Title Ins & Trust.. BAGE—Grain 5%@5%c: San Quents g.8%: Wool Hae, Sasne Fresce Twine. THE . Welsh §11 50; Cannel, $8 50 per ton; Coke, §1i Mountain descriptions, $11 45 per 2000 1bs and | $12 80 pec long tom, according to OILS—Q Bakers’ AA, $1 10G1 12: Lucol. e for boiled a Nut, 60870c Oil, S0c: natural_winter Sperm Ol bleacked winter Whale Ofl, 65¢c: natural Whale Ofl. 60c; cxtra winter strained Lard No. 1 Oil, 75¢: pure Neatsfoot Ofl No. 1 Neatsfoot Ofl, 65c: lisht Herring Ofl. dark Herring Oil, 4%c: Salmon OIl 2 J Fish Ofl. 38¢: boiled A oil, 33 COAL OIL — Water White Coal _Off in bulk, 15¢c;: Pearl Ol In cases, 21%c: Astral, 21t4e; Star. 21%4c: Extra Star. 25%e: Elaine, §Eazadusyany %l 2 ‘estern Sugar Refining follows, per 1b, in 100-1b ed ai ine , Cr Granulated Gras e: Confectioners’ Fxtra EEEEEEL EELS I ZRE2ENE sHEGAAWIUGUR i | ] Con. cisco 500 200 200 100 T00 100 200 200 200 500 200 200 400 400 100 450 400 400 100 200 B e . . E TN b4 gHezaNge S i i e 88 i i i