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Show A Slight Drop in Sugar. Chicago, Maroh 27. A leading sugar merchant mer-chant says that yesterday two carloads of refined sugars from San Francisco were sold in Chioago at one-fourth a cent per pound less than prices for similar New York grades. He firm received a telegram from Spreckles' refinery offering their granulated sugar at 6 cents in San Franoisco, and guaranteed freights to Chicago at of a cent. New York granulated sugar was then selling in Chioago at , and he was thus enabled to sell yi below that price. New York refiners met the prices of California sugar, and only two cars arrived. |