The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-25
COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New YORK. July %. 1873.

New YORK. July %. 1873.
Money was in excessive supply; offered freely
for temporary use at 3 per cent. with on ex-
treme figures; dealers sought first class COM
mercial paper at Sol per cent. Gold ranged
at l16@ll61l; sterling exchange was quiet at
107%@1I0A. Flax, which had experienced
considerable inquiry during the week, was dull
and tending downward prices however were
15c@2Oc, bettor than week ago; supertine
Mich, S5.2O@5.60; choice white wheat extra,
$S300S8.55. Wheat was IN fair dem and but
dropping export spring grades receiving atten-
ton. but winter handled with caution; amber,
Mich, s1.55@165; white Western, Sl.55@1s4.
Corn was dull at 54ca56l1 on steamer. Oats
heavy at 42cGe43 for mixed W estern, and 46cC0
81 for white. Mess pork was 22c lower (S17.00)
Western steam lard dull at SIC. Choice but
ter in good demand and higher; poor goods
plenty aud weak; Western tub, 15@23c. West
ern eggs, if@22c, 10. cheese, 9l9@121Gc. Tai
10y quiet, at S14@s1Gc. Sugar was excited all
weok, but advanced 1c from the starting point;
soft white, 10N@10Ic; fair to choice Porto
Rico, S9S@9Ac. Coffee was active and firm;
Rio, &c higher; quoted at is@19c gold; ava
steady at 2lq2Sc; layer ralsins, S2.10@2.15;
new currants, 6Ac; Naples walnuts, 21@22c.
Dry goods were fairly active; wool was firm, at
i7@5Oc for extra Michigan aud Ohio.
DETROIT MARKET.
DETROIT. July 20, 1873.
Except in produce, there has been fair vol
ume Of business during the week, closing with
this date. Prces, if anything, average higher.
Hardware shows signs OF an early trade; IRON
goods generally firm; Swedish iron has adj
vanced to 9a10c, and Russia iron to 22c; nails
remain on the si.s5 600 daysO basis. but tin
plates are CSC per box higher-$14 and S17.00
for the two leading sizes. Dry goods are
triie more active; summer fabrics cheaper; 3
difference OF 1c per yard is made between light
and dark prints; oils are all steady except lin
seed. which is down to 96@97c for boiled and
weak. No. l lard remains at 68@70c; kerosene
at 19c, and turpeptine at SIC. Alcohol held at
S1.S2@1.S4 groceries steady, except sugar
refined A stiff at 111s@11Ilc. Coffee particu-
larly Rio, looks upward. CONNECTIONS, includ-
ing stick candy, lozenges and fancy drops, are
all lc higher; stick. 15@15Nc. Drugs show
but few changes opium (short crop advanced
to 30, and sulph. morphine to 1925: quinine
steady at S270; iodine and its products look
downward. Cattle are steady at about last
given quototions; No. 1 Michigan steers, IS 90
$3.50: second quality, S4.50@4.75, and lean at
s3.50@4.25 mich COWS are rather slow, at an
extreme range Of 925Q46 per head, calf includ-
ed; veal calves in good demand, at S4GeS sheep
are only in moderate demand; range from so
to 100lbs in good condition, $500 .25 per 100;
lambs, $2@3.25; hogs nominal, At "a. 500475.
Flour ID very quiet; best city, $4,000; best
country. $8.5008.75; wheat is on the down
grade, and to all appearances "for keeps" The
mills are shut down every where aud the de-
mand is only trifliing. The receipts are three
or four cars per day, and the stoch in store is
down to 40, 174lbs. The decline to-day was
very marked. being 3d4c on white; for the
week the difference is COZ. No new wheat, in
car lots has arrived; several good samples have
been. shown, however, and there is no despond-
ency here about the crop as whole, either as
regards quantity or quality. Closing prices
White, extra $780,; No. white, 81 76; No.
2 do, 91.57; No. amber, 51.65@l.56. Corn is
steady, at Acc, and No. oats at 3Sc. Butter
quiet, at 1Sc; 19c for best tub. Eggs firm, at
16c in crates, and 15c in bbls. Green hides.
6%@719c; cured, 9a10c; paint 17@1Sc; pots.
5OcaS15O each. Honey, 20a22c beeswax, ESQ
80; tallow quiet, at &c. New Michigan pota-
toes, SlC1.25 per bus; wool ID active and firm;
dealers taking all they can lay hands on at
current prices; fleece, 96a4 1c; combed, 1908 SC;
money very tight.