, 1874-04-12

- AA1A5Ak ~ 1G1Y u. .uuu,U
| Iotal, on $50 00i
| against 100000 bu at eamo ditto last year. II
| these figures be correct, there Is not much in.
| ducement to bid up for wheat IN our narke.
| just now, and yet there ia fair shipping de-
| naud for it. ard mostly on account Of orders
| from the East or Europe.
| Adyices from Glasgow state that the stock OF
t flour there On the lst of April was GO, 600 brla
more, nnd Of wheat, 50, 900 bu more, than On the
A private letter from St. Paul to leading
commission house here, contains the following !:
Minnesota By our Board Of Trade Committee
here is at least 5000, 600 bushels short Of the
amount. The Committee was composed Of two
wheat buyers and one elevator man. :.
There arc 900, 600 bu in Red Wing now awaiting
the opening Of the river"
THE MARKETS.
The leading produce markets were generally
quiet and firm to-day, most Of them being very
steady,-much more SO than usual. There we're
few new features to note, except that the colder
as unfavorabie, alike to grain-planting and to IN
early opening OF navigation. Tho present ntti-
tude Is one Of watching and waiting on the part
OF good many operators in produce, there being
no strong inducement either to buy OF sell.
There was but little change in any feature OF
the dry goods market. A1arge amount OF staple
domestic and foreign fabrics was distributed ut
generally irmer prices than prevailed at the be-
ginning Of the week, though there Was no ma-
was firm for nearly all articles in the List both
staple aud side goods being held at very fun
prices: An exception must be made in the case
OF coffee, that staple still showing un1nistakable
signs 9f tx weaeness Sugar, strip, @olassas, rice,
prices. Roll WAS especially dull and
was only salab1e at reduction Of 1@2c from
former Quotations. Cheese. rules firm,
for New York, and at 15@17c for Western.
Dried frnits were moving fairly at about steady
rates. Fish met with a good inquiry, and wero
hrm at previous quotations. IN the canned
actiyity, with no quotable change in values
Coal was inactive and weak. Leather, pig-iron,
tobacco. paints, and wood wcre quoted 11n-
changed No new features we're developed in
the oil market. Liberal sales we're reported at
15@1Gc for carbon 85c for extra lard; $1,000
LOS for lnseed. and 55@5Gc for tu1pentinc.
The common grades OF lumber continue to !
move quite freely from the yards in answor to |
orders from intorlor merchants. Prices for all |
desirable grades arc wcn maintained. The do I
rnand for shingles in cars has improved within !
day OF two, and the market Is firm at 93.12A on /
truck Several cargoes we're sold at the whole |
sale market to local dealers, but the demand yas
not very urgent, and prices we're probably tritte
lower for common pieco-stun, but cargoes of |
good lumber sold a. about former prices Fair
activity WIS Witnessed in the hardware aud nail |
markets. the order trade from tho interior being
at tue present time very good. Prices aro With
immediate change. Building materials, iron,
aud naval goods were unchanged. Hides wero
steady and snlabio to dealers. Prairie and No.
timothy hay are qnoted tirmer, under
acant offerings. The other grades OF hay were
in moderate request, chiefly for home consump-
ton, and, IA the supply appears to be adenueto
prices aro not materially affected by the advance
u tho higher Hnaltios Wool hops, and broom
opt Hungarian, niuet, and the higher grades OF
lmothy, which we're Ill request and frmer, po-
satoes we're offered freely, and further decline
oo5 place. Poultry was firm, under light onor-
ngs aud good domand from the local trade.
Wghwlnes vera active, and firn at The pr;co
u tue past two days, with 4 good domnnd,
housh Now York was again reported weak. nj
'oc bid, and oniy 9511c asked. Sales here verp
made Of a5o Iris at o3c per gallon. The reason
er!nrs. |
Lake freights were inactive, and nominal,v
Unchanged, at 6@619c on wheat. 51f@6c on
orn, and 4f@415e On oats, by sail to Buffalo, and
cred last evening for wheat to Kingston On rri~
ate terms. Advices from the Straits Of Mecki-
"a" report the weather colder, with a gale from |
ne northwest, and no change in the condition {
t the ice.,
Provisions were less active, aud Bteady during
he greater part Of the session at about the clos
lg 1angs Of prices last evening. There was 50
tile demand that the little trading done seemed
he owing to the fact that certain parties yere I
Hing TO buy from one and sell to smother at tho {
.ine price-tuat to keep their hands in. or. "a {
70 French would say, ''pour paeser le temps" {
ne PORK excitement seems to have subsidized. | q
40 the article to be settling back on its merits,
ls now reported that the rise above $500
as not engineered by the parties who own most e
the pork, but BY an !"orisider," sho ran 6
up IN order to ha1a1A.t 4 dyanoae OF d {exx 1e
aao19d " p1lsb Which he had bought near Ge top. (