Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-25
ST. PAUL TRADE.
Weekly Recieac of the st. Paul Markets.
OFFICE OF THE GLOBE,
ST. PAUL, Dec. "a.

There has been considerable increase in the
receipts of wheat by road during the week past,
and prices have ruled firm at last weeks quota
tions. There is scarcely day passes without
something cropping up showing the frauds
practiced upon the farmer by the brass tester.
A farmer came in with load of wheat one
day last week from Dakota county. 1t was as
fine sample of wheat as one would wish to
sea good, bright. sound, hard wheat, very
clean and very full berry, and it needed no
tester to decide it to be A MOL The GLOBE
market man had seen a sample before, and he
knew the buyers had only given the farmer No.
2 price for it. But on this day he
called buyers attention to
the superior quality and good condition of the
grain The tester was gently filed with the
hand. and the buyer said it was barely SO
pounds, but he would give 70 cents for 1.-THE
ruling price for No. l. The farmer took the
wheat and dropped it into the hopper car, and
it was weighed, giving 1,463 pounds, or "a
bushels and % pounds of 60 pounds to the
bushel. Now, when the farmer sacked his
wheat, he measured it into his sacks with a
standard half bushel, and was very particular
in giving exact measure-24 bushels. This
was q direct proof that that mans wheat
weighed fully 81 pounds to the bushel, for in
unloading several pounds were lost by one of
tue Days bursting. IL the wheat weigh q
only 58 pounds, there would have been only
% bushels and 10 pounds. Another thing
was here proved that during the whole time
that farmer had been hauling his wheat he
had been cheated one grade, for up to that date
he had only been allowed No. 2, and the wheat
was out Of the same bin, equally we'll cleaned
and equally as plump and heavy. The farmer
says he intends to test his own wheat in future
before he brings it to market by weighing &C
curately half a bushel, and if the testers in the
market do not make it come up to his stand
ard he will not sell, but have it ground at the
grist mill and sell his flour.
The cold snap has greatly stimulated trade
in all kinds of feed and lumbermen's supplies.
The demand for oats continues very lively
and receipts are hardly equal to the demand,
consequently prices are somewhat stlffening.
Corn still sluggish and the supply very
large and it is thought that still greater de
preston in quotations may be looked for.
Ground feed is very active, the lumber re-
gions taking large quantities, but the supply
is abundant and the market remains down.
For shorts there is but a limited demand and
bran is enquired for at lower figures.
Meats of all kinds active. Mess pork is
offered at So and shipments to lumber camps
are large. Smoked meats are shade lower.
Dressed beef is abundant-larger guam
titles coming into market than in
any previous year. It meets with
ready sale at from SIC to &c. Dressed hogs are
also in good demand at $275M29O per 100 lbs.
Venison is plentiful, and meets with ready sale
in small lots; dealers will not buy largely be-
cause the time for lawful use of venison is
SO nearly expired.
There still continues active demand for
poultry at last week prices; receipts have been
more liberal, but there is supposed to be large
quantities held back for advance of price
when this is sent to market, as when the hol-
days are over prices will very materially fall
Eggs are in good demand and scarce at Ito
19c by the crate.
ket. Inferior grades drug on the market,
but good known brands are in fair demand and
prices are unchanged.
The large receipts Of dressed beef hold the
stock market fettered. Butchers will not give
&c and DC for cattle, live weight, when they
can purchase good hind quarters ready drt ssed
for &c. The stock yards have done but little
business during the week. The market is very
dull, as may be gathered from the fact
that holder of a good herd of butchers
steers offered the lot at 21ac and
found no takers. There will not be any revival
till after the middle of next month, when per-
haps there will be signs Of movement
AS the days approach Christmas the iobbing
houses naturally find but little doing. In pro-
portion to the increase of retail trade the
wholesale drops off. Country buyers of course
have had their holiday goods in for some time
and they will wait till after tho holidays before
they again come to market. This Iull in bust
ness gives jobbing houses an opportunity to
prepare for stock taking previous to opening
the new years trade.
Dry goods houses for tho last few
days have been doing little. There are several
changes in quotations, indicating declining
market
The cold weather has given quite n squirt to
the boot and shoe trade, of course, in winter
oil oolyc nd
for Gotzian q Co., writes from New York, ad-
vising his firm that stock in wooden rubber
goods is very scarce and arctics are in large
demand, and an advance in price may be look
ed for. Goods ordered now from the East
could not be supplied under thirty days. This
makes their large stock of these goods valuable.
There is little doing in leather and findings
and a material change in quotations may be
looked for.
Hides and furs are quite active; the demand
from below is urgent and the supply liberal.
ALI kinds of furs are coming in quite freely
and are exceptionally good. Winter rat, otter
and mink are very thick, There are no changes
in prices.
Hardware is quiet and prices remain un-
changed.
The drug business is quite dull but some ac-
tlvlty was shown the early part of the week in
sundries and fancy goods department on ac-
count of the holidays trade. There has con-
markable showing that heavH h1,;l 9Is' bss
been going IN in d?ffere,t ,,a,,s IF 49, 60 nas
nsLn so LIZ on ~ uiueiehC paris OF Uhe state
anu On Tue Itontier lines. There are no mate
rial changes in quotations.
Perhaps there is no branch of trade whish is
less affected by seasons or holidays than gro
Gerry. Hot or cold, frost or rain, people eat
60, - 49, - - o -, ,o 'ee', anu
very little variation, and it is found that the
large houses in this line have still good.
STEADY run OF business. Ihere are no changes
OF moment to record.
: Collections are reported as satisfactory on
all sides, and much better than could have been
anticipated.
The followinp tables have hoon ooroe,,r,,
-, - " ' - 1905 So'AoAu AAJ AO-