Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-28
ST: PAUL TRADE.
Weekly Revie,c Of the Wtolesa.e 1farkets.
OFFICE OF THE GLOBE,


ST. PAUL, Aug. H.
The past week has not seen very active market in
grain, for while the demand for old wheat has been
good. the supply has been very limited, and the mills
have bought up all that has been offered. On the
other hand there has been quite liberal Offering OF
new but the miers have been reluctant to touch it,
and dealers only handle it with caution That coming
to market has been of all grades, from No. down,
and in all kinds of condition. Many samples OF really
good wheat spoiled, from the fact of its being
tfreshed too soon after cutting. We some to-
day, that, if it had been allowed to season in the
shock, or sweat in the stack would have graded No.
2, and found ready sale at Csc or s5Ac. Another
lot, with more in cleaning, would have graded No.
/. The latter sold No. 2, and the former was
not sold at all. In the the farmer lost fully
15c per bushea very remunerative price for clean
ing. The wheat this season is greatly mixed, very
fine, full, heavy berries, with kernels shrunk light,
and worse than worthless. Some samples brought
to market are unfit wholly for milling purposes-if
bran and middlings. 1t would be we'll for farmers
whose sheaves heavy, not to treh TOO early, and
when they have threshed, to clean well. The same
sovenly way of sending to market practised last
season will not this. Last year all wheat was
taken here as No l, because the berry was uniformly
plump, heavy and hard, but it is different matter
this year. The grain varies widely in Its quality
and there is such great difference in the prices Of
the different grades that farmer cannot afford to
loose anything grade. From the tables it will be
that the crop is selling all the way up from
SOC to S1.O0.
AS in wheat, there is good demand for old OATS
which are very scarce, but new are offered literally
brisk demand. This is owing to the fact that the
crop is not equal in weight and quality to the last
years. is true that there are good oats this season.
but there are also light There is doubt that
the oat crop this is above average one, but
last year nearly all oats raised were OF the finest
quality.
There is not yet any new corn i'll the market, and
the demand for old is very light Receipts are more
than sufficient to meet the demand.
There is very little doing in barley, the few lots
brought in by road are inferior both in weight and
color, and grade low.
There is good healthy demand for good table but
ter the supply of which is rot sufficient to meet the
demand. Buffers of all the higher grades are NOV
ing more freely in the Eastern markets, and consign-
ments are taken up upon arrival. Old stocks are still
drug in the market and only sell for grease.
Eggs, if quite fresh and good, are in active demand
every day, and if farmers will send them
in without keeping them on hand to accumulate and
grow stale, good prices can be realized in small or
large lots.
Mess pork is inactive at former quototons, and very
little is doing in cured meats Of any kind.
The season for grass seeds is again opening, with
fair demand for timothy, red top and b ue grass.
There has not been much activity shown ut the
stock yards during the week, the only business done
being for the supply of local consumption. The cat
tie brought to this market have, of them, been
very superior deshed steers, and have accordingly
commanded higher figures Choice grass fed butch
er's steers sold at SIC; good steers and young
fat COWS 31A0i3Mc; good mixed stock &c; rough
cattle 2h02Ac.
The dry goods houses commencing their fall
trade with strong indications of very large bust
ness. The st. Paul houses carry an enormously
large stock this season, heavier than at any other
time, and the way trade is commencing shows that
their calculations are not likely to prove erroneous
Prices in Eastern markets are sthening
and indications for advance on all staple arti-
ces such tckings, sheetings and all cotton fab
| rcs hannes and other wooden goods.
Groceries are steady at former quotations. The
large houses here doing good business, the men
the road reporting favorably for an extended fall
and winter trade.
The hardware trade continues fairly active in gem
eral light goods, and prices are unchanged, except
nails, which are quoted SC lower
| The boot and shoe trade has during the week
shown almost much activity is usual in the very
height of the Prices have not changed from
last weeks quotations. and there has been no change
! in leather and findings.
The drug market has been unusually quiet, without
any material variation from last weeks quotations
Lard oils are &c lower.
Owing to the fact that farmers have been too busily
occupied with harvest operations to bring their pro-
duce to market, collections during the past month
have not been quite SO free as might be desired, al
though some houses report them equal to the amount
| of business done.
RETAIL VEGETABLES AND PROVISIONS.
SPRING CHICKENs-50060c per pair
| PRAIRIE CEICKENs-In fair supply at 100000.
! EGGs-Scarce at 20025c per doz.
| BUTTER-Scarce; fresh. 20025c per b.
| FIsH-Pickerel and common fish &c; white fish
| and trout Sc.
FRU1r-Plums 1o015c per quart peaches 400
SOC per basket; apples 35c per peck; blackberrief
1910 per quart; pears SOC per doz.; grapes 1919
| per pound.
vEaErABLEs-string beans zoe per peck; onion
Zoe per doz. rnips 35c per bus. beets SOC per bus
carrots 10c per doz caulifower 20@25c each; pota
toes 3O@35c per bus; herbs &c per bunch; cabbag
25@3oc per doz.; cucumbers 5@1Oc per doz.; toma
toes 35c per bus; summer squash loc per doz.
doz.; green corn 5cper doz.; egg plant 100000 pc
doz. rhubarb 1oc per doz.; coiorabia 1Oc per doz
lima beans 10c per quart; picking cucumbers Is
per 100; water melons S1.50 per doz.; hubbard
squash 75c per doz. canaloupe melons 75c per doz.
picking onions $175 per bus dry onions go per bus
red peppers Csc per doz.; cayenne peppers 25c pc
doz.
The following tables have been care fully revise
and corrected up to date: