Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-03
ST. PAUL TRADE.

Weekly Revie,v of the Wholesale Markets..
OFFICE OF THE GLOBE,
ST. PAUL, July 2.
The past week has shown no improvement in the
wheat market at this point. Receipts have continued
to be very light and prices declining every day till
yesterday, when the elevators quoted SOC. To-da
receipts heavier than any previous day dur
ing the week, and prices advanced &c; there were
some small lots however, sold for $50 and even &c,
but the market closed at SIC. This rise caused
probably by the excessive rains and the lodging of
grain in various sections. Liverpool MARKET too, ad-
vanced and is frner. There is still great deal of
wheat to in, but growers hold because of the
uncertainty of the growing CROP Rust is feared in
many Places but should the weather now hold up no
harm is anticipated from the late rains but if there
is a repetition of the heavy storms of last week
this critical time the damage will be immense and
prices will advance.
There have been large quantities of corn brough
to market, and although the demand has been fair,
prices have declined 1c.
Oats, on the contrary, are firm, the demand being
somewhat in advance of receipts, but not sufficient
to affect the prices, which remain steady, at last
weeks quotations.
Ground feed is dull, the demand being light, with
receipts more than equal to the demand Only small
lots are purchased and the market is weak, at lower
figures.
There is good demand for strictly fresh eggs, al
lie per dozen by the crate. There few strictly
fresh in the MARKET most of those coming in being
stale and unsaleable at any price.
| Dressed meats have advanced again this week, as
was anticipated. We quote mess pork and hams OF
| all grades higher and very firm.
There is no improvement to report in butter. Ship
ments continue to arrive, but there is correspond
| ing demand. Prices in the East continue low, and
| but little inducement is held out to shippers
Live stock continues dull and prices are still low
Sales during the week have been small Prime steers
are held at 414@4hc; good butchers steers &c; fa
| COWS and oxen SIC; mixed heshed cattle 32l@33c
rough cattle 2A@3c.
| There is nothing doing in seeds except millets,
buckwheat and rutabagas, which are quoted little
| higher.
| Many of the wholesale houses are entering upon
stock taking as the dull times between seasons has
commenced. The unusual activity of the spring
trade by reducing stock enables them the better to
| accomplish this. Dry goods houses present very
| different appearance to-day than they did three
months ago account of the great difference in the
amount Of stock they are carrying. Orders, however
are much larger than usual for the season. There
are no changes in dry goods with the exception Of
bleached cottons, which are quoted shade lower.
The grocers continue to do good business. The
only changes in quotations are fish, which are con
siderably lower, and canned peaches, which have
advanced account of the srnalness of the presen
seasons crop. Teas and sugars are firm. and a1
immediate advance is expected.
Hardware men are busy with haying and harvest
ing implements They are also doing good bust
are material changes in prices.
Leather and findings boots and shoes remain un
changed, and furs and hides are inactive.
There are but sew changes in drugs; carbon oil
are shade lower.
The following tables are corrected up to date:
VEGETABLES AND PROVISIONS.
Prices given In this table report are retail.
SPRING CHICKENs-Very plentiful at 30G50c pc
pair
P1GEoNs-Dressed, 81 per dozen.
PIas-$25G03.5O per pair.
EGGS -15@18c.
BUrTER-Fresh, 2OO25c per b.
FowLs-15c per Id.
F1sH-Pickerel and common fish &c; white tis
and trout Sc.
FRu1T-Pne apples 25@75c. Strawberries To-
per quart; by the crate SC. Apples 81 per peel
Cherries 2oc per quart. Cranberries 15c per quart
Gooseberries 1Oc per quart. Plurns CSC per quar-,
Raspberries, 15c per quart. Peaches, loo pc
quart. New season apples, Soc per peck. Red cur
rants. 10c per quart White currants, 15c. Backber
ries, 15c. Blueberlies, 15c.
notwithstanding beans Coo per peck, rhubar
10c per dozen punches, spring onions 1Oc per doz
lettuce 15122c per doz., turnips new 15c per doz
beets new zoe per doz. Peas Csc peck. Young Cal
rots 1Oc per doz CauGfower 5QD15c eact
Old potatoes 81 per bus, new SOC pc
peck, radishs 8 doz for 25c., herbs &c pc
bunch, cabbage 10c per head, asparagus 25N40
per doz., bedding plants Soc per doz., cucumber
35c per dcz, spinach 10c per bushel, tomatoes 81
per dozen, sdmmer squash 75c per doz. Cabbae
plants, csc per 100. butter beans lOc per peck.