Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-22
COURSE OF TRADE.
Lively Business at Home. With Rattle,
Slow Collections--Cereals Firm at Advanc'
Ing Figures Stock Market Advancing.

ing Figures Stock Market Advancing.
ST. PAUL, Sept, 22.-At the banks as at thu
wholesale houses in st. Paul the delayed
movement of crops is felt-at the former ii
the slow increase of the demand for money
and at the latter in generally slow collections
Money is in good supply for all demands, and
rates are easy though nominally unchanged.
| The dry goods houses are exceedingly busy
the fall trade being fairly opened AID in vol
ume exceeding any previous season. Prices
are unchanged, though the values OF cotton
goods are stiffening, and some declers antici-
pate an early but not heavy advance. The
| trade in groceries ndsassociate goods is again
booming. Quotations are advanced this week
on currants, gallon apples, canned pineapples,
California salmon in half barrels, herring In
barrels and halves. hisol cordage.
| cloves. allspice and cheese. Declines
are quoted on dried apples,
salmon, cans, sardines, goldfish, Holland her
rings and sugars. The drug trade is improv-
ing. Opium is decidedly frmer. being quoted
at 81. 25 by the case in New York and tending
inward. For quinine the demand is more
active and prices are hardening. Caster oil is
advancing and oil closes higher. In iron,
steel. hardware. etc., there is an active, heavy
trade, with prices generally steady. Declines
are noted on cable and trace chains, screws,
copper, planished and timed, and sheet zinc.
There is a very large trade in leather and find
mos and the boot and shoe houses are rushed,
with prices solid. In most lines of trade it is
said that collections are still slow, though bet
ter than week ago and daily improving. Re-
tail dealers throughout the Northwest report
their collections delayed by the harvest delay
and by the disinclination of farmers to use
their teams to send their products to market
while the weather is as favorable for blowing
and for closing up harvest work,
The produce trade -of the city has greatly in
creased within the last week though grain is
ceming in slowly. Flour sells from the com.
mission houses standard brands, as follows:
Patent process Sc. 25@7. on; straight $3.50
SIS; four X $400@4.5 so; fancy patents and
lower grades sell in a small way at irregular
prices. Rye flour sells at S4.50@475.
On the call board yesterday prices and tran-
sactions were as follows: Wheat-No. hard
9Oc; No. 2 cash and September SIC; Septem-
Der offered at S5c; October S5c; year SOC; No.
8 TIC. Corn-No. 2 36c bid. SIC asked: sale
two cars at &c, September No. 2 SEC bid, SIC
asked. Oats-No. 2 white 3Oc; sale one car
by sample at SOC; No. white September 29c
bid, soc ssked; No. 2 mixed, sale two cars at
fered at 27c. Rye-No. 2, sale one car at
72c. BarleY-No. 2, cash and
September; zoe; No. 8 cash and
September, 55c. Flax seed, $l.12. Bran,
$50. Ground feed-ten cars sold at $15. 03.
Corn meal $l4.50.
Bohrer & Hullsick, buyers. quote butter as
follows: Creamery, 25v choice dairy, 22@23c;
farmers packed dairy, 1920; medium TO
good lSc; shipping, 16c.
Eggs, warranted. are selling from commits
sion houses at 14@l5c.
Vim. Constans quotes, selling prices. as fol-
lows: Hops of 1879, soc; seedlings Of 1885,
35c per pound; malt, $l.05@s1.l0 per
bushel.
a. o. Bailey, buyer, quotes hides. etc., az
follows: Green salt hides, SIC; butchers
green, SIC; calfskins, l3c; kip, l0c; deacons
SOC; dry flint hides. 15c;edry salt. l2c. No. 2
stock one-third off. Tallow, No. l. Sc; No. q
4e. Sheep pehs, wool estimated, per pound
35c; shearllngs, 20@4 0c; lambs, 40@60c. Wool
lower East and little doing here. Seneca snake
root, 35@3Sc. Ginseng, dry. $1l5@$1.30;
green, Soc.
Onions, receipts large, are bought freely at
55c. Potatoes are bought by shippers at 25c.
B. Presley & Co., sellers, quote fruits, etc.,
as follows: Apples 50. 00@250 per barrel; late
receipts of improved quality and arriving in
goood condition. Peaches S0c@ Sl.00 per bas-
ket; late receipts in better condition than those
of last week which were injured by hot wealth
er. Pears, in excellent condition and nice
fruit, $l.25 per third bushel box. Grapes,
Concords 5c@7c; Delawares and Catawbas
1Oc@l21sc; in fair supply and selling freely,
but supplies would be much larger if express
rates left an encouraging margin for growers.
Lemons $5.50@$600, per box; stock new and
quality not SO good as former stock. Califor-
MIA pears 81; California plums So; California
grapes 81 per box; Mondays receipts had suf-
fered from hot weather. As most of the fruit
sent here for sale is now shipped by freight
cars, receipts of Tuesday are light and the mar
ket was well sold down yesterday but will be
fully supplied this morning. Cider $3.50 per
keg. Sweet potatoes, Muscatines, s.. 75@4.00;
Jerseys $3.50.
New York dispatch of last evening says:
''The dry goods jobbing trade continues fairly
active and there is steady demand for mode
rate lots of seasonable goods at first hands.
Cotton goods steadily held by agents. Prints
fairly active. Ginghams in good demand.
Mems wear woolens remain quiet. Flannels in
fair request. The Bulletin says some makes of
both worsted and cotton dress goods are re-
duced by agents"
Yarns and fabrics at Manchester quiet and
unchanged.