Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-14
COMMERCIAL.

st. Paul Market Notes Of Yesterday--Dry
Goods--Boots and Shoes--The Stock Mar
ket--Gould and Keene Bearing Esch
Others Sso6ks--RailwAy Earnlngs--A
Chicago Trlck--The Chicago Lumber
Trade Nothing New Ia the Lake Mar
interchangeable Reports
ST.. PAUL, May 14.-At the banks, while there
is not SO much work to do since the monthly
settlements are closed, business is still active
Money is plenty and there is healthy bust
ness demand which keeps it moving. When
the sun came out yesterday, things looked
more cheerful about the wholesale houses, from
which big stacks of goods were sent out TO the
evening and night trains. In the produce
market there appeared no change of values. but
trade was active. One commission dealer SAID ne
had orders on hand for coarse grains, milistuHs,
eggs. provisions, ETC., which would. keep him az
his assistants busy for week to come, ana as Iar
as observed all the others appeared to be Kept
equally busy in getting out gooos
for their customers and IN az
tending to receipts. The wholesale trade In
fruits, etc., which is now almost wholly ieit
to those operating especially IN tna1 i.ne nss
been very large this season and Is increasing as
the season advances. The prices are quite
regular, except as new receipts bring dlherent
qualities. In this way we have to quote choice,
fancy oranges at Sc. 50@70O, although stand
ard Messina and Palermo continue TO sell az
SIS 25@5.60, but with some prospect or an al
vance.
A New York dispatch of last evening says:
''The dry goods business quiet in all depart
ments. Cotton goods in very light demand at
first hands, but obbers doing fair trade py
means OF low prices. Prints quiet, and Allen 8
light fancy prints reduced to &c. Lawns ard
wide prints in fair request, and gine CHAINS NOV.
ing steadily. Wooden goods quiet and STEADY.
The Posts report of the Boston boot ana
shoe market, dated Saturday last Is that
trade is quiet as usual at this season.
Fiftv-iye BUYERS were registered last
week. Buyers ere moving cautiously, as are
manufacturers not engaged on orders or con-
tracts. Prices, it is thought, will not be high
er. while manufacturers are confident that they
will not be lower The shipments OF the week
show falling off of about 1000 cases, the
number forwarded being 24,956, against 2o,-
999 last week. Thus far the shipments since
Jan. 1st equal 800, QUO cases, against 62O Ola In
the corresponding season of 1879, difference
of 1870. OPS cases in favor of 1880. The season
for fall goods it is thought, will open earlier
than usual Notwithstanding the present lull IN
business. The leather trade is quiet and hrm,
there being little present indications OF lower
prices OF stock for the manufacturing oi ooo's
and shoes" :
Apropos to the Geographic report below OF
the disappointment of those who expected, yes
torday, reaction towards high prices In the
stock market, is the following from the New
York Herald of Monday, in comment upon the
appHaranc. of the market Saturday: line
larger bulls apparently regarded the decline
with indifference, even if they did not assist 1t,
knowing their own ability to hold on and re-
cogniging the fact that the lower the hgures
and the lager the short interest the trmer Will
be the basis when the time arrives to start an
upward movement. This, however, can
scarcely be effected until the early fall H. when when
their summer junketings and the all important
crop question: both at home and abroad, be
definitely settled. > Not since many
months has there been SO much of concerted
action in the bear party as at present, nor so
many leading operators concerned. NOR nave
they let the grass grow under their feet, but
have improved every opportunity which offered
to get IN blow"
The following shows the highest. lowest and
closing prices of last week, for the stocks
named, with the last prices of the preceding