Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-03
COURSE OF TRADE.
Home Business Active and Quotations
Nominally Unchanged---Grain Markets
Steady and Stock Market Firm.
ST. PAUL, Wednesday, Aug.

Of the wholesale trade of st. Paul little is to
be said this week, more than that merchants
and their employees are quite as busy as they
care to be this warm weather. Prices are
generally steady, and with only exceptional
Indications of coming changes. Numerous
changes have, however, taken effect in gro
ceries since last week. Advances have been
established in prices of both foreign and do
nestle dried fruits, and in most of the list of
canned goods. Sugars are q shade lower. In
the hardware trade sheet iron has been
marked up X C, and an advance all along the
line is expected on the opening of the fall
trade, simply because the immense demand
throughout the country is lowering supplies
materially.
Domestic fruits are reported scarce and
high. Apples scarce at 75@S5c per box
and $4.50@5.50 per barrel. Califor
MIA fruits, per box-Peaches, $3.50; Bart
lett pears, 81; Duchess, White Doyenne
$3.50. Oranges, Sorrento, repacked, $500.
Lemons, choice ito fancy, repacked, So. 50@
$1,000. Bananas So. 00@$4.00 per bunch, as
to size. Law ton blackberries, $3.50 per LOOT
case.
The lumber trade continues active, with
prices firm, and the st. Paul market now
little under the Chicago market on CORE
spending grades.
hops, 24@25c. Wisconsin hops, 15@17c.-
ON THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Prices on the board of trade yesterday COM
pared with those of Tuesday of last week as
follows: Wheat the same, but was Sc higher
a few days ago; corn, No. 2, lie higher; oats
&c lower; barley unchanged rye sc lower;
ground feed and cornmeal unchanged. Prices
and transactions yesterday were as follows:
Wheat-No. hard 81. 10; No. 2 Sl.10;
August S1.05; September $t.O0; No. 3 Csc ;
No. SIC; rejected 72c.
Corn-No. 3 cash and September offered at
46c; No. 40c bid, 42c asked. Sale, one car
No. 3 at 4Oc.
Oats-No. 2 white SIC bid, 4Oc asked; No. 2
mixed, August, SIC bid, 32c asked do. Sep
tember, SOC bid, SIC asked; No. mixed Offer
ed at 3Sc. Sale, one car rejected at Soc, and
two cars No 2 mixed, sacks included, at 43c.
Barley-No.s Q zoe bid; No. 3 extra 65c; No.
8 eOc First receipts of new crop are of extra
good color and plump grain
Rye-No. Csc.
Ground Feed-Ofered at $500.
Corn Meal-Offered at $500
r., LIVE STOCK, PROVISIONS, ETC.
Cattle continue in fair supply with good
local and shipping demand, at prices higher
than last month. We quote from sales of last
week. Iowa fancy steers, $5.60@5. Is; choice
Minnesotas, $4.75; common to good do,
So. 75@4. SO; infeior and mixed lots, $2.50@3.75
Live hogs, IS. sos g. Lambs, &c. Good to
Mess pork is held at $18. 00@1S.25. uams,
Tx @12c; shoulders, TX @8c; breakfast bacon,
12c; spiced roll, 12c; clear sides, 10@10Hc.
Lard, tierces, 12X c; hogs 13c; and pals, 13H C.
Mess beef is firmly held at $1,000. Dried beef
14014Hc; cooked canned corn beef, $500 per
case.
Dressed meats are steady. Pork &c; beef
sides, 6H C; mutton, 9@10c,; lamb 12Kc veal,
1850.
Old chickens 40@50c per pair.
AT COMMISSION AND PRODUCE HOUSES.
Flour-selling to the trade as follows:
xxx, $5.25@5. so; straights, 100; patents,
se.75@7. 90. Rye -four, 1925.
Shorts Scarce, and selling at $11. O0@12.00
per ton.
Eggs-supply good with fair local and
shipping demand. Selling from store at 1211ac;
repacked for shipping, 14c.
Butter-We note an improved demand for
choice stock at 18M22c, as a range for well
known brands of dairy and creamery. Sc
lections are held at 20@2ac. Medium to good
grades are held at 14@16c. Shipping, fresh
grass stock, sweet and even in color, 1O@12.
Common SOLO.
Cheese-State factory 9@10c.
Potatoes Southern grown selling at $4,000
per bushel. The local market takes about all
coming in from the country.
Ginseng-Quoted at I.3O9S!.4 40. Noyes
Bros. & Cutler are buying largely and claim
to be paying better prices than the article
commands in any other Western market.
Senega Snake Root-Buyers are paying 25@
30c.
-Unwashed, 1S@23c; washed 30@S2c.
Receipts increasing but well maintained.
Hides-Quiet and steady. Green, TIC per
pound; green sailed, SIC. Dry sailed. lie;
dry flint 14c; green calf 12c; green kip, &c;
No. 2 stock two-thirds prices. Pelts ad-
vanced to 30c per pound for estimated
wool.
Tallow-No. 1, 5xc; No. 2, Axe.