Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-15
ST. PAUL, March Is, 1852.

is nothing new that can be said about thu
markets. Here and there there is an occa
sional change in quotations, but. generally
speaking, everything is pretty solid and quota
lions are fixed and permanent, while business
is excellent. Never in the history of the city
has there been the business there now is OF
the demand, or The stocks from which to
supply The demand. The commercial
transactions of st. Paul this season
will far surpass in amount any previous year
in the history of the city. Collecting all sat.
Isfactory, and Notwithstanding the bad roads,
communication with the country is reasona-
bly, well kept open, as has been frequently
mentioned in these columns, the immense i'm
migration to the country along through the
northwest from small distance above st.
Paul to Winnipeg, is beginning to tell on the
trade of the city, and orders flow In continu-
. ally from that favored portion of the globe.
In regard to money matters there is quite as
little to say as there is in regard to the mer-
chandize market. There is an abund-
ance here for all the needs Of dealers and at
reasonable rates with good security. The
banks are actually engaged and have all the
business desirable, all Of which IS increasing
as the seasod progresses and building and buy
ing increases with the advancing spring.
The business of the board OF trade has been
very limited all the week, and prices in many
cases has been merely nominal, as all have
seen by the daily records in these columns.
Among the commission men trade has
been very quiet during the week owing
principally 10 the bad roads. Eggs have
shown an advance and the supply hiss not been
equal to the demand.
III dry goods there are no changes, and the
mark { remaine substantially as it was las
week
In groceries transactions are Immense. There
has never been anything like it in st. Paul be-
fore. All the wholesale houses here have all
they can attend to and are daily turning out
Red River valley country and the upper Vel
lowstone, and with the immigrants
that are pouring into that section Of
the Northwest keep the st. St. Paul 81
Manitoba and the Northern Pacific roads
pretty well exercised to accommodate the
business. The varieties in quotations this
week are not numerous or important. Dried
have declined little. Coffee, A and B stand
81 ard sugars have advanced slightly. Cloves,
allspice and pepper have advanced
Hardware confines firm at the quotations
heretofore given, and are without change.
Boots and shoes are grim at quotations.
Leather findings remain the same as for
merly quoted.
the thorough revisal of last week. Prices
continue strcng and the demand good.
Wholesale PRODUCE.
10 al departments stocks are much larger
than ever before In regard to fruit, 1t may
he said the supply has been largely increased
since last week, especially in regard TO oranges.
Presley & Co. were yesterday shipping large
quantity to Winnipeg. The demand Ia very
heavy, but the supply is at present equal to all
requirements so far Lemons are 81 50@5 90
per box Messina oranges, from 81 0O@450
per box. Imperial oranges, $500 Apples
from b 50@5 90 per barrel for good to choice
stock. California pears are out of market.
Oysters 30@4 0c, with no cheap brands in mar
ket. Valencia oranges, in cases of 400, $500
1880 Cranberries have advanced to 50 50@
1000 per barrel; in bushel boxes, 81. 25. Ma
1aga grapes, St900@14. 90 per barrel. Cocoa
nuts, Sc. Cider, 5000 per barrel; casks, 27c
per gallon; one-half barrels, $3.50. Aspin-
wall bananas, S400@6. 90, as to size of bunch;
n. o. bananas, 3.00@4 % per bunch. Figs,
fancy new layers, 12@13e; second quality, 09
Toe. Dates, new Arabian, SC.
Thi trade in flour is limited, generally
speaking to the local demand and conkump-
ton, and prices are not strong. Business
straights, s625@7.0O clears, s600@6 so; in
barrels, 25c extra. Buckwheat, $8.009900.
Graham, $6.25l6. so per barrel.
Brewers Supplies-Selling prices: Malt,
81 % per bushel. New York hops, 30@32c;
Wisconsin hops, 2O@25; Washington Territory
hops, S0@S2c per pound.
Lime, Cement, etc.--In this line there is now
and has been all winter a good trade, and
dealers are selling as much fire brick as
the did any time during the summer.
Selling prices are as follows:
Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee while
lime, Si.35 per Dbl; Milwaukee cement, $l.50
per Dbl; Louisville cement, $l.75 per Dbl; plas-
Ter paris, $50 per Dbl; plastering hair. Soc
per bushel; st. Louis No 1 fire brick, SIS per
thousand. Fire clay, So 80 per Dbl.
st. Paul Oil MiIls-Selllng prices: Carload
lots oil, Csc per gallon. Linseed meal, s23 50
pert
shorts-Find ready sale at s16.OoQl7 90
per ton.
Beans-Are without change and stand at
$3.50.
Cranberlies maintain the old figures and are
domestic stock. Fancy unffozen Cape Cod, in
good condition, would bring $l0@r.
Eggs have. been gradually incrcas:
ing, owing to the supply being light
and demand good. The bad roads
seem TO prevent the farmers from bringing in
the u>ual supplies while the demand is una
batcd. The consequence naturally is that
HllCCb have SOuc up Gu tudI eggs uOW III buls
market are bringing zoe per dozen.
The season Is too far advanced for chickens
and turkeys and they are quoted higher, the
former at 12@14c and the latter at 12@15c.
There are not many in market but enough
for the demand.
1t is the same old, old story about butter.
There is now, always was, and in all probabil-
ity, always will be a great scarcity of first
class butter, and nothing can be said upon the
subject more than has been said many times
before. There is Sn abundant supply of poor
stuff of all grades of worthless but very little
of the better grades. Prices have but advan-
ced to 30@35c for gilt edge, and choice in tubs
white roll and print is quoted at from 25GS2c.
From these figures the scale drops to Sc.
Cheese is without variation and the price
fixed upon State factory is 12915c.
But little dressed poultry is being offered
e Live Stock-Iowa steers, extra good quail
ity, IS 5095.75; choice do, S5.2505 so; fair,
81 25@4.72H; cows andEheifers, fair, So OO@
$50 good, s3.5O@4.5O. Hogs, s7,5O@7. IS;
live at about 1925 per 100 pounds. Sheep,
good to choice, $3.50; ordinary, $4.00@425.
Meats-Pork held at $3.50 per Dbl. Hams
12@121Sc; shoulders Sc; breakfast bacon 12X c.,
clear sides 12c. Lard, tierces and barrels he;
kegs 12Hc; pals 13c. Mess beef held at Sll
Oh. Buying prices-dressed hogs 81 so and
scarce. Beef sides, city, 7@Sc; mutton Sc
TO 10; veal SIX @10c.
Hides Receipts continue sufficient to hold
The market very level. Buyers are paying &c