Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
FINANCE Il COMMERCE.

'-O--S "hASI III sOulS departments OF IrGNe
have greatly increased. During most of
the week the weather was damp and sour
and business was somewhat retarded but
the sun has at last put in an appearance
and now activity is pretty general. Fruits
are very active. The supply of cattle Is
from fair to good, with liberal offerings
from the interior. The offerings of dressed
hogs are liberal and quotations are uR-
changed. In live hogs nothing is doing
Eggs are steady. Butter is
without change and sales are
confined to the better grades, the lower
grades being upsaleable. The grain mar
ket has been dull all the week, and while
there has not been much decrease in quota
tons there has been no activity and trans
actions have been limited. In drugs prices
are steady, with but few and very slight
changes. Business Is good and improving,
while collections are better. Hardware is
active, but collections are reported as very
slow and not improving, while prices are
firm with no change. Groceries are active
with some improvement on collections.
Hides are in good supply with unchanged
quotations. Dry goods are rather Quiet
and without change in figures.
The lumber trade is very active,
and prices are very firm,
indeed. with continued demand upon the
yards. In financial matters there is no
change whatever. The pleasant weather
will probably increase counter business.
GENERAL MARKETS.
The fruit market Is increasing in activ
ity. The continued cool weather has kept
Strawberries back, but they have at last
made their appearance and are coming in
very freely. By next week the receipts
will be very liberal, especially if the
weather continues warm. OF course, at
this season of the year, especially, they
fuctuate good deal in price from day to
day, and therefore it is difficult TO fix
prices. This week they have sold for IS
per case of "a boxes. but during the COM
ing week they VIII be much lower.
Oranges are steady, Valencias are too
ripe TO ship with safety. Choice Messina
or Palermo, high color, 1925 to $4.75 per
box. California oranges, fancy fruit run
ming from AS to 100 to the box $3.50 to
1915 per box. Lemons are steady and will
be cheaper this month than at any time
this season. Choice to fancy bright Mes
sina or Palermo $4.25 to $4.75 per box.
Dealers here make a liberal discount on
these prices on oranges and lemons in lots,
and special prices on Car load lots. Duff
fees New York clarified cider $3.50 per
Dbl. or e6c per gallon in casks. Kentucky
cider $3.50 per Dbl. Apples are too ripe
to stand shipping. Bananas So to 81
per bunch as to size for choice Aspinwalls
both red and yellow. Pineapples, choice
to fancy So TO $3.50 per doz. Figs, choice
new layers 18c per round, fancy
pc. New Arabian dates in trails Sc per
pound. Choice new Vermont maple sugar
in bricks and cakes PC per pound. Cocoa
nuts Sc per 100. Peanuts, fancy hand
picked White Virginia, 10c per pound.
Foreign nuts, Teragona almonds, 18c;
new Naples walnuts, 15c; new French
walnuts, 12c: new Brazil nuts, 12c; new
Sicily flberts, 12c; new Baraco flberts,
1Oc; pecans. 10e: new CicilY shelled al
moads IN % pound boxes 35c per pound.
CATTLE-The supply of cattle is from
fair, to good in theyards with liberal offer
ings from the interior. Quotations are
steady. Choice steers $G2596.75; fair
to good, $5@575; rood mixed, $4G 4.50;
mich cows, $40a So; veal calves, $6g7
per 100 lbs.
ON1oNs-Are dull and quiet at $500
per bu.. out going from 40 to 80. Bermudes
$1.25 10 $50 per box.
HoGs-The offerings for dressed hogs
are liberal with unchanged quotations, at
Sc. Live hogs are out of market but
quotations are given at $7@7.75.
SHEEP-Are in poor supply and quota
tions remain at $5.5Oa6.25; city dressed,
gle; country dressed, S12@91ac.
Paov1s1oxs-Mezs pork, $2O.5og 21;
hams.122l SIC; clear bacon, scarce, &c;
spiced and breakfast bacon, 13c; shout
ders, Sc; tierce lard, 12c; key lard,
1919 1215c; wooden pails,20 pounds, 12&4
tin pals, pounds, 1870; 10
pounds, lie; mess beef, $l2,50@13 per
barrel; smoked beef, 1115c per pound.
BEANs-For common 10 choice hand
picked $L50@2.25.
FLoUR-The market for -four is far
from active. Patents $G4@7; straight
S6aGI1; bakers XXXN $415@44
BREwERs' SUPPLIES is IN
changed and is quoted at SO@85c Hops
both Washington and New York, are low
er and are now quoted at CSC.
LIME CEMENT, AUTHORIZATIONS are as fol-
lows: Oshkosh, Port Byron and Milwaukee
white lime, $1.25 per Dbl; Milwaukee &C.
ment. $3.50 per bbl.; Louisville cement,
$1.65 per bbl.; plaster paris, 1925 per bbl;
plastering hair, Soc per bushel; st. Louis
No. fire brick, $45 per thousand; fire clay.
$3.50 per Dbl.
BUTTER is without change. The best
qualities sell for the prices mentioned
above but the poorer qualities are IN
saleable.
Board of Trade.
The attendance on the board yesterday
was moderate and transactions were higher.