St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-16
Among the Commission Men.


more than half of it can possibly be consumed in
a legitimate way, or in any other way save by an
earthquake before harvest again pours her gen
erous supply into our granarles. The situation
is not in the least changed since May wheat sold
down to near sec week ago, and there has been
no development to render it necessary to qualify
what was then stated in these columns. The
market at Chicago, and consequently at Milwau-
kee is lust now slightly higher than week ago.
but it is not believedNhat it will remain so till
the end of the ensuing week. The I'M
certain and unsatisfactory state of
the Chicago market has almost
paralyzed the wheat market at this point
Miliers have not bought so freely as heretofore
in part because holders have been 10th to sell at
Chicago prices, and in part because they them
selves hesitate to pay Chicago prices. Millers
have been offering 800S5c for No. 1 and No
2 regular from farmers wagons The wheat re-
ceipts by rail have been about $500 bushels
and the shipments about $4,000 bushels. The
mills here have taken less than 5000 bushels,
while the mills at Minneapolis have not been
working to the fall extent of thei. capacity. The
wheat receipts were about 1850 bushels less
than the previous week The demand for corn
has been urgent with about the same supply as
the previous week and prices have ranged 1@3c
higher. The supply of oats kas'b been little
more liberal, being 29 600 bushels against p 900
of the previous week, with prices about the
same, fuctuating from 29c to zoe for No.
mixed Barley has been in good demand, with
receipts nearly double what they were week
ago. Feed also has also nearly doubled the
previous weeks sales, and prices have ranged
steady There has been a falling off in the
supply of hay by more than one-half, and pri-
ces have been firm and little higher. There
is no change whatever in butter, and the p
marks of last week will eqally well apply to
this. Receipts of fine grades are still limited,
and the demand continues good There is no
For ust
are in light demand, but the supply of clean
hand picked is also light. Bacon and hams
are very unsettled owing TO the sudden and
continuous fluctuations of the Chicago mar
kets Dressed meats are fairly firm and
the market appears to be improving. A sing
ular thing in connection with the Kansas beef
question is the fact that those butchers who were
so anxious to expatiate to their customers upon
the qualities and superiority of the questionable
stuff, are now anxious TO assure those customers
that not pound of it ever rests upon their
blocks. 1t is fact however, that few butchers
in this city now handle itwhile nearly every meat
retailer in Minneapolis handles it, and St. Paul
means to Danish the whole business up to st.
Anthony, or somewhere else. Flour has been
uueC There has been a steady demand for
home consumption, and for immediate necessi-
ties eastward, bnt there has been no spirit of
speculation manifest. Prices remain unchanged.
shipments compared with the previous
q
WOOL tallow and furs have been quiet and steady.
Dressed hogs have been dull, receipts light and
demand lighter, with prices low. Brewers sup
plies have been steady and firm, with fairly
tive demand for local trade. Fruits are in better
demand, with apples very scarce and high. For
eign fruits are in good demand, with liberal sup
plies; prices are steady Following are prices
current:
BUTTER-Rece1pts liberal; grease, SC; packing
stock off flavor, 70Sc; dairy common to fair, 10
@15c; choice roll and prints 16@lsc; creamery;
2S0 32037c.
BEANs-Commo 81 .s5@1 IS; medium, $50
81. 25; navy S2.50Q 2.65.
BACON AND HAMs-Long clears bacon, 10Mc:
dry salt 10c; shoulders, o1a@9c; hams, 1874
@14
CHEEsE-Skim, 61407Ac: part cream, S140
94c; full cream old, 1014 0f2&c; full cream, fail
made, 14%@151Ac
DRESSED MEArs-Beel, country dressed, 61E@
&c; city dressed, 81 @9lc; extra Easter
beef 10c; mutton, country dressed, 607c; city
dressed. 9S@10c; veal. 10@11.
FLoUR-Patents S5.75@6: straight S4.750
500 Bakers xxx, S4.25@5.00; low grades
S275@3.Oo; Rye doar $3.50 per barrel;
graham $4@4.25 per barrel; buckwheat flour,
S6.75@7.00
HDEs-Green, sailed, 714@6Ac; green, 6@7c;
dry flint, 12c calf, dry, 12Kc; green lie; deer,
dry. 2O@25c: antelope, 20@25c; elk, 20@25c;
buffalo, Sl1Oc, damaged u off.
TALLow-No. /, 61s@64; No. 2, 5H@6c.
Woo1-Unwashed, 1s921c; washed, 26@ CSC.
HoNEY-White clover, $4,000 Id y; buckwheat,
1611Sclb.
Hops-Washington Territory, 30c; New York
CSC. Wisconsin, 25c.
MALT-75c@)S0c per bushel.
LNsEED On-Raw, SIC; boiled soc. Lin
seed meal S22023
PoULrRY-Chickens, dressed, 15@16c per 1b;
turkeys, dressed, 1S@19c; ducks and geese, 10
mike Thasa nricps are nominal for scarcely
any birds are offered.
Roors-( Medicina) ginseng, S1.75@1. IS; SEN
eca snake root S5@37c per Id.
FRUTs-Apples, 5D0@7.00; oranges. Val
encia, S8.0O@s.5o per case; Messlnas
4OO@4.5O Florida sf.00@6OO; Messina and
Palermo lemons, S3.5O@4.OO; Cranber-
res, nominal Malagz grapes, so h., SOS.
so; Figs new, 16c, 1Sc, zoe per h.. dates,
black in trails 7c@sc, fard in boxes, 12c per
b. I; bananas, s.. 256s5 90 per bunch.
NUTs-Hickory, large, S10O; small, S1.25,
walnuts, 15c; almonds, 1S@20c; Barcelona ha;
eel (flberts) 14c; pecaps, 12@13c; Brazil 14c;
peanuts, S@13c; Cocoa nuts, S5.00@700 per
100.
FURs-Mink, 5oc@ 90; coon 6O@SOc; lynx,
2.5O@4.00; musk rat winter 10c, spring 12c,
kits 3@4c; red fox, t.25@f so; kits, 30040c;
silver fox, 20.00@4000, cross 2.5O@6.O0; otter,
6.00@I0.00; fisher, 69O@9.00; skunk, 30@75c;
badger 50@75c; wild tat, 50@60c; house cat, 10
@25c; marten, Esq 3 90; wolverine, 4.00@5.O0;
wolf, 100000; prairie wolf, 75c@1.0 90; bear,
7.00@12.oO; cubs, 100000; beaver, Lake su
perior, 800 @400 per h.. Hudson bay 3000
400 per h.. Dakota, 2-oo@3. hooper ID.
SWEET POTATOES Illinois, S4.5O@5.00; Jer-
seys, S5.50@6.0O.
Receipts and shipments of grain, live stock,
produce, merchandise, etc, for the twenty-fur
hours ending April 10, 1884:
Articles. Reed Sh'd Articles Reed Sh'd
Wheat. ......... 5 90 Paint. ...... = -.
Oats. ........... 4 !, Merchandise. rs SO
BarleY.......... 81. Brick .......... -.