St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-19
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ST. PAUL. Nov. Ie.-It Is finished. The e. o.
p died hard, but at last Il Is dead aud the world
Is moving on again just as though no presidential
election had taken place. The days OF suspense
were days Of terrible calm-caim such a. is fol-
lowed by mighty commissions: but hsppily for
this great nation the little spark which would
have raised the political elements into their aid
est fury wac not found aad-ihe world do move
again. The days OF suspension. however gere
not characterized by great activity. men corli
do little else than talk and speculate upon the
chances Of count oa; aal Consequently bust
ness suffered. During the Ecek immediately
following the election tue Dcolie we're pretty
well satisfied as 10 the csGa and fasiness
spuried up considerably bul when rnmors u
underhand tricks and craft, devices 6oafeI
about, it made men catch their breath and bu-i-
ness became IN a measure sn i.endrd. the
carrying trade reports show sO6 oars
Of goods brought into the ,iiy during ne week
ending Yesterday whereas the receipts Tor the
week ending on the 18th were , 4ss. ihi- shows
gain OF BIS cars; bul the shipments fell OF
2l7 cars being ,l64 gainsi i.SsI. The heavy
receips are due greatly 10 one item. that of fuel
which amounted 70 ABOUT one Thousand ans. Il
is interesting TO notice the grcai hauge which
has been made within yea. 20 IN the MAI. rial
used for fuel: while formerly ten cars OF wood
were used TO one Of coal, to-day three cars Of
coal used TO one Of wood and ths On a point
Of economy. Compared 10 The week ending
November 18th, the weeA under review does mol
show favorably in the matter OF '.merchandise"
received and shipped The receipts we're d55
only, while for the prevons week
they SCI cars. The shipments
were 563 cars. against a2s for the previous
week. This is a failing oil OF over ana 10 per
cent. apparently in the general wholesale bn-i-
ness Of the city. Nor is this all The river re-
ceipts and shipments for the past week were
only s0J and i75 tons respectively. while the
former week showed 500 and 435 tons. One
boa, only came in and one went out during the
week and that one was the last for The season.
II would appear, therefore, Thai Tor some cause
OF other the jobbing house, have MOI Leen over
crowded with business and a c.ose investigation
confirms this suspicion The cause is two fold:
the bright, mild and almost summer weather.
and that alluded to at the beginning Of this
view
The lull In business seems TO have affected.
with one or two exceptions. every branch Of
trade, even grocery houses, which, up 10 now,
seemed 10 be independent OF surrounding cir
cumstances, have seen, at last, one week ofdull-
ness; business with these hitherto busy hives Of
commerce has been extremely quiet during the
week. The market generally is steady but there
will be found many changes in the prices cur
rent all in favor OF the purchase. Codees are
firm with an upward tendency: teas are steady
and quiet: sugars are about steady but can
hardly be called firm: domestic dried fruits, in
Gliding apples, are weak and lower: canned
fruIts are steady fish are weak especially packed
behring's which marked considerably lower:
The leather market continues very firm
and steady, the demand for both
sole ana uppers has slightly in
creased, and busmess during the week in all
boot, shoe and hGrners makers supplies has
been little better, Trade, however, has not
been particularly rushing. The improvement
mentioned last week in connection with hnis he'd |
iron and steel goods continued during the week
under review, aud 10 little extent increased
The demand during the past two days for smiths !
goods would a.mCs indicate quite a lively revival
OF smith work throughout the northwest prices /
are unchanged. General hardware Is quiet and
steady, with good, healthy business
especially in shelf goods; little more enquiry |
has been made for stoves within the last day or /
two The only changes In prices current are ia /
nails. which are marked down again &c. During /
the past week dry goods have Deen very dull: |
business in TACT for the first part OF the week |
was almost at a standstiu he unseason- /
able weather and the glorious uncertainty of the
political outcome were sufh lent to paralyze all /
trade. Monday brought colder weather and /
Tuesday showed even still more signs OF winter /
coming in right good earnest and The conse- /
quence was general looking up OF business. City /
retailers have been filling their lines and sorting
up generally and one large JobDing house has /
had more city buyers in during the psst ten days /
than they have had ali the season. This would |
indicate that If the weather were to turn severely
cold the dry goods business would greatly I'm
prove. The same remarks apply 10 manufac-
tured furs, which have been very quiet and dull
Notions, faces, white goods and fairy holiday
goods have been extremely quiet. There are
no changes Of Importance TO notice in dry goods
and notions price lists. Boots and shoes have
shown slightly increased activity in winter
goods bat business is not all II would be IL winter
weather were TO set in. Drugs are quiet
and steady with but two exceptions
iodine land all it, preparations) and quicksilver
which are strong and higher Fancy toilet arti
cles are slow, and in fact holiday goods OF every
kind-n dry goods, stationery, porcelain, per
fumery, etc, move off bat very slowly There
has been, and it appears as though there will be-
no demand for holiday goods equal 10 what there
has been in former years. Lumber remains very
quiet for the reasons mentioned in these columns
a week ago. Now that the whole excite !
ment and the veGed uncertainty
of the election have terminated
are looking forward for at least two
or three good weeks Of nsiness before the hoi-
days, and should the present weather last they
are not likely to be disappointed. The follow
ing prices current have been revised ami care
fully corrected: