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

Pickles.
Among the Commission Men.

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Among the Commission Men.
Since the last weekly review of the produce
market appeared in these columns there has
been great commotion on change and among
grain spectators. A war has been waging be
tween Taurus and Ursus, and as in all fercely
contested struggles both have suffered. Wheat
has huctuated considerably, and the sanguine
ones were at one time almost beside themselves
when May wheat soil up to SIC, so confident
were they that the bulls would carry the whole
dead weight of the enormous supply upon the
point Of their jubilaut horns away up to the
hundreds again. But their neck, or back
backing was not strong enough. 1t takes big
pile to corner some goo coo 600 bushels Of wheat,
and big courage in the face of the fact that not
more than half of it can possibly be consumed in
Il legitimate way. or in any other way save by an
earthquake before harvest again pours her gen
erOUs supply into our granarics. The situation
is not in the least changed since May wheat sold
down to near S2c week ago, and there has been
no development to render it necessary to qualify
what was then stated i'll these columns. The
market at Chicago, and consequently at Milwau-
kee is Just now slightly higher than Il week ago,
but it is not belieyad That 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 ut this point.
NIiliers 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 S0MSjc for No. l and No.
, regular from fairness wagons. The wheat re-
cepts by rail have been about 25,5OO 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 $500 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 lose
higher. The supply of oats has been little
more liberal, being IS 600 bushels against 81 900
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 i'll the
supply of hay by more than One-half, and pri-
ces have been firm and u little higher. There
is no change whatever in butter, and the ~
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
better sale for medium grades. Beans just now
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 it while 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
quiet 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
week have been few car loads in excess. Hides,
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 a 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, 708c; dairy, common to fair, 10
Gl15c; choice roll and prints 16@loc; creamery,
2Sd 32037c.
BEANs-Commo s1.65@1 IS; medium, SEQ
So 25: navy s.. 500 2.65.
BACON AND HAMs-Long clears bacon, 10Tc;
dry salt 10c; shoulders, o1a09c; hams, 1874
Gi4.
CHEEsE-Skim, G1401Ac: part cream, S14Gy
914c: full cream old, 1014 @i2Zc; full cream, fail
made, 14Ia@15Hc
DRESSED MEATs-Beef, country dressed, 6IAl
&c; city dressed, 81 @9i4c: extra Easter
beef lOc; mutton, country dressed, 6@7c; city
dressed. $4,000; veal, 10@11.
FLoUR-Patents S5.7506: straight S4.750
800 Bakers XXXX, S4.25@5.00; low grades
S27503.O0; Rye doar $3.50 per barrel;
graham $4@4.25 per barrel; buckwheat flour,
S6.75@7.00.
H1pEs-Green, sailed, 7H08Ac: green, care;
dry flint, 12c; calf dry, 12Hc; green lie; deer,
dry. 2O025c: antelope, 20@25c; elk, 20@25c;
buffalo, S010c, damaged u Oft.
TALLow-No. /, 61s 064; No. 2, 5]!@6c.
WooL-Unwashed, 19021c; washed, 26G, CSC.
HoNEY-White clover, 16020c ID; buckwheat,
1601Sclb.
MISREPRESENTATION Territory, 30c; New York
CSC. Wisconsin, 25c.
MALT-75c0 SOC per bushel
L1NsEED OT1-Raw, SIC; boiled soc. Lin
seed meal S22023.
PouITRy-Chickens. dressed, 156116c per lb;
turkeys, dressed, 18@19c; ducks and geese, 10
015c These prices are nominal, for scarcely
any birds are offered
Roors-( Medicina) ginseng, s1.75@1.S5; SEN
eca snake root, 85@37c per ID.
FRUITs-Appes, 5D0@700; oranges. Val
encia, SIS. 00@S.50 per case; Messmas
4 OO@4 $50; Florida, SE.O006.0O; Messina and
Palermo lemons, S3.5004.O0; Cranber-
ries, nominal Malag4 grapes, so h., S@S.
so; Figs, new, 16c, 1Sc, zoe per h.. dates,
black in trails 7c@Sc, fard in boxes, 12c per
b. bananas, s.. 25@25 90 per bunch.
Unsatisfactory, large, S1.OO; small, S1.25,
walnuts, 15c; almonds 1S@2Oc; Barcelona ha;
eel (flberts) 14c; pecaps, 12@13c; Brazil, 14c;
peanuts, S@13c; Cocoa nuts, S5.0007OO per
100.
FURs-Mink, 5oc@ 90; coon, 6O@SOc; lynx,
2.5O@4.OO; musk rat winter 1Oc, spring 12c,
kits 3@4c; red fox, -.25@1. SO; kits, 30040c;
silver fox, 20.0004000, cross 2.5O06.00; otter,
6.00@I0.00; fisher, 100000; skunk, 3O@75c;
badger, 50075c wild tat, 5O@6Oc; house cat, 10
@25c; marten, 1.25@ 90; wolverine 4.OO@5.OO;
wolf, 100000; prairie WOLF 75c@1.OO; bear,
7.OO@12.0O; cubs, 100000; beaver, Lake SUI
perior, 800 @4,00 per b.; Hudson bay, 300@
400 per lb., Dakota, 2.O0@3. COPPER ID.
SWEET PoTAToEs-Illinois, S4.5O05.0 90; Jer-
seys, S5.50@60O.
Receipts and shipments of grain, live stock,
produce, merchandise etc, for the twenty-fur
hours ending April 10, 1884:
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