St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-17
Among the Commission Men.

There Is no change In the produce market and
the remarks of yesterday will equally well apply
to-day. w. II. Lawrence Of Browsdale writes to
US about commission men purchasing produce
and shrinkage Of packages. With respect to the
first why do country dealers like Mr.. Lawrence
sell to commission men and urge them to buy:
II they would sell to no one but consign their
goods the commissio men would be quite well
pleased. And to the shrinkage the great
cause as far as butter is concerned is owing to
bad prcking, crowding the tubs with salt, etc.
And then again the tub is almost invariably
weighed when dry and Of course will weigh con
siderably less than it does after being saturated
with water and salt. The untry dealer is not
olways responsible for bad packing and the ex-
idence sometimes Of tallow-and other foreign
substances in butter tubs. The country dealer
has his trials and difficulties and the commission
merchant his, but these would be greatly anchor
ated by more confidence and q more even deal
consign only to the commission merchants. The
following quotations are for round lots only.
BuTTER-Recelpts liberal; grease. SC packing
stock off flavor, rose; dairy, common to fair, 10
@15c; choice roll and prints 16@18c; creamery,
28G32@I37c.
BEANs-Commo sl.65@1.s5; medium, $40
$2.25; navy S2.50Q 1858.
BACON AND HAMs-Long clears bacon, 10Ac;
dry salt 1Oc; shoulders, sA@9c; hams, 1871
OLD.
CHEEsE-skim, e14@7Ac; part cream, $40
9Ac; full cream old, 1O14@12&c; full cream, fall
made, 14H@151ac.
DRESSED MEATs-Beef, country dressed, 6H0
&c; city dressed, sA@91ac; extra Easter
beef, 10c; mutton, country dressed, 6Q7c; city
dressed. 9h0l0c; veal, 10011.
FLouR-Patents S5.75G6; straight S4.75@
500 Bakers xxx, S425@5.O0; low grades
81. 10000; Rye -four $3.50 per barrel;
graham S404.25 per barrel; buckwheat flour,
$6.7597.00.
HrDEs-Green, sailed, ~ 0sAc; green, 6@7c;
dry flint, lac; calf, dry, 124c; green lie; deer,
dry, 20Q25c; antelope, 20425c; elk, 20G25c;
buffalo, s@1Oc, damaged u off.
TALLow-No. l, Gh@6&; No. ?, 5h@6c.
WooL-Unwashed, 18@21c; washed, ESQ CSC.
HoNEY-White clover, 1SQ20c ID; bsckwheat,
16Q1sclb.
HoPs-Washington Territory, soc; New York
Csc Wisconsin, 25c.
MALT-75c080c per bushel.
LINsEED On-Raw, SIC; boiled SIC. Lin
seed meal $22@23.
PoULTRY-Chickens, dressed, 15@16c per ID;
turkeys, dressed, 1S@19c; ducks and geese, 10
@15c. These prices are nominal, for scarcely
any birds offered.
RooTs-( Medicina) ginseng, S1.75@1.S 5; SEN
eca snake root, 35QS7c per ID.
FEuIrs-Apples, 5.OO@7Oo; oranges, Val
encia, S8.OO@s.5O per case; Messmas
4.OOQ450 Floida, S.. 100000; Messina and
Palermo lemons, S3.5O@4.OO; Cranber-
ries, nopinal Malaga grapes, so b., s@8.
so; Figs, new, 16c, 1Sc, zoe per h.. dates,
black in trails 7cQsc, fard in boxes, 12c per
ID. bananas, S2.25@5,0O per bunch.
NUTs-Hickory, large, S1.OO; small, $1.25,
walnuts, 15c; almonds, 1S@2Oc; Barcelona ha;
eel (flberts) lac; pecans, 12@13c; Brazil, 14c;
peanuts, 6@1Sc; Cocoa nuts, $5.o0@7.o0 per
1C0.
FURs-Mink, 5ocG1 90; coon, 6O0sOc; lynx,
2.5O94,OO; musk rat winter 1oc, spring 12c,
kits 304c; red fox, 1.2501 so; kits, 100000;
silver fox, 20.O0040.00, cross 2.50@6.00: otter,
6o00IOO O fisher 60009.0o; skunk, 3O@75c;
badger, 50175c; wild cat, 5O@60c; house cat, 10
@25c; marten, 1868 90 wolverine, 4.OO@5.OO;
wolf, 100000; prairie wclf 75c@1 90; bear,
7.OO@12, 90; cabs, 4.oo@6.Oo; beaver, Lake su
perior, 800 @4,0O per lb. Hudson bay, 3.OO@
400 per h., Dakota, 2.OO@3 hooper lb.
SWEET PoTAToEs-Illinois, $4.50@5.00; Jer-
seys, S5.50Q6.00.
Receipts and shipments Of grain, live stock,
produce, merchandise, ETC., for the twenty-four
hours ending ADril 16 1854: