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 we'll apply
to-day. W. II. Lawrence OF Browsdae 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?
If they would sell to no one but consign their
goods the commission men would be quite as well
| pleased. And a. to the shrnkage 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
sideraby less than it does after being saturated
with water and salt The co untry dealer is not
! olways responsible for bad packing and the ex-
| istence 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 ameleor-
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
015c; choice roll and prints 16G19c; creamery,
2S032I37c.
BEANs-Commo) S1.65O1 .S5; medium, $50
81 % navy S250Q 2.65.
BACON AND HAMs-Long clears bacon, 1O@c;
dry salt 10c; shoulders, S4@9c; hams 1917
GID.
CHEEsE-Skim, 6AG7Ac; part cream, $40
9Ac; full cream old, 10!4@12&c; full cream, fall
made, 14HO15hc.
DRESSED MEATs-Beef, country dressed, 6H1
&c; city dressed, sAG9!ac; extra Easter
beef, 10c; mutton, country dressed, 6Q7c; city
dressed. 95110c; veal 10Q11.
FLoUR-P4tents S5.75G6; straight S4.750
500 Bakers xxx, S423@5.O0; low grades
81. 10000; Rye -four $3.50 per barrel;
graham S4@4.25 per barrel; buckwheat flour,
S67507.OO.
HrDEs-Green, sailed, ~ 9s%ic; green, 6@7c;
dry flint, 12c; calf, dry, 123ac; green lie; deer,
dry, 2oQ25c; antelope, 2Q025c; elk, 20G25c
buffalo, 8@1Oc, damaged u Oft.
TALLow-No. l, G42@6A; No. ?, 51&@6c.
WooL-Unwashed, 18@21c; washed 260 2sc.
HoNEY-White clover, $4,000 ID; buckwheat,
1601Sclb.
HoPs-W ashington Territory, zoe; New York
Csc. Wisconsin, 25c.
MALT-75c08Oc per bushel.
LNsEED Ou-Raw, SIC; boiled SIC. Lin
seed meal $22@23.
COMMUNICATIONS, dressed, 15@16c per ID;
turkeys, dressed, 1S019c; ducks and geese, 13
G15c. These prices are nominal, for scarcely
any birds offered
Roors-( Medicina) ginseng, S1.75@1 IS; sen.
eca snake root, 35QS7c per ID.
FRUITs-Apples, 5.O0@7.O0; oranges, Val
4OO045O; Floida, $5.OO06OO; Messina and
Palermo lemons, $3.5O04.OO; Cranber-
res, nopinal Malaga grapes, SO b., s@S.
50; Figs, new, 16c, 1Sc, zoe per h.; dates,
black in trails 7cQSc, fard in boxes, 12c per
ID. bananas, S2.25@5.OO per bunch.
NUTs-Hckory, large, S1OO; small, SIPS,
walnuts, &c., almonds, 18@2Oc; Barcelona ha;
eel (fberts) 14c; pecans, 12013c; Brazil, lac;
peanuts, 0@1Sc; Cocoa nuts, $1,000 100 per
leo.
FURs-Mink, 5OcG1 90; coon, 6O0SOc; lynx
2.5044,O0; musk rat, winter 10c, spring 12c,
kits 394c; red fox, 1.s5G1, so; kits, 30@4Oc;
silver fox, 2o.OOQ4O.OO cross 2.5O@6.OO; otter
6.o00IO.OO; fisher, 6.00Q9.O0; skunk, 90@75c;
badger, 50175c; wild cat, 50@60c; house cat, 10
@25c marten, 1858 90; wolverine, 4.OO@5OO;
wolf, 100000; prairie wolf, 75c@ LOO; bear
7.OOQ12 O0 cabs, 4.O096.00; beaver, Lake Su-
perior, S.00@4,00 per h.; Hudson bay, 3.O0Qy
90 per h., Dakota 2OOGs3 .OOp.er ID.
SWEET PoTAToEs-Illinos, $450@5.O0; Jer-
seys, S5.50@600.
Receipts and shipments of grain, live stock,
produce, merchandise etc, for the twenty four
hours ending April IL, 1884: