St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-22
Among the Commission Wen.

Though the daily reports of transactions on
the board of trade indicate a lack of trading
the actual business of the street is quite
heavy, and the commission men are, generally
speaking, very actively engaged. This is the
season when they have large quantities of
periShable fruits and vegetables to handle.
A good deal OF this fruit comes from long
distance, aud much of it from California,
especially oranges, lemons, apricots, peaches,
pears and plums. This fruit, in order TO
enable the dealer TO realize, must be handled
very quickly indeed, or it will spoil on his
hands, and then he loses not only the fruit it
self but also the freight that shas been paid
out by him. Most of it reaches st.
Paul in very good condition and
is very rapidly disposed of. The
week has really been quite an active one. All
the week wheat has been sick and dropping.
Several times little spasmodic effort was
made TO keep it up, but it was useless The
demand for corn and oats has been very
light indeed and they, like barley and rye,
have been merely nominal as to price. As a
matter of fact no oats or corn have been re
ceived here, or shipped during the week, and
the receipts of wheat were only 1909, and
the shipments 1852. Barley and rye still
continue nominal and are not quoted at ali
on the board. Ground feed and all millstuffs
have been in moderate demand, but prices
have not fiuctuated much and all have been
steady all the week. Eggs have been in good
demand and the price firmed up little
during IIe last part OF the week. lleJ are Ill
good supply and also in good demand. Hay
has been rather ON the decline, and the dull
ness seems TO be partly owing to the DISPOSE
tion TO wait for the new crop, which has been
gradually making its appearance during the
week; yet the quotations droop, and yesterday
it was weaker than il has been in a long time.
Butter is the terror of the market. Cream
cries are in a little better favor just at pres
ent, owing TO the fact that the hot weather
has such au effect on the stock put onto the
market. 1t is very well known that the hot
weather has a very quick and perceptible
grades OF butter brought to market.
The consequence is that the quantity
of first-class butter is greatly limited through
the effect of the hot weather, while the
poorer grades are correSpondingly in
creased. The result is that the mar
ket is overStOckcd with the poorer
grades, for which there is little demand, and
the supply OF really choice butter is eX-
tremely limited. Whatever demand there is
is almost wholly on local account and light,
only an occasional outside order, and little or
no speculative inquiry. Mess pork has adj
vanced to Sll so.
The following prices are for round lots only:
Pork, Bacon, Lard, etc.-Mess pork. SIC. 10;
hams, 91zc; shoulders, 614c; dry salt long
clears, 614c; smoked long clears, &c; dry salt
short clears, Sc; smoked short clears, Sc; long
spiced rolls, S1zc; short, sc; terce lard re;
key lard, 75sc: 20 n wood pail, S1sc; % tin
pail, sssc; u tin pail SIC; 10 n tin pail SIZE
Flour-Patents, SOS. 20 asked; best winter
wheat patents, $3.50; straight, 81 .25d4. so;
winter wheat straight, So; Bakers xxx
and clears, S464.25; low grades, 81; rye flour,
S3.30GJ4 per barrel: graham, spring wheat,
S3.25; winter wheat, $3.50; buekwheat flour, 81
The above quotations are made on the board
of trade. The Roller mill reduces the price as
follows: Orange Blossom. $500; Red Cross,
81 10; Brighton. 81 40; Capitol, 81 20; Bakers
xxx 81 80: Derby. 81
Beans-COmmon. 5O9T5c; mediums, T5cGlS1:
hand picked medium, 81 .20Gl.4 40; hand picked
navy, SI.30G1.50.
Dressed Beef-Steers, choice, 71lGT<c;
| steers, $50 to 600 ns, &c; COWS, 500 to 600 rs,
| &c; choice bulls, SIC; veal, lie; hindquar-
tiers, s1zG9c; forequarters, 4s4G519c; mutton,
extra heavy, re; mutton, 40 to 30 lbs, &c;
country dressed sides, 596c-
Furs-Bear, S9Gl3; cubs, s305; badger,
| 6Ol65c; wild cats. 4Oc; fisher. SJG37: red 20,
SI.35; cross fox, S2.5094; grey, 75c; kit fox,
4Oc; silver grey, S25950: lynx, S2G3.5O; mar
ten, $lG,2. so: mink. 306l50c: otter, S5fl7; rae
| coon, 6OG65c; skunk, $4,000; wolverine, So
a; timber wolf, Ss.5093; prairie wolf, 81;
muskrat. fall &C, winter &c, spring Sc, kits 1c;
beaver, S2G2.5O per d.
Hides-Green sailed, re; green, 6G61lc;
dry flint, 121Sc; calf, dry, 13c; green, 1Oc;
deer, dry, 156L20c; antelope, 15G20c; elk, l21Sc;
sheep pelts, wool estimated. l5I90c, accord
| ing to wool on them; lamb, 3506Oc
Nuts-Almond, Taragonas, 1Sc, Ivica, lie;
California: 1sc; filberts, Sicily, 14c; peanuts,
| 1GJ9c: pecans, Texas, 9dl2c; Indian
nation, &c; walnuts, California, 14c; Naples,
l6c; Grenoble, lee; French, 10c; cocoa nuts,
| S5el7 per 100.
Honey-Dark, 12c; white clover, 13G15c;
| California white clover. 15c.
Hops Washington territory, 1GGISc; choice
New York Gle.
Linseed oil-Raw, see; boiled, SIC; linseed
meal, $4,000.
Malt-15c per bu.
Oysters-Standards, Soc; selects, 40c; New
York counts, 45c per can.
TallOw-No. l, SIC; No. 2, sc.
Wool-Unwashed, 14Gt15c; washed, 2OG22c.