St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-11


ana low temperature of the early part of the
week partially account for the same. AS the
months sales thus far show an increase over the
corresponding period last year, the temporary
iull OF the last few days is not at all discourag
Ing. The market presents no specially new fea-
| lures. Prices are firm and the supply and de-
mand are well equalized. Liberal purchases
were made by these who were in the market.
ana The feeling seems to be gaining
that though the season will probably be late, we
snail have good, fair spring trade in this mar
ket The general situation improves daily.
Stocks in retailers ands are light, the winter
having been so cold and having hung ON long
retail dealers have sold their shelves bare; con.
sumers want goods and are not destitute of the
means of paying for what they need. Price
are without material change this week. Stocks
are still accumulating in jobters' hands and
buyers who come in next week will find every
thing on display that will be needed
by them for the next sixty days. In
groceries trade is improving. Collections, how
ever, are nothing to brag Of still they are quite
as good as usual at this season of the year. A
good many interior dealers have made their APP
pearance i'll the market during the week, the first
seen this spring. Most of the business thus far
has been done by orders. Sugars have declined
&c all around. This is regarded as being in
consequence of the reduction in freights. Cheese
has declined NC owing, as is supposed, to the
weather becoming milder, thus enabling dealers
here to ship in stocks from outside instead
of depending upon the local market The
drug trade is much more active, and prices
stiffening up good deal in the East, while here
| orders are coming in freely so that the bulk of
! the business is done by orders. There is great
scarcity of druggists glass ware on account of
the strike in Pittsbu re-. White lead has ad-
vanced, and quite number of other figures have
been changed. as will be seen by reference to
the quotations below There is little to report
this week in the way of changes in price in
hardware most lines of goods being held with
ont alteration. There has been some increase
in the volume of business, and many
orders are being received, which
as rule are small and carefully
assorted. From the character 7of the orders and
the dispatch with which the goods are desired. it
is evident the stocks in dealers hands are very
low. Manufacturers also, as rule, have been
pursuing a conservative course, and have not on
hand an excessive accumulation of their pro-
ducts. An Improvement in the demand for
barbed wire is reported, and some manufacturers
who running overtime g beginning to show
disposition to deciue orders at old figures. On
the whole trade is good, while collections are
rather slow. The market is running firm and
pretty even, Goods are extremely
low but manufacturers are not in
clined to push prices up beyond
the actual necessities of the trade and business
There are indications, however, that barbed wire
will again be advanced. At any rate one of the
leading hardware firms of this city has been mott
fed that the line of prices for this article was
withdrawn. The mild weather of the past few
days is having favorable effect upon the jobblng
trade. Boots and shoes have been gradually |
picking mp and there is now very active de-
mand for spring and summer goods. The leather |
market is quiet and firm, though there is con-
siderable movement for saddlers' hardware and
harness feathers. Finished iron and steel have |
enjoyed an increased demand. Lumber is firm
at quotations, and, IN view of the large amount |
of building to be done this year, it Is not I'M |
reasonable TO expect an advance. The supply is |
sufficient for the early spring.
Dry Goods.
Brown Sheeting and Shirting-Hyde Park
AAA &c. Indian Head T14c; Wachusett, 6Ac; |
Dominion, nc; Endurance, &c; Crown Stets, &c;
Honest width, 81; Badger State, L. SIC; |
Greylocis, LII, 5114c; Lawrence, LII, SIC; Aga
wan, F, SC; Cheese cloth, 3h95c.
Fine Brown Sheeting-Pepperell. r, SIC; Cast |
Iron, extra, 7Ac; Alpha B, SIC; Atlas o. NIB, |
7c Dwight Star, 81; Lockwood B, 81; Badger
State r R, 6H Cambria, SIC; Echo Lake,
6Kc.
Beached Cottons-Wamsuttas and n Y Mills,
10Hc; Fruit of Loom, SIZE; Lonsdale. re; |
Lonsdale Cambria, 10hc; Hill S L, 753c; The |
Bell, 1Oc; Imperial zoos SIC; Cascade, Sc; Mel
rose, SIC; Water Lily, re; Montclair, re; |
Dexter. Xxx, &c; Hercules, 6Mc; Guilford, &c;
Best Yet, &c.
Cheviots-Tonawanda, extra, 49, &c; Germania,
Xxx, 20 inch, lee; Germania, XXX, i2 nc; do \,
lie; Glenriddle, i1hc; Imperial Wncey, II &c;
Kinlock, xxx D G, lie; Amoskeag Stripes,
SIC; Do Plaids, 9hc; Edinburg Printed, &c;
Glenolden and Balbriggan printed, &c: Manches-
ter do, 915c; Fleeing, 1oc; Bates Extra
12 1Ic Shotwell, &c Mable, SC.
Prints Fances-Arnold, Cocheco, Eddy
stone, Pacific, Windsor and Richmond &c; Amer
lean, Allen. Steele River 5]9c; Belmont and
Lodi 4hc: Reuwick and Dunkrk &c.
Observation-Disclosures Anchor and
Americans PC; do Robes 5H@6}9c.
Gnghams-Staples.- & Lancaster
re; Bates & Piunkett re; Statewide 64c; |
do, do dress styles Canton, Renfour d
Heather DC; NoImandie lS Warwick sac; lower
grades 7(d5c.
Shrting--Stripes and Checks-Dexter 6-3
stripes, i0l5c; extra stout do 10}9c; AmosKeag,
6-3 do, 10c Hamilton 63 do, Zoe; Ararapha
6-3. SC; River mills 6-S, &c; Park No. $50 Tur-
key red furniture checks, fec; No 80 do, 14c;
james Long No. $50 do. l3hc; Sibley do. 1914
Otis do, 94@10c Economy 90, S1509c.
Denims-Amoskeag OF, 1Gc; do Fay mixed
s OF. I455c; do twiiled, 13c; old York OF, Ice;
do Eagle, l4c; North America il I. l3c; Ev-
erett d & t, 13c; Shawmut No $50, 11Ac; Otis
AKA 12c; do Il 3, lie; Oakland A, sgs19c;
Artizan A D, 92c: York fancies plaids and
stripes, 1870; Everett checks, 13hc; Palmer
do do, 1e12c; Clark do do, 12c.
Duck, Generalization o P. &c; do xx, l2c;
North Star o. l1lc: Plym OF, lie;
Terrace City A, 121Gc do "A, 13Hc: do AAA,
15c: Bates fancy checks, i214c; Lewiston b,
1876.