St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-03

increased activity in retail stores, brings q
good many orders to jobbers. Manufac-
turers are careful not to accumulate goods,
and buyers are placing orders only for cur
rent and near wants. This caution and con-
| servatiSm are healthful features of the mar
ket at this time. Notwithstanding the fire.
quent complaints that are being made in re-
gard to inactivity of trade, there is no doubt
that great many goods are being sold. Col
| lectiOnS are fair. The demand for nails con-
| t1nueS to be light and the market rather
dull. Some Of the western nail mills have
closed and some of the sellers of western
nails are out OF the market because OF the
uncertainties of the labor situation. Others,
however, do not appear to have desisted from
their cause of seeking business at the low
| figures which have been ruling for the past
few weeks, and though to-day they are
marked down sc, the fact that most of the
mills have closed, has a tendency to hold up
the market. The drug trade is excellent and
is in advance or any previous year. 1t has
| been demonstrated that st. Paul is emphati-
| cally the drug market of the Northwest and
no dealer can afford to go past or outside of
| il. In probably no other line of business is
| this advantage more apparent, st. Paul hay
| ing one OF the largest drug house in the
| United States. Prices have been very low and
everyone has prophesied advance and yet no
| general advance has come. BalSam tolu Is
higher, turpt ntine firm, sperm oil a little
| higher and Quinine at its lowest point yet
| dull. Collections are fair for the season
The new pharmacy law bids fair to be an
early success. Trade west of the Rocky
mountains is large, yet much caution is now
required on account OF the depressed condi-
| ton that exists in some parts of the country
| Messrs. Noyes Bros & Cutler are now making
their first large shipment for the season of
ginseng to San Francisco for China. The
| ginseng and seneca business, in which this
| firm WAS the pioneer, is by far the largest OF
any in the Northwest. Business in groceries
| keeps well up to the mark, and there is q
! good trade for the season. Just at this time
dealers are getting over the spring trade, and
| find themselves preparing for the harvest or
| fall trade. Some changes have taken
| place in quotations. Canned peaches
| and apples New York factory and Young
America cheese have declined. Sugars were
| stronger last week, butt changes were made
| in quotations. To-day, however, an advance
| is noted; cut loaf, and in fact all grades, ex-
cept yellow c, have advanced from Is to nc.
The dry goods trade presents no specially
| new or interesting features for the past week.
few buyers were in the city who purchased
| liberal amount of seasonable fabrics. Sum-
mer fabrics were in most active request, with
a fair demand for staples. The order de-
mand aggregated quite large. While in no
instance were there any large orders received,
| the numbers served to make quite respecta-
| BILE showing, indeed this is a characteristic
| to be noticed throughout the whole season,
merchants ordering small but often. Quota
| lions are firm and unchanged. Boots and
| shoes are active. The leather market is
steady and is enjoying good trade in harness
| feathers and saddlers' hardware is in good de-
mand.