St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
Foreign.
WEEKLY REVIEW.

season and the closing year there Is not
heavy volume Of business doing. Some
houses, however, whose dealings are princi
pally with the retail trade, report thar orders
If not large. continue Unexpectedly frequent,
and regard the demand as more than fair
considering the Season The condition OF
prices, to which we have beEore referred.
continues. there being decided tendency,
especially in heavy hardware and on some
lines on which the prices owing 70 excessive
competition or other causes were extremely
low, toward flrmer and In some cases ed-
vanced quotations. Altogether the year
closes in a much more satisfactory condition
than prevailed at its opening, and confident
expectations are expressed OF q good
trade the coming season The i'm
proved tone OF the market as regards
prices is also recognized but 1t must be re-
memoered that many lines or goods are as yet
unchanged and still characterized by weak
ness, aud it remains TO be seen whether the
improvement that has taken place In other
Lies will also take place in these. The gen.
eral course OF prices will depend In great
degree upon the conservatism and wisdom or
the manufacturers, many OF whom there Is
very good reason 10 believe, are tired or fore
ing goods on the market al figures which
afford little or no profit. FirmneSs on their
part in maintaining prices and moderation in
production Will materially improve the situa-
ton and help TO bring that better condition OF
things OF which there are some Indications.
The labor question in the Eastern mills seems
20 be adjusting itself TO the old basis quietly.
aud the danger Of stoppage from that
cause is more remote. The hardware
trade Is steady and quite as active a. IL Is ex-
pected 10 be AT this season, with satisfactory
collections. The wire nail has undoubtedly
been making Roadway quite rapidly. Taking
all TIE elements in the situation together As
revealed now, the future OF the nail trade Is
by no means as unsatisfactory rs some would
like TO have IL appear. Barbed wire has still
further advanced, and IL is very rrm 81
present quotations, and sellers decline gen.
orally to enter orders beyond January ship
ment. At y meeting OF the plain wire manu-
facturers In New York few days ago. plain
bright wire for barking was advanced from
S3.I5 10 1886, with the usual addition for gal
vanized wire. The drug market continues
very active for the season. Orders still
continue TO come In in surprising rapid
Try for the holiday season. Quota
tons, however, have not changed much.
Alcohol continues firm at the advance
noted last week. Quinine has never been so
low as IL is now. Senega root continues dull
Extra ginseng is still in good demand Drug
houses have about concluded the matter OF
taking account OF stock and find the result OF
the years business quite satisfactory. The
dry goods market Is without any new fea-
lures. Business Is generally confined to a
few orders by mail and occasional visits FROM
dealers who reside within q short distance Of
ST. Paul. Trade is quiet, and not much Is ex-
pected before the middle OF this month. This
Is the usual situation at this season OF the
year. Groceries are in no respect changed.
Business IN this line Is nearly always good.
OF course, IL is not as rushing as at some sea-
sons, but there is even now a good strong
trade, and a solid healthy feeling with liberal
collections and everything favorable. In
quotations there are no changes. Lumber is
without change with good demand. Boots
and SHOES are duh Leather, ETC., the sale.
Dry Goods.
Brown sheeting and Shirting-Hyde Park
AAA. SC; Indian Head. &c: Wachusett. SIC;
Dominion, &c; Endurance, 6s<c; Grown Stets.
&c; Honest Width, SIC; Badger State. Ii,
SIC; Greylock, Ii, SIC; Lawrence, LII. SIC;
Agawam. +, sc; cheese cloth. 31zG5c.
Fine Brown acknowledgement. r, exc;
Cast Iron extra. sc; Pendleton r, &c; Atlas
o. n. B. &c; Dwight star, 61Sc; lockwood r,
SIC; Badger State r, SIC; Cambria, SIC;
Echo Lake, exc.
Bleached Cottons-wamsuttas and N. Y.
Mills, I01%c; Fruit OF Loom, SIC: Lonsdale,
Sc; Lonsdale Cambria, lie; Hill I. Sc; The
Bell, l0c; Imperial zoos, exc; Cascade, re;
Melrose, re; Water Lily, 20; Montclair, re;
Dexter, Xxx. SIC; Hercules, &c; Guilford,
&c: Best Yet. &c.
Cheviots-Tonawanda, extra, l6%c; Ger
mania, Xxx. 32-inch. lee; Germania. Xxx.
Exc; do X. lie; Glenriddle, 1lhc; Imperial
Wincey, 1llSc; Kinlock. xxx. d c, lie;
Amoskeag Stripes. &C; do Plaids. loo; Edin-
burg printed, &c; Glenolden and Balbriggan
printed, &c; Manchester do, exc; Fleeing,
loo; Bates extra d c. Exc; ShotweI, re;
Mable, SC.
Prints. Fancies-Arnold. Cocheco. Eddy
stone, Pacific, Windsor and Richmond, SIC;
American. &c; Allen, Steele River, SIC: Bel
mont and Lodi, i5Sc; Renwick and Dunkirk.
&c.
s-Shirtings-Me Anchor and
Americans. 4kc; do Robes, 51zG65zc.
Ginghams-Staples-A 4 Lancas-
ter, &c; Bates & Plunkett, TIC; Statewide,
6s4c: do, do dress styles; Canton, Renfrew &
Heather, &C; NormandIe Warwick. s5zc;
lower grades. SG9c.
Shirungs-Stripes and Checks-Dexter 6-3
stripes, l0Hc; extra stout do, l0kci Amos
keag 6-3 do. I0c; Hamilton 6-3 do, l0c; Ara
rapha 6-S, Sc: River mills, 6-3, &c; Park No.
$50 Turkey red furniture checks Ice: No. 80
do, lac; James Long No. $50 do, 1870; Shell
by do, l01$c; Otis do, s1z0l0c, Economy do,
s1S@ec.
Denims-Amoskeag OF. 16c; do Fay mixed
or l41<c; do twilled- 13c; old York OF, Ice;
do Eagle, l4c; North America d & I, 1906
Otis AKA 12c; do B Il, lie; Oakland A, SzDS1<c;
Artisan A S ID, 9kc; York's fancies, plaids
and stripes, l31zc; Everett checks, 1870;
Palmer do do, l215c: Clark do do, I2c.
Duck. Colored-Boston D P. 9c; do xx, 1sc:
North Star s OF, ukc; Plymouth or, lie;
Terrace City A, 121<c; do "A. 181<c; do AAA,
15c; Bates fancy checks, Exc; Lewiston N
b. 1870.
Dried Fruits-Currants- new. e5<c; Turkish
~ al rher a.,