St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-04
The COMMERCIAL RECORD.
Ia New York There Was Slight Ad-
vance in Wheat While Corn
Was Lower.
Pork Firm and In Fair Request, Butter
Unsettled and Easier, Cheese
Firm and Quiet.
Transactions in the Financial Circles OF
Wall Street.-The General
Quotations.

NEW YORK. April 3-Flour: Receipts,
e3,1S7 packages; exports, 3,7S5 bbls, lZ.Ooo
sacks: sales, 26, 800 bbls; dull; superfne,
S2.35@3; common to good extra western
and state, S2.75@3.35; good to choice do,
s3.4O05; common to choice white wheat,
Western extra, S4.25@4.45; fancy do, S45o
a4.9O; patent Minnesota extra good TO
prime. S43O@4.60; choice to fancy do,
O. .65@49 80. Wheat-Receipts, none; ex-
ports, 147,5 95 blu; sales, 4,9S4,0Oo bu nut
ures, 2S4, 900 blu spot; options variable ana
irregular; opening sales showed slight ad-
vance, afterwards realizing caused break
of I2@7sc, closing heavy at 1s@Ac above the
bottom; spot lots, A@l2c lower; Shippers
bought more freely; ungraded red, $50
924c: No. red SOC store. 90s4c delivered,
S9Is@S9ssc f. o. b; No. red, April, So1S@
1885, closing at soc; May, 8S 13-160S9ssc,
closing at S9c; June, 81 5-16@SSc, closing
at s7ssc; July, 561s@96ssc, closing at ssl4c;
August, s5s4@S6 1-l6, closing at o5S4c; Sep
TENDER, s6ls@S6Ac, closing at 96Ac; De-
cember S91S@90c, closing at S9Ac. Corn
Receipts, 1880 bu; exports, 2,064 bu;
sales, $4,000 bu futures, 1000 bu spot;
spot unsettled and shade lower; options
opened ls@Ac better, but soon declined 700
Use, closing weak at A@l2c above bottom;
ungraded, G2AGG5l2c; No. 3, Gle; steamer.
620624c elevator, 63l2c delivered; No. 2,
Csc store; No. 2 April, 63@64%4c closing at
6484c; May 6112@62$Sc, closing at 62c;
June, 59l5@60Ac, closing at 59s4c; July,
5912@5934c, closing at 5934c: August, 5912@
Gee, closing at 5934c September, 59A0
59l2c, closing at 5912c; October, 59A@
59I2c. closing at 59l2c. Oats-Receipts, 6S,-
000 bu; exports 10 bu; sales, 10000 bu
spot; shade lower and dull; white Western,
40@45c. Hay steady, demand light; ship
ping, 55c. Hops quiet and steadily held.
Coffee-Spot; fair Rio firm at 14l2c; options
4O@50 points higher and moderately active;
sales, Sc, $50 bags; April, 11.65@1HSOc;
May, IL 6O@11.75c; June, 11.40Ml1 .63c;
July, 11.1C@1l. 30c; August, 11@111Oc:
September, 10.75@1O95c; october, 10.700
10.95c; November, 1070@10.85c; Deem
ber lO.65@10.90c; January, 1880.
Sugar dull fair refining quoted at 4s4c; mo-
lasses grades 4@412c; centrifugal, SO test,
7-16c; refined, quiet; yellow, 3 5-1605Ssc.
Molasses dull and heavy; 30 test, 19c. Rice
steady. Petroleum quiet; United closed
strong at 1850; refined, 7$Sc. Cotton seed oil
quoted at 33c crude; SOC refined. Tallow
active and firm at 433l@44 13-16c. Rosin
quiet at 81 22@1.25. Turpentine dull at
39l2040c. Eggs higher aud in good demand;
Western, 22: receipts, 3,129 pkgs. Wool
quiet but steady; domestic fleece, 22037c;
pulled, 1S@40c; Texas, 13@22c. Pork firm
and in fair request. Cut meats firm: picked
bellies, Use. Lard opened a shade lower,
later recovered and closed steady; very little
doing; Western steam spot, choice, SS@S.O5,
closing at ST. % for ordinary; May, $3.50
7.S6; October, $7.95; June closed at S7S6;
July, $3.50; August, 1913 and September,
S7.97; city steam, $40. Butter unsettled
and easier; Western, 14@28c. Cheese firm,
but quiet; Western, Ice. Copper dull; lake,
GIG. Lead dull ana heavy; domestic, $50
be. Tin quiet; straits, see. Other articles un-
changed.