St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-08
GENERAL PRODUCE.


GENERAL PRODUCE.
Butter-The receipts are Il little larger, but
they are still considered below the require
ments of the local demand. The outside in
curry continues active for packing stock and
keeps the receipts closely cleaned up. Prices
are hrm and strong OH all grades OH the mar
ket. Eggs-Market is steady with small sup
pies. Prices range all the way from 10000
with cases, according 10 the freshness of
stock. Cold storage eggs are freely offered,
which has tendency to weaken the
market: Receipts continue light Pota-
toes-Choice Burbanks arc quick sale at
top quotations in Car lots. Offerings are
small. Poor stock is slow. The supply Of
Early rose and Hebron is fair and the de-
mand is good. Sweet potatoes rule steady.
Cheese-Prices are firm on brick and de-
mand good Twin and cheddars are firm
with, light offerings. Young Americans in
small supply and firm. Swiss is steady and
demand fair Veai-Therc is q better feeling
III the market. but prices are not quotably
higher. Authorization quiet and easy,
with large supply, Spring lambs in hight
supply. Poultry-The colder weather is
causing more inquiry for dressed poultry
and less for live. Offerings of the latter
were heavy this morning and were
in large demand with large arrivals
few prairie chickens were offered and
sold quick. Pheasants are in good demand
Other varieties are scarce. with fair demand.
Cranberries, Offerings are large and with a
slow demand the market is easy at quota
tons. The supplies are principally Mime
sofa and Wisconsin berries. California
fruits, the market is quiet and steady. The
demand is good for good shipping fruit.
Grapes. offerings are large and demand duh.
oranges, offerings small and demand slow.
Prices are steady at quotations. Offerings
are mostly Floridas Light supply of lemons:
marker very steady with slow demand.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Receipts-Wheat, 800. 600 bu: corn, 1880
III
go bu; flax, 1000 bu; -four, Is bbls; hay,
30 tons; fruit, 1O4 500 lbs; merchandise
i,3o9.61O lbs; lumber, 20 cars: barrel stock,
IL cars; machinery, 5000 lbs: coal, 46J
tons; wood, 3. 3 cords; brick, 76,uOO; lime. 5
cans; cement 80 bbls; stone, - cars; live
STOCK, l car; dressed meats, l4l,0Ju lbs;
hides, $4,000 lbs; sundries, IS cars. Total
car lots. $40.
shipments-Wheat. 40, 500 pu; oats. TO-
500 bu: barley, 3.O0u bu; rye, 6OI bu; fax,
80 D bu: flour, 1919 bbls: miilstuffs, S37
tons, hay, L" tons: merchandise, l, $3.50. $50
ibs; lumber, 70 cars; machinery. $4,000
lbs; lime, 3 cars; stone, cars; live stock, s
cars; hides, 10000 lbs; sundries, 80 cars
Total car lots, 627.
Wheat opened with some firmness and o.
feeling that prices reached the bottom the
previous day and the demand was fair.
Country elevator companies sold consider
able against their cash wheat, and reports of
further stringency in the money markets
with sort OF panic III stocks in Wall street
caused a break, Nth December wheat run
ming down from 94s4c. the opening prlce, to
"a. A small rally followed on report of
better feeling regarding the money situation,
but buyers, although thinking the drop was
lar enough. were shy, and bought cautiously.
damaging reports of crop i'll Illinois. mis-
souri, and Kansas were thick with troubles
caused by dry weather and fly IN the wheat
fields. and the earth blown away, leaving
roots bare. Duluth reported 100000 blu
wheat taken there to-day for export.
yuho
quotations: No. hard, November, CSC; on
track, CSC: No. northern, November, 92Isc;
Oecember. 93lsc; May. SIS; on track,
93l2c; No. 2 northern, November, csc;
december, 90c; on track, 5000.
CASH WHEAT.
The spot wheat was all wanted, but there
was very noticeable disposition on the part
OF buyers to get it at more favorable figures
Tor themselvee. After all the competition
among them was the same, and few selec-
tons were up TO yesterdays ruling prices,
with q good deal of ORDINARY wheat left
until late before taken. The Eastern money
usual hesitancy. While tho arrivals
were large there was less wheat
offered. probably caused by sales
to arrive and samples of It not
appearing on the sample tables. All reports
from the country show decided falling off
IN the amount of wheat moving from graner-
les, such amount being only equal TO about
90 per Gent OF this time last wesk Near the
on reported failure of heavy concerns in the /.
East.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output of the mills
66s sEp M pE0Oesy ois bb
Quoted at So. ip@5.5O for first patents:
81. SO05 for second patent; SIS. SU1S4 40 for
fancy and export bakers; Sl.9002.25 for
low era grades s in bags, including red dog. In
called steady. Bakers went pretty well, and
low grades sold easily. They are The smaller
parts of production, and good demand
Tor them does not save the general market
from dizziness. There is a little accumula-
ton of patents now in spite of the large con-
sumption now in this country.
Bran and Shorts--Shipmeuts, 837 tons
Quoted at S13.25@13 75 for bran: S15@
l35n for shorts. and Sl5.7o9l6.25 for
middlings.
Corn-The demand was quite fair for good
sound corn at about 53c, with none 10 speak
OF offered excepting TO arrive, which was
LEU ne geLsfa!!y az o1c. receipts, I83' bu;
track.
Oats-Receipts, econ Blu; shipments, TO-
500 blu, Quoted at lt145c by sample. This
market was pretty steady, with holders of car
45c for No. 2 white.
Rye-Receipts, 800 bu; shipments, GOO Blu.
Quoted at 59@6lc for sample cars on track
BaTley-keee'pts, l.s0., bu: shipments.
samples of No. 3; barley of good quality was
held at $4,000 for most of it grading No g.
with extremes above and below. Flax-Re-
ceipts. 4,u0U blu; shipments, $500 bu: fax
sales are based on &c off from the Chicago
quotations. Feed-Millers held at S2U.7o@
2l.25, with cornmeal at 50 ,@2O.5O; the de-
mand for feed was good with most sales at
about S2l. Hay-Receipts, 30 tons: ship
ments none; choice wild quoted at SS@e. 75,
and good timothy at SI.25@ So; fair wild
brought SZ.2oMS; good upland ana other
choice hay was in rather better request.