The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
HEAVY WOOL SALES.

BOSTON, Mass, March 31-Tha America,,
wool ana Cotton Reporter will say tomor-
TO" OF the wool trade: Such times as tba
p !'i were never before seen in the wool
mar Inc sasles this week In Bostosn ex-
ceed those Of the previous week since Ian
the Boston sales have reached the enor
oa do nd ngure of 80, 294 200 pounds as against
S STo 81, 9ov lot the same period in 1896 1t
shoulo De said that the figures for the mast
week by no means represent the amount of
wool which has gone into the hands of
aeU th consumers. 1t is the opinion of one
OF the most careful and competent authorities
IN Boston that probably so Der cent of The
transactions recently made were by deal
eaS, 5rlces cannot be said to have yet
ieaTneu settled basis. Asking prices have
peeh advanced In quite a remarkable man
ter, ana IN not few instances the sellers
nave hao marked success in bringing pur-
chases up to their figure
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 3i.-Hay quiet Hides
nrm. Leather steady. Wool firm. Beef 0uiat
T Tuiio meats steady; Lard steady. Pork quiet
IaiioW quiet Cottonseed oil easy. Pc
loleurn quiet. Rosin quiet Turpentine
quiet Rice steady Molasses STEADY. Pig
n rrTn easy: Copper quiet: Tin easy, Spelter
barely L stead quiet Coffee options opened
neavy receipts at Brazil and weakness in
Iorelsn markets; closed steady 30 to a. noints
4et 1oW yer; sales, $4,000 bags, including MAY,
; ri10ga soc; spot coffee, Rio, weak; No. /,
invoice, Sc; No. T. JoDD1ng, 8s4c; mild. weak
Cordoya, 14Q151ac; sales, j OO0 bags Rio NJ
T. cost and freight, 7s4c; zoo bags Maracaibo,
p. L. sugar frmer; fair refining, &c; cen
uifugai' 96-test, $3.50; sales, 1920 bags. cen
trifugal, 96-test, 3asc; 2S $50 bags moiasSaS
S9-test, 2Ac; refined firm.
IRON AND STEEL MARKET.
CHICAGO, March 31.-The Industrial World
tomorrow will say: Western iron and staaI
makers have paused during the week to await
me eHects or the ore pool dissolution unon
prices. Among buyers the impression has
SAsteu thaC the range might be lower There
nave oeen as yet no apparent results of this
klno; Foundry pig iron is produced from
hon-BeSsemer ores, which are not affect
ed by the dissolution. Prices for Northern
irons are unchanged, No. 2 foundry ses;f1ng
at SUP o.. Same grades of Southern iron
are little weaker, No. 2 foundry being
quoted at $40. 25Q10. 40. Steel products are in
falr volume at unchanged quotations.
SEED MARKETS.
CHICAGO, March 31.-The faxseed market
opened weak at 1c per bu lower than at YES
terdays close. Trading was very light Re
celpts mere were u cars, 16 cars at Duluth
and IL cars at Minneapolis. The official close
as reported by the Weare Commission com
pany is as follows: Cash flax at 78c Nav at
Toe July at 7612c and September at TIC Der
bu; cash timothy seed closed at s265 and
April at $2.65 per 100 lbs. Glover seed closed
at $8.25 per 100 lbs.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, March 81.-As usual to the
closing day Of the month, there was a large
total OF sales as the result of new purchases
deliveries on former ones and the charging
up OF many goods on memorandum. such
business including manufactures of wool,
cotton ami silk. The month of March has
been one OF large sales, and the promise is
natterlng Tor am ore active market Print
Ing cloths quiet, but firm, at 9-16c.