The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK COTTON-New

NEW YORK COTTON-New York, Sept. 90
The cotton market opened quiet, with
prices to points higher, in sympathy with
a better feeling in Liverpool than local trad
ers had been led to expect. Covering set in
on small scale, and prices further improved
to net gain of to points. IndicS tons
that port receipts would be only one-half as
large as on the same date year ago in
duced some OF the stronger bulls to purchase
the late operations, and on this demand the
market developed with a firm front. Suisse
quently English cables indicated change of
sentiment at Liverpool which with a bearish
weather map and predictions of very favor
able weekly bureau report caused early buy
ers to turn sellers. Under this pressure and
short selling the early gain rapidly melted
away. Trading was spasmodically active
The limited buying orders arrested the de-
cline from time to time and tended to make
the bear crowd cautious.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS-New York, Sept
20.-The market was quiet today in ali lines
of dry goods. There was no heavy store trad
ing and dearth of small orders was reported.
There are not many buyers in town at pres
ent. Interest In the silk lines is centered in
the auction sale announced for next Thurs
day, and pending that there is very little trad
ing in local quarters. Jobbers report fairly
well sustained demand, in the shape of small
orders. Cotton goods showed generally poor
results. The price tone was very well sus-
tanned, considering the character of the de-
mand. Export goods were in rather quiet re-
quest, China being for a time out of the
changed prices at Fall River. Extras are
still quoted at 21-16c, less p of / per cent
there, although outside markets report a sale
from second hands at &c.
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York Sept 90
Coffee options opened firm, with prices I'M
changed to points higher on covering by
shorts, light support from abroad and mark
ed increase in distribution from American
warehouses, ruled steady but inactive with
local contingent in control; buying checked
by sluggish demand liberal receipts and
bearish tone of foreign cables; closed
steady, unchanged to ID points higher. Sales,
1880 bags, including September, 5.15Q5.20c;
December, 5.55Q5.60c. Spot Coffee Rio dull
but steady; No. Z invoice, &c; No. jobbing,
Raw firm but quiet; fair refining, S&c; GEN.
trifugal, 4Ac; molasses, SIZE; refned-strong.
NEW YORK METALS-New York, Sept. 20.
The metal market continues to show very
light animation, but rules generally steady
with prices in some instances shade high
er. Despite the fact that demand is slack
holders of lead and spe,ter were disposed to
raise asking rates. At the close the metal
exchange called pig iron warrants quiet, with
$12.25 bid and $12.971h asked; tin quiet, with
$1612h bid and $16.25 asked; spelter quiet
but firm, with $4.S21a bid and S4.S71s asked,
and lead quiet but steady with 81 bid and
$500 asked The firm that fixes the set
Ting price for leading miners and smelters
at the West quotes lead 1885.
SEED MARKETS-Chicago, Sept 20-The
max seed market was weak yesterday because
of large receipts here and in the Northwest
Iuth, and 80 cars at Minneapolis. Cash fax at
soc, September at SSc, October at S615c, Deem
Der at S6$4c and May at S91zc per bu. Cash
timothy seed closed at $2.471b per 100 lbs
Glover seed closed at $3.50 per 100 lbs Min
neapolis flax seed quoted at S41zc per bu.