The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-13
TALLOW AND GREASE.
NEW YORK COFFEE

NEW YORK, Aug. 12-Coffee options open
ed steady with prices unchanged to 5 points
lower despite unfavorable European cables,
liberal receipts and light warehouse deliver
les, showed positive frmness late in the fore
noon and in the afternoon on active covering
and some investment buying; late cables
showed full response to our steadiness, which
added to confidence of bulls. Closed steady,
unchanged to points higher. Sales, 80, $50
bags. including August 5.e0c; September, $50
@5. SPOT coffee, steady; Rio, No T. in
Cordova S@15c. Sales fairly active Sugar
Raw, strong; held higher; fair refining, 3a4c;
centrifugal, So test, 4Ac; sales small ac-
count of scarcity of sellers; refined, firm and
active.
NEW YORK METALS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-All departments con-
tinue to show decided strength with the
tendency steadily upward on good demand and
scarcity of sellers. At the close today the
metal meta exchange called pig iron warrants
asked; lake copper unchanged, but firm with
81. 70 bid and S12 asked; tin quiet and IN.
changed with $16.2O bid and $3.50 asked. Lead
very firm with a. O. bid and 81 10 asked; spell
ter unchanged with $3.50 bid and $4.60 asked.
The firm naming the setting price for lead
ing Western miners and smelters quotes lead
1886.
NEW YORK COTTONS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The cotton market
almost Immediately broke 517 points under
bear hammering, local liqu daton and some
medically active during the early part of the
session but as the morning progressed in the
larse and scalre:s gained control. The SELL g
was induced by a better weather map than
noted in some time. Cotton futures opened
quiet and steady; August, 5S6c; September
5Ssc; October. -5.92c; November, 5.95c; De-
cember, 5.98c; January, &c; Febru ry, 6.03c;
March, 6.07c; April. 6.09c; May, 612c.
SEED MARKETS.
CHICAGO, Aug 12-There is to say that
the tendency to a higher plane IS ev dent.
There are undoubtedly bearsh influences en-
listed to fight against any Improvement in
values, and may possibly succeed for sea-
son. The actual conditions, however, are
against this element. Receipts here were Is
cars. 1 car at Duluth snd cirs at NJ mn :
September and October at S9a4c per bl
Cash timothy seed closed at g. IS and C over
seed at s5.25 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis fix
seed quoted at SSc for cash and S7Ac Tor
September per bu.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
BOSTON, Aug. 12.-The Commercial Bulle-
tin will say tomorrow of the wool market
Trade this week has been more quiet. Large
sized sales have been rare, while small tran
sactions have been numerous. Coarse and
medium woods have been in fair demand
and there has been a. further movement in
coarse combing woods of domestic growth.
The sales of the week are 2,070,0O0 lbs domes-
tic and COS, 900 lbs foreign, total Of 2,67S, 600
lbs, against 3,7665OO lbs last week and S912,-
900 lbs for the same week last year. The
sales to date show decrease of So 925. 900 lbs
domestic and 96,112S00 lbs foreign from the
sales to the same date in 1897. The receipts
to date show decrease of 131 sos bales do
nestle and 3S2,911 bales foreign"
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12-Cond!tions toward
the close OF the week show hopeful state
of trade. The movement of goods from day to-
day is fairly heavy. particularly In jobbing
houses. The market for wooden goods has
gained very little during the week. The dress
goods situation is very unsatisfactory. The
trading in both brown and bleached goods for
domestic consumption has peen quietly pur-
sued. 1t Is chiefly for small lots at 1rices
based on previous quotations. Export goods
are still In fair demand. Print cloths are
gain quiet. There is much irregularity in the
bids, but as a rule, distant contract bidding
for extra sixty-four squares at &c is unsuc
cessful. Prints are quiet in nearly all grades.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Aug - -Butter-Receipts--
3.26S pkgs: market firm; Western cresm ry,
14kG Ice; Elgns. Ice; factory. 11@14c. Eggs
Receipts, 5,l10 pkgs; steady: Western. 14!4c.
Chico go, Aug. 12-Butter-F. rm; creamer ri s..
131k@1Slsc dairies, 12@16c. Eggs-Stesdy;
fresh, 12c.