The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-14
TWIN CITIES TRADE
NOTWITHSTANDING THE COIN
WEATHER, SALES HAVE BEEN
FAIRLY GOOD
COLLECTIONS UP TO NORMAL

Trade In General Shows n Constant
Iy Improving Tone-Dry Good.
Are Active ana Cottons Advapc-
fng--Large Shipments of Boots
and ShOes-IrOn and Steel Or
ders Still Coming Forward.
81. faui-Continued cold weather for the
past two weeks has had a noticeable effect
on the volume Of business done Sales baya
peen good Notwithstanding, and the aggregate
considerably in advance of last years record
OoLetclons are up to the usual figures. and
no complaints are heard from any source.
retail trade is quiet-Bradstreet's Feb II.
~. ra"i-Jobbers in all lines report sales
hoiding up well. and January business ex-
ceeds last years. Dry goods houses claim an
increase of 10 to 20 per cent Retail treda
mas been quiet on account OF extreme cold
weather. January freight receipts. 9.7S2 cars
against 1O.3S9 last year, and shipments 52o
against IW1 last year.-Dun's Review. Feb
H. o.
MihheapOlls-Extreme cold weather dur
ing the past week has had depressing effect
OF general business. although it has belped
10 reduce stocks Of winter goods. Advance
oruers Tor dry goods shoes, hats and agri-
cultural implements augur well for futnra
business.-Bradstreets
Win heapoIis-There has been less specu-
lation in cereals and stocks, but bank clear
lhes LOT the week show increase of SO per
cent. 1t Is reported that the entire outnut
Of Lake Superior mines has been nurcbesed
for the year. A new furnace here commence.
this week, with an output of ninety TONS
per day employing 300 hands Real esta4o
transfers for the week. SIP, S81, against sex
5Si last year. and transfers in January Chow
increase OF 125 per cent. Shipments in thar
month were 3S,4S9,G16 lbs, against %, PIT 314
last year. Lumber shipments for the vyAek
o''9o'UVo feet against 100000 last year. with
prices firm. Flour output reDorted nv tha
Northwestern Miller: Minneapo1Is SO7 AK
bbls. against 276.S6O last year; superior-Du-
lutn. 1900. against 1880; Milwaukee, S914O
against $500; and St. Louis. G.. 200 against
a. Ooo last year. Flour is dull with sales only
third OF the production. Money Is quiet AZ
. TO per cent. Extreme weather retards ra-
tall trade. but January business was the
largest known for years.-Dun's Review. Feb.
IL. ~
GENERAL TRADE
Dry Goods-The Boston market shows a
Depter tone and business is increasing Cotton
goods hold firm all along the line. Grav cot
tons maintain very strong tone at the ad
vance Whlle other cottons in the way OF
pieached and finished goods are also being
moiAea higher IN price. Business is improv-
ing. the firm tone to values inducing free
stocking up with supplies The mills are fu1I
OF business and the outlook very promising
PRINTED fabrics are going we'll while pio11ez
ana glnghams are free sellers and very
strongly situated. Dress woolens are going
better. an improved jobbing demand having
started that has encouraged more full orders
from Mill agents. In some instances hen
rlettas, serges and cheviots have been sd-
vanced in price to IA per cent Men's-wear
Wooens are being opened in heavy weights
1or faIl, and more business Is being booked
Inc outlook is much better than two v,aetrs
sirce
mere has been a very fair amount OF
business transacted during the past week at
New York. Some firms are still complaining
aIout the times being dull but they appear
to be exceptions. The trade generally saw
that business is fair Cotton goods continue
IN good demand and prices are firm: voolen,
are improving In activity, and prices are bet
Ter ana are likely to remain So The few
nrms who reduced their prices on domestic
Woolens. have put the prices back TO whera
they were. and in some instances have in
creased them The silk business Is very
good. and seems likely to be as brisk and
actlve as 1t was enc year ago. The outlook
1or good business during the year seems
favorable. and there is very hopeful feeling
prevailing all through the trade The clotb
Ing trade does not show I'D as we'll as the
1ooplng dry goods business. though demand is
quoted fair. and it is thought likely to i'm
prove.-Bradstreet's Feb. II.
Dry Goods-Well maintained strength "a
still the dominating feature In the cotton
goods situation, and further advances in
prices have been reported In various de-
partments. The demand has been good but
actual business is to some extent restricted
Dy the difficulty of securing prompt deliver
les in a number of lines. Pressure uuon
manufacturers is leading to increased Dro
auction, and reports have come from various
quarters of mills resortng to overtime. but
IN spite Of this stocks in first hands fail to
snow any increase. The movement of cot
ton goods Is much in excess of what II was
year ago and there are no indications OF
any near falling off, distribution by jobbers
being liberal and their supplementary de-
mands increasing. The wooden goods situa-
ton Is also improving, the demand for mems
wear fabrics increasing and staple dress
goods stiffening in price-Dun's Review.
Feb. IL.
Cotton GOods-Advances of lac have
been reported IN brown sheetings and drills,
In standard S-yard and 4-yard goods the
demand keeping the market bare of stocks
and well sold ahead. Lightweights In both
coarse and fine yarn makes are strong and
occasionally 80 higher. Further advances
are reported in bleached cottons Fruit of
the Loom going to sac net and Lonsdale to 60
with discounts), other makes In unison.
Low grades in 81 squares generally &c dear
er. Wide sheetings were firm, with fair
sales. Cotton blankets selling readily at
to 10 per cent advance on last season. Cot
ton hannels quiet, pending opening OF new
season. Denims and ticks firm at advances
noted last week, other coarse colored cot
tons steady. with moderate demand. Kid
finished cambrics and other cotton Innings
vsry firm. The following are approximate
quotations: Brown sheetings, standards, 1870
to 4%c; S-yards. 41sc to 4zc; 4-yards, "a to
to SIC; brown drills, standards 4&sc to 43so;
3-yards, 41so to 4Ac; bleached standard a..
so to &c; 81 square 33sc to 4c; kid-fnished
cambrcs. Ga square, 2Bc.
Print cloths continue firm at PIC for rcg-
uars. but sales limited. with ODDS &c high
er. Prints in improved demand and prices
tending upwards, Nc advance reported in
shifting prints. Fine printed wash fabrics
and white goods steadily tending upwards.
Staple ginghams strong and occasionally 40
higher. Dress style ginghams and mapped
fabrics very frm.-Dun's Review, Feb. L.
WOol-The market maintains a steady
tone, with fair sales reported in some In
stances. Boston's sales for the week foot
up nearly 100000 lbs, Of which about 4O0.-