The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-21
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| lSg1sc; diaries, 11@16c. Eggs steady; fresh,
1S@1S12c.
NEW YORK COTTON-New York, Jan. 20.
The cotton market made an Indifferent re-
spouse this morning to weak English ca
bes and throughout the forenoon displayed
unquestionabe strength on good investment
support and brisk demand from dsmayed
local shorts. Liverpool representatives, find
ing our market slow to ease off with the
home market, turned buyers, after having
sold in a scattered way on the call The
opening was steady at a decline of / to 4
points This loss was soon resained, with
the subsequent developments of the forenoon
Indicating stiffening of sentiment all
around. The South bought with a free hand
scalpers took a prominent part on the bull
side and commission houses purchased stead
lily on wire orders. Futures closed very
STEADY steady January Jan 5.s2c; February 59ac
{. 9sc; July. 6.s6c; August, 5.Sc; Septem-
ber 5.s4c; October. $500; November, 5s,c
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faxseed market was quiet, with particu-
lar trend Of sentiment one way CT the other
1t is admitted that the natural position IS
strong, and, en- the other hand it is point
ed out that prices have had an enormous
advance Some inclined to let go and
secure their profits; others believe in yet
s cars at Duluth and IS cars at Minneapolis
Cash faxseed, 81 17h; May, s1.17 per Blu.
Cash timothy seed closed at $40 per 100
lbs. Clover seed closed at Sc. IS per 100 lbs.
Minneapolis faxseed quoted at 81 1874 per blu.
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York Jan. 90
-Coffee-Options opened steady, unchanged ;
ruled moderately active with advancing tend
ency, later on smaller Brazilian receipts, in
creased warehouse deliveries. decrease in
American visible, supply. steady undertone
to spot department and improvement in inter
est of buying interest of outside buyers; bulls
rather cautious In view of narrow Eurooean
markets. increase in Havre stocks and ap-
parent willingness of leading bears to sell
on every rise. Closed steady, unchanged 20
higher. 2oO bags.
January. 5.SOc; February, $500 4oc March
$50; May 5.65c; August, $500; September
5.S5c; October, $500; November, $500: De-
cember 6.05c. Spot coffee Rio dull. but
bling, 7c; mild quiet; Cordova, 71k@14c. Sugar
Raw, quiet and barely steady; fair refining
3&c; centrifugal, SO test, 4Ac; moasses sugar
35ac; refined quiet.
NEW YORK METALS-New York, Jan. 90
Tin has again asserted its supremacy in the
advance in metal movement, today jumpin g
up 70 to sly points. Copper advanced an
additional 1914 points, while the bid price
for spelter moved up points. At the close
the metal exchange called pig iron warrants
firm at IS. % nominal; lake copper strong, with
higher with s23 bid and s2s 80 asked Lead
steady, with $4221h bid and S4271s asked
Spelter, firm, with 5.35 bid and So 40 asked
The brokers' price for lead Is 81, and cop,
per 1920.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS-New York, Jan.
20.-An average amount of business was re-
ported In cotton goods today without quotable
change IN prices Sellers as rule main
tanned quite firm attitude. The daily sales
took care of the production not already under
contract and there was no accumulation of
stock Print cloths were very firm. but the
demand quiet Export demand for heavy
brown cottons is improving also for printed
calicoes The demand for heavy weight WOOL
ems and worsted for mems wear was moderate
and there was no change In the price situa-
ton. The dress goods business was fair and
chiefly in plain goods