The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-03

Western creamery. 16Q21c Elgins, 21c; fac
tory 1201413c. Eggs-Receipts, ,422 pack
ages; very firm; Western, soc; Southern, 20
Chicago, March 2.-Butter steady; cream
cries 1920; dairies 11iz@17c. Eggs. firm;
NEW YORK CoTroN-New York. March
1.-The. cotton market opened steady with
prices to points higher on firm English
cables and small receipts. Shorts were in
duced to cover In small way around the
opening and after scattered purchases for
investment account was made But taken
altogether twas anybodys market and
mand from shorts petered out and support
from the bull faction Jagged with the result
that prices slowly eased off to about last
6.2S and sold on call this morning at 6.32. AS
against 62S last night. August touched 6.31
this morning. but subsequently reacted. AS
during the early part of the week, foreign and
Southern representatives and local commits
sion houses played a conspicuous part this
class of business being almost entirely for
the settling up of old ventures Though the
crop movement was light, the weather held
very favorable throughout the cotton belt and
gave promise of continuing so for some time
to come.
Futures closed steady; March, e.29; April,
sSs; Nay 626 June e2I: July, s27 Az
SeSt e SepnfepeT az octobsr e1S s
NEW YORK DRY GOoDS-New York,
March 1.-THE tone OF the cotton goods mar
ket continues strong throughout. The de-
very clean condition and sellers are frequent
ly turning down orders for forward deliveries
on the basis OF current prices. Fancy and
staple prints dec idedly strong. Brown and
bleached cottons against buyers and colored
cottons gradually advancing Cotton Innings
very firmly held
NEW YORK METAL-New York, March g.
Lead eased off slightly in the days mar
ket and tin scored advance. But aside
from these small variations the situation To-
cally was devoid of significant change Taken
on the whole, business was conducted on a
moderate scale. The news from abroad and
the West was hardly Of a character tending
to stimulate buyers At the close the metal
exchange called pig iron warrants unchanged
with 1915 bid and $40 asked lake copper
unchanged, with 17.75c bid and 1Sc asked
tin irmer. with s24 bid and s24.25 asked ;
spelter unchanged, with s6.25 bid and Sc. 80
asked. The brokers' price for lead is 81 10
and for copper 1sc.
NEW YORK COFFEE-New York. March
Coffee options opened barely steady at 5
to 10 points decline ruled generally weak
larger Brazilian receipts, continued apathy of
spot buyers and the absence of outside spec
ulative interest. Selling checked by heavy
United States warehouse deliveries. Worlds
visible supply statement caused practically
no change of views. Closed easy; February
unchanged others to Is points net lower
Sales were 80, $50 bags. including March, 5.25c:
April, 5.25c; May, 5.3005. Soc; June, 5S565. ACC;
July. 55Oc; August, 5.55@5. SOC; September,
october, 57O@57 5c; November, 575@5.SOc;
December. 5.90di5.95c January, 5.S5c; Febru-
airy: &C.. Spot Coffee-Rio, dull and easy; No.
Z. invoice, e4c; No. I, jobbing, 6Nc mild
quiet; Cordova, S@14c; business small and
scattering. Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining
37ac; centrifugal. 96-test, 4asc; molassss SUI
gar. 11-16c: refined firm