The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-17
TWIN CITIES TRADE
SEASONABLY QUIET, BUT Salts
FACTORY IN THE VOLUME
OF ORDERS
PRICES GENERALLY FIRM

Holds Up Well, With Advancing
Quotations I'm Some Lfnes-WOOI
Is Steady. With u Fair Demand
THE Iron Output the Heaviest
RecOrd--Efdes Are Higher
st. Paul-Wholesale trade Is seasonably
quiet, but dry goods houses report salts
factory mail orders, ard IN boots and shoes
the outlook never has been better Sales Of
groceries In January have been as large as
last year, and druggists claim that trade has
never been SO large, orders 80 pressing.
Retail trade Is satisfactory ard collections
hold up well. December freight receipts, H.
OF cars, against ,706 in 1897. and ship
ments $3.50 against S,479; receipts in 1898
were ,2S9 cars, an increase of 2,03S over
previous years, and shipments were 1913, 619
against 97,3S8 In 1S97.-Dun's Review, Jan. IA.
st. PauI-Jobhers as a rule report trade
still quiet, and little change is anticipated
for some days to come. Some lines, notably
dry goods, are having good sales and cor
responding collections, and observers agree
that the outlook for the spring season is ex-
ceHent-Brsdstreet's Jan. IA.
MfnneapOlfs--After the holidays there
was very short lull this year before business
in all lines became active again. Stocks and
securities move freely, and the demand for
real estate increases, the weeks transfers
being rs per cent larger than year ago, with
90 per cent increase in building permits. Re-
ceipts of grain and mill stuffs fruits, lum-
Der and dress meats for December show a
large increase over 1897 and shipments for
that month were 100000 lbs, about 20 per
cent over 1897 with receipts 81 O0O, 600 against
"a, 100000. Flour output reported by the
Northwestern Miller Minneapolis, 3O1, TAO bar
rels against 244,65O last year; Superior Du-
lLth, $500 against 49, 120; Milwaukee. "a, 720
against 1880: and st. Louis, 47SOO. The
flour market is dull. Minneapolis sales, 49,
900 barrels. and foreign shipments. 71762.
The furniture trade in 1898 was the largest
for years and lumber shipments show
large increase for the week.-Duns Review
Jan. a.
Observation-Disclosures do houses handling
farm machinery report a very active week,
and in most lines there is An increasing ac-
tivity manifested Bradstreets, Jan. IA.
GENERAL TRADE.
Dry GOOds-Business has been on i'm
proving lines this week. the demand show
ing daily increase. and at the close a fair
volume Of sales is recorded. Chief interest
at the moment is. however, in the jobbing
spring merchandise have just been opened.
The results reported SO far are decidedly
satisfactory, the early distribution being more
liberal than for some years past, particularly
In cotton dress fabrics. This Is quite in
keeping with expectations and confirms the
trade generally in their confidence in an I'M
usually good season this spring. With Nc
drawback to Offset this, the tone in cotton
goods continues generally strong. and wher-
r~ion hnu aIo
moved upwards. The wooden goods situation
has not developed; the new prices referred
to last week have been followed In one or
two other quarters, but have not evoked
demand of any Nomenclature Review, Jan.
L.
Dry GoOds-The market for cotton goods
continues firm, and prices are being
steadily worked higher further advance
in the price Of bleached cottors has been
made this week, while gray cottons are very
strong. Print cloths we'll reduced in
stock, and selling agents have refused bids
of 2ssc for 81 squares Printed fabrics are
opening freely. and liberal sales are being
made both by agents and jobbers. Prices
are quietly being advanced the finished fabric
being below the basis of cost Of the gray
goods Ginghams are going well and pros
poets are encouraging. Dress woolens are
quiet. although better jobbing call is being
noticed. With agents trade Is yet slow. In
mems wear woolens trade LIS quiet, and while
the outlook Is favorable, present business is
disappointing Where fall goods have been
opened prices are 5 to 10 per cent lower than
last year.-Bradstreet's Jan. IA.
Cotton GOOds-Leading makes Of bleach
ed cottons have advanced, Lonsdale IA per
cent and Fruit of the Loom 1sc, and in finer
grades. New York Mills and Wamsutta IA,
Utica Nonpareil and Pride Of the West, Ac
per yard. Advances of 2h per cent are rec
orded also in number of other makes with
sales Of moderate extent at the Improvement
Wide sheetings are quiet but against buy
ers. Heavy brown drills and sheetings scarce
and occasionally &c higher. Fine yarn light
weights, also scarce and tending upwards.
Ducks are firm but quiet Coarse colored
cottons have ruled dull and demand met at
former prices. Kid-fnished cambrics sold
ahead and firm in price. The following are
approximate quotations: Standard brown
sheetings, 4as@41ae; three yards 3N64c: four
yards, 313039sc; A bleached. 55s@5s4c; 81
square. bleached. 3ss@3Ac; kid-fnizhed cam
bric "a square, 2a4c.-Dun's Review, Jan. Il.
WeOI-The market is steady In price
but the demand continues only fair. The
future hinges the wooden goods sale and
the latter Is opening slow at easier prices
quite we'll supplied with the raw material.
and goods will have to sell more freely to
bring about much activity in WOOL. Sales
in Boston this week foot UP In excess of
8, 100000 lbs. OF which nearly 5000, coo lbs
were domestic. The sales include about
1.6G0.6 GEO lbs territory grades, while about 400-
600 lbs unwaShed feeces, the same amount of
pulled. and 265,000 lbs secured were taken.
the range of values lis not materially chang
ed, but while no one looks for any lower
prices. there is little present prospect of an
advance. Australian woods hold firm for
minor grades Of merinos, while crossbreds
are getting cleaned up, with the prospect OF
early purchases of the latter woods abroad
Next auction sale of woods will commence
in London Jan. II, with tS7. 500 bales avail
able.-Bradstreet's. Jan. IA
WOOI-Though quiet, as it usual at the
turn of the year an undertone of moderate
irmness prevails in wool, with anticipated
liberal purchases for manufacturing account
during the next few weeks. Much depends
upon the demand of this character, and 1t
Is worthy of note that same recent liberal
sales have made material inroads into stocks
Quotations are on the basis of 27@2sc per ID
for Ohio and Pennsylvania Xxx. and above
at New York, Boston and other Eastern mar
kets, with Michigan x, 2l@22c. Chicago
quotations are governed largely by the situa-
ton in the East. The foreign markets are
without important change, January auction
sales at London opening the 18th inst, when
offerings Of colonials will prove only nloder-
ate.-Orange Judd Farmer.
WOOl-Sales for the week are only 4,752-
900 lbs and fort weeks of Jer1;ary only TO-