The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-13

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Bradstreets to-
morrow viii say:
"Quietness as to demand. but marked
steadiness as to prices, Is still the leading
feature in trade lines, a condition, 1t must
be remarked, not uncommon at this stage
Of the year, which Is q sort Of middle
ground between stock-taking and inver.
tory time, and the actual opening Of tho
spring season.
Aggressive strength in prices Is Con-
fined to few staples, such as pork pro-
ducts, which are firmly held on rather
tardy recognition Of the fact that sup
plies, both of live hogs and Of dead
meats, are far from burdensome. Tallow,
cotton seed oil and similar products are
sympathetically strong. Raw and refined
sugars have both been advanced this
week, not apparently because of the
war between the refineries being settled.
but really because supplies of raws are
limited. Quite furry in coffee occurred
as a result of reports of the outbreak o.
the plague at Rio.
"The bearish pressure on cotton hos
not been relaxed this week. but the dis
proportion between the decline in spots
and options would seem to point to the
bear campaign having been less proflt-
able than had been hoped for. Stats
tically the position of cotton Is strong,
but the African war has checked British
cotton manufacturing and discouraged
foreign buying. Domestic cotton manu-
featuring Is apparently highly prosper
Gus, Southern mills being especially well
employed, while low water in the streams
affects New England production. What
few lines of next seasons wooden goods
have been opened are at advances rang
ing from % to 85 per cent and mucn IN
terest attaches to the reception that Will
he given these increased quotations.
Pending the settlement of this raw wooi
Is dull, but firm and speculation ia
naturally light.
Iron and steel are extremely quiet'
but signs of weakness are not numerous,
the shading In pig iron being confined 10
a few grades and markets.
."rhe immediate demand for lumber Is
naturally seasonably light, but the
strength of supplies Is notable, as EVIL
denced by the fact that while pine stocks
are q per cent smaller than year ago.
the mild weather and lack OF snow In the
Northwest, If long continued, Is
thought likely, may affect the cut TINS
winter The large yellow pine order for
10.00O0O0 for tho Pan-Amer1can EXPOSE
ton. at Buffalo, enormously printed
10000 goo 900 feet. last week, Is Still un-
placed.
Cereals have been almost hopelessiy
dull this week on the hand to mouth
demand Stocks are large and crop re-
ports are In the main favorable, but snort
sellers are nervous, in view Of possible
foreign complications. Price changes.
not only in wheat, but in corn and other
grains. are the smallest noted for many
weeks past.
wheat, including -four shipments Tor
the week, aggregate 4,24S,92o bu, against
2,5e96S2 bu last week, 6,67S,590 bu IN the
corresponding week Of 1899; 52S9.ol7 pu
in 1898; 3.948,154 bu in 1887, and S,2H,lz4
bu In 1896 Since July !. this season, the
exports Of wheat aggregate ll0,74z,S0o bu'
against 1874, 04S bu last year, and lo7,
S4a,J90 bu in 1S97-9S Corn exports for the
week aggregate 3,314,576 blu, against 4.O19..
09S bu last week, 3,2s7, O72 bu in this week
a wear ago. 4641,750 bu In 1898, 3,757, 2ol
hu In 1907 and S,S36,0l7 blu IN 1895. Since
July this season corn exports aggregate
1923. so 757 bu, against S900S,099 blu during
the same period q year ago, and 10, 444, 40
bu in 1898
The current weeks failure returns re-
fleet the annual clearing out Of delinquent
traders In total for the week Of 29e,
as compared with 229 last week, 304 in this
week a year ago. 1923 in 1898, 47S in 1897 and
412 in 1885, Canadian bank clearings for
the week aggregate $35, 1851, an increase
OF 10 per cent over last week, and gain
of 10 per cent over this period year
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