The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
Chicago Poultry anotatious:
Chicago. Ill. May 23.-DreSsed poultry steady:
turkeys 6G6izc; chickens SQ9c.
butter. Cheese and EGGS.
Metal Market.

New York. May, There was consiaerahls
lower on the large receipts and in the ahscnc. OF
al thai fEdre.s lake c'p6er vas a a and .asirs
Ia Sympathy with untavora5le cables. closing
weak. no quotations given. Lead and spel;er
ruled dun and unchsngcl on the basis q .s,s7H
Mioei- and Sif.i@aie5's respectively. Ths
]hroksrs' price for lead was $50 and for copper
Dry Goods
New York. May 2i-rry Good-The demand
continues On a very quiet scale for all dsscrfp-
business to-day moderate. but a. steaiy pr4ce..
Ne change in the market for stape ~c0ttons.
trade. Prints quiet throughoat. some new fsi
fancy calieoes being shown. eu: no prices hTst;
grades. Regular print. cloths tile. but wide
s9Sa5 rathf Gr,f finer r Mems war wTolea1 sns
doing in wooden and worsted dress goods
Sugar
New York. Nay @S-sugar-Raw strong; fair
susar S7,c. rennef strong: No 8 I.soc: No I
40: ". s e. No g.t65:: No 10 SEES: No. IL
s,@s1ar "a. ! i .:1}e; az: tlassri 4 s sac; n5 @eia 4
Minn"apoii, Flour
MInneapoiis. MINI. May 23--Flour ard bran
Nav Nav 81: july C; Sap p. fs.ss-S:: On n frE1 Tn
j hard SIS; No, i Norihera e,,e; No, 2 Nor
Hides and Leather.
New York. May 23.-Hides steady. Leather
steady
Wool.
New York. May 2c-Woni 1uiet.
London, MAY &-Th" ,cnering, at the wool
auction sales today numbered I+.sS- bales. $3.50
or which were New Zealand and Iunta Arenas.
Cgr1Tetttic0 was brisk. and the offerings were
In fair demand. Good qualities Of Punfa Arenas
we're taken readily. but tire prices realized wsre
not as good as expected. being unchanged TO a
f-rthing below the las; series. Y0rkshires Sc
cure! th" majority Of the sales. bur the homo
trad" ar' Tho Continent were good buyers. Ne
GiIni cruSS-brfdS were firm. but fine CrusS-hreds
were IN buyers favor. American representa-
tiyes We're moderate operators. Some good
s'nUr"ds Were Nithara wn. Fol wing are tho
sales IN dctsil- New south Wales $50 bales.
secured fotrIs IA; greasy szdTis IA. Queensland
Si bales: greasy 1idG1s. Victoria 90 bales.
secured Is. fi-dT!s sd. greasy eTfrt.i. south
Australia To- bales. secured Is sfzdVlS "a. greasy
I.tHls I'D. West Australia 500 bales: greasy 5n
y2d. Tasmania -0 halls: greasy 81 Is. New Yea
land a.S'i bales: secured l. !dIls "a. greasy -.
9lid- 1unta Arenas 36G1 bales: greasy -. ISt-d-
Boston. May 23.-The American Wool and Cot
market has manifested but very iittla life the
last week. trade At times being at "a complete
standstill. Reports from the goods are nesie-t-
iui ana consumers are cautious about buying
season. Prices are In buyers favor. The strength
ening tendency At the London saies having
exercised no appr-cishie effect on value. here.
IN tho country there has been more doing. and
ers Of wool generally are stil 50 high that
representatives of the Eastern trade are nt
huying- freetv- Tho result is that the comparx-
few of the new woods have come forward
1850 Ji lbs. domestic and 20. ao lbs. foreign.
making a total Of c.35f.0a1. against n total %
2.s3l. 900 for the previous week and a total "a.
8. sSq.f for the corresponding week last year.
agains; $50 lbs. for the corresponding time last
year