The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS

BUTTER AND EGGS-New York, Aug.
i-Butter-Receipts, 6,7T5 pkgs; steady;
creamery ea. e 1y J7a191sc; current packed fac
tory, 14Q15Ac; imitation, creamery, 156
171ac. EggsEReceipts, 6,2S6- pkgs: steady:
Western at mark, 11@4319c for average
lots. do loss off, 1513e9
Chicago, Aug. Butter dull; creamer-
! fresh, 111sc.
SEED MARKETS-ChI Aug. l.
The quotation board IS alt at sea as TO
prices This is the first day under the
may be possible. So far as we can learn
| the market Is fairly Strong on all seeds,
NEW YORK COBFEE-New York.
Aug: .Coffee-Spot, Rio easy; No Z,
invoice, S3sQ915c; mild steady; the local
coHee market opened steady though
| prices We're off 5 points from last nights
cIoSlng. Later there was further de-
cIIne OF points under foreign selling,
| foreign weakness, heavy receipts at Bra
zllan ports and apathy in the local sDot
market. The speculative, public offered
no support and this too added to the
neaVlneSS In general The decline was
eventually arrested by demand for shorts
peneVed to be for profitss The close was
quiet, with prices net to 10 points lower.
Iotai sales, 1880 bags. representing a
snaH trade at best. August, 95c: Sep
tember. L95@Sc; October, 9O5c: Decen1berT.
SZ0a6. &c; March, S49c; May, S50c. Sugar
-RaW steady; fair refining fac cerfri
Iuga, s6-test, 45sc; molasses sugar, 4Jse
rehneds steady.
/ BOSTON WOOL MARKET-Ros+or,
aug; L-Fhe wool market has Continued
70 snow increased activity and sales Of
e ene past week are the largest recorded
a much larger business transacted If
holders Of wool had accepted the bids
mace py manufacturers. Holders of wool
are hrmer than they were two weeks aeo
and in some cases, especially in soma
lines OF pulled wool, have actually ad
VA the.r prices. Generally. speaking
we see no reason as yet for raising wool
quotauons, as the great bulk of the
sales made have been at about the fig
ures as previously given. The opening
OF the hgnt weights, which occurred this
year. out the strength of the buying has
not as yet been very -favoBing NAV
improve as time goes on. If there is
aa any Ike a normal 6ustness,a good
oemand for wool IS expected. The sales
OF the week amount TO q. M, 500 lbs do
nestle and $4,000 lbs of foreign. making
q to total of 326S,500 lbs, fagaff9st a total Of
total of 6, 1896 lbs foFthe 9orrespon 5lir-
week last year. The sales since Jan.
amount to 77,551, 100 lbso against 1913 ass, 600
lbs S ToT the To Corresponding time Iastyear
1910 bbls;. exports, 500 bbls; sales, 8 500
pkgs; markets in better shape today az
n;uyers showed more interest particularly
In spring patents at the oldTprioe: wfnter
patents, $3.SOQ4.90; winter straights, So s.
g3.So; Minnesota patents. $4.15@450; Min
nesota bakers. s. 9e03. 35; winter low
grades; g. 1902. 10 Ho5f-qufet. Wheat
"a 600 bu futures: 44S 060 BIT export: SPOT
6 lrIn; No. red, 1890 elevator; No. q red
SSc t. o. 2; o.. afioat; Nos 1 northern. gDu-
IuIn, 94Ac + O. D., afioat,f to arrive; No.
arrive; options. September, so 3-I6a8oAc.
closed at S0Ac: December, S15s@S2lhc, clos.
ed at SIZE. Corn-Receipts, 242, S75 7br1; ex-
ports, 1856 bu; spot easy; No. 2, 443zo
elevator, and 4514c f. O. b., afoat; options.
September, 43lk @447sc, closed at 435se; De.
eember, 402&@Ac. closed at 4O1ac Oats
receipts, l57,l00 bu; exports, f0022 bu:
spot weak; No. 2, 26c; No. 3, 25c; No. q
white, 2Sc; No. 8 white, 27lkc; track mix
| e 60 western, z512@27c; track mixed white,
lzf124sSc;s options duh and easy.