The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE AND SUGAR-NeW York,
Aug. 7:--spot Rio quiet; No. invoice,
Raw quiet and steady. Fair refining.
9-16c; centrifugal So test, A 5-32c. Mo-
lasses sugar, 3 5-16c. Refined quiet. The
market for coffee futures opened steady
at unchanged prices During the fore
noon prices failed to vary, but on receipt
Of a late cable from Havre, which indi-
Gated an advance, values rose here
Sympathetically about 5 points The gain
was sustained throughout the rest of
the session, and trading was fairly active.
Most of the business, however, was con-
fined to switching" the near months for
the more remote deliveries. Receipts
continued to full volume, while the fore
ign situation in general was void of Spe-
cial significance. The market finally clos
ed steady at net unchanged prices to an
advance OF points. Total sales were A.
coo bags, including September, 4.85c; Oc-
tober. 4.95c; December. 5.1005 .15c; March,
5.30Q5.35, and May, 5.45c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York Aug
Z. = Butter = Receipts. 5,54S packages;
steady; state dairy, 1890; creamery, 16
Q2012c; Western, June, factory 15Q15bc:
imitation &C creamery, 140171zc. Cheese--Re-
ceipts, 2,35S packages quiet; fancy large
fancy small colored, 9a4c; fancy white
9l2Q93sc. Eggs-Receipts, S.270 packages;
firm; state and Pennsylvania, 16@lSc;
Western, candled, 12@1613c; Western, I'M
candled 8lI14c.
COTTON-New York. Aug. 7.-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet; middling uplandS Sc:
middling gulf SIC; sales. $50 bales En-
lures closed quiet and steady: August
I:O5c; September, 707c; October, 714c:
November, 715c; December Z1Ge; January
7I9c; February, 719c; March, 722c; April,
METALS-New York, Aug. The mar
ket for tin in local metal circles was
very quiet today. Spot is practically
quoted at $27 so, with higher prices being
paid The London market was IS Cd
lower with spot at the close standing at
4l75 l5s, and futures at Ell 15s Cop
per was dull and featureless at home
values :, nominally quoted at 161aGl17c for
Lake Superior. and 163s@165sc for electro
lytic and casting. At London, however
a further loss of rs Cd was noted spot
closing at 966 IS Sd, and futures at f66
los. Lead ruled dull here at 43715 and
in London values were also UNCHANGED at
Ell lbs i'd for spot. Spelter inactive aft
SS.90Q3. 90; London closed at Gig los. Iron
continues dull and featureless; pig iron
warrants, 80. 50Gl0; Northern No. | foun-
dry, $l5Q15.5 so; No 2 foundry Southern
$l4Q14. so; No. 1 foundry Southern S14 II
Ql5. ., and No l foundry Southern soft,
$l4. 75G15.25 Glasgow warrants closed at
54s. and Middlesboro closed at As 3D.
WOOL-Boston. Aug. THE American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will say to-
morrow OF the wool trade: Dizziness char
acteriZes- the wool dealings at Boston ar
this writing. That is to saw that while
a good quantity of wool has changed
hands, and while many good sized blocks
IoIHeIIy belonging 10 dealers are now the
property OF manufacturers, the number or
buyers and the number of sellers has not
neen large. The interesting feature of
the, market is that dealers are hopeful
and cheerful, and while not expecting
any advance in price look for a good
uniform steady business for some time to
come. The receipts of wool in Boston
this week amounted to 35 1928 bales
against 1882 bales last week, and Is SIG
bales year ago. The total receipts since
Jan. ! have been 379.2S9 bales domestic
and S7,447 bales of foreign, against DOG 10
bales domestic and 108 PSI bales foreign
for the corresponding period of 1906 This
is an increase Of 1921 bales of domestic
and decrease of 20, $40 bales foreign. The
sales for the week in Boston amounted 70
6,76OG00 pounds domestic and / $50 OG0
foreign, making a total of s, 550. 900 pounds
against total of 6.100.O00 for the previous
week, and total of 3,34S, 800 for the cor
responding week last year. The sales
since Jan. ! amount to al ,202, 500 pounds
| against S9,S99, 700 pounds for the CORE,
spending period of last year. Shipments
OF wool for the week ending Aug, s Were
24l,943 pounds over shipments of / e37 soc
for the previous week Since Jan. the
total shipments amounted to IA IA I6S
pounds. '''