The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS

COFFEE AND sUGAR-Ncw York
May H-Coffee-Spot Rio ,lilt. No Z II:
voice 6Ae; mild quiet; Cordova 8AGO121bc.
S 81 firm but quiet; fair refining
SAC; centrifugal. Sc test, 9-32c; moIasses
sugar, @12c; refined quiet Coffee-WhiIe
there was some Improvement in business
' .oGay, Inc market ruled comparatively
narrow and quite a professional affair
Lhe opening was steady, with prices s to
10 points higher on light room and Ger
man buying, started by smaller Rio re-
eelpts tnan expected, some Improvement
In the spot demand and a better ruling
or European markets than expected
Sales We're made by room bears and TRAD
longS. FOR the rest of the session the
market changed but little and closed
Steady with prices ret 5 to 10 points
f1gher. Total sales were $500 bags, In
cludlng: June 5.35c; July, 6.50c; August
2;ooc; september, 1000. Csc; October, 5.65c !;
december, 5.S5c, and March, 8.05c
ETALS-New York, May 7-Once
more the local market for tin was active
and sentiment was of bulIish nature
The London contingent responded favor:
ably to our strength of Yesterday cahIs,
including rise of Ell Us Cd on spot and
~ Us Cd on futures, making an ADVANCE
or about 95 within the last two weeks
Pr1ceS here jumped about 40 points on mr.
gent demand from speculative circles but
owing to the large supplies on hand our
market did not fully comply with the adj
vance abroad and remains 10 to 20 points
peloW the London parity that is at sos 70
o. for spot tin. Little interest was man
fested in copper, the local market ruling
dull but steady at nominally unchangej
prices, nc Tor Lake Superior and 1899 for
casting and electrolytie. Values in Lon
don rose 6s Sd, closing with spot at eG9
los Sd and futures e70 rs Cd Lead was
without change here, closing dull at
St3I12. WINE IN London a loss Is Sd was
note to G12 ed, which is the lowest price
tcuched this year. Spelter in London
was 5s higher, closing at Ell rs Cd. The
local market, however, remains quiet and
unchanged at So. 950D4 Iron markets OF
the country were all quiet and nominally
easy. Glasgow warrants closed at sis 4d
and Middlesboro at 45s 10Iad.
WOOL--Boston, May 1.-THE CONNER
pert of the wool trade of the United
States: The wool market is quiet, Phil-
adelphfa has again cut rates with a sale
of new territory clothing on a basis Of
3Sc clean. This single sale seems to be
eccentric, for otherwise the market Is
quite steady. There IS an encouraging
Improvement in the goods market, espec-
tally in the increased demand for staple
worsteds. Europe cables an advances
there of Solo per cent In fine wool dress
gods The. receipt of wool at Boston
since Jan | have been So, so7 ,55S pounds,
against g.: 49, $50 pounds for the same
period In 1906 The Boston shipments 10
date are 92,595, 25S pounds against sales
of 81, S67000 pounds for the same period
In 1900. The total stock on hand in Bos-
ton Jan !, 1901, was 76300,500 pounds; the
total stock today is 81, 80, 500 bounds
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York May
.-Butter-Reeeipts, 400 packa ges; ,
steady. Creamery, 15Q19c; factory, 116
he; imitation creamery, 1S@17c. New
Cheese--Receipts, 1855 packages; quiet.
Fancy large colored. Sc; fancy large
white. S7724S9se; fancy small colored. SIC:
fancy small white, sac Eggs-Receipts'
14574 packages; Irregular. Western grad
COTTON--New York. Nav 17.-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet; niddline InIande
8 1-16c; middling gulf, 5-16c. Sales none
Futures closed quiet May, Z .45c: June
Doc: July $50; August 7.27c; Septem.
December. 7.01c; January, 7.02c: Fen
ruary, 702c.