The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE AND sUGAR.-New York.
March 56.-Coffee: Spot, Rio dull and
weak No. invoice, 67s@7c; mild dull;
firm; fair refining, 1903 17-32c; centri-
fugaI. Sc test, - &c. Molasses sugar
9-32Q3 5-16c; refined firm The market for
coHee futures opened steady with prices
points lower and ruled quiet and gen
orally featureleSs, with quiet undertone
tolloWlng disappointing cables easier SPOT
markets and continued absence of public
interest, with local sentiment weak, but
dlsinclined to sell, fearing the accumula-
ton of short interest The market
closed dull in tone with prices net I'M
changed to 10 points lower. Total sales
reached 40 bags, including May at $500;
July at soc; September at 5.S0c and De-
cember at 6.00c.
DRY GOODS.-New York, March 90
Spot business has been dull, due to bad
weather in first, and call orders barely
up to the recent business. There has
been no material change in the market
for staple cottonS, the demand being
readily met in all directions Print cloths
and ginghams the market is inactive and
quiet. Mapped fabrics are Irregular. Silks
steady moderate demand.
BUTTER AND EGGS.-New York,
March 26.-Buttter: Receipts, 1913 pack
ages; firm; fresh creamery, 16@22c; fac
tory, 9q141sc. Cheese-Recedpts, 1923 pack
ages; firm; fancy large colored and white,
nG111kc; fancy small colored, 121bc; fancy
small white, 12d12Ac. Eggs-Receipts
1889 packages; stronger. Western at
mark, 13Aal312c; southern at mark, 12sz@
COTTON MARKET.-New York, March
26.-Cotton-Spot closed quiet; middling
uplands, S@S1sc; middling gulf, S3sc. Sales,
2,1O0 bales. Futures closed quiet; March,
July, Use; August, 1870; September, 1850 (;
October, 7.z6c; November, 7.22c; December,
Tie; January, TIC
METAL MARKET-New York, March
Ar-s<J II
tin circles, the local metal market is
devoid of special feature of interest with
speculation in the former metal on a
small scale. Trading was confined chiefly
to supplying requirements. The advance
in tin was sympathetic one. following
advices from London to the effect that
prices there were about Ell 5S higher on
manipulation. The close was firm at Glib
15s for spot and e113 Us Cd After OPEN
ing up $1,000 points the local market rul-
ed slow with a firm undertone. and closed
frrner at S26.C5@26. 80. Copper, locally, con-
tinued dull and nominally unchanged
while in London shade better market
was reported, closing firm at 969 IS for
spot and EGG las for futures. Lead was
dull and unchanged, both here and
abroad. Spelter, though continuing it's
weakness of undertone, ruled very slow
at So. S5G3.90 Domestic iron markets were
OF the usual unimportant nature. Prices
remained as last quoted. Pig iron war
rants, $9. 50G10.50 Northern foundry SIS so
Q1650; Southern foundry $140I15. 80. and
soft Southern, $13Q13.50. At Glasgow war
rants closed at 53s 4d and at Middlesboro
45s 3D.
WOOL MARKET-Boston, March %
There is an improved tone in the wool
market here this week and all the in
dications point towards a stronger situa-
ton. The folloying are the quotations
for leading descriptions: Michigan Wis
consin, ETC., Michigan, 21c No /
Michigan combing, 25@26c; No do, 25@
26c; coarse and braid washed, 25o; fine
Delaine. 4625c Territory secured basis
Montana fine medium end fine, 14615c:
secured, 42@43c; staple, 45046c; Utah.
Wyoming and Ihaho, fine medium and
me, l2ql4c; secured, 40q42c; staple, 44@