The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York,
Aug. 6.-Coffee: Spot Rio steady; No. Z
lnVo!A, 53sc; mild dull: CordoVa, S011Hc.
Sugar: Raw quiet, steady fair refining,
9-l6c; centrifugal S6-test, 4 5-32c; mo-
lasses sugar, 3 5-16c; refined quiet. The
market for coffee futures opened steady
at unchanged prices. Immediately fol-
lowing the call the market became firm
and prices advanced 5 points on cover
ing and some outside buying. The rise
was sustained until the early afternoon.
when prices reacted under a big visible
supply increase and room selling. The
foreign news was summed up as. Jearisa
and Brazilian receipts continued heavy,
but these factors were Thoroughly dis
counted early in the session The mar
ket was finally steady at net unchanged
prices. Total sales were 81 $50 bags. in
cluding September at 1904. soc; December
at 5.l0c: March at 5.90c and May at 500
5.45c.
NEW YORK PRoDUCE-New York.
Aug. 6.-Butter-Receipts 13,454 pkgs;
steady; Western June factory 151zc; irni-
tatlon creamery, 14Q17l5c. Cheese-Re-
ceipts, 29,@05 Pegs; market weak; fancy
large colored, g1ac; fancy large white.
S$sc, fancy small colored, 9%c; fancy small
white, 9Ac Eggs-Receipts, 1870 pkgs;
steady; state and Pennsylvania, 166lSc;
Western candled, 12Q161@c; Western un-
candled. Sd14c.
=, COTTON - New York Aug. G.
Spot closed quiet at Lie lower; middling
uplands Sc; middling gulf, SIC; sales, 81
bales; futures closed barely steady; Au-'
gust, 710c; September, 7.12c; October.
7.lSc; November, 7.20c; December. 723c:
January, L25c; February, Use; March,
L2Sc; April, 7.50c
NICHOLSON Aug. 6-There was a
good business recorded in the wool mar
ket here this week The demand for wool
con good and the tone is strong
The market continues to show an alb
sence of speculative feeling, the sales
made being to supply the present needs
OF manufacturers. The supply, Of wool
aVarlable is large, the curtaied consumD-
ton by the mills during the last wear al
lowing considerable surplus to accumu-
late. The activity of the mills during the
past few weeks, however, has cut into
the surplus, but with the new clip coming
on the market there is no scarcity of
general supplies. Territory woods head
the list of sales, with fine medium and
me quoted at 4Od43c, while the strictly
staple article calls for 44G45c Fleece
woods are quiet for washed with avaiIa
BILE offerings small. The sales of Austria
han woods have been moderate but avail
able offerings are small. The following
are the quotations for leading descrip-
tons: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece x and
X above, 23G24c; Xxx and Xxx and above
26c; delaine, CSC; No. combing, 25d26c; No.
and three-eighth blood, Csc: coarse and
braid washed, 23024c; quarter-blood, 1870
Zoe; Michigan Wisconsin, ETC., x Michi
gan, ,2O02lc; No. l Michigan combing 800
2ic; No. Michigan combing, 2g624c;
coarse and braid washed 23c: fine de-
laine 28@24c; unwashed medium me- etc tte
Kentucky and Indiana quarter-blood
combing, Zoe; three-eighth- blOod. 2cc; Mis-
souri,: quarter blood combing 19c; three
eighth blood 19c; braid conbiflg. i7c. fer
ritory secured basis, Montana fine 140
l6c; secured, 44@46c; fine medium, 1l616c;
secured, 42443c; staple, 16G17c; secured 46
@4Sc; Utah Wyoming and Idaho, fine,
I3ul4c; secured, 4i@45c fine medium, 13@
lie; secured. 40043c; staple, 15016ci scour-
ed. 46Q41c; Australian, secured basis, SPOT
prices combfng, Superfine. 74675c; slIper-
hne, nQl2c; good 6S@7Oc; average 656167c.
METALS-New York, Aug. 6-AvaiIa-
a good inquiry and values held pretty
firm all day with the close firm at q. 80 %
2Sc for spot; futures ruled duh and easv:
august at 2ec and November at a S7lbc.
In London the market for tin was easier
under liquidation, spot being G1 Us Sd
or and futures e1 lis Cd thus spot tin
closed at 8116 and futures at G112 d Cd.
Locally the copper market was dun and
nOnlnally unchanged on the basis of 1872
@ilc for Lake Superior and 162s F71656c for
casting and electrolytic. At London val
ues declined los, which closed sDo+ at
Loo IS 9d and futures at SEQ 15s Sd, max
ing new record for the year Lead was
nomlna1ly unchanged at 4 37I5c as vras
sl!So London, where spot closed at eli
IFS cd; Spelter was dun at home and
abroad, closing at 3.90d395c here and elG
IoS IN London. Domestic iron markets
ruled very dull, with prices more or
d Less IN buyers favor Pig iron warrants
St4Q40ci No foundry, northern. a150151b9,
no. z foundry, southern, 140141hc: No.
louhdry, southern, 14A015Hc; No. / fo1In
dry, southern, soft, 14%615Hc. GLASGOW
at 46s 81. --N01 ef''oro
READING DTVIDEND-Philade
aug, Zine directors of the PhiIadeinhfe
q Reading Railway company at her letfr
meeting today declared the regular ee5ot
annual dividend of per cent on fbe fi,s,t
preferred stock of the company -''