The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS

y COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York,
May S1.-Coffee-Spot Rio easy; No. Z in
voice, SIC; mild quiet; Cordova, S4c@
1z12c. Sugar-Raw easy; fair refining,
3 23S-32c; centrifugal, Sc test, 4Ae; molasses
sugar, 15-32c; refined quiet. Lower
prices and bear speculation were the fea
lures Of today's future coffee marxeu.
Fhe opening was quiet, with prices 5 to
10 points lower, under selling for foreign
and both home accounts. Absence of
speculative support made it easy for the
market to further settle after the call.
Operations were pretty well scattered
through the list, though the near months
were most active. The close was quiet
and net 10 to Is points lower. Total sales
We're 1900 bags, including: June at 5.45
assoc; July at 5.30c; August at 5.35c;
September at 5.45c; October at 5.45@5.50c;
November at 5.50c; December at 5.70c and
January at 575c.
WOOL-Boston, May 31-The CONNER
cial Bulletin will say in tomorrow.s re-
port of the wool trade in the United
States: The market is filing up rapidly
with heavy receipts of both domestic and
foreign wool. The demand is very small
this week and shipments are falling off.
All medium woods are weak. Medium
territory has been sold on a basis of BIC
clean. Ohio half-blood, unwashed, was
sold at 8c. A big line of Irish wool is
the only notable sale. Though of excel
lent quality, these super woods brought
but 2ec. Fine woods, on the other hand,
are quite firm. The advance of Ohio de-
lame to 29c is mentioned and there has
Deen a relative active demand IOr X
grades. Receipts in Boston since Jan. l
have been 73,760,221 lbs, against 1881, 100
lbs for the same period in 1900. The Bos-
ton shipments to date are l0l, 1O6,oo6 lbs.
period in 1900 The stock on hand in
Boston, Jan. l. 1901, was 76,309, 500 lbs;
the total stock today is 48,363, 165 lbs.
METALS-New York. May 31.-Today's
market for metal manifested ali the char
acter1stics of a regular holiday. Demand
was light and confined chiefly to meeting
requirements with the closing tone call
ed quiet at $2S. 30028. 40. In London, how
ever, values advanced Ell owing to an
absence of sellers rather than to any de-
mand of consequence, as the days sales
only reached moderate proportions The
close was steady, with spot quoted at
&129 los and futures at Els los. Copper
in London advanced SIS, but was very
quiet. closing at $50 SIS Cd for spot and
was dull and without change. Aside
from it's continued steadiness, lead local
ly exhibited no new feature. The close
was steady at &.371A, while in London
ruled quiet at $3.95@4. London prices were
reduced rs Cd to Ell Is Cd. Domestic iron
markets were rather easy and in BUYERS
favor. Pig iron warrants. $9:5cQ105o;
foundry, $l491550, and soft Southern, $13
d1550. Glasgow warrants closed at 52s
sd and Middlesboro lbs Cd.
BUTTER AND EGGS New York.
May 81. = Receipts, 11,40 pkgs;
steady; creamery, Isolde; factory.
11@131kc Cheese : Receipts, S,4l4
pkgs; market quiet fancy large col
ored, S7s@Ss4c; fancy large white, SEQ
S9sc; fancy small colored, 9AG312c; fancy
small white, 9Ac. Eggs-Receipts, 49,
$50 pl1gs; frmI Western ungraded, 111zQ
PIC; Western selected, 1301S15c
COTTON-New York. May 31-Cotton
Spot closed dull; middling uplands, SIC;
middling gulf, SIC; sales, lob bales; fu-
lures closed steady; June, 1920; July,
1850; August. 1889; September, 7.10c; Oc-
tober 7.0Sc; November 7.06c; December,
lose; January, lose; February, 7.08c.
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paul-s7S9, 38S
Minneapolis ,489. 500
New York-$300 496, 041.
Chica go-$31, 427. 592.
Boston-$22 795, O36.