The Saint Paul globe., 1901-05-09
MISCELLANEOUS

CoiFEE AND SUGAR-New York
yoice wdg S;cCGS92crIeemSp9t e S2co Rio firm; No IN
PIC. Sugar-Raw firm; fair refinins J14s9
S!4c centrifugal So test 4 9-32c: moIasses
sugar. 313c; refined dull. Higher prices
NJ %"Ipiidined on the coffee exchange today
ne market opened quiet with prices :
10 iO points higher on scarcity of sellers
ana light demand from room shorts and
hernan interests. Firmer than expected
cables from European markets and nre-
uiGtlons Tor smaller receipts in Brazil
neIped TO mold the market steady du :
ing the rest of the session. In the spot
market there was some Improvement in
demand, and the local situation i'm gen
efal appeared to be better with further
advances likely. The close was steady
WIN p:1ces net 1e FONTS higher Total
sales @ were 14.75o bags, including: July at
56oc; August. soc: September s. TOGI5. u
October. .15c November s. 2GGl1 S5c
=, COTTON-New York Nav S-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet; .aiddling llplands
l-l6c; middiing gulf, 5-16c; sales, POS
6ales. Futures closed steady May, 7. 45c; /;
June, 4Sc; July, 7.49c; August, 7.21c:
september. Lose; October, 699c; Noye,n-
Der 6.96c; December, 6E5c; January. 6.g6c
February. 6.97c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York. May
s. : Butter = Receiuts. 5.S2S packages;
strong; creamery, 15G019c; factory 1I6t13c
Cheese-Receipts, ;53l packages, firm
fancy fancy lars arg Cc;olored, 1oAc; fancy large
white, 1OH@lOhc; fancy small colored
Receipts. 1909 packages; firm; western
regular packed 13Gl3a4c; storage West
ern 121%dI14Ac: Southern 11Rl2c
WOOL-Boston. May S-The American
Wool and Cotton Reporter will say OF
the wool trade tomorrow: The mar5at
has been very quiet since our last rev ew
and at times the trading has been abs y
luteiy stagnant. Prices of wool a e very
steadily held and except on half an
three-eghth blood stock we can hear of
no concessions being granted. There is
For = l.1TA. u
at unchanged prices and also for fine
woods. which rule quite firm. Most Of
the trade are figuring on securing new
woods on u clean cost of 4fc but a nun
Der of these who have recently bought
wcoIs cf the grewers claim that they are
actually costing 3IGt32c clean, except
where considerable amount Is staple,
in which case they have cost sOc and In
some instances 42c. The s1les OF the week
in Boston amounted to 1.S75, ,OGO lbs d j.
mestic and l$5.G19 lbs foreign making a
total o. 2Ol0,Ceo lbs. against total OF
3.5.fGC0 lbs for the previous week and a
total of l.G52.Oj0 lbs for the correspond
ing week last year The sales sinca Jan
amount TO Sll0.O0 lbs. against 55.322 800
lbs fov the corresponding time last We
DRY GOODS-New York, May S.IThe
demand from the home trade for staple
cottons quiet in all departments Ex-
port grades of brown goods sill inquired
after and firm. Print cloths inactive
throughout. Print ginghams quiet Mems
wear woolens and worsteds dull and un-
changed Dress goods in irregular de-
mand at Irregular prices.
METAL .S1New York. May S.-A better
feeling obtained in the local market for
tin through light offerings and In SYM
pathy with the strength abroad. where
prices advanced rs Cd. making spot E10J
lis Cd and futures, e116 5s. Aside from its
firnness. there were no important fea-
lures the local market ruling slow. but
closed firp,er in tone at SIG 30p26.50, with
out stimulating any demand. Foundry
iron ruled quite featureless and prices
were more or less nominal in the ab-
sence of business. Pig iron warrants,
s9.5GG10.5O; Northern foundry. SIS 258I6 50;
Southern foundry. S14M15. so. and soft
Southern. s13M15.5o. Glasgow warrants
closed, steady at 54s I'd. and, Middlesboro
46s Cd. Cooper ruled unchanged both
here and abroad closing at lie for Lake
Superior and 1910 for casting and cleo
trolyt'c. and $40 for spot and G70 10s
for futures respectively. Lead and spell
ter also continued inactive and nominal
at unchanged prices.