The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-14
Miscellaneous >.
Market Quotations.
New york Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK, Dec 13.-Flour-Receipts
5,35S; exports. 1860 bbls; fairly steaay
with wheat Winter straights. $S.45g360;
Minnesota patents, s3.S5@4.10; rye flour
firm; fair to good, ss.2eas.4o; cornmeal
Wheat-Receipts, e5,s $50 bu; exports, 1888
bu; spot firm No. 2 red, S612c I. Q. D;
afloat; No. 2 red S3%c elevator; NO.
northern Duluth, S51ac t. 9. D. afioat; NO: !
hard Duluth. SIC f. o. b. afioat. Options had
a steady opening on short demand. Att
er a slight reaction they again advanced
and ruled firm all day, with shorts the
principal buyers. Corn led the strength;
closed S6Ac; May, "a 5-16@S51sc. closed
S51kc; July, S4@S51sc. closed e51zc; July, 81
@S5@c, oo closed S6%; December. S2aSS7sc'
Corn-Receipts, 1900 bu; exports, 470
bu; spot firm; No. 2, 6s7sc elevator and
711Sc f. o. b. afoat. Option market made
shorts following manipulation by leading
bulls and fears that receipts will be at
fected by the Western storm Slo5ed
strong, sc net higher. May, 709s@llssc,
closed T1sc; December, 6S5s@ao3sc, closed
701sc.
Oats-Receipts, 7S,C0O bu: exports, 1850
bu; spot firm; No. 2 51Ac; No g. so1ze;
mixed western. 51@511ac; track white, $500
SIC. Options frmer and active with corn.
Hay steady; hops steady; hides steady;
leather steady, WOOL Qull.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies; sac
10Ac; picked shoulders, &c; picked hams,
9%@1019c.
Lard easy; western steamed, s1o.1712; re
fined easy; continent, Stops; S. A, $l;
compound 77s@SAc.
Pork firm; family, $17@17.5o.
Tallow firmer; city,, &c; country, 6ls@
63sc.
rosin steady; turpentine steady; rice gu ct.
| Coffee-Spot Rio firm; No invoice, csc;
mild steady; Cordova 77a@11c
sugarmRaw steady ;s fair Set5Inng ssssc
| 1-32c; refined steady.
Butter-Receipts, S,es2 pkgs; unsettled;
state dairy. 15Q2sc; creamery, l6g24e;
! Cheese Receipts, ASS pkgs; firm; fancy
| large September, 10@1014c; fancy small
! September, 10a4@11c; late made best large,
! SIC; late made best small, 1O@10Ac, Eggs
! Receipts, 1854 pkgs; firm; state and
| Pennsylvania, 24@27c; Western at mark,
| 26c; Southern at mark, 2GQ25c.
Metals.
NEW YORK, Dec 13.-The local copper
market is demoralized. The metals sell
| ing company reduced prices 1c to &c to-
! day. The street looks for further re-
| duction. 1t is said the company has been
making contracts for great deal OF
| copper at prices even lower than coVs:ed
! by today's reduction. Everybody Sc ms
| to be at sea regarding the future OF nc
| market. reports current CIaL the IS luz
! ton was made as a move in the copper
stock war were denied by parties who
are on the inside. The decline Was eyi
| IDENTIFY made to try to get prices down TO
to commercial basis. Local prices now
are: Lake copper, 15&@155sc; eiectroiysic,
| 15@15Ac; casting, 15c.
The London copper market fell off ms
! today, thus making a new record fer re-
! cent years. Spot and futures were quot
! ed at $50.
J changed, but the local market was ab;ut
! 12c lower closing at $3.50 to go 5%s.
/ London tin closed with spot at &la3 l0s
and futures at S103 15s.
j Lead was, steady but unchanged mere mere;
! The London market was at last quoted
/ at G10 les At New York the price was
! 1.45.c Spelter was unchanged at 49sc'
London was 5s better, closing at 1l6 Tvs
Iron was a little lower abroad. Gias-
cow closed at 56s and Middlesboro st ios
( I'D; pig iron warrants, $40 5o@1l- 81; NO. L
! Northern foundry, SIS 5o@l6; No x z tona-
dry. Southern, S14.50Q15.50: No. foundry.
Southern, $l5.50@16.5o; No. l foundry,
| Southern soft, $l5Mli.
Wool Market Strong.
BOSTON, Dec. 1S.-Wool dealers of the
United States have had an excellent
| week. The demand from the small mills
| continues good, and an occasional line is
| is taken by the big manufacturers, Spec
| ulation is growing, and not little mas
| been bought this week to hold for
rise. All grades are very llrnl' ana tle
general tendency is upward.
The receipts of wool in Boston since
| Jan. 1 have been 254, ia lbs, against
| 1863, 056, SIS lbs for the same period in l9oo.
The Boston shipments to date are 25i,-
| 23O. 973 lbs, against sales of JAG, 500 lbs
! for the same period in 1890. The stock
| on hand in Boston Jan. 1, 1901, was 49,
10000 pounds. The total stock today IL
| 9,937, 701 lbs.
whisky
| CINCINNATI, Dec. 1s.-Whisky-.Dis-
| tillers' finished goods steady on Bass
| of $1.32.