The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York.
Aug 13.-Molasses steady. Coffee-Spor
Cordova, S69S1@c Sugar-Raw quiet and
easy fair refining, 9-16c; centrifugal,
Sc test, 41sc; molasses sugar, 5-l6c; re-
fined quiet, Coffee futures opened steady
in tone, with prices points lower, soon
afterward further easing off 5 points on
some months, under selling for local and
foreign account, prompted by unfaVora-
Bile action of European markets and
heavy receipts in the crop country. Abb
sence of public support and disapointedly
small sales of spot coffee helped to weigh
down the local market. Trading was
moderately active, with liquidation fea-
ture in the late session. The market clos
ed steady, with prices net to 10 points
lower. Sales were 10000 bags, including:
September at S5c; October. !, 85g4- 80; No
5.45c; May, 5. 45Q5.5Oc; June, 5.5cc; July,
5.5GQ5. 60c.
NEW. YORK, Aug. 13.-Flour- Receipts,
pkgs; market firmly held. but quieter at
old prices. Rye flour steady; sales, ECO
bbls; fair to good, $2.769S15; choice. 70
fancy, $3.15@335. Cornmeal firm; yeSow
IS. S0QS.5O. Rye steady; No. 2. Western, Gle
f. o. b. afioat state rye, 55@56c c. i. f..
New York car lots. Barley quiet; feed
ing, SIC c. i f., Buffalo; mailing, e0qo5c
c. i. f., Buffalo. Wheat-Receipts, 1850
bu; exports, 244, 453 bu; sales, $4,000 bu
futures; $1,000 blu spot; spot market dull;
No. 2 red, SO9sc f. o. b. afioat; No. red,
79c elevator; No 1 northern, Duluth, SIC
f. O. b. afioat; No. hard, Du-
luth, soc f. o. b. afioat. Options
weak and except for sharp late after
noon rally on big clearances and North
west Improvement, were unsettled and
easy all day The selling motives incIu1-
ed poor export demand, disappointing ca
bles and realizing. Closed firm at d par
tial 19c net loss. 80 Sales included No; 2
red, September, 7S1s@79c, closed at 79c;
October, 7S9s@793sc, closed at 1886; De-
cember, so 5-16GS1Ac, closed at size Corn
Receipts, $1,000 bu; exports, 54,zH bu;
sales, 10000 bu futures; spot quiet; No; 2,
$3.50 elevator and 635sc f. o. b.. afioat. Op-
lions were dull and easy all day, reflect
ing lower cables the wheat depression,
lack of outside support, small cleara1ceS
and further unloading. 1t rallied slightly
with wheat, and closed steady at 1s0$sc
net loss. September, 81 13-16G6S3sc, closed
at 632sc; October closed at 641sc; Decem-
Der, 65Q655sc, closed at 6512c. Oats-Re
ceiptS, $4,000 bu; exports, 6,9S6 bu; spot
firm; No. 2, 40c; No. 3, 3912c; No. white,
44GD441ac; No. 8 white, 4315c; track mixed
Western, 3913@nc; track white Western,
42@5Oc; track white, state, 42@50c. OPP
tons quiet but fairly steady.
METALS New York, Aug. 1S-The
metal market was quiet today; The UNI
certainty regarding the settlement OF
the strike had much to do with the pre-
vailing dullness, and IN the absence of
business values were more or less nom-
inal. Tin was very quiet and nominaIly
pig tin was Is Sd lower, which closed
spot at Els lis Cd and futures at e112
It's cd. Locally copper was nominally
unchanged at 16h@17c for Lake Superior
and 161165sc for casting and electrolytic
Under little liquidation prices in London
fell off lis Sd, spot standing at the close
at e65 SIS Sd and futures at &65 lis cd,
thus establishing a new low record for
the past three years. Lead was dull all
round. Here spot closed at $4.37b and in
London e11 lbs. Spelter was featureless
,lxN,, 81, IL
rs Sd, with trade slow. Domestic iron
markets continue active and nominally
unchanged at $9.50@10 for pig iron war
rants; No. / Northern foundry, $15G15.50;
No 2 foundry. Southern. $14614.50; No. /
foundry. Southern, $14.75015.25, and No
l, foundry, Southern. soft, $l4- 75@15.25.
Glasgow warrants closed at 54s and Mid
dlehoro closed at 46s I'D.
WOOL-Boston, Aug. 13.-The cenditia h
in the wool market here have not mate
rally changed since last week. The tone
is steady and manufacturers are disposed
to buy freely when they are in need of
wool Taken as a whole, the market is in
good shape, with conditions firm. Terri
tory woods, fine medium and fine, are sell
ing at 40Q43c, while choice staple grades
are quoted at 46Q4Sc. Fleece woods con-
tinue quiet, but prices are steady in the
absence of business; fine Australian
woods are quiet but firm with cross breds
moving more readily at steady prices
COTTON-New York, Aug. 13.-Spot cot
ton closed quiet; middling uplands Sc;
middling gulf, SIC; sales, 759 bales; fu-
lures closed quiet and steady; August,
Tile; September 7.14c; October, 72sc; No
vember, 7.24c; December, 7.25c; January.
727c; February, 7.27c; March, 1900; April,
NEW YORK PRoDUcE-New york
Aug. misunderstanding, 1881 pkgs:
firm; state dairy, 14@16c; creamery. isG5
2O55c; June packed factory 15G151bc;: imi
ceipts, 22.422 pkgs; quiet; fancy large
colored, 91zc; fancy white, SIC; fancy
small colored, 9%c; fancy small white.
91kc Eggs-Receipts. 9,001 pkgs: firm:
state and Pennsylvania, 166lSc Wester3
candled, 12Q161zc; Western uncandled.