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

COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York.
Aug. 7-Spot Rio quiet; No. Z invoice,
Raw quiet and steady Fair refining. s
slice; centrifugal So test, 4 5-32c. Mo-
lasses sugar, 5-16c. Refined quiet. The
market for coffee futures opened steady
at unchanged prices. During the fore
noon prices failed to vary, but on receipt
of late cable from Havre which indi-
Gated an advance, values rose here
sympathetically about points. The gain
was sustained throughout the rest of
the session, and trading was fairly active
Most of the business however. was con-
fined to switching" the near months for
the more remote deliveries Receipts
continued to full volume, while the fore
ign situation in general was void of spe-
cial significance. The market finally clos
ed steady al net unchanged prices to an
advance of points. Total sales were A.,
tober. .95c; December, 5.10Q5. 15c; March,
5.30@5.S5, and May, 5.45c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York, Aug
Z, : Butter = Receipts, 5,54S packages;
Q201@c; Western, June, factory, 15@151ac
imitation creamery, 14Q171ac. Cheese-Re-
ceipts, 2,35S packages; quiet; fancy large
colored 91Ac fancy large white csc:
fancy small colored, CSC; fancy white
9l2QS3sc. Eggs-Receipts. S.270 packages;
firm; state and Pennsylvania, 160lSc;
Western, candled, 12@16l9c; Western, I'M
COTTON-New York. Aug. 7.-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands, Sc;
middllng gulf, SIC; sales, 400 bales. Flu
lures closed quiet and steady; August
Lose; September, 7O7c; October, Tide
November, 715c; December, 716c; January
z.lSc; February, 119c; March, 122c; April,
METALS York. Aug. The mar
ket for tin in local metal circles was
very quiet today. Spot is practically
quoted at $27 so, with higher prices being
pad. The London market was 5s Cd
lower with spot at the close standing at
1Il9 los, and futures at Eli lis Cop
per was dull and featureless at home
values nominally quoted at 161a@l7c for
Lake Superior. and 16ss@165sc for electro
lytlc and casting. At London, however.
a further loss of Is Cd was noted spot
closing at 966 6s Sd, and futures at f66
los. Lead ruled dull here at 4371b and
IN N, London values were also unchanged at
IS. 90QS 90; London closed at 416 los Iron
continues dull and featureless: pig iron
warrants, 50. 500l0; Northern No. foun-
cry, $i5ql5; 90; No foundry Southern
$l4ql4 so; No. 1 foundry Southern. $14. rs
Ql5. %, and No 1 foundry Southern soft
$14. 75@15.25. Glasgow warrants closed az
54s. and Middlesboro closed at As Sd
WOOL-Boston, Aug. THE American
WOOL and Cotton Reporter will say TO.
morrow of the wool trade: Dizziness char
acter1Zes the wool dealings at Boston ar
this writing. That is to say, that while
a good quantity of wool has changed
formerly belonging to dealers are now the
property OF manufacturers, the number OF
buyers and the number of sellers has not
been large. The interesting feature of
the market is that dealers are hopeful
and cheerful, and while not expecting
any advance in price look for a good
uniform steady business for some time to
come. The receipts of wool in Boston
this week amounted to 3562S bales
against 1887 bales last week, and Is SIS
bales year ago. The total receipts since
Jan. l have been 379,2S9 bales domestic
and S7,447 bales of foreign, against 226, 10
bales domestic and los, 257 bales foreign
for the corresponding period of 1900. This
is an increase Of 152, ST. bales of domestic
and decrease of $50 bales foreign. The
sales for the week in Boston amounted to
6.760G90 pounds domestic and ZOO OGo
foreign, making a total of s, $50 900 pounds
against a total of 100000 for the previous
week. and a total of 3,34S, 600 for the cor
responding week last year The sales
since Jan. ] amount to 141, 202, 600 pounds
against S9,S99, 700 pounds for the CORE.
spending period of last year. Shipments
of wool for the week ending Aug. s Wert,
24,943 pounds over shipments of ( e37 sos
for the previous week. Since Jan, / tbe
total shipments amounted to 147. 734 las
pounds.