The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL-Boston, Nov. 1.-The CONNER
eial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the
wool trade: All American records have
been broken in the Boston wool market
this week. The largest transactions hth-
erto on record in any one weeks bust
ness We're for the week ending Nov. g,
1899, when 1886, 500 LIS was sold in Bos-
ton. This total has been surpassed by a
weeks transactions of not less than 25,-
000000 lbs, larger amount than the COM
blned clips of Michigan and OHIO. The
chief purchaser. Stocks are still so large
that though these heavy purchases have
stiffened the market. they have failed to
advance 1T, holders being content after
the terrible losses of 1900 to take moder-
ate profits. The highest price paid tbs
week was 1Sc for light three-eightns-
blood Montana wool. There is still one
lot of 1899 Montana wool in this market,
bought at the top wave of speculation at
25c. All wools however, of this year
clip, purchased last spring, show a COM
Portable profit. Montana and o. eg IN
woods have sold most freely and at full
rates. There have been slight advances
on fine pulled and fine Australian. Do
nestle feeces, especially delaines, have
been sold freely though at no higher
prices. Dealers from other markets have
been selling their woods in Boston this
week. There has not been a single sale
to spectators. Every pound sold has
been directly to the mills The sales of
this week cannot be entirely delivered
for months to come The receipts of wool
in Boston since Jan. have been $50, 552, 464
lbs against $50, 1856 lbs for the same
period in 1900, The Boston shipments to
date are PA ,663 665 lbs, against sales OF
1z3, 76S eco lbs for the same period in 1900.
The stock on hand in Boston, Jan. l. 1901.
was 75,309,500 lbs; the total stock today
is 80 1913, 499 lbs.
METALS New York, Nov. 1.-The gen.
eral situation in the metal market re-
mains unchanged. Trading was very
slow again today and price changes
We're few and far between. Tin was dull
ard unchanged at $4. 706D25, while at Lon
don values eased off los to e113 15s for
| spot and e107 Us Sd for futures. Copper
locally WAS quiet at 1850 to lie for Lake
Superior, and 16as@163sc for casting and
electrolytic. At London values continue
to advance, being 5s higher again today,
with spot quoted at G65 5s and futures at
&c rs cd. Exports of copper during Oc-
tober were 7,51 tons, against 1886 tons
| last year. for the past ten months ag-
gregated 1921 tons. as compared with
49,, $50 tons for the same period last
year. Lead at New York was dull at
| 81. 371a and at London Ell SIS 3D. Spelter
was quoted at home and abroad closing
| at 81 71a and e16 lbs respectively. Domes-
| tic iron markets were dull; pig iron war
| rants, So. 5G@10 so; No. 1 northern foundry
s15@16; No: 2 Southern, s14a15; No.
foundry Southern soft. si4 ,5oais Glas.
| gov iron warrants closed at 54s 11d anC
! Middlesboro at AS Cd.
COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York
| Nov 1.-Coffee-Spot Rio quiet: No in
| voice, SIC: mild steady; Cordova. reg
| lie: Sagar-Raw steady; fair refining
8 15-16c; centrifugal, SO test, 13-16c; mo-
| lasses sugar. 1-19c: refined quiet. Cot
fee futures eased off again today under
Almost the same influences which gov
erneo yesterdays market, namely, big
| primary receipts, bearish foreign news
and local realizing. The opening was
| steady in tone, with prices to 10 points
| lever German houses were sellers for
profits on purchases lie during the re-
| cent l.ptlrn. The fact that Havre was
| closed checked new operations by loca
| traders somewhat Towards the Close
| of The session covering of sales made or
Thursday set in and prices stiffened tc
| almost last nights basis, final quotations
beng net unchanged to 5 poil-s lower
with the undertene steady. Total sales
were g, 900 bags, including November. al
5.90c: December, at ;05c: January. al
/ 6.1aQ6. 15c; March, at 69046.35c; May, al
| 64516 50c; June, at 655e; July. ct 6 65c
august, at 6.7oc; September, 1T G.S0Qe SIC