The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-03
MISCELLANEOUS

SUGAR AND COFFEE-New Y6rx.
Jan. 2-Sugar-Raw barely steady; far
refining. 31Sc; C ntcifugal, s. test 4&sc
regular; No. s, 495c; No l. 1850; No. s.
4.l5c; No. 8 400: No. 10, 4 65,; No. /,
460c; No. II, 4.55c; No. 10, 4.55c: No. IA,
A, 5.32c; mould A, 5S0c: cut loaf, &c
crushed, &c: powdered, 560c; granula ted
5.5oc, and cubes, Size. eff -e-Spot RE
quiet; No. invoice, &c n5ninal. mid
coffee futures open d steady. with prices
3 TO 10 points lower, and after the a
showed irregularity with underlying
weakness. the result OF di appointing Eu-
slackening of the spot article, fr>er move
ment from Brazil, selling Tor profits by
recent bulls, ''hammering' by once more
courageous shorts and an absence OF
in feyerish way all Gay. Ci0sed ba ely
steady, with, priC e5 net 10 to ~ 10 ntS
lower. Total sales, 1850 bags, includ-
ing: January, 5.75c; March. 590c; May, {
g6; l0c; July, e@6.iOs; September 6.-ga
6.20c, and October, 6s5c
WOOL MARKfGT-BO5ton Jan. 1.-The
American Wool and Cotton Reporter viii
say of the wool trade tcGnorrow; The
wool market the past week has been
quiet. AS this period if one of stock
taking, balancing Of accounts, etc, very
demand has been generally quiet and the
volume of sales small thete IS a. con-
fdent feeling in the trade and belle.
that better business is to develop after
the new year gets fairly under way
There has been no disposition to fore
Wool on the part CT holders. who afc
content to wait until the heavy weigh;
season opens. AdviCeS from abroad in
dicate continued firm markets End Folders
in the West are unwilling to make an.
concessions in prices. The demand dur
ing the past week has run to both fine
and medium stock, mostly territories ard
q n
been largely by the medum-szad mills
the largest consumers NOT yet being !:
factor in the market The sales for tn
week in Boston amounted to S24,0GG
pounds domestic and 900 pounds for
eign, making total OF 1,449,000 against
a total of 2EN3, 7ee for the previous week
and total of 2.5)5.60o for the CORES
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York. Jan
2.-Butter-ReceiFts, 1914 packages: firm
Sream ne ftZSc June creamery ia
2443 packages firm. Fancy large fat
made, 11A@l11zc; fancy small fall wade
llata112c. Eggs-Receipts, S,079 packages:
finn. Western average packed at mark
21@Nc; western. loss off. Sc
COTTON MARG<ET-Ncw York. Jan 2
-ttottoii-Spot closed dull at ke higher
nliddling. upiands, 10sc; rliddling gull
use; sales none: futures closed steady
January, 9.78c: Feb uary, 96l,; Nasc1
96le; April, safe; May, 55c: June. as
July, 9.5Sc; August, 9.17e; cpt smber, S5Sc,
METAL MARKET-N W 70 X. Ian 2
-SpeeulatiVely the market for metals
was q small one. Sa'eJ of small Iots
were the rule. and those only OF a nature
to supply urgent dsniahds Of buxe-s. ca
bles furnished no incentive IN either d
rectton. showing an una Xrectei l - o.
about IS at London fer TIN to GIG 10s. buf
was very quiet. The cal mark for
that metal was also nOnfra!ly lower IN
der lack of support, railing Jun al da.
and closed at Sc. 15Gl27.25. Copper WIS In
active and nominsly un hanged both
here and abroad, closing with D ices a
lie for Lake SUI error AID and iCsse for
casting and electrolytic and e7I IT'S 81, r.
speetiveiy. Exports of copper for fhc
month of Decenposr. aggsega ed III
tons, making total for the year If IS.
9SS TONS against 1926 tons IN $50
Lead was duh and UNCHANGED at $751;
here and unchanged ut E16 81 in Lon o
Speiter was also unchanged az .$f.sgi5 Ia.
S.ii1a, with sales II both tlI5se Ii u @
Domestic iron markets show 40 t-gp5i-
tant features. ruling dull and nqminali,
unchanged. English markfs ruled etfr-s
changed, being. nominaIy quoted at g.
at Glasgow ard as Cd at AIiddlebnro
Birmingham. Eng, Jan. "a crop q
20S per ton in Staffo:dsEire fstgeil m trk-
ed bars has been declared b ing > 70
duction of a0s since April The III. Sent
price Is GO los. Common bars last wee
were reduced to GS, but are selling lover