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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1890

Page

7

New York Financial Roundup on March 31 Market Dull Yet Firm

Money on call easy at 3 to 5 percent with last loan at 8 percent and mercantile paper at 5. Sterling exchange quiet with 60 day bills at 4.8354 and demand at 4.8612. Government bonds and railroad issues steady. market overall dull with no price movements. Coal stocks fluctuated with talks of re pricing, Morris & Essex tax decision shadowing Lackawanna. Overall close steady with slight gains versus Saturday. trading in eries and land grants listed with notable activity in specific issues.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Tennessee Morris & Essex Lackawanna Ilroad Erie Mackinac & Marquette Houston & Texas Peoria Decatur & Evansville Big Sandy

Quinto Companies Closing Prices on March 31

A scan of closing prices lists Alta 1.45, Homestake 2.30, 8.30. Kallic 1.85 1.80. Mexican 3.80. Mut.s. M 1.70. Cal. 4.455 4.434. Occidental 1.10. Crown Point 2.44 2.90. Potosi 4.90. El Cristo 1.45. Quicksilver Sta 6M. Exchequer 1.80. Freeland 1.10. Sutter Creek 1.40. Gould & Curry 1.80. Utah Con Hale & Nor 2.80. Yellow Jacket 2.35. Hock Coal 2.12.

Qunto Companies Alta Andes Occidental Onearlo Potosi Elcristo Exchequer Freeland Sutter‘Creek Gould& Curry Utah Hale & Nor Yellow Jacket Hock. Coal

Foreign Financial Reports London Market Briefing

March 31 12:30 p m and 4 p m quotations show Consols 977 16d for money 97% for account Atlantic Great Western firsts 3242 Canadian Pacific 74% Erie 24% Mexican ordinary 37 St Paul common 70% New York Central 109% Mexican Central new fours 734s Money 3% Paris 3 per cent rentes 88 francs 30 centimes for the account. Open market short bills 3% three months 2% and 3% respectively.

London Atlantic & Great Western Erie Ilinois Central New York Central Pennsylvania Paris Canadian Pacific St Paul

Commercial Matters and Market Notes

Dry goods uneven. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Flour slow. Corn quiet. Oats firmer. Cornmeal steady. Millfeed firm. Butter unchanged. Cheese firm. Beans slow. Eggs firm and steady. Poultry steady. Game dull. Potatoes higher. Straw steady. Apples firm. Truck steady. Mediterranean fruits quiet. Florida oranges steady. Cranberries scarce. Dried apples firm. Pork products in fair demand. Beef and tongues quiet. Fresh beef fairly steady. Other fresh meats steady. Tallow quiet. High wines unchanged. Strawberries high and scarce.

Florida

Dry goods trade shows uneven demand and mixed activity

The dry goods market remains uneven with brisk jobber business on good weather days and active local retail trade ahead of Easter. Commission circles cooled after an old firm’s New York failure, while road conditions and floods hampered trade. Cotton goods see little change with quiet prints, ginghams steady, and fabrics like drills and colored cottons weak or dull.

New York Trade In Commission Louisville

Wool Market Strong Start to Year with Rising Sales

Wool sales in the first quarter rose by 2,549,000 pounds from last year, with actual business totaling 31,158,000 pounds for thirteen weeks. Dealers report steady buying by manufacturers, lower stocks, and favorable conditions despite weak woollen goods demand. Imports fell about 20,000 bales while domestic receipts rose. overall stocks at the clip year opening appear as favorable as a year ago. Antwerp River Platte wools stayed active with current auction rates, stockpiles totaling 7,295 bales River Platte, 5,808 bales Australian, and 300 bales of sundry kinds.

London Bradford Eng Kent West of England Botany America East Antwerp

The Cotton Trade Markets Show Unsettled Fluctuations

The cotton markets have been unsettled over the past week with pronounced weakness and a sharp early decline, followed by a buoyant shift as prices fluctuated.

Mississippi Delta Flood Delays Pasher Harvest Amid Record Receipts

Reports from Southern markets show firm tone but potential delays as levees along the lower Mississippi stay critical. Extensive flooding covers Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, with about 100,000 acres of cultivated land submerged while expectations rise for eventual replanting. Week ending March 28 saw cotton receipts reach 41,066 bales, up from prior weeks, with total since Sept 1, 1889 at 5,570,370 bales. Flour and meal trade mixed with steady prices. wheat flour and cornmeal in demand, oats firmer, and stocks updated across Boston, Grand Junction, and Maine facilities.

Pasher Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Graham Boston Grand Junction Boston & Maine East Boston East Fitchburg Eeeeaseee Syalge

Fruit Market Report and Arrivals Steamer Schedule

The market remains firm with steady trade in Valencia oranges Sicily lemons and Florida fruits. Prices noted for Brights and russets, Valencia oranges at $4 per case, Sicily lemons at $2.75 to 3.25 per box, and fancy Indian River fruit at $4.50 per box. Steamer arrivals include Athens with Valencia oranges Messina fruit and Palermo produce for Boston, Bessarabia with 24,700 boxes of oranges and lemons bound for Boston, and Thomas Anderson from Palermo with 13,740 boxes oranges and 15,500 boxes lemons. Provision trade shows unchanged tone with receipts of tallow pork lard hams and bacon. Sugar and molasses markets steady with export sales at London prices. molasses supplies and prices vary by grade.

New York Chicago Liverpool Egar St Louis Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Hebrons Burbanks White Star New Brunswick Nova_ Scotia Nova Scotia Jerseys Floridas Valencia Key West White Cape St Andrews Hubbard Norfolk Florida Mississippi Havana Sicily Athens Messina Palermo Catania Boston Bessarabia Gibraltar Boson Thomas Anderson Christian Johnson Banes Bananas Seaverns & Co. i Slamborough Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company WW & CR Noyes Cuba Manilas Llolos Javas London Gcnet New Orleans Cienfuegos Barbados Bost England Belgium Port Antonio Porto Rico Scotia Aimals Seve Agricultural Immans Naval Cos India Langley Scotland British West” Indies Dutch Guiana Nicaragua

PRINT CLOTH MARKETS AND COTTON PRICES REPORT

Fall River reports print cloth market firm at 3.4 cents for 64x64 cloth. Cotton markets show steady New York prices across uplands and middling ranges with futures opening firm and closing steady. Liverpool sales and receipts listed along with other U S and international market notes. Futures and cash prices across Augusta Galveston New Orleans and other ports summarized.

Fall River New York Uplands Ceee Ceeeee Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Quiet Norfolk Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Brit Continent United States

Grain futures and cash prices show mixed April to December bids

Closing grain prices in St Louis, Minneapolis, Duluth and Milwaukee reveal varied bids and asks for Wheat Corn and Oats. Wheat cash quotes range from 72 to 86 percent in several months with March and May bids or asks. Corn shows 26 to 37 percent ranges. Oats mostly around 27 to 28 percent.

St Louis Minneapolis Northern Duluth Milwaukee

Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Prices Show Mixed Markets

Cattle receipts and prices shift across markets with cattle in Kansas City steadier to stronger for shipping steers and stockers and feeders, hogs mostly steady to higher, sows and heavy backs higher, and sheep firm to strong. Chicago reports sizable receipts with beeves and steers selling higher, stockers and feeders firm, hogs lifting, and sheep steady with Western cornfed and Texans carrying solid values.

Kansas City Chicago Texas

Oil Market Update with Closing Certificates and Prices

Prescott & Co reports pipeline certificates closing at 12 m on March 29 and March 30 1889. Charter crude runs total 78,738 barrels with average 63,011 since the 1st. Whiskey markets in Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati show steady to firm at around 102 to 105 per gallon. Turpentine resin tar petroleum prices move NY and charted at 4144c 12245 225 and 7.50c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.40c.

FE W Prescott & Co Devonshire Street LO Am satele/liphelpen ee Ceeeere Ees IGS Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati New York

Wheat and corn markets steady in London and Liverpool

London cargoes show wheat steady with slow demand for corn and mixed signals across markets. Liverpool reports quiet demand for breadstuffs with steady or unchanged prices for wheat and corn and steady pork bacon lard and cheese priced firm on the day.

London Mark Lane Liverpool

Imports March 31 1890 Logwood Rags and Lua Goods

Lists shipments at Black River Trinidad and Ponce with brig Kathleen brig Ellie Carter and steamer Yarmouth. Entries cover 231 tons logwood 462 bales rags 1074 coils wire 266 bales steel 8437 bags sugar 255 puncheons molasses and lobster crates eggs and fish products. Includes firms Barking Bros Nash Spaulding Yarmouth J G Hall H F Hammound Barclay & co and others.

Black River Jam Kathleen Barclay Apollo Baring Bros & Co Louis Wolf & Co Thorpe & Adarms Abram French & Co Houghton & Jrutton Barington & Co HB Jackson Hollman & Co Leecoander & Co Stone & Downer Crowell & Co Trinidad Cuba Robert Nash, Spaulding & Co Ponce Ellie Clements & Co Barclay & Co Ellis & Co Hutchinson

Port Gilber t exports and ship cargoes in 1890 list

A condensed log of shipping cargoes and exports dated March 31 1890. Entries include Watchelder Fowle and Hibbard for paper stock bedding and groceries at Port Gilbert NS with consignments to Dunbar Davis and American Express, plus Sch G M Warner flour bran oats meal and more. Morien at Liverpool NL carries flour oats cornmeal beef tongues oysters and lunch bits, while Kong Frose at Port Antonio Jamaica shows feed boxes herring hardware tools and flour among goods.

Port Gilbert Liverpool L Do Corp Port Antonio Jam

Trans-Pacific rail and steamship expansion spurs

Portland to China and Japan ports to gain a monthly steamer service by Union Pacific. Mellen signs in San Francisco. Rivalries with Southern Pacific Pacific Mail and Canadian Pacific shift flour and tea freight, with Tacoma San Diego and New York on the horizon. Guatemala shows a $21,312,500 gold loan to build the Northern railroad and finance a mortgage bank. Copartner notices dissolve and new firms form in Boston real estate and investment. Dividends declared by Boston banks and corporations.

Portland China Japan Union Pacific San Francisco Mellen Southern Pacific Pacific Mail Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific Occidental & Oriental Company Ogden Omaha Ocean Oregon Washington trans-Pacific Pacific Coast Vancouver Oriental & Occidental Tacoma Santa Fe San Diego New York Mexico Guatemala Henry L. F. Cottle Atlantic Ocean Central Railway Pacific Ocean Republic Guatemala Central

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