Lumber Market Shifts With Better Weather and Spruce Demand
Better weather boosts lumber movement as spruce prices firm and mills exceed supply fears. Stronger mills now control prices with 50 cent hikes, but plenty of lumber remains available. Car spruce demand stays steady. frames command 14 to 18 dollars, yard orders 13 to 14, randoms opening near 13.50, No. 1 floors at 19 to 20, No. 2 at 16 to 17, green boards modest at 9 to 13. Hemlock boards firm at 12.60 planed and 11.50 rough. Pennsylvania hemlock at 18.14. Box boards quiet, inch 11.50 to 12, half inch 10.10 to 10.50, and smaller lots down to 8.75.
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Maine
New Brunswick
Connecticut Valley
Spruce
Pennsylvania
Southern
North Carolina
Atlantic
Gulf
Collin
Flour and Meal Prices and Stocks in 1891
The report shows March 31 stock levels for flour in various warehouses and depots, with totals near 129,467 bbls and 54,000 stores. It lists export through Grand Junction and Boston & Maine stocks, compares with February and March 1890, and quotes current flour prices by grade, along with firm meal and cornmeal markets and oatmeals.
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Grand Junction RR
Boston & Maine
Grand Junction
Dbis
Minnesota
F.o. B
The Provision Trade Receipts and Market Notes
The article lists receipts for 1891 and 1890 with garbled vendor entries, then details pork product demand as quiet, pork prices barely steady, beef lard lamb and veal prices, and a steady New York tallow market. It notes Chicago markets were quiet and heavy with subdued outside buying and suggests prices may rise later this year.
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Market Report of Cattle Hogs and Sheep Across Cities
Kansas City reports strong cattle demand with steers at 4 90 to 6 90 and cows 2 25 to 4 25, hogs rising and firm with many lots around 4 50 to 4 75, sheep receipts about 1100 steady at 3 45 to 5 50. Cincinnati and St Louis show firmer hog prices around 4 65 to 4 75, Chicago cattle steady to weak with steers up to 6 00 and hogs mostly 3 50 to 4 50, natives and Western sheep priced 4 50 to 5 75.
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Kansas City
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Butter and dairy product prices slip in quiet market
The butter market is very quiet with prices lower and offerings liberal but demand light. Creamery and dairy items show varied declines across Western and Eastern markets with New York, Baltimore, and Chicago quotes softening. eggs and poultry also ease as supplies stay ample and demand remains weak.
Truck Market Quiet After Stable Base Price Shift
The market notes a calm trucking sector with unchanged tone aside from a base price cut to 1 io bbl and a notable rise in Southern spinach priced at 8 350 P per bushel, signaling selective commodity moves.
Fruit market receipts show modest gains this season
Florida orange receipts reached 6010 packages and apples 872 barrels, compared with 8 packages and 313 barrels last year, indicating little overall shift in the fruit market despite higher volumes this year.
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Florida
Fruit shipments from Harris & Co. on S S James Turpie
Messrs H Harris and Co sold fruit on the sailing ship James Turpie. Palermo lemons priced at 1 62142 5 3732 P box and 3 75 5 40 P case. Messina lemons 2 50 3 box. Palermo oranges 50c per box and 50c per 2 60 half Ox.
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Messrs. H. Harris & Co
S.S
James Turpie
Palermo
Messina
Steamers to Arrive with Citrus Shipments to Boston
The Andrea Lovico sailed from Palermo January 21 carrying 7000 boxes oranges and 3400 boxes lemons for Boston. The Pontiac passed Gibraltar March 24 with 17000 boxes oranges and 9250 boxes lemons for Boston, due April 9. Ethelwold arrived with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Albert due today with Bara coa bananas to Rogers Kendall Thatcher. Wergelands due today with Baracoa bananas. Tynedale bound for Boston with 4300 half boxes and 1300 boxes Messina oranges 1100 Messina lemons 850 Palermo oranges 8500 Palermo half boxes 7400 Palermo lemons 1200 Catania oranges 1100 Catania lemons 1000 boxes and 1100 half boxes Catania lemons. Peconic bound for Boston with 2600 boxes and 1700 half boxes Messina oranges and 3000 Messina lemons. Savannah boat arrived yesterday with 5700 boxes Florida oranges and 17 refrigerators of strawberries.
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Andrea Lovico
Palermo
Boston
Pontiac
Gibraltar
Ethelwold
Boston Fruit Company
Albert
Rogers, Kendall & Thatcher
Wergelands
Tynedale
Catania
Peconic
New York Spot Cotton Dull at 9 Cents with Large Stocks
The New York spot market held dull at 9 cents for middling uplands with 100 bales sold and stock rising to 149,745 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed steady with prices listed for March, May, June, July, and later months. Across other ports, markets were generally quiet to steady with modest mid-range quotes, while domestic and export totals show four day receipts of 59,399 bales and world-wide stocks at 664,305 bales.
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Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Tone
Sugar markets show quiet demand for refined and granulated types with price changes expected today. American Sugar Refining and Revere Company quoted specific granulated and fine prices, while wholesale grocers posted April 1 rates. Raw sugar remains quiet and firm with London March April and Java quotes noted. molasses from New Orleans steady in moderate demand and foreign grades quiet.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Revere Company
London Cable
Java
New Orleans
Peoria Whiskey Market Holds Firm At 117 Dollars
Peoria market observers report the whiskey price steady at 117 dollars with traders noting stable demand and limited supply. Industry sources indicate continued cautious buying and a balanced bid side, keeping prices near the current level.
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Peoria
Prices and livestock figures from March 31 1891 market report
The Boston Post report shows weekly livestock totals for New England and Canada, with Massachusetts and Vermont figures, plus car counts on major roads. Beef prices range from first to third quality, store cattle by class, and swine prices for live and dressed hogs.
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Boston Post
George J. Fox
Boston & Maine
Boston & Lowell
Fitchburg
Eastern
Imports and Exports March 31, 1891
Listing ship cargoes and orders from Garacoa Seaverns & Co and Melbourne Benj F Hunt Jr. including 7200 bunches bananas 5272 Wales wool medicines sugar ironware potatoes apples cocoanuts and other goods. Halifax steamer and George Rockwell & Son noted. miscellaneous orders and cargos.
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Garacoa
Banes
Seaverns & Co
Melbourne
Benj F Hunt
Wales
Janning
George Rockwell & Son
Cuba
Halifax
Shipping List Fragments Across Ports Include Varied Goods
The report catalogs cargo details from multiple ships and ports including Yarmouth Nova Scotia Plympton Nova Scotia Rotterdam Hamburg Liverpool England and Cephalonia. Items listed cover flour corn meal beef kerosene cotton waste grease copper tallow dairy products machinery furniture stock and numerous household goods. The entries note quantities such as bales sacks barrels crates cords and bags reflecting a broad mix of traded commodities and ship cargoes in transit.
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Yarmouth
Plympton
George M Warren
Rotterdam
Hamburg
Ripon City
Liverpool
England
Cephalonia
Neez
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