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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1891
Page
7
The report notes unsettled Wheat markets and firmer pork beef and lamb prices with butter easing and eggs weak. Retail trade has been active on pleasant days, but severe weekend storms slowed wholesale demand. March trade lacked momentum though optimism for April persists amid expectations of improved demand and steady distributions.
Report of receipts for 1891 and 1890 detailing cotton seed meal corn wheat oats and malt volumes. Inspections show mixed grades across 73 cars with 15 wheat 32 corn 26 oats. Elevator stock figures compare April 6 1891 March 30 1891 and April 7 1891 across corn oats rye barley wheat malt and other grains. New York visible supply and Chicago market prices summarized for April 4 to April 6 with futures and cash figures and market notes from Farnum Reardon & Co and Gilman Cheeney & Co.
A dense list shows values and goods by country including BUENOS AYRES Nova Scotia Melbourne and Scotland with items such as hides, fish, lumber, sugar, molasses, wool, paper stock, provisions, vegetables, and manufactured goods. Totals for regions and categories are provided alongside commodity details and port highlights.
The Minneapolis market shows wheat prices across No. 1 hard and Northern grades with December at 1034, May around 100, and on-track values near 104. Corn and oats trade quiet amid Chicago uncertainty, with steamer yellow corn at 83c and steamer mixed at 82c per bushel. Oats show moderate demand and several white oat price points, while rye, barley, and malt markets remain subdued with various State and Canada grades quoted. Millfeed demand is moderate with spring bran at 25.50 and winter at 26.50 per ton, Middlings 25.6-27, and cotton seed meal at 27-28 arriving or spot.
Receipts today show flour, meal, and cornmeal with firm prices and steady demand. Flour prices range from 3 4 to 6 10 per barrel for various grades, with miller quotes higher by about 26 cents a barrel for jobbers. Canadian flour export notes and rye flour jobbing lots are listed. meal and oatmeal markets are quiet with cornmeal at 1 56 to 1 58 per bag and 3 56 to 3 60 per barrel. Ground and cut oats priced 7 25 to 6 50 per barrel.
Receipts list hogs by name and number with pork products in fair demand. Beef, veal, lambs, and mutton show varied firmness with fresh beef unchanged. Easterns Brigitons and Chicago references appear. New York tallow quiet. Chicago prices for pork and meat futures show openings and closings across May July contracts.
Special to the Post reports mixed livestock futures across Kansas City Chicago Peoria Cincinnati and St Louis. Cattle prices range from native cows to bulls with steers at 4 4 5 per unit and hogs generally softer or steady with prime weights near 5 2 0. Sheep hold around 5 0 0 while shipments and receipts color the market mood.
The butter market shows softness with Western extra creamery at 28c and other grades ranging down to 20c. New York and Vermont markets remain weak or steady in parts, while Chicago and Baltimore display weak or unchanged tones. Egg and poultry markets soften with higher offerings and slow demand. turkey and chicken prices fall modestly alongside subdued bean activity.
The report notes pea prices from 2.15 to 2.70 per unit with strong tones but flat demand. Potatoes show large offerings with few quoted lower prices and moderate demand. Hay supplies are liberal with wide ranges from 9 to 14 for rough grades, and rye straw selling weakly at 17 to 18 per unit. Sweet potatoes stay quiet but firm at 275 per barrel for choice.
A lengthy catalog of produce prices across varieties and regions. Native spinach and Southern cabbage lead at varying per bush or bbl rates, with onions, beets, lettuce, squashes, cucumbers, beans, peas, tomatoes, and more priced by crate, dozen, box, or each. Prices span cents to dollars, reflecting broad market listings.
The market shows large orange supplies with varied prices and modest demand. Florida fruit receipts total 3232 packages, with detailed pricing for boxes and half boxes of oranges, mandarins, and grape fruit, alongside lemon and orange quotations from Palermo and Messina in the Mediterranean section. Apples, cranberries, nuts, and dried fruit are listed with current bids and availability, and a few Florida strawberries sell at 25 to 40 cents per quart.
The Andrea Lovico sailed from Palermo January 21 with 7000 boxes Palermo oranges and 3400 boxes lemons for Boston. The Pontiac passed Gibraltar March 24 with 17 000 boxes oranges and 9250 boxes lemons for Boston, due April 9. Tynehead sailed March 24 from Palermo for Boston with Messina and Palermo fruit plus Catania oranges and lemons in multiple box counts. Peconic sailed April 1 from Palermo for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons. Hangesund due April 9 with Baracoa bananas for Boston. Bowden due today with Jamaica bananas to Boston Fruit Co. Sama due next Friday with Jamaica bananas to Boston Fruit Co. Alfred Dumois due April 8 with Banes bananas to Seaverns Co. Savannah boat arrived yesterday with 2540 boxes oranges and 18 refrigerators of strawberries.
New York middling uplands at nine cents with 112 bales traded and stock at 148280 bales. Futures quiet to steady. New York sales 43000 bales. Liverpool market dull with 7000 bales sold, 5500 American, receipts 25000 bales. Futures closed quiet and steady. stock and consignments detailed for Atlantic markets.
At London's wool sale on April 6 about 10 600 bales were offered mostly moderate quality. Continental buyers were sizable while poorer lots lagged. Expect further advances in Melbourne Victoria New South Wales Cape of Good Hope and Natal wools with strong demand for good varieties.
The American Sugar Refining Company set prices for refined sugar with pulverized at 5 and powdered at 4 and granulated and fine at 4 44. The notice lists strong market action and price levels for different sugar forms.
Raw sugar remains firm while refined grade prices hold. The Revere Company quotes 45c for refined granulated. wholesale grocers list 4.75c for granulated and 4.81c for fine on April 7. Molasses market steady with New Orleans new crop at 30-32c, old crop Ponce 25-30c, new crop 35c. London cable notes cane quiet and beet firm with overall prices unchanged.
Fall River reports a mild price increase for print cloths as the market firms and remains quiet. Quotations show 64x64s at 3c, 60x66s at 25s%c, with a 1 percent decrease.
Turpentine quoted at 40 40 1 2 cents with resin around 15742 160 and tar at 24774. Petroleum closed at 6.90 cents with RSW at 7.20 and cases at 9.30 cents.
The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 117 cents per gallon while Cincinnati and St. Louis hold steady at 116 cents, signaling stable regional pricing amid ongoing market conditions.
Beerbohm notes cargoes off coast wheat and corn quiet but firm on passage wheat quiet corn quieter at sea. Mark Lane prices show firm English and American flour with various corn types steady. Liverpool breadstuffs reflect steady wheat, easy prices for California and club wheat, pork steady, bacon and lard weaker, cheese lower.
Closing times listed for certificates at F. W. Prescott and Co. show April 4 and April 5, 1890, with various figures on crude runs shipments and refinery metrics. Additional cotton seed oil certificates indicate a closing notation with crude and refined figures and prices.
A dense ledger style inventory lists shipments and commodities across multiple ports including Port Antonio Port Gilberts Bear River Rose Blanche Saint Jacques Liverpool Calcutta Trinidad Yarmouth Place River Ponce Demerara Ning Havana and more. It details steamer cargoes bales boxes cases and bags of flour sugar rice kerosene oil and numerous manufactured goods with numerous firms and traders such as Smith & Dorve Mgs Co Baring Bros Co J L & D S Ricker Murdock Parlor Grate Co Estes & Laur iat and many others.
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