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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1889

Page

7

Wall Street Mixed as Bonds and Stocks Show Varied Moves

Money on call remains easy at 3 percent with last loan 8 percent and 3 percent closing. Prime mercantile paper in fair demand as supply stays light. government and railroad bonds steady to strong. Stocks start higher but drift, Atchison and Missouri Pacific lead gains before weakening. bonds active with Jersey Central and Central Pacific notable up moves.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Atchison, Missouri Pacific Grangers Reading Atchison, Burlington Missouri Pacific Jersey Central Mackinac & Maronelte Houston &Texas Foxville & Ohio Metropolitan New Jersey Junction Central Pacific Manitoba International

Market Summary From Chicago and New York Grain Markets

Grain and meat prices are listed as steady or quiet across cereals and livestock. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley show muted activity with mixed regional quotes. flour varieties and millfeeds hold steady. beef, pork, and poultry demand mostly unchanged. potatoes and hay market steady with large supplies and subdued trading.

Palermo Cargoes Sail For Boston From Palermo

Palermo oranges and 13 900 boxes Palermo lemons sailed from Palermo for Boston March 27. The steamer Wallachia with 15 000 boxes oranges and 12 000 boxes lemons for Boston passed Gibraltar April 1.

Palermo Boston Wallachia Gibraltar

London Money Market Shows Plentiful Conditions and Rising Trusts

The London market reports ample money with Goschen's £1.5 million repayment on Consols and falling demand. Bank bullion increases and a possible rate cut loom. Stocks rise across sectors, driven by investment trusts, railway securities boom, and brewing and mining sectors drawing attention amid new trust formations and silver ore finds at Lake Superior.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canada Pacific Erie Ilinois St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Paris Board of Trade Ondon Goschen Riday Viscount Bank of England Stock Exchange Wall Street Guinness Detroit Lake Superior

Wheat and corn markets steady in Liverpool and Paris notes

London and Liverpool market bulletins describe cargo activity off the coast with wheat quiet and corn firm. Futures steady at Liverpool with prices for California wheat and Paris May and April wheat and flour quoted. breadstuffs edges and provisions, including pork and lard, shown with current bid levels and market tone.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California

Fall River Cloth Market Shows Firm Demand and Strong Output

Fall River reports production at 140000 pieces, deliveries 138000, stock 5000, sales 206000, spot 24000, futures 182000. price 313-16c for 64x64s and 34cc for 60x56s. Market firm and active with robust activity despite steady prices. Providence market quieter with declines to 3138-16c for64s spots and 313-16c for futures to July and 3%4c to October. pods limited though 56x60s fetch 342c. Weekly sales total 5500 pieces with 1000 64x64s spots at 4c, 2000 64x64s spots at 3%gc, 2500 56x60s spots at 342c. stock 15000 pieces 648 no 56x60s.

Fall River Providence Ape

Wool sales in London attract best sale of series

London April 6 thinner attendance yet brisk competition as bidders from home and continental buyers pushed prices. Offerings total 13,823 bales with 200 withdrawn. available stock 249,434. Regions listed include Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania New Zealand and Cape of Good Hope with varied greasy scoured and locks and pieces prices per bale and unit recorded.

London Victoria New South Wales Queensland Iss Southustralia Tasmanian New Zealand Capes of Good Hope Natal

Wheat futures drift lower as July gains fade in Chicago report

Farnum, Reardon & Co note quiet wheat trading with selling by bulls and Bloom pushing July down from June levels. Demand light abroad, slight crop damage not lifting prices. Liverpool demand subdued. CS Williams & Co list intraday openings and closing ranges for Wheat, Corn and Oats across April to July.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co Liverpool CS Williams & Co New York St Louis

John E. Welsh Firm Located at 201 State Street

The market report notes a relocation of receipts figures from the staples table to the regular market report under each commodity. The address 201 State Street is referenced in connection with John E. Welsh.

State Street

Flour and Grain Prices and Receipts Report

Market report shows domestic flour ranges and futures for diverse grain goods. Inspections today total 30 cars with mixed corn and oats. weekly receipts list flour, meal, corn, wheat, oats, millfeed, malt, hops among many items. year-ago figures cited. Prices quoted for flour and composite grain products in various grades and regional markets.

Butter and dairy prices drift with steady receipts

Butter receipts today 641 pkgs vs 832 last year. week total 10 245 vs 10 298. Prices steady to firmer on low rices of creameries. Western and Vermont grades quoted across 16 26c and 19 25c ranges. Egg and beans markets mixed with quiet demand. creameries, imitations, and jobbing prices adjust marginally.

Vermont Cincinnati St Louis Chicago New York Baltimore North Choice Goa Iest Sage Liverpool Michigan Southern California

Market price list for vegetables and produce

A historical price roundup lists Marrow squash at 60 dollars per ton Hubbard at 80 dollars per ton Savoy cabbage 90 cents per pound and other greens and roots with prices for pails crates bush boxes and dozens including onions Bermuda onions and Spanish onions priced at 125 to 175 per crate beet greens priced at 125 per bush and cucumbers 2 dollars per dot rhubarb ten cents per bunch parsley 125 per bush and radishes turnips and kale among other items.

Hubbard Bermuda St Andrews Norfolk Baltimore

Provisions Market Report From Chicago and Cities

Chicago markets show dull provisions with sluggish trade across pork lard and hams. Reports detail receipts, prices, and latest quotes for pork products, beef, and fresh meats across Chicago New York St Louis Cincinnati and Brighton markets amid steady demand and mixed supply.

Hog and cattle market summary across major U S yards

StockYards Kansas City receipts cattle 2051 strong by class native cows mixed butchers stockers and feeders up to 653 15 hogs 4314 strong heavies 450 465 medium lights 467 4 6242 pigs 4567 4 62 sheep receipts 877 market steady at 336 500 St Louis hogs stronger York ers 475 485 mixed packers 465 475 butchers extra 484 96 Peoria hogs firmer 470 485 Cincinnati hogs steady 404 95 Chicago cattle receipts 2500 shipments 1000 strong higher beeves 430 450 steers 340 425 stockers 345 355 cows bulls mixed 140 340 hogs receipts 8500 shipments 4000 strong higher mixed 480 500 heavy 475 502 heat 480 505 ships 30450 Sheep receipts 8000 shipments 1000 strong natives 390 550 Western corn fed 450 630 lambs 450 645

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago

Maranda Freighted with Bananas for Boston Fruit Co

The Maranda is due midweek from Jamaica carrying bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Naranja with 2750 cases Valencia oranges for Boston passed Gibraltar on April 2. The Aberlady Bay with 9300 boxes...

Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Boston Gibraltar Aberlady Bay

Auction Sale of Florida Oranges by Snow & Co

Snow and Co to auction 900 boxes of Florida oranges on Monday. The event promises bulk fruit sale details and bidders should register beforehand.

Snow & Co Florida

Fruit Market Receipts and Prices Report

Apples receipts today 640 bbls up from last year 616 bbls. Week receipts 3261 bbls vs 3406 last year. Market unchanged with large supply and quiet demand. Grape fruit steady at 3 per box. Oranges and lemons show varied receipts and steady demand with several price quotes for Messina Palermo Valencia and Florida varieties. Dried apples dull but steady, strawberries light with near term large receipts expected.

Baldwins Northern Spy Tallman Sweets Greenings Messina Palermo Florida Jersey

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar receipts compare this year and last with 1759 barrels or 1440 bags today, and weekly totals of 2623 barrels and 1276 hhds. Prices show a quiet steady raw sugar market with assorted refiners and U S quotes, while Havana notes a crop shortfall and declines in sugar sales. Molasses receipts rise with firm prices and steady demand, Porto Rico and New Orleans grades listed, and freight costs reported for U S shipments.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Havana Cienfuegos Guantanamo Manzanilla Quintal Matanzas United States Forth Coast Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans

New York Cotton Market Tests After Strong Overnight Rise

In New York cotton rose 3 to 4 points with Liverpool up 1 to 2 as 10,000 bales traded. August led activity and May and August supplied half the business. Siedenburg and German houses were buyers, while local demand covered shorts. Weekly interior receipts reached 11,792 bales and seaport receipts 32,000 to 35,000 bales. visible supply 2,441,022 against 2,631,798 last year. Prices closed steady with middling uplands at 10 1/4 cents and futures opening quiet and ending firm. Liverpool spot climbed to 54d for middling uplands amid 14,100 bales received, all American. Market commentary notes selling pressure near 10.40c for August, with the day’s total 40,100 bales traded.

Minnesota St Louis Milwaukee Chicago New York Toledo Detroit Minneapolis A & New York Peoria State C. F . St Louis Canada Michigan Lima West Red Top Jersey Houlton Hebrons Bush Houlton Rose Nova Scotia New Brunswick Hebrons Jebrons Burbanks Bermuda Florida Estern Continent Cincinnati Boston Cominon Brighton Liverpool Siedenburg Great Britain France Ccsccecie Ccee Shinbey Aca Ween Mabyod LOO Danie ADIL Sa Cie Augusta Mid Lodge Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore CincinnatimNet

Miscellaneous Market Receipts and Prices Report

Tallow receipts today total 105 barrels 8 bags and 3 pigs compared with 34 barrels 4 birds last year. Week receipts 422 barrels 28 bags versus 340 barrels 5 tierces 15 bags last year. City rendered at 4 percent 4c country 44 4 percent ac grease 2 4 percent ec. New York market notes turpentine closed at 45 4c resin 1234 115 tar nominal petro leum at 7.20c RSW 7c cases 9c. Coffee Rio firm with 18 4 cents western markets steady and quiet.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports April 7, 1889 Hamburg and Melbourne cargoes

A dated ledger style report lists shipments arriving at Hamburg via Antwerp and Melbourne with details on cargoes from various firms. Goods include woollens, glass, china, earthenware, toys, accordions, musical goods, rubber, rags, madder, hides, palm oil, palm kernels, gum copaiba, dry hides, parrots, goats, and monkeys, with firms such as Horace Partridge & Co, Jones McDuffee Stratton, Hyer Bros, Olier Ditson, Gossler & Co, Baring Bros & Co, Brown Bros & Co, and N Chapin identified. The Carlotta schooner delivers hides and the Bark Frigga ships greasy wool. details reflect 19th century port imports and export activity.

Hamburg Antwerp Banmwall Stone & Downer China Horace Partridge & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Hyer Bros Olier Ditson Massachusetts Institute of Technology India Rubber Gossler & Co Brown Bros & Co Appam Wca Elmiranda

Exports Reported Across Multiple Ports in 1889

Detailed cargo listings from Glasgow Halifax Cardenas Pierre and Liverpool show vast shipments including flour oats hams bacon lard beef cheese and various goods. Entries name steamer vessels such as Siberian Carroll Halifax Bavarian and Regina with quantities and destinations like NL NS NS Eng and Cuba and England.

Glasgow Scot Siberian Halifax Cardenas Cuba Georgia Pierre Mig Regina Liverpool Eng

Boots and Shoes Makers in Cities Affected by Market

A long list of boot and shoe firm representatives from major cities like Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Buffalo Charlotte Charleston Cincinnati Chicago Evansville Galveston Huntington Indianapolis Kansas City Louisville Macon Nashville New York Norfolk Philadelphia St Louis St Paul Syracuse Toledo and more. The ad names firms and agents such as Moore Marsh & Co Dixon & Co Patterson Slingluff Halle Nixon Vandergrift Van dergrift Shoe Co Rich & Biederman Ramsdell Sweet Wittkowsky Payne McGahan Drake Dovenmuehle Greensfelder Brooks Leonard Doe Howell Gillespie Hinkle Dixon Carnahan Blum Richardson Branham Moore H Frank & Co Murray Hollins Carter Lawless Herman Fisher Parsons Brickhouse Cannon Foster Else Schafer Kelley Lindsley Gotzian Schulze West Nettleton Bell Wollner among others.

Atlanta J A Smith Moore, Marsh & Co Baltimore J B Dixon W T Dixon & Bro T G Patterson Patterson, Renshaw & Co H Slingluff Slingluff Disney & Co I Halle S Halle & Son E D Nixon Allnutt, Nixon & Goldsborough Birmingham Charleston K Payne Payne Shoe Co Tre A S Brown McGahan, Brown & Evans C M Drake M Drake & Son Cincinnati J Gates J Gates & Co J B Coughlin Butteworth & Co Crance J Benckenstein J Benckenstein & O Chicago J M Schnadig Schnadig Bros & Co Dovenmnuehle Dovenmuehle & Son N Greensfelder Greensfelder Florsheim & Co W C Brooks Brooks, Bros, Tre A G Leonard Re. Evansville Ind L Dixon Dixon, Mackey & Co Fort Wayne L Carnahan Carnahan & Co Galveston Tex A Blum L & H Blum Bornelaville W Richardson W Richardson & Co Indianapolis E Branham McKee & Branham Kansas City L W Marks Lederman & Marks Ee Tenn E E McMillan McMillan Tenn J M Goodbar Goodbar & Co Memphis C H Vogel L 5 Hill His & Sons Cs Mobile Ire Montgomery Ala C A Stern C A Stern & Co Ad. Natchez Miss C Moore H Frank & Co Nashville S Murray Murray, Dibrell & Co R Hollins St Louis J H Schafer Schafer, Swarts & Co T Kelley Kelley, Goodfellow & 70 B Lindsley Orr & Lindsley Shoe L Opel Dittman Boot and Shoe Co AG. St. Louis A D Brown Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co A H Clark Clark Shoe Co C Stribling Tennent, Stribling Bas Shoe Co T Paul W Freeman Gotzian & Co St Paul Henry Foot E Nettleton & Co Toledo W Bell H Lane & Co Ala—M Wollner Wollner & Lowenstein

Also Mentioned on This Page

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