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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1891
Page
7
Liberal fish receipts in New York and Boston push easy cod and haddock prices while large corn wheat and oats receipts keep markets unsettled. Hogs and cattle trade shows firm to steady patterns across St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago with cautious gains and uneven demand.
Receipts today 1890 1890 show corn oats millfeed barley and cotton seed meal figures. Inspections total 41 cars including 6 wheat 18 corn 17 oats with variety grades. Chicago wheat market rose to 105 for May then eased 4 cents from day’s high and 4 cents below last night.
Receipts listed for 1891 and 1890 with flour and meal markets described as firm. Prices quoted by millers show clear ranges for fine to patent flours, winter and spring wheat clears, and Canadian export grades. Rye flour demand remains limited to jobbing lots while meal and cornmeal show quiet to steady levels with oats steady and rolled or ground options priced per barrel or bag.
Market notes show pork and lard prices firm with unchanged fresh beef demand. Lambs strong at 11 12c, mutton 9 10c, veal 11 12c. New York tallow quiet at 5c. Chicago provisions quiet. May delivery suggested to shift to July or September. Prices for Park and Lara futures listed with May and July columns.
Cattle prices move firm to higher with shipments active in Kansas City. Strong to portable gains in steers and heifers with bulk sales around four dollars ninety five. Chicago receipts 6,000 and shipments 3,000 with steers selling up to five eighty.
Butter supplies tight and prices firm across grades from Western extra creamery to factory choice. Cheese remains short with Northern and Western lines firm. eggs show large receipts easing prices. Fresh poultry volumes are limited with steady to higher meat values. bean and pea markets hold firm with moderate receipts. Potatoes and hay markets show steady demand and maintained prices amid ample supplies.
A fragment lists numerous vegetables with quoted prices per unit or container. Items include spinach at 50c, Southern cabbage at 2 to 2.25 per barrel, kale 50 to 76c, onions at various bbl and crate rates, carrots 75c per bush, beets 76c per bush, lettuce 50 to 76c per head, turnips 90c per barrel, cucumbers 15 to 18c each, hot bed dandelions 1 bush, cauliflower 1.50 per dozen, tomatoes 2.50 per crate, and other produce with regionally varied pricing.
Florida fruit receipts were low with 250 hogs last year demand for oranges steady. Med fruits show fair orange demand and strong lemon interest with Palermo and Messina varieties offered. Apples receipts down from last year with moderate demand and listed prices. cranberries, nuts, and dried fruits quoted with various counts and box/bushel pricing. Strawberries in Florida sold at 25 to 40 cents per quart.
The Pontiac delivered 17000 oranges and 9250 lemons for Boston. Tynehead carried 4300 half boxes and 1300 boxes Messina oranges, 1100 Messina lemons, 850 Palermo oranges, 8500 Palermo lemons, 1200 Catania oranges and 1100 Catania lemons, 1000 Catania lemons. Peconic sailed from Palermo with 2600 boxes and 1700 half boxes Messina oranges and 3000 Messina lemons, 6900 half Palermo oranges and 7200 Palermo lemons. Sama arrived with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Hexham loading at Mediterranean ports for Boston. Ethelred due next Wednesday and Kong Frode Thursday with Jamaica bananas to Boston. Managua due April 15 with bananas from Baracoa. Savannah boat due Monday with 2300 boxes oranges and 25 refrigerators of strawberries. Norfolk boat arrived with 1100 bags peanuts and 2000 boxes truck. New York boat arrived with 2600 boxes oranges.
Bananas sold by the steamer Sama with No 1s at 185 dollars No 2s at 80 cents No 8s at 45 cents 8 hands at 125 dollars per bunch. Harris & Co. sold Ex-bark Andrea Lovico Palermo fruit with Palermo oranges at 50 cents and 2.15 per box, Palermo lemons at 2.42 per 12% box. Bark fruit in pre condition due to long voyage. Florida oranges priced at 13742 3 265.
London reports April 10 with 12,200 bales offered at wool sales. Port Philip and Queensland greasy merinos drew spirited competition amid good attendance. Cape of Good Hope and Natal wools sold well while faulty scoured wools were noted.
Buyers in France and home purchasers dominated the offerings with large lots sold. Prices ranged across regions including New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia and the Cape of Good Hope and Natal with scoured greasy and locks and pieces varying. A circular from Charles Balme & Co. notes the market has hardened with good combing merinos up about five percent from February. crossbreds steady.
The New York spot cotton market was quiet at 15 16c for middling uplands with 125 bales sold and 151 791 bales in stock. Futures opened firm and closed steady with 53 200 bales traded. prices for April to February ranged from 8.63c to 9.15c. Liverpool market dull with 8 13 16d middling. 8 000 bales traded, American supply 7 000. Domestic markets show varied sentiment from quiet to steady across Augusta to Philadelphia with regional receipts and exports tallied for the week and year.
Fall River market report notes a quiet steady close with moderate weekly trade. Manufacturers price cautiously amid anticipated three week business shift. closing prices list 3c for 64x648 and 25c less 1 percent for 60x64s.
Closing times and openings for pipeline certificates set for April 9 and 10 1890 with high and low rates cited. Crude and refined shipments listed with averages since the first of the month and totals for Avril 7. Cotton seed oil certificates show rates opened and closed around 26 percent.
Sugar markets remain firm with active demand for refined sugar. Prices from American Sugar Refining Company span pulverized to confectioners' standards. Revere's refined granulated at 4 3/4c. Wholesale grocers quote 4.75c granulated and 4.81c fine. Raw sugar firm. molasses steady with moderate demand. New Orleans new crop ranged 30 33c, centrifugals 16 20c. Ponce old crop 30 33c, new crop 36c. gal lon quality 25 30c.
Havana reports 15,000 pias of centrifugal sugar sold for speculation at 96 to 97 degrees polarization, price 350 gold per quintal.
New York market quotes show turpentine at 40 41 cents per gallon, resin range 165 170 dollars, tar at 247 percent. Petroleum closed at 6.85 cents, with RSW at 7.20 cents and cases at 9.20 cents.
Peoria market remains firm at 117 dollars while Cincinnati and St Louis hold at 116 dollars. The report notes stable pricing across the three markets with no change in value from the previous session. Traders cite steady demand and limited supply as factors supporting the firm prices.
London reports show cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn steady to firm and English flour firm, while on the passage wheat and corn are quiet but firm. Mark Lane notes English wheat firm, foreign wheat quiet, American corn firm, Danubian corn steady, flour firm, country markets quiet. Liverpool breadstuff market opens steady with improving demand and notable American receipts, prices for winter and spring wheat steady, No. 1 California wheat and club wheat firm, mixed American corn easier, peas lower, pork steady, lard and cheese mixed.
Steamship Kansas arrives at Liverpool bearing diverse goods and consignments. Brown Brothers Co and W H Cole supply steel, tin plates, and glassware while firms like Jones Bros and Phelps Dodge ship textiles and hardware. Numerous bales, casks, boxes, and cases cover wool, paper stock, soap stock, flax, nails, and other commodities.
Diverse ship cargo records detailing imports and consignments across Hamburg, the Mediterranean, Porto Rico, Yarmouth, Halifax, Monte Christi, Port Antonio and more. Goods include china ware, cement, glassware, salt mackerel, olives, oils, beans, potatoes, lobster, wax, champagne, wine, and various packaged merchandise. Many named firms, ships, and buyers appear, with quantities in casks, cases, bags, boxes, and tons.
A long 1891 exports list records shipments from Windsor Halifax and St Johns to many ports. It details sacks middlings oats corn meal oil beef and assorted goods in multiple bays and ships, naming steamer Yarmouth Sch Morien and others with quantities like 455 barrels flour and 600 lobster carriers.
April weather conditions boosted winter wheat to a 96.9 average and rye to 95.4 across the United States. sowing benefited from gentle rains and careful seed beds, with Ohio Valley and trans Mississippi states enjoying favorable growth and minimal frost damage. The Hessian fly threat remains in check but could rise if early conditions favor its development. State averages show high uniformity, led by Indiana 99, California 99, Kansas 99, with Ohio 98 and New York 92 among others.
New York reports that Italians not aboard the Iniziativa and Burgundia when ordered will sail back to Italy aboard the Cathimere tomorrow, continuing the repatriation.
A Boston reporter chronicles widespread endorsements of Paine's Celery Compound from business leaders, doctors, wholesalers, and pharmacists across New England. Notable figures include F. J. Barnard of J. G. Roberts & Co., W. H. Forbes of Forbes Lithograph Co., and Dr. A. W. K. Newton, with many druggists and firms testifying to improved health and strong sales.
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