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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1891
Page
7
Sugar markets firm with May delivery heavy trading while refined sugar prices expect rise after Spreckles deal. Coffee remains dull with large Rio and Santos arrivals. Rio receipts steady and speculative bets on Brazil crop. Butter, cheese, and eggs show firmness. cotton and steel markets mixed. molasses, teas, spices, and cloves quoted with steady to firm tones.
Receipts list weekly totals for cotton seed meal wheat oats and more with totals for barley malt hops and millfeed. Market notes show firmer wheat in Chicago and mixed results across New York St. Louis Minneapolis and Milwaukee with price ranges for corn oats rye and barley and moderate demand for millfeed and cotton seed meal.
Receipts show flour supplies with high prices limiting trade while demand remains fair. Prices for fine to patent flours range from 3 10 to 6 25 per barrel with jobbers about 25 cents higher, Canadian exports listed, rye flour limited to jobbing lots, cornmeal and oatmeal also quoted, and all notes reflect a generally firm market.
Hog and cattle markets across multiple cities show mixed on overall trend with prices listed. Kansas City data include cattle values by class and hog ranges from 4 60 to 5 15 per hundredweight, while Cincinnati Peoria St Louis Chicago report varied openings and price levels for hogs, cattle, sheep, and lambs.
The list covers a wide array of commodities with prices and stocks. Butter, beans, potatoes, hay and oats appear with per unit prices and stock figures. The dairy section details prices for Western and New York creamery butter and cheese. Eggs and poultry are priced by region. The cotton market shows spot and futures at New York, Liverpool, and regional U.S. markets, with receipts, exports, and stock totals.
Truck demand fair as prices hold. Native spinach 50c bush, Southern spinach 225-275 per barrel. Cabbage 2.26 per barrel, kale 50-75c per barrel, native onions 5.65 per barrel, Valencia onions 3.75 per case, Denia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 4.50 per barrel. Carrots 7.65 per bush, beets 60-70c per bush, lettuce 50-75c per head, turnips 90c per barrel, French cabbage 1.25 per barrel, parsley 1 per bush, squash 2.50 per pound, Hubbard beets 30-35 per ton, Western Hubbard 50-60 per ton, radishes 75c to 1 per dozen, parsnips 75c per bush, red cabbage 2 per barrel, Savoy 1 per barrel, cucumbers 15-18c each, hothouse 10-15c each, celery 5-6 per box, cauliflower 1.50 per dozen, leeks 75c, Florida string beans 4.50 per crate, green peas 2.50 per crate, hot bed dandelions 1 per bush, beet greens 1.50 per bush, North Carolina asparagus 7-9 per dozen, tomatoes 2.50 per 3, etc.
The Florida fruit trade shows weekly receipts of 2601 packages, up from 216 last year, and 8130 packages versus 1133 previously. Prices are steady with ranges for various fruits including bright oranges, mandarins, lemons, and apples. Mediterranean fruit demand remains strong for lemons and oranges, with Palermo, Messina, and Valencia listings. Cranberries, nuts, almonds, and coconuts are quoted, while strawberries in Florida occur at 25 to 40 cents per quart.
The Tynehead passed Gibraltar April 2 bound for Boston carrying 4300 half boxes and 1300 boxes Messina oranges, 1100 boxes Messina lemons, 850 boxes and 8600 half Palermo oranges, 7400 boxes Palermo lemons, 1200 boxes and 1100 half Catania oranges, and 1000 boxes Catania lemons. Peconic sailed from Palermo April 1 for Boston carrying 2600 boxes and 1700 half Messina oranges, 3000 boxes Messina lemons, 5900 half Palermo oranges, and 7200 boxes lemons. Hexham loading at Mediterranean ports for Boston. Ethelred due next Wednesday and Kong Frode Thursday, both with Jamaica bananas to Oston Fruit Co. Managua due April 15 with bananas from Haracoa. Norfolk boat due today with 1060 bags peanuts and 2300 pkgs of truck. Savannah boat due today with 2300 boxes oranges and 265 refrigerators of strawberries.
In Fall River Mass and Providence R I the print cloth markets show quiet activity with firm prices. Week totals include 200000 pieces produced and 177000 delivered in Fall River with 159000 in stock and 97000 sold. Prices list 3 cents for 64x64s and 25 cents for 60x56s.
At London wool sales on April 11 13 500 bales offered with lessened attendance and steady prices. Crossbreds in active demand. good combing merinos sharply contested. Total withdrawals reach 4000 bales. available stock 175000. Daily transactions list bales by region with scored prices in old currency. Weekly imports by region detailed from New South Wales Victoria South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal and other places.
Iron trade shows no new features with prices stable at No 1 1750 18 per ton and No 2 1650 17 in shipping ports. US pig iron output down about 90,000 tons monthly since March, signaling a broader slump in consumption. Steel rail demand rises with 30,000 tons ordered by Pennsylvania Railroad and 4,000 by Erie, at 80 per ton f o b mills. Copper demand steady with Lake 13 13.5, Arizona 12 12.5, tin quiet near 20.10 cents spot, lead firm, London market weak, and shelter sales at 5 cents in NY for April–May.
Market notices show closing at 3 p m on April 10 1891 and opening at 10 a m on April 11 with highest and lowest figures, along with line of freight shipments and refinings. Attached are cotton seed oil certificate listings and a note on trading activity and averages since a base date.
Turpentine quotes in New York show 4042 41c with resin at 165 170 and tar at 24744. Petroleum closes at 6.85c, with RSW at 7.200 and cases at 9.20c.
Peoria prices stay firm at 117 dollars while Cincinnati and St Louis hold steady at 116 dollars. Market observers note narrow spreads and stable demand across the trio of whiskey markets with traders confident in near term stability.
Havana sugar market reports shippers lowering offers while speculators reenter and pay full prices. Sellers remain firm, expecting a price reaction.
Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn steady. Three cargoes of wheat awaiting sale and one cargo of corn arrived or awaiting sale. Mark Lane wheat quiet. English and French country markets quiet. Liverpool breadstuffs open quiet with fair demand. corn easy, high grades down, peas firmer. Provisions steady with pork bacon lard and tallow listed.
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