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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
7
The leather and hide market shows firm prices for foreign hides, with careful buying and limited activity. Wet and dry hides hold steady as brokers note subdued demand, while finished leather markets move slowly with small lot trades and cautious offers. Domestic horse and city markets report steady to firmer prices amid increasing interest in high quality stock.
Stock quality notes from L Brockway, Welch Hall, Rus sell Drew, Harris Co, Edgar Snow, and E Ham firms. Prices ranged 90 to 400, with 1000 to 1300 pound horses selling for 100 to 300 plus, drivers at 350 to 400, arrivals light to moderate, trade generally quiet to steady. Big sale figures include first class horses at 110 to 250 and multiple carloads moving through the week.
The report lists firm flour prices with various grades from fine superfine to winter wheat patents. Canadian exports are quoted at multiple f.o.b. prices, and jobbers add about 26 cents per barrel. Rye flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, and rolled oats prices follow, with bag and barrel quotes for meal.
Receipts show firm beef prices and slow trade with pork quiet. Fresh beef steady, lambs plentiful and firm at 12c for Easterns, muton firm. veal prices down to 11c. Hogs in moderate supply, Chicago and New York markets steady within small ranges. tallow quiet at 5 1 16c.
Sprcrat to the Post notes cattle prices with 2446 head steady to 10 cents higher for shipping steers at 5 575, native cows 2 430, butchers stock 4 495, stockers and feeders 210 3 90, mixed 225 380. Hog slaughter 9853 head steady to strong, top sales 485 5, heavies 4 85 507/2, packers 4 80 605, mixed 4 70 4 90, lights 4 25 4 85.
Yorkers and pigs show mixed trading with mild shifts across markets. Chicago cattle receipts 11 000 with steer prices up to 6 6 30, cows and heifers 2 75 4 25. hogs 20 000 receipts with packers 4 25 4 75 and prime weights 5 20. sheep receipts 6 000 with natives 5 50 to 6 60 and lambs 5 62 to 6 70. Cincinnati hogs open slow steady. Peoria hogs firm around 4 75 to 5 10. St Louis hogs firmer for Yorkers at 4 90 to 5 05, mix packers 4 70 to 5 15.
The report lists receipts and prices for butter, eggs, cheese, beans, potatoes, hay, and poultry. Butter and stock demand mixed. creamery prices around 22c to 25c elsewhere. Eggs show steady bids with several regional quotations. cheese prices firm with light offerings. Potatoes and hay show steady or unchanged pricing. market activity described as moderate to firm.
The market notes no change in Florida or Mediterranean fruits with quiet apple demand and easy prices. King apples quoted at 5 6, Russet No 1 at 5 5 50, Baldwins at 4 5, Tallman sweets at 3 3 50, No 2 apples at 3 3 50. Strawberries show a few Southern lots at 25 85c. Pineapples steady at 16 18 cents each.
The Tynehead passed Gibraltar April 2 bound for Boston carrying oranges and lemons from Messina Palermo Catania. Peconic sailed from Palermo April 1 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons plus Palermo fruit. Hexham loading for Boston. Managua arrived with bananas from Baracoa. Carl Konow, Thomas Melville, Ethelred, Kong Frode, Banan, and Norfolk boat listed for upcoming arrivals or cargoes in Boston Fruit Company trade, including bananas and peanuts shipments.
Messrs Harris & Co report Florida oranges at 1 3 37% PY box Navels 1 25 2 37 142 P box grape fruit 2 25 3 25 P box California oranges 1 30 3 12% ? box Jamaica oranges 1 12 42 1 70 S box Snow & Co list Florida oranges 1 25 3 25 P box California oranges 3 0 56 4 76 P box Bananas aboard the steamer Ethelred No 1 1 85 No 2 0 85 No 3 0 45 8 hands 1 35 P bunch
Upland cotton sold 191 bales in New York with stock at 157,551 bales. Futures opened and closed steady. Prices listed for months from April to February with small variations. Liverpool market dull with middling at 413-16d and 7,000 bales sold, all American. Receipts totaled 61 00 bales, exports to Britain 29,592, to the Continent 13,319, and stock 579,249.
Sugar refined at steady prices across brands from Pulverized to confectioners’ standard with slight variances. Revere price for refined granulated at 45c and wholesale Thursday levels 4.75c granulated and 4.81c fine. Raw sugar firm. refining at 33 16 34c and centrifugals at 39 16 3c. Javas Nos. 10 to 16c. London beet dull at 13s 10 4d and Javas at 16s 7d. Molasses demand strong, old crop cleaned up. new crop prospects noted with New Orleans prices 30 33c, intermediate 25 8 29c, centrifugals 16 22c, Ponce 35c, good 30 32c.
Turpentine quoted at 40 40 4 cents, resin at 167 42 and tar at 24744 as markets show price movements. The brief notes continued with further commodity updates and market commentary.
At today's wool sale 14 000 bales were offered with strong demand from Yorkshire buyers for New Zealand greasy cross breds and solid interest from foreign buyers for greys. Prices for scoured, locks and pieces, and greasy categories covered New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria South Australia New Zealand Tasmania and Cape of Good Hope Natal offerings with varied rates in pence and shillings across regions.
Fall River April 15 news notes a very quiet print cloth market with price reductions of 3c and 1 percent on 64x64s and 60x56s quoted at 25 seconds for 60x56s.
The Peoria whiskey market remains at $1.17 while Cincinnati and St. Louis stay steady at $1.16. Market firmness reflects stable demand and pricing in regional trade.
Paper lists closing times and bids for pipe line certificates and crude shipments from F W Prescott & Co. Readouts show opening times, highest bids, and averages across multiple dates. Cotton seed oil certificates and related values also appear with price figures and auction notes.
Beam of signals show wheat firm in London and English markets with quiet demand. corn strong and English flour quiet. Liverpool prices steady for wheat and firm for mixed American corn, with provisions like pork, bacon, lard, and cheese listed at steady to firm levels.
Report from Boston tust by George covers week ending April 15 1891 with totals for cattle sheep lambs and swine at Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts markets. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton detailed with car counts by railroad and prices for cattle hogs sheep veal and hides. Export prices and shipments to Liverpool noted.
The weekly market report notes almost 10 000 head arrivals with high quality Northern lambs, including 152 penned by G H Messer of Charlestown and bought by George A Sawyer who praised them as gilt edge. Cattle, veal, and dairy sales follow, with mixed but sustained prices and steady demand at Watertown and Brighton yards.
The April 15 1891 shipping record from Liverpool lists numerous imports and exports across multiple firms and destinations including Linder & Meyer, Baring Bros & Co and J Morgan & Co. Items cover cotton, caustic soda, rope, earthenware, leather, flax, flax, and bananas among others with destinations such as Brazil Auckland NZ and Halifax NS. The long ledger includes 1000 drains caustic soda 86 pkgs earthenware 356,000 lbs logwood 93,521 ft pine beads 125,562 ft pine sheathing and 3 brigantines and barkentines with cargoes of flour, beef, lard, fish, and miscellaneous goods.
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