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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
7
Copper and several metals drift unsettled to steady while grains and animal products display varied movements. Potatoes and oranges show strength, sugars rise, molasses remains very strong, and freight demand drives notable activity in the trucking sector.
The Fall River market for print cloth remains quiet and steady with no change in quotations. A few sales were reported, mainly of odd lots and 64x64s, the latter at a modest price.
The Daily Commerce Bulletin from New York on April 16 reports a quiet week in commission and importing houses with light and irregular buying. Staple cotton goods remain in limited demand but largely steady with ample stocks. prints are lightly sought, prints and woven dress goods fair, and woollen goods quiet.
London Easter wool sale reports stronger attendance and competition after the recess. Buyers from Germany and America were active as 15,005 bales were offered, with 4,400 withdrawn. Detailed prices cover Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Swan River, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope and Natal, and Faulkland grades in scoured and greasy categories.
The iron market remains steady with no improvement. Furnaces show an April 1 blast, output near March 1, and prices barely rise amid rising Southern competition. Reports cite limited rail orders, hopeful rumors of large tonnage, and a cautious but optimistic view from Thomas Iron Company officials.
A detailed 19th century steel and metal price list covers items from iron and steel rails to nails and pipes. Entries include nominal and mill store quotes for Norway and Swedish iron, plate iron, shell, flange, and tank plates, old iron and scrap, Bessemer steel, American and English steel rails, nails, horseshoes, sheet iron, copper, tin and antimony, tin plates, lead, and zinc with percent-off discounts and price ranges.
The option markets report a mixed day with July wheat slipping after rain forecasts in the Northwest and higher on passage, then recovering near the open. Corn rose about a half cent while oats held steady. Hogs weakened, with packers steady and exports rising. Prices across futures and cash markets show volatility amid bears' selling and active demand for pork and ribs.
John E. Welsh reports domestic flour quotations across carload lots for all grain except rye, with steady prices and slow sales for immediate needs. Seaboard and Midwest receipts and exports are noted, including New York and Chicago figures, with various flour types priced from fine to patent and corresponding spot rates for steamer and No 2 white oats.
Receipts and shipments across St Louis Milwaukee and Chicago show mixed grain demand. Prices hold firm for corn and oats with quiet trade. New York reports dull and lower No 2 red wheat and softer cash tones for nearby contracts. Barley and malt markets steady with Canada and state varieties quoted. rye and millfeed activity limited with firm oats outlook.
Butter receipts today total 2521 packages with strong demand at full wholesale prices across creameries. Receipts light for common lots. Western, Vermont, and Eastern creameries show varied quotes from 16 to 27 cents, with Elgin and Cincinnati markets firm. Oleomargarine and cheese prices steady. eggs show quiet demand with mixed regional quotes. beans, grass seeds, and potatoes priced for current trade. poultry and hay markets listed with current receipts and bids.
The report lists bids from East for hay and straw products: Eastern fine hay at 14 to 16 dollars, poor to ordinary hay 14 to 16, rye straw choice 18, oat straw 0, fair to good 1650 to 1750, and East e 10. Prices are given as rough ranges and may reflect regional demand.
The market remains steady with Florida beets at 175 per crate and onions at 31 75 per crate. Listings include asparagus 350 450 per crate, green peas 1125 per crate, string beans 350 450 per crate, and various squashes, cabbages, onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnips, radishes, celery, parsnips, greens, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsley, and Bermuda onions with multiple price points per bush, crate, or ton. New York Bermuda onions quoted at 1 12% per bush or 1 12% per bush.
Market notes show steady demand with a featureless pork market. Receipts today include pork 83 bbls and lard 266 tierces. New York pork firm with 300 bbls sold. Chicago pork steady at 1190 1195 per bbl. lard stronger at 68 7 1 2. beef and mutton lists vary by city with firmer bacon and dry salted meats.
Market reports from St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago show hogs ease with prices around 4 60 to 4 80 in St Louis and mixed packers at 4 50 to 4 60 butchers 4 70 to 4 80. Cattle receipts in Chicago total 7000 with beeves 4 40 to 4 60 and Texas steers 3 40 to 3 80. Hogs receipts nationwide near 12 000 with various weights 4 65 to 4 95. Sheep receipts 6000 with natives around 4 56 to 4 60 and lambs 4 75 to 4 90.
The steamer Naranja sails with 2750 boxes Valencia oranges for Boston. Aberlady Bay leaves Palermo for Boston with 9300 Palermo oranges 13,900 Palermo lemons 3700 Messina oranges and 2800 Messina lemons. Wallachia due with 15000 boxes oranges and 12000 boxes lemons for Boston. North Angela sails from Palermo April 10 to Boston carryingMessina oranges and lemons totaling 12,250 oranges and 11,250 lemons. Ditmarschen due next Saturday with bananas for Boston Fruit Company. Viking due April 19 with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. Fruits market notes wage dull orange and lemon prices and cotton market activity in New York and Liverpool.
Net receipts and exports across major ports including New Orleans mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with stocks firmness and mid range prices. Consolidated four day totals show overall port stock at 479371 and exports to Great Britain France and the Continent.
Sugar receipts today show 142 bbls and 4736 bags, with last year’s same day at 252 bbls. Raw sugars firmer, refined sugar prices higher, markets globally steady to firm with varied quotes for Cuba Manila Java and refined grades. molasses markets strong with regional price ranges listed, including Puerto Rico and Havana readings.
Tal ow receipts show 46 bbls 6 hhds 8 tierces 1 bag this day vs 747 bbls 49 hhds 1 cask 1 bag 5 pkgs last year. City prices quoted 4% 4c rough 212 4c grease 244 4 % ec. Market quiet and steady with New York trade down 45 sc. Coffee trades quiet in New York 18 4¢. Whiskey quotes Cincinnati St Louis Chicago at 103 dollars. Turpentine New York closed 45 2c resin 115 117% tar 210 petroleum closed 7.25c RSW 7c cases 9c.
The Boston Post notes week ending April 16 1889 livestock totals with sheep cattle lambs and swine. West shipments to England reach 3833 head while home-fed cattle hold steady. Prices vary. cattle sales include several loads and individual steers around 40 to 46 dollars with per hundred weight ranges. Lambs and sheep bring around 5 to 7 cents per pound depending on quality.
Trade notices list shipments and cargoes from multiple ports on April 16 1889 including brig MC Mariner 402 birds sugar to Boston Sugar Refinery schooner Sainte Marie 266 casks 37 tierces molasses Bates Barnet brig Edmund 305 puncheons 48 tierces 30 bbds molasses Kidder Peabody Co steamer Gambetta 9000 bunches bananas Seaverns Co bark Elcho 5893 bags sugar order schooner Fred E Cox 211 holds 18 tierces 7 bals molasses order schooner Wyer C Sargent 478 logs cedar 11 cases instruments Ward Co ship Oregon 2860 bales wool order steamer Dunholme 2157 holds 80 bbls 490 bags sugar Boston Sugar Refinery 117 cases oranges order bark Rachel Emery 801 bales wool 62 horse hair 76 goatskins Brown Bros Co bark Lillian 17989 bush salt over Salt Cay TL.
A detailed export listing dated April 16 1889 from Halifax NS shows steamer Halifax clearing April 13 with boxes of tinware ink dandelions empty barrels beef and various commodities. Other vessels from AKICHAT DESWIERSL and COW BAY CB Brig Lochiel and Yarmouth NL Steamer Yarmouth and Brig Canadian carry extensive cargoes including flour cornmeal pork beef lard butter oleo oil clothing hardware and groceries with numerous kegs cases bales and crates across multiple ports.
A catalog of goods and quantities from Moncton New Brunswick to Yarmouth Newfoundland and beyond, listing crackers flour glassware hardware leather matches varnish pitch and more. It also notes schooners and cargo items including flour cornmeal pork codfish and butter with vessels such as Fred E Gwain F Richard and L Etoile.
London reports wheat and corn prices holding firm on cargoes off the coast and in transit. Paris and Antwerp show steady to firm wheat with mixed American corn prices rising in late trade. Liverpool notes quiet breadstuffs yet firmer corn and stable yet steady wheat as weather stays cold.
Warrant in insolvency issued against JOSEPH ST THOMPSON of Revere plumber. Creditors to prove debts at Court of Insolvency on April 26 1889. Assignees appointed for JENNIE H BOWKER and CHARLES S DIXON insolvent debtors. Meetings set for April 19 1889 and April 12 1889 at the Court of Insolvency in Boston with notices to creditors.
Time tables show local and through train service from Boston to Albany and the West with connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and Chicago. Elegant vestibuled Wagner cars operate to Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago. Sleeping car to Albany daily except Saturday and limited express Worcester to New Haven with drawing room and dining car options. Tickets at 232 Washington and Kneeland streets Boston.
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