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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1891

Page

7

Higher Prices for Sugar and an Active Coffee Trade

The market notes firmer coffee with mixed activity and small week receipts 44 809 bags in New York moved to consumption. Rio market firm with several origin prices and improved but cautious trade. sugar refined prices firm and rising. molasses and teas active with cautious optimism for May. Domestic and foreign markets show firmer raw sugar, refined overhang risk, and steady molasses demand amid broader commodity volatility.

New York Seaboard Rio Maracaibos Ordinary Prime Santos Java Timors Padang Pale Brown Ankola Mandheling Jamaica Costa Rica Guatemala Mocha Hamburg Brazil Isi Europe United States American Sugar Refining Company Revere Company London Mayaguez Philadelphia Amoy Superior Formosa Java Patna Japan Singapore Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Cassia Batavia Cassia Saigon Calcutta

Flour Markets Hold Firm Amid Wheat Scarcity

The weekly receipts show flour and oatmeal volumes with prices rising for wheat flour as mills withdraw from the market. Millers quote fine superfine to winter wheat patents ranging 3.83 to 6.60 per unit, with jobbers about 25 cents higher. Canadian exports and rye flour demand are noted, while meal and oatmeal markets remain firm with barrel and bag pricing cited.

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Tallow and grain prices across markets show uneven shifts

New York tallow market quiet at 5 1-16 cents. Chicago provisions steady with mixed bids. Cattle and hog futures in Kansas City and Chicago show varied moves. receipts and shipments reported across major hubs, with notable activity in Cincinnati and Peoria. Consolidated net cotton bale receipts and export figures listed for Britain and France.

New York Chicago Kansas City Cincinnati Peoria Cnc Ceerewes Secaeses Ceesssseeeene Nrkseta Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Dall Charleston C. Wiulmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore St. Loui Louisville Consolidated Great Britain France

Market Report on Butter Cheese Eggs and Farm Goods 1891 1890

The article records weekly receipts and price levels for butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, poultry, sweet potatoes, and related farm goods. It notes firm butter markets with limited offerings, steady to firm prices for cheese and eggs, and steady poultry and potato demand with light supply and fair to good prices across regions. Western and New York markets show specific price ranges, with imports and regional variations affecting the overall trend.

Cece Ico Western Creamery Northern Creamery New York W Stern Creamery Chicago Baltimore Northern Choice Western Choice Sage Liverpool Michigan Cincinnati Choice Philadelphia Choice Houston Rose Aroostock Rose Hebrons

The Fruit Trade in Florida and Mediterranean Markets

Florida fruit receipts rose to 1610 packages this Saturday from 185 last year, with weekly totals at 6148 packages versus 774 previously. Prices steady. oranges at 2.50 to 3.25 per box, tangerines 5 per box, mandarins 4 to 2.50 per box, and grapefruits 4 to 2 per box. Mediterranean fruit trade moderate with Palermo lemons at 3 to 3.50 per box, Messina lemons 3 to 3.50, Valencia oranges 3.50 to 4, and other counts listed. Apples receipts 131 for Saturday, 934 weekly. King apples 5 to 5.50, Russets 4.50 to 6, Baldwins and Tallman sweets 3 to 3.50. Nuts quoted: Virginia peanuts 3.6 to 4.7, walnuts 9 to 16c, pecans 12 to 16c, filberts 7 to 9c, cocoanuts 30 to 36 per 1000, dried apples and strawberries and Havana pineapples also listed with varied prices.

Florida Messina Valencia King Maine New Hampshire Tallman Virginia Naples Havana

Steamers Arrive and Load Fresh Fruit for Boston

Steamers Tynehead and Peconic deliver 4300 half boxes and 1300 Messina oranges plus 86500 half Palermo oranges to Boston, with lemons and other citrus. Hexham, Thomas Preville, and Banan plan arrivals from Palermo Jamaica ports, carrying Messina oranges, lemons, Palermo oranges, and Baracoa bananas. Savannah boat brings Florida oranges and strawberries. Norfolk boat carries peanuts and pigs.

Tynehead Gibraltar Boston Messina Palermo Catania Peconic Hexham Mediterranean Thomas Preville Banan Ethelwold Leon Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Savannah Florida Norfolk

Bananas and Cocoanuts Sold on Steamer Karl Konow

Bananas offered in No 1s red and yellow at 135 dollars per dozen and No 2s at 76 cents with special yellows at 90 cents per bunch. Cocoanuts priced at 2750 dollars per 1000 on the Karl Konow steamer.

Karl Konow P Chichester Druggiat Chichester Druggiate Returm Madden Geo. UV Goodwin & Co Hanover &T Benton, Mass

New York spot cotton market weak at 815-16c middling

The New York spot cotton market was weak at 815 to 816 cents for middling uplands. Sales totaled 140 bales with stock at 155,528 bales. Futures opened and closed easy. All sales were 654,200 bales. The prices allow.

Cloth market report from Fall River week ending

Fall River prints the cloth statement: production 200000 pieces, deliveries 170000, stock 189000, sales 90000, spots 43000, futures 47000. Market quiet. Prices down 3 cents or 1 percent for 64 by 64s and 2.5 cents for 66 by 56s.

Fall River Arket Quiet

PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES AND COTTON SEED OIL NOTES

Closing times set for April 17 and 18 1891 for pipeline certificates with 70 percent ovenings and various closing slots. Includes charters crude runs shipments April 15, figures for averages and refined oil at 7.20 cents per gallon. Also references to cotton seed oil certificates with unreadable fragments and totals.

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Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Mixed in New York Market

Turpentine quotes reach 39.40c with resin around 170.75, and tar at 247.40c. Petroleum closes at 6.80c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c, reflecting fluctuations in the New York commodities scene.

Turpentine and New York

High Wines Market Firm at Peoria and Active Elsewhere

The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 119 while Cincinnati and St. Louis show active trading at 118. Market notes indicate steady demand across key hubs with price stability in Peoria.

Peoria Cincinnati St. Louis

Wool sales in London show active demand for merinos

At the London wool sales APRIL 18 demand was strong for medium quality, with best demand for combing merinos at full rates. 6500 bales withdrawn and 94,000 available. prices listed for New South Wales, Queensland, Melbourne, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand, and Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Weekly imports totaled 68,? other regions with quantities from NSW, Queensland, Victoria, SA, WA, NZ, and Cape.

London Queensland Melbourne Victora South Australia West Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal New South Wales Froictoria

Havana Sugar Market Quiet Week Ends With Lower Bids

The Havana market closed dull as holders refused higher prices with a few accepting declines. Quoted molasses sugar and Muscovado halved refining polarization ranged around 85 to 90. Week receipts 89,000 bags and 458 birds. exports 89,009 bags, 728 birds, including 81,000 bags to the United States. Freights moderate.

Havana Matanzas United States

London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report

Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool on April 18 notes quiet conditions for wheat on passage and in Mark Lane, with firm corn and steady to firmer wheat in various grades. Prices listed include winter wheat at 8s 6 1/2d, spring wheat at 7s 7 4d, California wheat at 8s 8 4d, club wheat 7s 7d, mixed American corn 6s 9 7d, peas 6s 7d, pork 52s 6d, bacon 31s 6d, lard 34s 6d, tallow 26s 6d, cheese 58s.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool California

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