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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1889
Page
7
The week’s market sales total 43 000 pieces including 12 000 64x64s spots at 3 4c and 6 000 64x64s April at 3 4c. Additional 20 000 64x64s April May June at 3 4c and 2 000 64x648 spots seconds at 3 11 16c. Also 3 000 56x60s spots at 3 8c. Manufacturers hold 31 000 64s and 2 000 56x60s.
The Option Markets dispatch reports a weak wheat session driven by excellent winter wheat belt weather and strong crop prospects. Short sellers covered but overall selling pressure kept prices near day lows. corn and provisions show mixed moves with futures in decline and export inquiries steady.
John E. Welsh lists carload grain prices and domestic flour levels. Receipts for the week end April 20 include flour 19379 bbls and oats 83510 bush. last year’s week totals are given. Market described as very dull with prices unchanged though New York and Chicago show weaker to firmer readings. range of flour, wheat, corn, and rye values across multiple cities and export bids noted.
The text shows mixed grain activity with easier overall tone in St Louis and Milwaukee bids. Receipts reach 48 000 bush in bush, 25 000 in Toledo, and 60 000 in St Louis. No 2 whites quoted at 35 2 to 36c, with No 3 whites around 33 to 34c. oats steady around 25 4c to 38 40c for fancy. Futures quiet and spot demand weak with mixed quotations across Peoria and Chicago markets.
Receipts show butter 9004 tubs 2108 boxes oleo 3076 pkgs cheese 1026 pkgs eggs 171 boxes 508 bbls and 11358 cases with beans 419 bbls potatoes 86 cars 2949 bush hay 114 cars straw 13 cars poultry 573 pkgs while last year butter 12415 tubs 2640 boxes and cheese 3739 boxes eggs 402 boxes 713 bbls hay 163 cars straw 21 cars and sweet potatoes 677 bbls. Butter market quiet and steady with quoted grades and jobbing prices and demand for creameries.
A fragment shows prices for garden materials: rye straw three dollars and ten cents, oat straw four dollars and ten cents, plus larger amounts eight dollars and sixteen cents and fourteen dollars with choices noted for straw and mix.
The report notes steady demand with mixed availability across vegetables. Southern string beans sell at 350 450 crate. green peas at 1 2650 crate. southern beets scarce at 2 250 crate. native hot house beets 2 250 dozen. hothouse tomatoes 60 75e P tb. asparagus from South and Chicago plentiful at 4 6 P doz. summer squash scarce at 350 crate.
Receipts for week ending April 20 show pork 162 bbls beef 572 bbls fresh beef 143 cars lard 663 tierces 180 cases 2598 pkgs hams 261 bbls 180 tierces bacon 2090 boxes tallow 336 bbls 8 tierces 18 bags grease 435 bbls 54 pkgs tongues 1 bbl preserved meats 65 cases live hogs 24033 dressed hogs 6. Same period last year pork 215 bbls beef 230 bbls fresh beef 133 cars lard 133 tierces 1639 cases 3880 pkgs hams 203 bbls 337 tierces bacon 1423 boxes tallow 464 bbls 1 tierce 72 bags grease 345 bbls tongues 2 bbls preserved meats 810 cases live hogs 13047 dressed hogs 9. Today pork 6 bbls lard 63 tierces 29 cases 990 pails hams 10 bbls 5 tierces bacon 536 boxes dressed hogs none preserved meats 40 cases. Prices: various cuts and weights with lard at 8c to 10c per lb, hams at 11½c, pork tongues 18c per lb, fresh ribs 9 9½c, and other beef and pork prices across major markets from New York to Cincinnati and St Louis. Demand noted for pork and lard. hogs steady. prices firm.
Stock Yards Kansas City receipts cattle 721 firm prices native cows mixed butchers stockers and feeders 320 330 hogs receipts 4724 firm heavies 450 455 medium and lights 4742 460 pigs 450 460 sheep receipts 340 market weak 380 440. Chicago cattle receipts 1000 steady fairly active choice to extra beeves 410 440 steers 330 400 stockers 250 340 cows bulls mixed 160 315 Texas cattle 330 370 hogs receipts 9500 shipments 4000 strong mixed 470 485 heavy 465 4742 light 475 500 ships 375 460 sheep receipts 600 steady natives 430 530 western corn fed 625 620 Texas lambs 475 610.
The Aberlady Bay sailed from Palermo for Boston on March 27 carrying 9300 boxes Palermo oranges 13900 boxes Palermo lemons 3700 boxes Messina oranges and 2800 boxes Messina lemons. The North Angela left Palermo April 10 for Boston with 1900 boxes and 900 half boxes Messina oranges 1600 boxes Messina lemons. The Lorenzo D Baker is due April 25 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company and another steamer due April 26.
A market summary lists weekly fruit receipts by variety with quantities in bbls boxes and cases, noting strong totals for apples Florida oranges Messina Palermo Catania and Messina lemons and price quotes for multiple items. Strawberries show small receipts and a fair demand at 30 35 cents.
The steamer Ditmarschen arrives with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Prices recorded include 1s at 160, 8 hands at 110, No 2s at 75 cents and No 3s at 50 cents. Jamaica oranges fetch 24 dollars per box and pineapples at 15 dollars for a 100 count. The ship also docks from Baracoa with bananas for W W CR.
Noyes reported sale figures with No1 red and yellows at 125 dollars and No2s at 75 cents. About 11 000 cocoa nuts on the same steamer sold at 27 dollars 50 cents per 1000 count.
Sugar and molasses markets show firm prices and high activity. Cuba raw sugars quoted 6% to 7% refined, granulated 8 to 8 1 4c. New York raw dull, refined steady. Glasgow reports a strong Clyde market with rising prices due to crop scarcity. molasses receipts and prices also firm across regions.
In New York futures advance 10 to 14 points for this crop and 8 to 7 for the next. Traders include Laighton buyers for August and heavy selling by Lehman Bros while Chicago and Southern orders rise as Liver pool closes until April 24. Port receipts total 39,296 for the week with 7165 today. spot market firm and steady after 74,900 futures sold.
Tallow receipts total 52 bbls and 7 bags today, 16 bbls last year. New York trade quiet with city at 49 16c. Coffee from New York to Rio quiet with a fair car at 18 4c. Options up 5-10 points on limited trade. Havre market closed. bulls bid July 16 85c but limited by 16 90c offers. Rio receipts three days 22 000 bags, Santos 8 000. total Rio stocks exceed last year by 188 000 bags. buyers hesitant as bear and bull factions split amid cautious sugar behavior. Turpentine and petroleum mixed with steady to firm quotes in multiple markets.
A lengthy 1889 list from Hull and Liverpool details ships the Martello and Pavonia loading and unloading diverse goods. Items include rags, wool waste, wire rods, paper stock, flax waste, iron, woollens, grease, chinaware, paint, machinery, skins, glass, hemp, seeds, books, wines, and numerous crates and casks. Named firms include J B Moors & co, Baring Bros & co, Stone & Downer, Washburn & Moon, Jordan, Marsh & co, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co, and Columbia Rubber co. The document catalogs quantities and partner firms for a busy trade day April 21, 1889.
A dense port warehouse log lists numerous suppliers and items repacked for export. Entries include various goods such as earthenware, hardware, clothing, woollens, seeds, plants, machinery, and valuable wares from many firms like Macallar Parker Co and G E Crawley, among others. Also noted is a Port Morant Jam Steamer Ditmarschen voyage with bananas and coconuts totaling 1680 bunches and 476 bags.
Trade list from April 20 1889 shows shipments at Yarmouth Halifax St John Windsor Frederickton and other ports. Commodities include flour cornmeal cement refined oil oak salt sacks linseed meal and various groceries. Various vessels such as brig Edmund schooners Nellie Blanche Comrade Champion and Sarah P Ayer transport goods including flour salt lumber and hardware.
A dense OCR list details multiple shoe makers and related firms across the United States and a few UK entities, naming individuals and companies such as E Kingsbury Bates Kingsbury Co in Atlanta and J Benckenstein Co in Cincinnati. It catalogs operatives from Augusta to Wichita, reflecting a broad network of boot and shoe tradescapes with firm names, partner initials, and regional locations.
Central and Cape Cod divisions list weekday and Sunday departures from Park Square Knee land Street and Providence lines. Timings include Ashmont Braintree and coastal towns with through trains to New York Providence and Newport plus local stops. Official timetable dates and station details credited to Kendrick and Connor with publication April 15, 1889.
The list notes evening schedules with the 7.00 pm Daily No 9 Wagner car service to Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago, plus Cleveland and Toledo. A 10.30 pm Sleeping Car to Albany operates daily except Saturdays.
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