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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1890

Page

7

Lumber Prices and Shipments Across Atlantic and Gulf Ports

The report details steady demand and pricing for various hard and softwoods including pine and cypress, with prices per yard and per foot, freight rates, and cargo volumes. It notes week arrivals of Southern lumber totaling 633,356 feet from Pensacola and Apalachicola, and steady Western pine prices with strong demand for quartered oak and tight supplies of shingles and laths.

North Carolina Southern Pensacola Apalachicola Savannah Atlantic Gulf Ports St John River Xtra

Flour and Meal Trade Holds Firm as Wheat Decline Eases

Receipts show 6501 sacks of flour 6984 sacks of wheat flour 1110 bbls of cornmeal and 885 sacks of oatmeal. Flour prices stay steady with no concessions, while mills and holders expect prices to rise as markets settle. Grain reports indicate below average winter wheat, delayed spring sowing, and mixed export grades for Minnesota Wisconsin Canada.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Graham Tour Barre

Grain Receipts and Prices Show Mixed Market Tone

Today's grain receipts total 30,960 bus corn 14,260 bus oats 14,000 bus wheat 83 tons milletseed and 4070 bus malt. Oat and corn markets firm with moderate demand. No 2 white oats 36 44c per bus, steamer yellow corn 46 44c, rye quiet at 62 64c, malt 72 75c per bushel. Millfeed steady with bran around 17 75 18 00 per ton and cottonseed meal 24 25 up to 25 per ton on spot.

Canada Michigan

Produce Trade Report and Butter Market Notes

The item lists receipts for butter cheese eggs beans potatoes sweet potatoes hay and straw with year ago comparisons. Butter market shows steady demand and varied prices from Western and Eastern creameries while cheese prices stay firm with small stocks. Eggs and beans show steady or rising bid activity with regional variations and active dairy and grain markets noted.

Pleo Western Creamery Northern Elgin New York Chicago Elgin Creamery Tiverpool Utica Michigans Indianas Owas Nova Scotia New Brunswick Western Iowas Ohios Vermont Lima

Market report on farm commodities and produce prices

Prices for seeds hay poultry potatoes and maple products vary across regions with small supplies and steady or fair sales. Western and Northern seeds list clover lucerne and millet with prices per sack and per bushel. potatoes show firm Maine stock and Bermuda and Havana demand. hay straw and poultry markets are quiet but adequately stocked. maple sugar and syrup remain well supplied with subdued trade.

Alsike Lucerne Western Jersey AI Bent Bush Maine Havana Bermudas Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Vermont Rose Pebrons New York Burbanks White Star Western Clear New Brunswick Nova Scotia Chenangoes

Market Report Shows Steady Demand Across Produce Lines

The market remains steady with good demand for onions and a wide range of vegetables. Prices shown include Western onions at 4.45 to 4.50 per bbl, Bermudas 225 per crate, Valencia 250 per large case, lettuce around 502 per dozen, radishes at 40 to 60 per dozen, and Virginia asparagus at 7 per dozen bunches. The schooner On Time brought Perseonions. sales reported at 22.25 per crate.

Valencia Southern White Cape St Andrews Hubbard Chicago Rhubard Norfolk Spuach Baltimore Providence Florida Virginia

Fruit Trade Prices Steady Amid Small Supplies Across Regions

Apples show quiet demand with firm prices. Baldwins sell at 4.50 to 4.75 per lb, Russets at 4.40 to 4.50, No 2s at 3.60. Florida oranges scarce with prices 4.50 to 5.50 per box. Grapefruit limited, peaches slow at 5.50 per crate. Sicily lemons and oranges steady. Valencia oranges fair and steady. Pineapples overstocked and hard to sell below 8.12 per case. Dried apples steady with evaporated at 12.13 and sun-dried at 4.6 per lb. Cranberries firm at 15 to 18 per lb. strawberries well supplied with 20 to 30c Florida/Charleston, 18 to 20c Chicago crates.

Florida Sicily Valencia Palermo Messina

Steamers with fruit cargo bound for Boston and ports

The steamers Flamborough and Christian Johnson carry Jamaica and Baracoa bananas to Boston and Seaverns Co. The Scotsman sailed from Palermo April 18 with oranges and lemons totaling 61 000 boxes. Stamford and Napier heads to Boston with Baracoa bananas and Sicily fruits. The James Turpie passed Gibraltar April 17 for Boston with large Messina and Palermo shipments. Pontiac and Dodona ongoing fruit loading at Mediterranean ports for Boston.

Flamborough Boston Fruit Company Christian Johnson Seaverns & Co Scotsman Palermo Stamford Ww&c R Noyes James Turpie Messina Gibraltar Boston Napier Sicily Pontiac Dodona Mediterranean

Provision Trade and Pork Market Report

Receipts show tallow 80 pkgs, pork 205 bbls, lard 1805 oxes, hams 207 bbls and more with varied gains. Pork and pork products stay firm with steady demand. prices for many cuts and items listed, including long cuts 15 50 14 00, backs 13 75 14 25, lard 7 47 4c, and other meats trading amid steady to firm levels.

Chicago Brighton

Sugar and Molasses Market Quiet with Steady Prices

Sugar and molasses markets show little change with fair to good refining selling at old prices. Refined sugars in fair demand with quoted cuts of loaves and powders around 6 to 7 cents per pound and standard or Belmont grades near 61 to 67 cents per pound.

Cotton and commodity markets mixed as New York and Liverpool trade

The report details New York cotton prices and futures with modest gains and quiet closes, Liverpool activity steady with American sales and receipts. It also notes wool sale results in London with varied prices and quantities and a firm print cloth market in Fall River.

New York Liverpool

Wheat and livestock markets rally on weather and demand

Wheat futures firm near 87 cents after early weakness as New York buying and Indiana crop signals spurred cover. Corn and oats show strength while hogs and lard weaken on ample hog runs. cattle receipts steady to lower in Kansas City and Chicago with mixed weights and prices across classes.

Chicago Lo Gilman Cheney Una Boston New York Indiana Germany Kansas City Texas

Livestock Figures at Mark Shao Week Ending April 22 1890

Boston Post report by George J Fox shows livestock totals for the week ending April 22 1890. Counts cover cattle hogs sheep horses and miscellaneous stock observed at Mark Shao. Figures reflect regional market activity and held inventory.

Boston Post George J Fox George A. Dary Wader John Pierce Curtin Boston Suffolk Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijaa George Register Massachusetts Middlesex James Harris Cutter Cambridge Henry C. Rand Winess George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Jommon Massachus Selts James Thresher Mary G. Thresher Joan W. Moki James Kane Cane Caln John Mulvey Elijah George John T. G. Nichols Joan W. McKim, Esquire Joan L. Paine

London Foreign Markets April 22 Cargoes and Prices Report

Market brief from Liverpool and London notes wheat and corn activity with cargoes on passage and to be sold. Prices show wheat quiet to easy with mixed American corn for April to July trading around 7s 14d and 33 7/ d for futures. Antwerps wheat unchanged and English country markets quiet amid springlike weather.

London Bruce Mark Lane Liverpool England California Antwerp Varis Lara

Imports and Exports Ledger From Liverpool Port 1890

Detailed list of goods loaded and unloaded at Liverpool on April 22 1890 including wine oil wool potatoes machinery glassware and textiles supplied by numerous firms such as Atkins co Barinz Bros Co Kooth Co De Llois Co Hovey Co Harwood Lrog Rice Co and many others with crates cases bales and casks noted for wine olive oil calcium chloride lime and other commodities alongside Mediterranean port shipments from Valermo Messina and North Britain and a note of 6673 packages of fruit and 5668 boxes of macaronis.

Liverpool Kug Catalonia H & Atkins & Co Kalward Kooth & Co Bigview, Kennard & Co Coleman, Seat & Co Clatlin, Larrabee & Co Uclark Sawyer & Co Curtis & Co Carpenter, Woodward & Morton HH Devis & Co Moise K T Downing & Co Lido Perambulator Vincent Dergmore Oliver Ditson & Co de Llois & Co Buicrgon & Son Fotsom, Nute & Newell Frost & Adams I Forgi¢ & Sons French & So French &Co Gorhaum Manufacturing Co Gregory & Brown langinus—Hadley & Co Coltons F Hovey & Co Charies Neal, Morse & Co Noyes, Campbell ,& Co Norcross, Mellen & Co M O'Rourke Pierce & Co Parda D & M Williams West & Tenney Webster King Gine Co T D Whitney & Co Wright & Jitson Williston & Knight Co Godaash Mediterranean North Brittain Valermo AS & J Brown & Co Messina Pkgs Trust

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