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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1890
Page
7
The dry goods trade faces firmer demand with better activity in jobbing and Western markets. Retailers replenish stocks as weather improves, with lower prices spurring purchases. Cotton yarns and colored fabrics move, exports steady, Fall River and Providence shipments strong though some dull staples persist.
Wool merchants report steady prices with robust demand from manufacturers. Combing and delaine remain in short supply while Western consignments stay above current sale prices. London sales show scarcity of wools fit for American markets and Australia’s season proves highly profitable with record exports.
The cotton market firmed late in the week with bullish tones and higher prices in both southern and international markets. Middling uplands quoted around 11 15 16 cents, export buying increased, and sentiment rose on sparse US stocks and storm damage in Galveston and portions of Mississippi and Arkansas. Week receipts reached 19,330 bales as planting nears completion and crops show promising development in some regions.
Last week receipts totaled 20 981 bales and 23 570 bales prior week, lifting total since Sept 1 1889 to 5 681 049 against 5 383 988 the prior year. Flour and meal receipts include 6030 bbls and 5815 sacks flour and 1490 bbls meal. Market remains firm for flour with mills holding, prices listed for various wheat flours and rye flour. cornmeal demand fair and bag meal prices lowered to 87 89c. Grain receipts today: 25 860 bush corn, 38 000 bush wheat, 21 970 bush oats, 18 tons millfeed, 550 bush cottonseed meal. Inspections show multiple car lots of wheat and corn. stocks in Boston elevators and visible supply figures across Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley. Chicago stocks noted with steady rye and firm millfeed prices. oats in strong demand and clipped oats fetching up to 39c.
The report lists today’s trade volumes for butter, oleo, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, and straw with numerous quantities. It notes butter supply tight at Creameries, general demand weak, and quotes Western and Northern creamery ranges, plus regional cheese and egg price firmness and varied bean and potato quotations. Prices are steady to firm across regions with diverse grade listings and wholesale receivers’ prices.
The listing shows strong demand and ample supply with prices including onions at 526 bl, Bermudas at 2 25 per crate, aleucia 2 50 per large case and 2 for small, Egyptians 3 50 per case, scuilions 30c per dozen, beets 1 25 per box and 2 per dozen, carrots 1 25 per box, lettuce 60d per unit.
The report lists varied prices for vegetables like radishes turnips kale and cucumbers, with stalls in Chicago Providence and Norfolk. It also details fruit markets including apples olives lemons and oranges with multiple price ranges per box and per dozen, noting overall firm demand and steady to good trade.
The Scotsman passed Gibraltar April 23 with 6000 boxes oranges and 11750 boxes lemons. James Turpie crossed Gibraltar April 17 for Boston carrying 2400 hf boxes and 4000 Messina oranges, 3700 Messina lemons, 2900 hf boxes and 1400 Palermo oranges, and 13200 Palermo lemons. Napier passed Gibraltar April 25 with Sicily lemons and oranges for Boston. Ponti ac Dodona loading fruit at Mediterranean ports for Boston. Espana arrived with Banes bananas for Seaverns & Co and will sell Tuesday. Marmion due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Banan due Friday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company.
The notice lists today’s receipts of tallow beef pork lard hams preserves bacon and other items with amounts. It also details pork and pork products markets with quotes for long cuts short cuts backs lean ends tongues and more including lard corned beef and various beef cuts. The section notes firm prices and steady demand with described market conditions.
Sugar markets show little change with refined sugars firm at quoted levels. Various forms including cut loaf and granulated sugar list prices from 6 40s to 7 16s per pound and wholesale granulated at 6 44c, while molasses quotes cover New Orleans 40 48c and types like Ponce and Barbados with ranges up to 38c.
New York cotton prices hold steady with sales around 236 bales and mixed upland grades. Liverpool market remains firm with 12,000 bales sold and 16,000 receipts. futures show a steady to firm close. Wool sales in London show moderate competition for merinos and steady cross-breds with Swan River and New South Wales offerings listed.
New Zealand and Cape of Good Hope trade show movement in greasy locks and pieces and scoured bales. Market summaries from Fall River, Chicago, London, and Liverpool cover print cloth prices, grain futures, and bulk goods with varied activity and cautious optimism.
Peoria shows whiskey at 1.93 and spinia 106. Chicago reports whiskey at 102, St Louis 102. Turpentine closes at 38 4 1 2 cents in New York, rosin 135 137, tar 225, petroleum 7.30 cents with RSW 7.20 and cases 9.20.
The April 28 1890 Liverpool shipment shows Cephalonia C F Hovey & co reporting 3 cases linen and other items. Kurpman Koopman & co supply printed music and furniture pieces, with Whitne y & Co and several merchants listing earthenware, silverware, steel and various goods including wine, claret, books, gun barrels, and lace.
A detailed 1890 export list from Honolulu itemizes shipments across a wide range of commodities including tallow, cages, barrels, bales of cotton and duck, tools, glassware, lumber, oils, paints, hardware, rubber goods, nails, coal, coal, buckets, and domestic textiles. The inventory shows quantities like 9 tierces tallow, 700 cages, 34 barrels, 1538 kegs nails, 294 cases lumber, and 65 casks glassware, reflecting a bustling trading post with extensive goods in transit to various markets.
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