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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1888
Page
7
Market notes show steady to firm demand with mixed receipts across grains and feeds. Oats, cornmeal, rye, flour, millfeed, and cottonseed meal quotes listed with varying grades, origins, and per ton or per bushel prices. shipments and domestic demand cited for Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and New York markets.
Butter and eggs markets show weak to steady prices across regions with buyers’ favor in Chicago and New York. Butter quotes range from 16c to 21c per pound for various grades, eggs steady to softer, and beans and grasses moving slowly with steady to unchanged rates. poultry prices hold firm with regional variation in fresh killed stock.
The Progress is due August 6 from Jamaica with bananas for G H Harding. The Aguan is due August 9 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Kar Konow is due August from Baracoa with bananas for W W and C R Noyes.
Baltimore market shows steady demand with various fruits and prices. Early harvest apples listing $38 3 50 per barrel and $125 per crate. red astrakans at $3 4 per barrel. Oranges and lemons steady with Palermo oranges at $6 7 per box and lemons at $3 5 per box. Raspberries arrive in fair condition with 15 17 cents per half pint and 7 18 cents per pint. Blueberries strong at 12 13 cents. currants steady at 6 7 cents. Blackberries 4 6 cents per quart New Yorks, 12 15 cents natives. Watermelons plentiful. prices varied by size and market: extra large 100 to 30.5, medium 23 25, small 20. Bananas from Samana steamer: No 1s $1.75, hands $1.16, No 2s 75 cents, No 8s 60 cents. Cocoanuts sold at private terms. Delaware peaches scarce at $1 2 per crate.
A dated market roundup notes steady demand and prices for assorted produce and staples. Items include New marrow at 125 per barrel, native green peas 150 per bush, Baltimore tomatoes 40 cents per crate, Rhode Island tomatoes 1 12 per crate, Illinois tomatoes 1 per crate, Jersey tomatoes 40 cents per crate, cabbage 4 cents per 100 count, string beans 25 to 50 cents per bush, wax beans 60 to 75 cents per bush, cranberries 75 cents per bush, onions various including Bermuda and Egyptian, native squash 1.60 per 100 count, lettuce 40 cents per box, turnips 3 to 4 cents per bunch, Russia yellow turnips 1.75 per barrel, cucumbers 2 dollars per 100 count. Cantaloupes closing at 1 to 2 per crate, green corn in short supply at 15 cents per dozen, native tomatoes 3 dollars per bush box.
A market summary notes steady, firm demand for pork products with varied prices for long cuts, backs, lean ends, and sausages. Items listed include fresh ribs, ham, smoked shoulders, roasts, and boneless options with specific per pound or per unit quotes and packaging formats.
City markets show pork steady with active sales around 325 barrels at 14.25 to 15.50 for old and new, beef prices mixed with dullness in some cuts but firm for cured meats. Lard declines with Western steam at 9.12 and near 9.60 in city trade, while provisions in Chicago and Cincinnati soften on pork and hold firmer for lard and bacon components. Beef lists detail wide ranges for fresh and prime cuts, with steers and hinds quoted across several cents per pound and veals ample to meet demand.
Sugar markets remain quiet for raw sugars with steady quotes across grades and regions. Refined sugars show fair demand at lower prices with multiple brand names and tests cited. New York molasses listed as nominal with no major changes.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports weak cattle receipts at $4.50 to $5.00 for steers and $1.90 to $3.00 for cows while hogs slip five cents to $5.50 to $6.50 per hundred. Peoria, St Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago hogs show softer prices. cattle at Chicago steady with beeves $6.50 to $6.25 and steers $3.60 to $5.90. sheep push higher in Chicago and other markets with natives and lambs noted.
Allan Asher & Co reports a strong opening with ready buyers at advanced rates. About 12 000 bales changed hands as prices rose, while 3 000 to 17 000 bales were listed for next week shipments. Liverpool closed steady, New York futures opened and closed steady with mixed regional demand and notable stocks awaiting August weather developments.
St Louis Net receipts 1 gross 1 stock 7439 steady mid LOIge. Louisville Net receipts 80 gross 80 shipments 116 stock 249 steady and 10 percent ac. Consolidated Net receipts for one week 6345 exports to Britain 10 447 to France 132 to the Continent 3151 stock at all United States ports 177 668.
A snapshot shows demand fair and prices stable in several markets. New York reports firm quiet activity with 3000 thousand sales noted at 44 48 cents, while Cincinnati and St. Louis hold firm at per unit prices around 114 dollars. Turpentine and allied products in New York show varied closes with resin near 1 03, tar nominal, petroleum around 6 6.
Shipping ledger lists steamer Beaconsfield at Barbados with 1602 holds of sugar and 803 bags, Norseman at Liverpool with 125 bales rags and 146 boxes wool, and numerous consignments from Baring Bros Co a wide array of goods including wine, oils, glass, machinery, and metals. other entries record cargoes for Boston and St John Jamaica including bananas and codfish with additional totals for various firms and commodities.
Shipping and commodity figures from Yarmouth and other ports include glass drugs dry goods beeswax organ stock cotton cases shoe duck photo goods machinery eggs fruit vegetables oranges window glass and zinc ingots aboard various vessels. Additional entries cover Maitland and Belleveau Cove shipments of flour meal and bulls meat, plus Liverpool Istrian cargo of beef leather and other goods.
The ledger lists apples 79 barrels of sweet potatoes 660 barrels potatoes 270 cases lard 2041 cases eggs 2 Verces hams 3 barrels molasses 1668 birds 303 bags sugar 26 rolls 453 buls leather 11 bales hides 180 green hides 85 bales dry hides.
London and Liverpool reports show wheat quiet to firm in coast markets with August and September futures, while corn softens in some areas. Paris and Antwerp list firmer wheat, and English country markets remain firm despite mixed London quotations and favorable weather.
A dense ledger style summary lists quantities of commodities including cotton butter wool oleo cheese flour eggs cornmeal corn beans oats apples wheat potatoes malt millfeed tallow hay straw lumber pork lard leather hams bacon dry and green hides coffee skins molasses calfskins butter boils and other goods with figures for 1888 1887 and 1886 reflecting receipts and stock across multiple categories. The entry appears as a financial snapshot from a trade ledger or port records.
A compiled list records shipments and quantities for multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Eastern Division Boston & Maine Western Division Lowell System and others. Entries show bales wool bbls flour corn malt and various provisions with numerous railcar counts and package types.
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