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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1890

Page

7

Dry Goods Trade Signals Firm Cotton Woollen Markets

Cotton goods quiet and firm while woollen goods show more activity and overall prices remain steady. The dry goods trade highlights fair first hand demand, strong cotton channels, and a cautious outlook with a planned fall upturn amid limited weather-driven trade and improving export orders.

California Thorndyke Swift River

The Cotton Trade Weekly Market Tendency

The speculative cotton market moved toward higher prices through the week with some irregularity. Early reports cited drought in Texas and weak weather, but later assessments reduced impact. Liverpool and Manchester signals grew stronger as the spot market eased after initial gains. For the week ending Friday, receipts at cotton ports totaled 2591 bales, with September 1 totals reaching 6,793,133 bales, up 285,112 from the previous year.

Texas Liverpool Manchester Uplands Gulf Atlantic

Wool Trade Market Reports Steady Demand With Low Prices

The wool market shows steady demand but low and unsatisfactory prices for domestic grades. Dealers expect a bottom to form with potential improvement as goods distribute. Manufacturers buy more freely yet resist higher prices, aiming for steady margins. fine washed fleeces and Ohio levels are weak, while Territory Texas California wools and foreign clothing wools stay in demand amid mixed overseas outlooks.

Ohio Michigan Territory Texas California

Flour and meal trade amid firm demand and wary pricing

Receipts today totaled 4690 barrels and 4455 sacks of wheat flour and 1315 barrels of cornmeal. Market remains firm with demand fair and most sales confined to small lots. Mills resist lowering asking prices, even with 10 cent concessions. Fall outlook suggests higher prices as trade resumes and wheat stocks clarify. Quotations include fine to super fine at 2653 65, extra and second 4440, Minnesota bakers clear 4305 30, winter wheat clear 455 630, winter patent 65 60, spring patents 520 75 for Minnesota Wisconsin brands, Canada export grades 475 485, Canada roller for export.

Choice Northern Creamery Choice New York Vermont Liverpool Canton Owdensburg Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick Canada California Lima Choice Canada Virginia Jersey Bristol Ferries Minnesota Wisconsin

Western Live Poultry Car Arrives. Prices Firm

A railcar of Illinois live fowls and chickens reached Patch & Roberts at 17 North Market Street after seven days en route. Sold to W H Rudd & Son of Brookline, the Orrocco poultry farm, for satisfactory prices. The average price per fowl was 11 cents and chickens 20 cents with more cars expected.

Patch & Roberts North Market Street W H Rudd & Son Orrocco Brookline Messrs Patch & Roberta

Market Report Onions Lemons Oranges And Fresh Produce Prices

The market is well supplied with demand for fruits and vegetables. Native onions priced at 2.50 per barrel, Malta onions 2.75 per basket, carrots 30 to 60 cents per dozen, lettuce 60 cents per box, and tomatoes with Rhode Island at 1.50 half-bushel basket. Mediterranean fruit supply described as not large with firm prices. Sorrento lemons 7 to 9 per box, Sorrento oranges 5.50 to 6.50 per box. Raspberries scarce with natives at 25 cents per 4 quarts. Cantaloupes show liberal supply.

Malta Long Island Florida Portland Kalamazoo Rhode Island Baltimore

Market for Fruits and Crops Sees Mixed Demand Across Regions

Choice lots scarce for apples and pears with native Williams and Astrachans selling fair at 1.50 to 1.75 per bush. Norfolks high at 75 cents to 1.75 per bbl, some fancy Norfolks reaching 3.50 per 100 case. California fruits vary with plums 1.50 to 2.60 per case, peaches 1.50 to 2.25 per basket, and Bartlett pears 2.25 to 4.80 per crate. berries and grapes reported abundant but largely in poor order, while demand remains fair to good for most items.

California Norfolk Choice Norfolk New Jersey Nyack New Hampshire North Carolina Concords Marthas Ives South Carolina Delawares Perkins Virginia Ives Lztec Pauart New Brunswick Virginia Nova Scotia

Steamer arrivals and a busy Tuesday fruit trade

The Unita Sama and eoree Dumois Hippolyte Dumois Marmion Flamborough steamer schedule shows arrivals with Baracoa and Jamaica bananas for Noyes Seaverns Co Boston Fruit. Tuesday train carries 10 cars watermelons and 1 car vegetables. Provision trade reports mixed pork and beef markets with varied prices. fresh meats and other products listed with current quotes.

Unita Baracoa WW & C R Noyes Sama Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Eoree Dumois Seayerns & Co Hippolyte Dumois Banes Seaverns & Co Marmion Jamaica Bananas

The Cotton Markets and Option Markets Report

New York cotton prices show steady tones with bids in the 9 15 16 to 12 1 4 cent range and total sales around 64 000 bales. Futures opened dull and closed very dull as Augusta Galveston and other cities quote mixed mid levels. In Chicago curb wheat declined early then rose on export rumors while corn remained firm on tight supply and crop conditions. Provisions opened at day’s low. hog prices steady with packers active and May contracts seen yielding profits.

New York Auzube Cence Cecerree Etl Gsc Cocvcere Cseseese Cee Ccveses Eee Miyech Neereeseeee Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis Sarahnah Charleston Norfolk Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore St. Lows Loginville Cincinnati Real Britain Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston

Grain and Hogs Prices Across Cities and Markets

Closing grain prices in St Louis and Duluth, Milwaukee, Minneapolis reports show cash and futures for wheat corn and oats with August September December and May bids. Sugar and molasses prices listed for retail and wholesale, plus hog and cattle market notes from Kansas City and whiskey prices from Cincinnati and Peoria, with oil market snippets and petroleum and turpentine figures.

St. Louis Duluth Milwaukee Minneapolis

Imports and Exports on August Fourth Eighty Nine Hundred

Long list of shipments and goods arriving at Liverpool and other ports. The record names steamer Catalogia Il Atkins and Palestine with vast quantities of tin, wine, wool, linens, earthenware, hardware, cases of mackerel, oil, sailcloth, and countless other items. Also rail and river trade notes include Brown, Durrell, and various firms with cargoes of leather, textiles, pigments, and groceries.

Liverpool Eng Il Atkins & Co Brown Tros & Co Sharing Bros & Co Wool -Brown & Co Brown, Durrell& Co A Wooth & Co A& W Bird & Co George Bridge C Surnham A Burgess & Co I Breck & Son H Bogigian & Co Boston Took Co Clark, Sawyer & Co Crale Earthenware Clement & Soule Carter, Rice & Co Chick & Co Oleman, Mead & Co Chick Leask China Collins & Fairbanks Delong & Seaman Estes & Lauriat Fuller, Dana & Fitz Abram Trench & Co William Guild & Co & Bales J Goldthwaite & Co Gorham Manufacturing Company Houghton & Dutton George Harrington Kendall, Barrows & Co Larkwood Lovett, Hart & Phipps Co Lane & Rowell Benjamin Levy & Co Manchester, Robertson& Allison Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Co Moors & Co Macallar Parker & Co James F Mullen & Co Mitewell, Woodberry & Co Norton, Fessenden & Soule Neal, Morse & Co Stedman & Fuller Manufacturing Company Snow P Sanger Carl Schoenhof Tighe & Borke H Weld & Co Wilson, Larrabee & Co H White & Co Whitcombe Wellington & Co Wood & Dodge Webster & Co White Cycle Co Woodberry Palestine Joel Goldthwaite Co LO Carpe W Bead & Sons John D Young Esq Htros & Co Lowell Mfg Co Baring Bros & Co Aimmonia Alkali & Pkgs Worcester Boston Leather Co Lover Barclay & Co Bowles & Co Beaman Bros Bartlett Leyman Crosby Pateh & Roberts Russell Port Hawkesbury Delong & Co Do Eyes Griffin & Co Hatheway & Co Potter & Wrightington Whitney & Pousland Winsor Mackeerel Delong & Seaman Yarmouth Clements Hall & Co Batehelder Horse Pride Meise American Ex Co Cienfulegos Boylston R . Cashman & Co ST Marc Hayts Sullivan Barbados Ravensdale Caleta Buena Elwell Hemenway & Browne Hayti Timothy Field

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