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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1889

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Highlights from Boston August

Boston money market ease at 3 percent Clearing House rate. General market steady with time loans 4 to 6 percent and call loans 4 to 4.75 percent. Exchange figures show New York activity and bonds, gold loan notes, and rail stock fluctuations. Reports include Atchison consolidation chatter, California Southern and Central merger notes, and wool market detail with prices for Ohio Michigan Montana and foreign wools amid a weak but steady trend.

Boston Clearing House New York Sub-Treasury Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph Reichsmarks Flarins Bank of England Atchison New England California Southern California Central New York Commercial Bulletin Boston Post Whitehead The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Kansas City Missouri Pacific St. Paul Flint & Pete Marquette Mexican Central City of Mexico Bleichoroeder Berlin London Union Pacific Wisconsin Central New York & New England Erie ‘Telephone

Money on Call Eases in New York Markets

New Yorks on August 8 reported money on call easy with rates from 2 to 3 percent. The last loan rate printed at 2 1/2 percent.

New Yorks

Stock Market Ends Day Firm After Mixed Trading

A cautious session gave way to firmer values as buyers returned, lifting rail stocks and coal shares. Missouri Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio posted gains, while railroad bonds saw moderate activity with total dealings near 1.48 million dollars. Prices closed at or near day’s best, though late-hour sentiment cooled.

Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Northern Pacific Missouri Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Reading Rock Island C. & St.aoe New England Atchison Lake Erie & Western Preferred Vanderbilt Northern Pacific Preferred Chesapeake & Ohios Richmond & Alleghany Houston & Texas Peoria Decatur & Evansville St. Louis Arkansas & Texas Wabash Great Western

London Financial Update and Bond Prices

London market notes Consols quoted at 983 16 for money and 98 8 for account. United States 4s at 13134, 42s at 10914. Atlantic and Great Western seconds 51 1 2 percent. Canadian Pacific 60 percent. Erie 27 12. Illinois Central 120 12. Mexican ordinary 54. New York Central 108. Pennsylvania 63. Reading 22. Bank of England raised its discount rate from 2 1 2 percent to 3 percent. Paris rates near 3 percent with franc exchange at 85 francs 15 centimes for the account.

Boston Stock Exchange N.Y NOE Ola Colony Pui Iinan Pal Samouit Union Pacific Wis Aim Bell Tel Lamson Esboston Water Power BOO Newport Land NS. E West End Ry Dicias Central Am. Pneu. Tool Illinois Steel Bales B. & Mont Butte & Boston Cal Osceola Seeees Ceeeseceers Quincy Santa Fe Tamarack Aspinwall Boothuay Boston Anor W.P Loulston Street Brookline Ceeeens Campobello French, Bay Maverick Newport Lamoine Payson Penobscot la Diego Seeeesee Essen Sullivan Topeka St Eaee West End Winthrop Wollaston Atchison L. G Plains At. & Pac Kan Fre Elk H K. C Kk. C N. Y N. Es D.O Oregon L. C. Con Pueb. & A. V Rutland Kansas Sonora St. Jo & G S. F Atlantic & Pacific Boston & Albany Boston & Lowell Boston & Maine Boston & Prov Cal. Southern Central of Mass Clve Canton Col. Sp Fitchburg Felice L. E St. Ll Old Colony Summit Branch Wisconsin Eastman Bbl Lamson Store Ser Ovens Pullman Palace Car Co Securities Cotton Oil Trust Ty TY Am Pneumatic Tool Co Burton Stock Car Co New York North Chi National Lead ‘Trust Pal Houston Elec Ceeeeeaeck Thomson- 2 GO Press Go Prt Iecessev London United States Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Linois Central New_ York Central Pennsylvania Bank of England Paris

Music at the West End by Germania Band on Embankment

The Germania Band performs at the Charles River Embankment starting 8 o'clock with a program including Jollification overture Jubilee Santiago Erminie Trish Patrol Fisher Maiden Galop Hiv OVBLAS When I know that thou art near me Comique Gavotte Secret Love Night in New York and more.

Charles River Germania Vidale Rover Santiago Corbin Aeecvcesceece Dakovowski Trish Patrol Gens Wailsworth Ale Salad Seitzel Gavotte Lange New York Brooks

Market tone steady with mixed commodity notes

Wool unchanged and flour dull with several grains quiet or steady. Cornmeal firm. rye, rye flour, and oats quiet to dull. Butter, oleomargarine, cheese, beans, potatoes, poultry, hay and straw steady or firm. Fruits like California varieties in good demand. bananas and oranges steady or firm. Pork fair demand. lard steady. hogs steady. corned beef dull. fresh beef firm. mutton quiet. lambs plentiful. veals dull. tallow easy. sugars unchanged. molasses nominal.

California

Wheat crop forecast stirs markets in Chicago

Chicago traders report growing belief that U S wheat production exceeds 500000000 bushels and that the upcoming government crop report will be favorable. If true, foreign demand may slow and a minor wheat price decline could follow as harvest continues in the Northwest with spring wheat progress noted.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston

Market Report Sees Steady Prices With Odds of Decline

Market notes demand, shipments, and price trends across corn oats and provisions. Corn prices ease while receipts rise. lard shipments remain large and hogs expect liberal movement with possible overall decline in provisions. Wheat stays quiet as traders await government data. corn demand expected to pick up if weather permits.

Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Burlington Nebraska Baltimore

Grain Markets Across Regions Quiet with Mixed Quotations

John E. Welsh reports quiet trading across markets on August 8. Domestic flour and grain prices show firmness in some lines, while demand remains light. receipts and carload totals are listed for corn, oats, and flour, with regional notes from New York Chicago and St Louis.

Market Report on Grains and Farm Commodities

The report shows weaker markets for 177,000 bush wheat with No 2 at 20 percent, while St Louis receipts rise to 58,000 bush. Rye flour and Graham flour hold steady with modest demand. cornmeal and oatmeals firm but variable. rye dull with low demand as new rye depresses prices. millfeeds quiet but steady with moderate demand. cottonseed meal steady at 25 dollars plus, malt receipts strong with varied barley quotes. hops market dull with no price changes. multiple quoted prices given for export and local sale.

New York Minnesota Chicago St Louis Port Huron Lake New Chicago Bush State Aokee Bush Graham Michigan Canada

Market vegetables and prices in a steady supply

The market shows ample supplies and fair demand with varied quotes. Bunch onions 142c per bunch. Egyptian onions $150 per crate. Malta $17540 per 25 baskets. native onions 75c per bush. beets 35c per box. carrots 50c per box. lettuce block box. turnips 24c. Long Island yellow turnips $1.75 per barrel. cucumbers $1 per 100 count. parsley 25c per bush. beans 75c per bush. shell beans $1.56 per bush. wax beans 75 85c per bush. green pole 75c per box. green corn 50c per box. tomatoes 40-60c per bush. native cabbage $3 per 100 count. Native peas $1 per bush. Florida marrow squash $1 per barrel. Norfolk lots 75c per barrel. Native marrow squash $1 per barrel. summer squash and crook-neck selling cheap. Cauliflowers quiet at $1 per dozen. Florida peppers in stall at $2.50 per crate. natives $1 per bush. Eggplant $1.50 per dozen. Kalamazoo celery $2.04-2.45 per bunch.

New York Vermont Chicago Fort Washington SoboLay Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Canadas California Lima Choice Canada Romsery Rose and Hebrons Derseys Malta Long Island Florida Norfolk Leeach Bush Kalamazoo

Fruit Prices Steady as Markets Report Mixed Produce

Receipts of choice apples are dull with slow sales while Oranges and Lemons show steady demand at firm prices. Pears, peaches, cantaloupes, berries, pineapples, grapes and watermelons offer varied supply and prices, with Virginia and North Carolina origins common, and many items in fair or poor condition yet kept in market with steady or rising interest.

Messina Palermo Georgia le Contes Virginia Bartletts Delaware Beurre Giffords New York Virginia North Carolina Carolina Marthas Perkins Moore’s Jamaica Baracoa

Banana Market Report and Fruit Prices

The steamer Hertha brings 850¢ bunches of Baracoa bananas for WW & CR Noyes with sales at 11 5 for yellow and 80c for reds. Tordenskjol delivers 8500 bunches to Seaverns & Co selling yellows at 112% and reds at 90c. Blackberries are quiet at 8 10c per quart. Muskmelons arrive in small Rhode Island lots at 3 dollars. Plums from New York arrival sold at 1 dollar per crate.

Port Simons Hertha WW & CR Noyes Tordenskjol Seaverns & Co Rhode Island New York

Steamer Siofna Bring Bananas for Noyes Firm

The steamer Siofna is due Saturday with Baracoa bananas to WW and CR Noyes. The Norfolk boat will deliver 3830 bags peanuts 100 packages cantaloupes 200 packages pears and grapes 100 barrels of sweets and 3000 watermelons.

Siofna WW & CR Noyes Norfolk Boat Due

Fruit auction notes from California pears and citrus

Snow and Co sold California Bartlett pears at auction today for 2 dollars b0 26214. Tomorrow they offer 3 cars of California fruits. H Harris and Co will auction the cargo of the Olympia, including Messina and Palermo oranges and lemons.

Snow & Co California Bartlett California H Harris & Co Olympia Messina Palermo

Fridlys Train Car Load Revealed in Parcel List

A train on Friday carried eleven lemon cars and five peach cars along with two potato cars two cantaloupe cars two pear cars and two apple cars as listed.

Provisions Market Report and Meat Prices Across Cities

Provisions show steady pork demand with firm prices for hams and lard, while pork products vary by region. Reports from New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati detail pork, lard, dry salts, bacon, and beef pricing, with specific figures for cuts, weights, and market directions.

Market summaries for hogs and cattle at multiple stockyards

Cattle receipts at Kansas City and Chicago show steady to firm demand with beves reaching 425 to 460, steers 360 to 385, stockers 225 to 330, cows 160 to 300, Texas cattle stronger at 175 to 320. Hogs receipts large with heavies 4 95 to 4 15, mediums 4 12 to 4 36, pigs 4 30 to 4 36, shipments brisk. Sheep receipts around 6 000 with natives 3 50 to 4 90, Western 3 60 to 4 10, lambs 4 25 to 5 80.

Brokers’ Board Bell Tel T. & S. Re Trust Oregon South Kan T. Dos Erie Lamson Store Ewwee Boston Land Gioston Water Sullivan Harbor Bb. & M. Mining Franklin Mining Oscoola Mining Yamarack Mining Eeetesee Gieve Canton Pfd New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Choice Brighton Kansas City Texas Bhoep

Cotton Prices and Futures Across Markets in Early August

New York cotton is firm with 1372 bales traded across uplands and Gulf types at various grades and prices. Futures opened steady and closed steady. detailed opening and closing quotes for August and September through June show small shifts. Liverpool market stays steady with middlings around 644d and sales near 8000 bales. other markets list receipts, shipments, stock levels, and general tone as mid or firm.

New York Aca iLe Liverpool Closin Closing Ag Ccec Augusta Mid Ile Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington

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