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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1890
Page
7
Sugar quiet and molasses slow while coffee and teas show activity. Rice and butter steady with cheese dull. Eggs firm and poultry easy as game and seeds stay quiet. Produce mixed with Florida fruits steady demand, cranberries higher, apples firm, pears quiet, dried apples steady. Fresh beef in demand, other fresh meats quiet.
Prices for sugar declined further while remaining steady at week end. New Orleans receipts stay large, boosting supply in New York and other markets. Coffee markets firm with stock levels in Rio and Santos steady. prices quoted across Rio, Santos and Java regions.
At the London wool sales 8650 bales were offered with good attendance and brisk bidding, especially for fine grades. New clips remained in demand and Australian wools showed firmness while U S purchases were light. Withdrawals reached 6500 bales with 103000 still available.
Fall River on November 29 reports weekly print cloth data production at 170000 pieces and deliveries at 192000 pieces, reflecting output and shipment volumes for the market segment.
Providence RI November 29 cloth market shows reduced stock on hand as mills filled December orders this week. Sales include 200 pieces 64x648 at 35 16 cents, 28 000 pieces 64x64 at December delivery 3 44 cents, with 260 000 pieces 64x64s and 27 000 pieces 56x66 0s held. nominal for latter at 21 3 16e, no sales recorded.
Wheat and grain markets show a favorable week with price gains across Chicago Minneapolis and New York. December to May shifts pressuring premiums while cash wheat holds firm in Minneapolis and Chicago, and oats stay in demand as mills and exporters lift activity amid variable receipts and solar market dynamics.
Provisions opened weak in Chicago on heavy hog receipts but closed steady amid dull trade. Contracts shifted from January to May due to large carrying costs caused by irregular December staff on January contracts and money concerns. Deliveries show mixed quotes for pork, lard, and short ribs with late-session gains and declines. Receipts for the day include pork, fresh beef, lard, hams, bacon, tallow, grease, and dressed hogs, compared to modest last year totals.
The report lists various pork products with dozens of bbls, cases, and pails and quotes steady or varying prices for cuts such as long and short cuts, backs, lean ends, and tongues. Beef and mutton markets are described as firm or quiet with prices for prime steers, heifers, and lambs, plus tallow and veal notes.
St Louis hogs opened steady with Yorkers at 350 340 60. Peoria hog market firmer with prices 340 60 3 60. Cincinnati hog market barely steady near prior levels. Park quoted steady at 975 000. Chicago cattle steady to strong. hogs 336 350. sheep natives 464 80. Kansas City cattle 3 25 4 65. hogs 345 390. Yorkers 325 643 40.
Weekly market roundup shows butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, and poultry trading with steady to softer tones. Butter prices held firm across Western and Northern creamery grades while New York and Liverpool cues reflect mixed demand. eggs remain steady but trade quiet. beans and peas show varied jobbing prices. turkeys and chickens soft. sweet potatoes steady to easy. overall activity modest with ample supplies.
The market shows steady demand for various truck goods and unchanged prices. Listed items include onions from several regions with varying prices per barrel or basket, carrots, beets, lettuce, turnips, squash varieties, cabbage, cucumbers, celery, cauliflower, and related produce with specific price points such as 350 dollars per barrel for onions and 75 cents per basket for yellow pickle onions.
The Fruit Trade reports lower prices with oranges having fair but quiet trading and lemons dull. Oranges brights bring 3 3 50 per box while russets range 2 60 to 3 00 per box. grape fruit 5 per barrel. lemons 3 4 60 per box. tangerines 2 60 4 3 50 per half-box and 5 7 per box. navels 3 50 to 4 50 per box. Mediterranean fruit activity noted as subdued.
The market remains firm but quiet with light exporter demand. Quoted apples include Pippins at 2 60 to 3 25 per barrel, Greenings 38 50 to 4 50, and Baldwins from 3 3 50 to 4 00. pears show steady demand with beurre Bosc at 5 6 per bush, and dried apples range 8 to 16 cents. Cranberries firm at Cape Cod dark 9 10 50 per barrel, and bananas on steamer Ya Murai sold at 125 per 100s with various grade prices.
The steamer havencore passed Gibraltar Nov 16 with 1300 boxes Messina oranges 21000 boxes Messina lemons 650 boxes Palermo oranges and 3400 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. Bowden due Dec 4 from Jamaica with bananas for Boston Fruit. Savannah steamer due Monday with 3850 boxes Florida oranges. Monday Norfolk bat carries 125 pigs truck 600 pigs peanuts and 30 boxes oranges.
Havana sugar market was quiet with only Muscovado sales reported. Stock is scarce and weekly exports totaled 5 boxes and 508 bags, including 500 bags to the United States. Quoted Muscovado refined sugar at 85% to 90% and centrifugals 92 to 96% polarization, with warehouse stocks listed for Havana and Matanzas.
The New York spot cotton market held firm with prices unchanged at 97-16e middling uplands and total sales of 361 bales, 200 export and the rest home use, stock at 58,705 bales. Futures eased late while Liverpool prices show dull activity, and other U S markets remained mostly steady with modest variations.
The Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati whiskey markets remain firm at $1 14 with Peoria at $1 15 for whiskey and $1 17 for spirits.
Turpentine closed at 40 cents with resin at 145 160 and tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 7.05 cents with Rsw at 7.30 cents and cases at 9.40 cents.
On November 30, 1390, Antwerp trade lists cargoes from the Steamer Hermann including 2703 cases window glass and 6002 cases do for Sherburne, 600 cases for Lambert Bros, and various items such as moise and glass ware. Also recorded are bales of rags, cases of plate glass, and shipments of ironware, prunes, polished and wrought marble, whiskey, wine, steel beams, rolled iron, and other goods from multiple firms across import lines.
Listing of exports from Harborville New York Weymouth Charlottetown Port Morant Halifax and Liverpool aboard vessels including Sch Lanara Everett Grace Rice Onward Ethelwold and Roman. Quantities cover flour biscuits oats butter soap kerosene oil lumber bricks beans tea lime juice and various goods with numerous figures and unit counts.
A partial list records quantities of goods including barrels of apples and pork, tierces of bacon and lard, tins and organs, grease, beef, flour, petroleum, turpentines, nails, grindstones, broom handles, machinery, and hardware. Locations noted include Clementport Nova Scotia, Valparaiso and Talcahuano. Readable items indicate a broad mercantile stock and shipping context with numerous unit counts and case totals.
Wheat and corn markets show quiet but firm activity in London and Liverpool. Cargo movements include two wheat arrivals, three awaiting sales, and two corn sold with one awaiting sale. Prices show February California wheat at 735 4d and April at 785 4d, mixed American corn for December and March. Farmers deliver wheat 82,075,000 quarters with average price 328 7d.
A Boston public transit appeal seeks a governor appointed expert commission to study elevated or subway railways. It urges a comprehensive plan after public hearings to protect private rights and promote public welfare, referencing West End Street Railway restrictions and multiple local stakeholders.
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