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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1889

Page

7

Market Report on Coffee Spices and Rice Movement

Weekly update shows 26 000 bags shipped to the US and 32 000 to the United States total. Rio stock at last report 256 000 bags vs 244 000 last year. crop movement to 28th 861 000 bags vs 2 022 000 year-ago. Total visible supply 416 247 bags vs 448 428 in 1888 and 405 758 in 1887. Tea and rice activity noted with steady prices and quiet market for rice at 4 6 c per barrel. Spices dull with minor declines in pepper and cloves, and assorted cassias and nutmegs listed with current quotes.

United States Rio Canton Cassia Batavia Cassia Singapore Zanzibar Amboyna

Flour and grain prices and receipts in New York market

John E. Welsh reports domestic flour and grain carloads with 75 total cars. Receipts compare 1889 to 1888 across flour bbls half-bbls sacks and multiple grain items, while prices range from fine flour to export grades. Market dull, some dealers cut prices to move goods. regional quotes follow for New York Chicago St Louis and export grades.

Iss Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New York City St Louis Chicago

Market Canners Report Steady Prices for Fresh Produce

Demand is tepid with ample supply as sales hold at steady rates. Onions vary from 75¢ per bush to $2 per barrel with crates of Spanish onions noted. Beets, carrots, lettuce and radishes show mixed but stable pricing across boxes, dozens and bbls.

White Cape St Andrews

Rural Market Prices Report on Varied Produce

Parsnips priced 50 to 60 cents per box. Pumpkins 75 cents per box. Squash marrow turban hubbard price 15 to 25 dollars per ton. Spinach 25 cents per bushel, cauliflower 1 dollar. Celery four dollars per box. Florida cucumbers arrive in poor condition. Beans sell around 3 dollars per crate. Sales are final at current bids.

Florida

Receipts and market notes from a late 19th century period

Receipts since January show varied gains and losses across staples including butter oleo eggs and beans while today’s figures list butter 1821 pkgs oleo 266 pkgs cheese 1954 boxes eggs 100 boxes beans 920 bbls potatoes 10 cars sweet potatoes 66 bbls hay 74 cars straw 10 cars. Butter markets remain firm with mixed quality Western creameries and Elgin trends. cheese demand quiet with steady prices. beans and potatoes show firmer futures with scarce Maine stock and varied regional pricing.

Kiev New York Elgin Franklin County Vermont Eastern Western Iverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Canadas Bush California Lima Choice Canada Maine Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Rose Hebrons Stars East Swale

Apples Receipts Lag as Market Remains Steady at Midseason

For the month ending Nov 30 receipts total 135 646 bbls vs 219 586 bbls year ago. Jan 1 to Dec 1 receipts 394 966 bbls vs 512 769 last year. Market steady and well supplied with fair demand for choice eating fruit. Prices quoted include Kings 3 3 50, Hubbardstons 2 50 3 90, sweets 2 50 3 50, Western mixed 2 2 50, Ben Davis 2 50 2 75, greenings 2 2 50, Snow 3 3 50, Baldwins 2 2 50, No 2 1 1 50, Michigan greenings 2 2 75, Michigan Talman sweets 2 50 3 00, Eastern Talmans 2 50 3 00.

Hubbardstons Pound Sweets Ben Davis Greenings Snow Baldwins Michigan Greenings Michigan Talman Sweets Eastern Talmans Michi

Market Prices for Florida Oranges Lemons and Grapes

Florida oranges show a well supplied market with scarce choice fruit and fair demand. November receipts reached 47 816 boxes, 50 400 for the season, with Florida lemons in fair supply at 250 400 per box and Malaga lemons steady at 2 25 per box. Jamaica oranges and various grape types also quoted with limited supplies and steady prices. cranberries show strong receipts and Cape Cod berries priced per bbl or crate. Fruit market notes emphasize jobbing prices for choice lots.

Gan Florida Malaga Palermo Messina Jamaica Isabellas Jonas Cape Cod

Steamer Loads and Cargoes Bound for New York Trade

The Savannah steamer arriving Monday carries 6610 boxes of Florida oranges. The Norfolk steamer due Monday carries 650 bags of peanuts, 300 boxes of oranges, and 150 barrels of trucks. The Coventry departed Palermo November 28 bound for Boston.

Savannah Florida Norfolk Coventry Palermo Boston

Fruit Sales Auctions Set For Early Week

Snow & Co to auction 1500 boxes Florida oranges 972 barrels and 180 half barrels of Almeria grapes on Monday Harris & Co to auction 4000 boxes Florida oranges on Tuesday

Snow & Co Almeria Harris & Co

Provisions and meat prices in major markets report

The report lists receipts of tallow pork lard hams bacon and preserved meats with year over year figures and current market quotes for fresh beef pork tongues lard and other products. It notes steady demand for pork and mixed activity across New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and other markets with prices for various cuts and byproducts.

Pope Lord Coveese SCG Ross Fiawite Wares Co New York City Extra India Western Steam City Continent Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton Choice

New York and Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Figures

Cotton markets in New York and Liverpool show firm to steady tones with specific bid prices. NY uplands range from 7 4¢ to 10 1-1éc with closing steady. Liverpool middlings quoted around 58d with sales of 7,000 bales and receipts totaling near 24,000 bales. Futures across both cities opened steady and closed steady or firm, with various forward-month differentials and regional supply figures for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and other ports.

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Textile Net Receipts Across Ports For One Day

Consolidated net receipts total 45 307 for one day with exports to Britain 17 676 and to the Continent 11 907. Port data include West Point Net 1554, Philadelphia 422, Baltimore 4 and 1080, Cincinnati 6183, St Louis 3212 with 40 826 stock.

West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Continent New York St Louis Britain

Hog and cattle markets across Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City market shows steady cattle with prices for steers 330 to 365 and range cattle 210 to 260, hogs at 350 to 365, sheep around 320. Cincinnati hogs steady at 365, beef and packer prices range 355 to 375, receipts about 6350. Chicago cattle receipts 2000 and ships 500 with beeves 460 to 465, steers 280 to 440, hogs firm but weak, average 350 to 382, sheep receipts 3000 and lambs around 450.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Whiskey market reports across four cities remain steady

Peoria and St Louis note whiskey at 103 and 102 respectively with prices unchanged. Chicago reports a quiet whiskey market at 02 and Cincinnati maintains a steady whiskey price of 102.

Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Reported

Turpentine closed at 46 46 2 percent with rosin at 110 115 and tar at 250 while petroleum closed at 7 80 cents with ASW at 7 50 and cases at 9 70.

New York

Imports and Exports Report November 30 1889

Shipping manifest style list from St John Halifax Meteg han Halifax Liverpool entries detailing cargoes of ker osene corn meal flour beef pork apples onions cranberries and various goods aboard multiple ships and steamers including Alma Gondola Brenton Myosotis Fortuna and Kansas bound for ports in Canada and England. Major items include kerosene oil flour cornmeal lard beef pork oatmeal butter cheese and packing materials.

Alma Baldeck and Whycocomagh Halifax Meteghan Brenton Liverpool Fortuna Eng Kansas

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