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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1889
Page
7
The report notes varied leather prices with 16c for moving stalks and 14 15c for Southern hides. Belt and Union knives show No 1 and No 2 grades at mixed fractions, and rough castskins sell modestly at 24 27c. Demand stays steady for wax and hip leather, boot and shoe hips, grain leathers stabilize, and buff leather sees foreign interest.
The boot and shoe market remains quiet as factories close for three days to take stock for spring trade. Despite recent Lynn fire, most manufacturers have found new quarters or shifted work to outside factories with little impact on overall trade. Owners show energy and optimism in continuing operations with minimal disruption.
The hide market remained quiet for South American hides with small Buenos Aires and Montevideo sales at 14 41c and 5000 Montevideo out of store at 14 1 4c. New York sales touched 15c while buyers seek lower, domestic hides show activity with 4900 Rio Grande cows at 11 2 1 2c and 10 000 Paysandu gups at 9 3 4c, plus 1500 Rio Grande cows privately arranged. Western hides firm with 20 000 sold, including a 5 1 2c delivered buff, and seconds at 4 4 1 4c. New England demand slow. tanned skins steady locally and higher overseas.
The Portuense has landed from Para with 570000 pounds of rubber. Para market stays firm. London price for fine Para is 86 ed. and sales in progress at 72 73c for fine and 53 54c for coarse. Old fine rubber quoted 76 80c, coarse 56c. Demand for rubber goods stays strong as stormy weather boosts boots shoes and clothing trade.
New York receipts rise to 106000 bushels with exports 74 and sales 278000, futures off call remain nominal as demand ties to export activity. Chicago and St Louis show firmer No 2 and 20 to 35 cent ranges for various grains while rye flour cornmeal and oatmeal hold steady prices amid quiet demand.
The article lists receipts and regional price quotes for butter, oleo, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay and straw, and poultry. It compares current day totals with last year’s figures and provides wholesale jobbing ranges for each item, noting firm butter demand and steady or quiet markets across categories.
The market shows steady supply with quiet trade. Prices listed include onions at 75c bush and 2 dollars per barrel, Western onions 160 to 175 per barrel, beets 60c per box, carrots 40c per box, lettuce 50 to 75c per dozen, radishes 35 to 40c per dozen, turnips 35c per box, cabbage 3 to 5 dollars per 100 count, savoy 75c per head, red cabbage 1 dollar per barrel, and other entries for parsnips pumpkins squash spinach celery and more.
Cranberries advance to 10 dollars per barrel with strong demand in New York and a market nearing clearance. Many expect prices to hit 12 by Christmas as traders buy from smaller growers to hold for further gains while some fruit rots in storage.
The apples market remains underutilized with large supply and low buyer activity. only select lots move slowly in this subdued market.
The article lists wholesale fruit prices for oranges lemons mandarins grapes and almeria grapes with counts and box prices. It notes Florida oranges are well supplied with limited choice lots and fair demand, while Mandarins and tangerines are in small supply. Grape fruit is plentiful but slow selling and Jamaica oranges remain scarce with various box prices.
The steamer Coventry sailed from Palermo on Nov 28 for Boston with 400 boxes Messina oranges 6000 boxes Messina lemons and Palermo fruit. The Howick left Palermo on Nov 27 with 20000 boxes mixed fruit for Boston. Tordenskjold due around Dec 15 with bananas for Seaverns Co. The Norfolk boat due Friday with 500 bags peanuts 500 boxes oranges and 75 bbis truck.
Receipts today show tallow 52 pkgs beef 18 bbls pork 5 bbls lard 1775 kgs hams 2 bbls preserved meats none acon 273 boxes. Pork and pork products demand is good with a steady closing market. prices for long cuts to bacon and lard reflect firm levels across New York Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati trading posts. Beef, dry salted meats, and fresh meats show mixed strength with some firming in lard and steady to dull in other regions.
Kansas City cattle market remains steady with steers at 3.25 to 4.25 and cows 1.25, stockers and feeders 2.20 to 2.30, range cattle 2.10 to 2.90. hogs strong with heavies 3.50 to 3.60, mediums 3.52 to 3.60. sheep steady at 3.40 to 4.25. Cincinnati hogs weaker, receipts 9,080. Chicago cattle receipts 16,000 shipments 4,500. beeves 246.65. hogs receipts 30,000 shipments 6,600. sheep receipts 9,000 shipments 4,000.
New York cotton is quiet and firm with 281 bales sold at several grades and middling to good ordinary prices. Liverpool reports steady trade with 8000 bales bought, significant American receipts, and futures showing dull to quiet closes across the board.
Raw sugars firm with steady prices. Cuba refining at 5% sc to 644c for Manilas and Javas 6 TM c. Refined sugars firm with various quotations. powdered 7% sc to 7% 2c, granulated 7 7c, confectioners 7c, standard A 7c. Molasses receipts none today. small New Orleans molasses sales at 40 48c per gallon. fancy Ponce 40c, choice 38 39c, fair to good 26 39c, Barbados 32c, boiling grades nominal 50 test.
Peoria reports whiskey at 103 dollars with firms and unchanged market. Chicago notes whiskey at 102. St Louis whiskey selling at 102. Cincinnati market quiet for whiskey at 102.
Turpentine closed around 45 percent with rosin at 110 and tar at 250, while petroleum settled at 7.80 cents. Rosin and case costs are listed, alongside regional commodity figures and market notes.
Live stock totals show sheep, cattle, and lambs at 8 956, 21 208 swine 2 581 last year and 6 535 this week. Arrivals at Watertown Brighton yards reach 2 696 4 056 709 with prices listed for market cattle hides and skins across various quality grades.
J Melloy sold three milch cows at 40 each with 45 total and two nice cows at 50 each. JS Henry sold two nice milch cows at 57 50 each, two aged cows at 45 each, and two common cows at 35 each. WE Mayden sold one nice cow at 50 and two cows at 42 50 each. W Scollans sold from 37 50.
List of cargo and consignments with parties involved including steamer Palestine carrying flax bales 48 and 50 bales woollen thread, whisky and brandy cases, paper stock, china clay, tinplates, common salt, prunes, soda ash and other goods. Names include J B Moors & co, B M Jones & co, the Hon George Duncan, Kidder Peabody & co, Stone & DP, Bar ing Bros & co, S's Fierce & co.
A detailed shipment list from Grand Cayman and other ports, noting quantities of flour, cornmeal, pork, beef, butter, lard, canned goods, oil, hardware, and various goods. Includes items from Lunenburg NS, Sydney CB, Charlottetown Pel, Liverpool Eng, and the Steamer Samaria with cargoes and cargo counts.
London markets report mixed activity with wheat steady to firm and corn broadly firm or quiet. Liverpool quotes show wheat firm at 6s 9d to 7s 4d, corn about 40s per quarter, and provisions listed including pork 56s 6d and bacon 36s.
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