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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1890
Page
7
Commodities broadly steady with butter dull cheese dull eggs firm beans quiet poultry steady game quiet hay steady straw firm potatoes higher dried apples firm cranberries strong grapes unchanged corn meat prices mixed. Wall street weakness and tighter money loom over markets with corn and wheat futures showing less demand and pressure in cash markets.
The sugar trade runs dull at northern markets while the domestic crop looks large and prices drop. New Orleans receipts hit records as Eastern refiners import more, and imports from abroad slow. Coffee and tea markets stay quiet with steady prices amid tight money and shifting demand.
In Chicago the wheat market opened weak at 98 cents, rallied to 99 1/4, then fell to 97 1/2 before recovering to 98 1/4. Large local traders had hoped for higher prices, but money-market weakness and a Liverpool grain failure dampened activity. Corn rose early on a scare, shorts covered, then fell. oats followed overall grass-strong to weak. The curb message to Gilman Cheney Co noted a weaker day with only fractional rallies.
The Chicago market opened weak and stayed soft as money market strains widen carrying charges. Pork and lard prices show declines and steady trading remains limited amid ample supply. Receipts today include tallow, beef, lard, hams, and grease with year ago figures provided for comparison.
Chicago and Cincinnati markets report varied tone with cattle receipts around 2500 and 1000 shipments, steady to unchanged prices. Hogs see high activity with 20 000 receipts and 5 000 shipments, prices from 3 35 to 5 40 across grades, and packers quotes ranging from 3 55 to 3 75. Sheep receipts 1500 with natives at 4 15 to 4 95 and Western lambs around 4 16 to 5 90.
Receipts show butter 2735 pkgs, oleo 60 pkgs, cheese 3765 boxes, lard 41 bbls, beans 229 bbls, potatoes 17 cars, sweet potatoes 18 bbls, hay 42 cars, straw 4 cars. Market quotes list Western and Northern creamery and state dairy prices. eggs, beans, poultry, game, seeds, hay, straw, potatoes, and sweet potatoes with regional variations and firm to quiet demand.
The market holds steady with onions quoted at various prices including Valencia at 400 per barrel and Ohio at 350 per barrel, plus crate and box pricing for several produce items such as carrots beets lettuce cucumbers pumpkins and cauliflower. Listings cover yellow pickle onions native white Cape parsley turban squash marrow squash spinach radishes cabbage and celery with prices per bushel box dozen or barrel as shown.
The Florida fruit trade shows a steady market with ample oranges and mixed demand for other items. quotes cover brights and counts, box prices, and grapefruit. Mediterranean fruit markets are quiet with steady prices on Palermo and Messina lemons and oranges. apples and dried fruits show varied but steady activity as supplies adjust.
The steamer Tyndal passed Gibraltar on December 5 carrying 240060 boxes of Messina oranges and 4700 boxes of Messina lemons destined for Boston. The steamer Pawnee also passed Gibraltar.
On December 4 shipments include 2000 boxes Messina oranges and 3200 boxes Messina lemons destined for Boston. The steamer Napier left Palermo on December 2 carrying fruit for Boston, and the steamer Ethelred is due December 10 with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company.
Havana notes a very quiet sugar market with scarce stock as buyers withdraw. Muscovado refined 85 to 90, gold 22 12% per quintal, centrifugal 92 to 96 polarization 25614 28114. Warehousing shows 28 boxes, 301,700 bags, 108 birds. no receipts. exports total 7 boxes and 618 bags, all US-bound. Freights remain nominal.
The New York spot market shows middling uplands at 97-16c and other grades lower, with 143 bales sold and a stock of 51,689 bales. Liverpool reports dull prices in London terms, with 7,000 bales traded today and 14,200 received, all American. futures opened steady and closed quiet but firm, while other U S and international markets reflect varied activity and quotes. Consolidated receipts total 36,662 for the day, with exports to Britain, France, and the Continent totaling 29,592 and a global stock of 657,109.
Fall River reports week’s output 216000 pieces deliveries 227000 pieces stock 561000 pieces sales 218000 pieces spot 90000 futures 128000. Providence notes market quiet with declines as sales reach 11000 pieces 64 squares spots and December delivery at 31 16c while 6000 pieces 64 squares spots at value and 7000 pieces 56x60s spots early delivery at 268e stock held by manufacturers 272000 pieces 64s and 27000 pieces 56x60s.
London December 6 reports 11 597 wool sales with strong demand for New South Wales and Victoria merinos and better scoured lots. Inferior wools attracted fewer buyers. 10 000 bales withdrawn, 55 000 remaining. Sales by region listed with prices for scoured and greasy grades and weekly imports by origin.
CF W Prescott & Co lists pipe line certificates with closing at 3 pm on December 6 and opening again December 6 1889. Figures show shipments totals 73 631 92 308 and 17 685 with fluctuating closes and openings. Whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati cited at 1 14 with Peoria whiskey at 1 15 and spirits at 1 16.
Turpentine closed at 309 39 percent cents with resin at 145 150 and tar at 260 while petroleum closed at 7c with ASW at 7.30c and cases at 40 cents.
Inventory listing trade goods imported by numerous firms in Liverpool on December 7 1890. Items include steel and tin plate, hides, soap, paper stock, yarns, mackerel, brandy, wines, silks, linens, leather, wool, machinery, earthenware, champagne, grapes, live fowls, and sugar and molasses. Numerous firms named such as Jere Abbott & Co, Thomas Viom & Co, Brown Bros & Co, J B Moors & Co, P Doherty, Alexander Bros, Stone & Downer, and Baring Bros & Co. Includes quantities like 116 cases steel, 87 bags, 76 boxes tin plates, 638 pkgs steel, and 476 bbls grapes. Crated under various consignors from CRAB ISLAND PA to Liverpool firms.
A Havana entry notes bark Nellie M Slade carrying 435 22 percent feet of lumber. London via Baltimore reports steamer Ment more with 500 tierces of lard. Jamaica Port Antonio lists Bowden steamer with music seeds books hardware and a vast assortment of goods including flour corn oats crates baskets nails and household items.
A detailed, fragmentary ledger of goods and commodities including groceries, lumber, paint, hardware, clothing, and numerous farm and industrial items sourced from Halifax Newfoundland and Liverpool England, with quantities and box or case counts. The list mentions steamer Halifax and Norseman with assorted cargo like lumber, oil, hardware, foodstuffs, and textiles, reflecting a bustling trade inventory.
Foreign markets report mixed activity with wheat firm and corn steady in London and Paris while Liverpool shows moderate demand for breadstuffs and firmer mixed American corn. British farmers delivered 78,241,000 quarters of wheat last week as prices hold, with various staples listed and small ad blurbs included.
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