Market Prices Hold Firm For Dress Goods Demand
Prices for dress goods remain steady under market rules as buyers show steady demand. The firm pricing supports continued purchase activity and reflects robust trading conditions in the textile market.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1889
Page
7
Wool trade shows firm demand and rising confidence
Domestic wool markets hold steady with prices near bottom and expectation of steady to higher demand through the year. London sales show firm tone with 11,151 bales offered and varied prices across regions. domestic Western markets remain strong as supply tightens and open heavy-weight season looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago
St Louis
Seaboard
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South
The Cotton Trade Market Quiet With Steady Prices
The cotton market remained quiet across all branches with moderate New York exchanges and no definite crop news. Spot sales were small while middlings including uplands and gulf held steady at about 10 1/2 to 11 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Exchange
Uplands
Gulf
Market Report on Flour and Grain Prices and Supplies
John E. Welsh reports carload grain quotations and flour prices with extensive visible supply data. Inspections total 140 cars across wheat, corn, oats, rye, and peas while Chicago stocks, Boston elevators, and New York receipts are detailed. Market remains dull with steady or softer prices, and various flour and cornmeal prices cited for multiple regions and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bush
Usb
Corromc Vicire
Boston
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
City
St Louis
New Corp
New York & New England Railroad
Boston & Albany Railroad
Hoosac
Market Report for Grains and Milling Products
Market notes dull and steady across cereals and milled goods. Reports show receipts of corn, rye, barley, oats, and malt with mixed domestic shipments from Chicago and St Louis, with prices ranging from 60 to 360 per unit and exports pricing for export grade flours and meal.
Receipts and Market Quotes For Butter Cheese Eggs and More
Receipts list butter 257 pkgs, oleo 319 pkgs, cheese 3986 boxes, eggs 13 bbls 2284 cases, beans 397 bbls, potatoes 10 cars, sweet potatoes 26 bbls, hay 49 cars, straw 10 cars. Last year figures shown for several items. Butter market firm, Western creameries small supply, prices steady. quotes include Western extra creamery 24 25c, fancy 26 27c, firsts 21 23c, others 10 11c, New York Vermont 26c, Eastern 28 25c. Eggs and cheese markets steady with varied regional prices. Beans receipts liberal with steady trade. various priced hand-picked beans. Poultry and game markets steady with moderate demand. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady to quiet. hay and straw market dull with good supply. ranged prices for hay and straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
New_York
Vermont
New York
Liverpool
Choice
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Michigan
Canadas
Rue Lo
Bush
Newark
Eige
California
Lima
Canada
Houlton Hebrons
Houston Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook Rose
Fresh Produce Market Prices From Local Sellers
Demand is light and supply fair for onions beets carrots lettuce radishes turnips cabbage celery and other vegetables. Quotes include onions 75c per bush 225 per box 37 percent, Spanish onions 1 crate, beets 60c per box, carrots 40c per box, lettuce 50c per dozen, radishes 30c per dozen long 75c per dozen, white cape turnips 35c per box, St Andrews 85c per box, parsley 31 per bush, cabbage 4 per 100 count, Savoy 1 per burl, red 1 per barrel, parsnips 660c per box, pumpkins 75c per barrel, squash marrow 20, hubbard 25 per ton, spinach 40c per bush, Gaulidorars 175 per box, celery 2 4.0x.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cape
St Andrews
Bush
Gaulidorars
Apples and citrus trade notes with price quotes
Wholesale apple receipts show steady demand for choice lots while prices hold. Exports for the week reach 46 971 bbls across Boston New York Portland Halifax and Liverpool, with Montreal Annapolis and total ports tallying 466 087 bbls for the season. Florida oranges supply is large with steady demand and mixed fruit prices quoted for various counts and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings
Ben Davis
Baldwins
Michigan
Michigan Tasman
A C Lombard
Boston
New York
Portland
Halifax
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Montreal
Annapolis
Florida
Messina
Palermo
Fruit Market Quotations in Malaga Almeria Cape Cod
Malaga lemons and Jamaica oranges are scarce with box prices at 2 2 25. Grapes Isabellas 36c Catawbas 40 45c. pony lot sales Catawbas 26c. Almeria grapes firm for select lots common lots 4 7 per barrel, fancy 10 16. Cranberries scarce with Cape Cod 5 10 per barrel, country berries 5 9 per barrel, Cape Cod crate 3. Our fruit quotes exclude apples and reflect jobbing prices for choice lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaga
Amaica
Almeria
Cape Cod
Steamer Arrivals and Goods Promised for Boston Firms
The Coventry passed Gibraltar December 4 carrying 400 boxes Messina oranges 6000 boxes Messina lemons 2700 Palermo oranges and 6300 Palermo lemons. Tordenskjold due about December 18 with Banes bananas for Seaverns Co. Napier loading at Palermo expected to clear for Boston next week. Flamborough due December 12 with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
Gibraltar
Messina
Palermo
Tordenskjold
Banes
Seaverns & Co
Napier
Boston
Flamborough
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Fruit Sales Auction Tuesday by Harris & Co
Harris & Co plans an auction Tuesday to sell 4100 boxes of Florida oranges. Snow & Co sold fonda oranges today at 30 dollars per box for 2500 boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Harris & Co
Florida Oran Snow & Co
Fonda
Frost Proof Cars Delivers Frost-Free Potatoes to Boston
Five Frost Proof Car Company freight cars built in Boston finished at Fort Fairfield on the first of the month with potatoes. The load, hauled through 12 to 15 below zero, arrived in Boston today free from frost. Other system cars arriving in Boston had some frozen lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick Railroad
Frost Proof Car Company
Boston
Fort Fairfield
Provisions Market Reports Mixed Prices Across Goods
Receipts today show tallow 16 pkgs beef 1 bbl pork 100 bbls lard 332 pkgs hams 200 bbls 60 tierces preserved meats none bacon 1243 boxes. New York tallow steady city 2 B pkg 4%c pork active strong sales 940 bbls. Beef and tierced beef dull. Lard easier and Western steam tierces sold. Cincinnati pork quiet lard weak. Bulk meats nominal. bacon steady with short clear sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Steam
Continent
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities
Kansas City market shows cattle and hog prices sliding with mixed stock and feeders quoted. Ogs regional heavies and mid sizes range around $340 to $360. Cincinnati and Chicago receipts and shipments report broadly lower to steady demand with beef, hog, and sheep values varying by class and origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Cotton market recap New York to Liverpool and ports
New York cottons ease to steady with bids at 9 16 to 10 18 cents for Upland and Gulf categories. Opening values show dull to easy trading with a firm close. Liverpool quiet with middling at 58 1 4d and 10,000 bales traded, while port totals across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and others show varied receipts and firm to steady bid tones.
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New York
Cscsserees
MAE Ic
Ki Evien A Hein
Sake Kee
Pires Ovis Aise
Cbc
ccicossecaskQale
Biet
Oocodre
Liverpool
Augusta
Mid Bay
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Britain
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Seawoee
United States
Sugar and molasses market receipts and quotes
Sugar receipts today total 274 barrels and 4762 bags, compared with 61 barrels and 519 bags the same day last year. Raw sugars are in fair demand with firm prices. Cuba refining and centrifugal grades listed, with Javas and Manila classifications. Refined sugars steady amid strong demand. assorted grades priced from Pulverized to Belmont A. Havana sugar quiet but steady. 4800 centrifugal bags resold at 350 gold per quintal. Molasses receipts today 108 barrels and 40 hogsheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
Molasses Prices and Bird and Punch Cargoes Reported
On the same day last year small arrivals of New Orleans molasses were noted with sales at 40 to 48 cents per gallon depending on quality. Prices quoted include Fancy Ponce at 38 to 40 cents, gal. choice 33 to 36 cents, fair to good 28 to 32 cents. Cienfuegos 25 to 28 cents. Barbados 30 1/3 cents. boiling grades showing 50 test, nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbados
Whiskey market steady with near uniform quotes
Peoria reports whiskey at 103 with spirits at 685. Chicago quiet at 102. St Louis whiskey selling at 102. Cincinnati unchanged for whiskey at 102.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Financials and Commodities Mixed Trade Report
Turpentine and rosin prices in New York show turpentine at 45.45 cents, rosin at 115 to 120, tar at 250, petroleum at 7.80 cents, RSW at 7.60, and cases at 9.70 cents. Coffee market remains active with Rio firmer, fair cargoes and prices around 19 9 4 to 19 9 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Imports and Exports 1889s London Stock List Summary
Reading the long 1889 London ship ledger showing numerous imports to Hull and Halifax including iron, rags, cement, waste paper, hemp, oil, butter, tea, dates, and diverse goods by dozens of firms. Entries list steamer Stockholm City, Galileo, Carroll, Yarmouth packets, and lines to Georgetown and Charlottetown with quantities and partner brokers. The document details varied cargo across global ports, including fish, crates, crates, and bales of textiles, metals, and perishable items.
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London
Stockholm
Iron Brown Bros & Co
Do Bacon & Co
Moors & Co
A Young & Co
Haring Bros & Co
Lyon, Dupuy & Co
Peabeady & Co
Blanchard
Walton
Fennell
Sheldon & Co
Kendall
Boston Brok Co
Webber
Barnard & Co
Robinson
Groom & Co
J A Hayes & Co
Loring
Crocker & Turner
Bonstead & Co
Jones & Co
Gorham, Rogers & Co
Moise T Mackenzie
Geiler
Ludlow Mig Co
Hillings, Clapp & Co
Manila
Hull
Eng
Galileo
Baring Bros & Co
Horace Dutton & Co
Dwight
H Richardson & Co
Louis Wolf & Co
Linder & Meyer
Bolls Steel
Jackson
Sanderson & Son
Briggs, Hoffman & Co
Halifax
Carroll
Butler
Karnlett, Lyman & Co
Boston Produce Co
B& H Cutler
Duchemin
Lucy Ferguson
Samuel Gregg
Hutchinson
Bopkins
Dudo C E
Hull & Co
Johnson & Arnold
Lydiard
A & O W Mead
Morse & Holt
Joseph Macgilvray
Morrison
Manning Wros
McDonald
McAdam
McKeever & Hall
McLean
Winsor & Son
Ward
Port Hawkesbury
Geo Bond & Co
White Mfg Co
Arewives
George Alden
Beaman Bros
Kerstein & Co
Butler & Co
Carleton
Delong & Seaman
Haskins & Montague
Martin
William McLellan
McMurry
O’donoghue
T Russell
T Russel
J Sullivan
G Hall & Co
Duck Delong & Seaman
Clements
E . Ellis & Co
Batchelder
American Express Co
Gonaives
Barkentine Hancock
Logwood
Boston Prawn d Co
Georgetown
Pel
Aquilla
Arclay & Co
Alberton
Pei
Lady Franklin
Orion
Barclay & Co
Charlottetown
Maggie Smith
Summerside
Sophie Stuart
Houghton & Dutton
Despatch ‘Transportation Co
Pkys
Boyle
Holt & Bugbee
Russia
L Jackson
Smith & Dove Mig Co
Booth & Co
Prunes
Brown Bros & Co
Wellington
Lorrey
Bright & Capen
Belcher & Loomis
leather—Holder & Herrick
Olney Robbins
Cunard Steamship Co Limited
D Allen
White, Sons Co
H_ Davies
J R Leeson
Miss C Comon
J & J Murdock
Stone & Downer
T Sharp
L A Whitney
Forbes & Co
O A
Jenkins & Co
W Read & Sons
Dame, Stoddard & Kendall
Fuller, Vana & Itz
R Briggs
Ecarthenware
Jacob Manning
K_ H White & co
Cumner, Jones & Co
A Snow
Ss Hurd & Co
H Parr
leather _Wight bros
William Surgess
Peabody & Co
C % Sargeant
Jacob Knight
Lynch
A M Smith
K A Messenger
do—Weil
Dreyfus & Co
Ripley Bros
F Hovey & Co
Kendall, Barrows & Co
do—Cuimner
do—Noyes
Compet & Co
ao—Jordan
Pierce & Co
Kirsch— Brown
Urrell & Co
Boston
England
Scotland
Belgium
Nova Scotia
Germany
Turks Island
Carriages & Pt’s
French Guiana
British West Indies
Argentine Republic
Uruguay
Exports December 9 Plympton and Maitland items
Detailed export listing from Plympton Nova Scotia and Maitland including flour oatmeal feed soramennda beef and other commodities. Grand Belsam and West Coast Africa items show rum birds tobacco flour bread crackers sugar cod fish mackerel kerosene oil vinegar and canned goods with quantities.
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Plympton
Raymond
Aretia Ad - Maitland
Seerma
Grand Belsam
West Coast
Africa
Bark Charles
Ward
Wheat and corn markets firm amid quiet demand across hubs
London and Liverpool report wheat quiet but firm with American and Danubian corn steady and English flour steady. Prices for California and mixed American corn listed. Antwerp Paris markets show wheat and flour steadiness as futures drift and local quotes span December to February.
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London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Antwerp
Train Schedules From Boston to Albany and West
Time tables showing local and through train service between all stations may be obtained at all ticket offices of this company. Trains for Albany and the West leave Boston.
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