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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1889
Page
7
The report notes quoted prices at 53 25 3 40 with clears at 290 and seconds at 2 25. Extra No 1 sells at 2 and No 1 at 150. Demand for laths is fair and prices steady. Some car lots sold at 2 25 to 2 35, inferior merchandise lower. Cargo laths bring sales at 190 to 200.
The coal trade reports dull wholesale activity in anthracite with barely maintained prices and moderate retail demand. Winter delay weighs on all sectors and a protracted frost is needed to boost activity. Weekly anthracite shipments reached 841,195 tons, up from 662,681 the prior year.
John Welsh at 206 State Street reports carload grain prices for flour and grain products across regions. Inspections total 110 cars with mixed wheat and corn varieties, oats, rye, and peas. Wheat and flour quotations reflect light demand and steady markets in New York Chicago and St Louis with firm rye and steady oats.
Receipts today list butter 1791 pkgs 263 boxes oleo 1275 pkgs cheese 865 boxes eggs 1472 cases beans 537 bbls taters 69 cars sweet potatoes 911 bbls hay 63 cars straw 6 cars. Last year butter 1170 pkgs 206 boxes oleo 88 pkgs cheese 1248 boxes eggs 120 bbls 1080 cases beans 1143 bbls potatoes 41 cars etc. Butter market firm dealers seek higher prices Western extra creamery 24 25c fancy 26 27c firsts extra firsts.
Receivers' quotations show steady to firm butter cheese and egg markets across New York Eastern Western regions. Impressions of high grade creamery and extra firsts mix with lower grades while jobbing prices rise slightly. reports note active Elgin creamery sales and steady poultry and bean markets with varied regional quotes.
Trade in trucks is slow with buyers making purchases at preserved old price levels. Dealers report steady activity on remaining inventory while new financing remains tight.
The market notes steady demand for select apples at old prices with export weakness. Prices listed for Kings sweets, Western mixed, Ben Davis, greenings, Baldwins, and Michigan varieties. Oranges and lemons rise with Florida arrivals, mandarins scarce, Palermo and Messina lemons in short supply, Jamaica oranges small, and grape markets firm for Isabellas and Catawbas with pony lot sales.
The steamer Coventry cleared Gibraltar on December 4 carrying 400 boxes Messina oranges 6000 boxes Messina lemons 2700 boxes Palermo oranges and 6300 boxes Palermo lemons. The Tordenskjold sails about December 18 with Banes bananas for Seaverns and Co. The Napier is loading at Palermo and expected to clear for Boston this week. The Flamborough heads for Boston with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company, due December 12.
Harris and Co held an auction today selling Florida fruit with navels at about $2.0 to $2.44 per box and oranges around 50 cents to 75 cents per unit. Tangerines mandarins and grapefruit were offered in box sizes with prices noted for alencia oranges and Almeria grapes.
Receipts today list tallow 72 pkgs beef 25 bbls pork 31 bbls lard 2202 pkgs hams 2 bbls 195 tierces preserved meats 235 cases bacon 730 boxes. Pork markets show steady demand and firm prices with varied cuts priced across regions including long and short cuts, backs, lean ends, tongues, mess and extra prime. New York and Chicago report firm to quiet markets for pork and beef with lard and processed meats at steady levels.
The market is well supplied and quiet. Quotations include Choice steers 770 to 774, heifers 642 to 646, common to good 542 to 546, extra heavy hinds 10,000? 9 92, light 642 to 648, heavy fares 442 to 444, short ribs 712, loins 816, rounds 542 to 546, lambs 910, mutton 878, yearlings 732 to 738, and Brighton and Eastern lots with several price points. Tallow is dull city at 4 to 4 and a half. country lots higher. Market mood is steady with a quiet trade.
Kansas City market shows cattle steady with steers to 305, cows to 195, stockers 250 to 315, range cattle 215 to 240. hogs 345 to 352, Yorkers 350 to 355. sheep weak at 315 to 440. Cincinnati hogs weak at 335 to 360. Chicago cattle receipts 11 000, hogs 40 000 with mixed 350 to 375, heavy 345 to 370, light 350 to 375. sheep receipts 8 000 with best supporting strong bids for natives 290 to 610, Western corn fed 415 to 415, Texans 340 to 460, lambs 506 to 625.
New York cotton futures opened steady and closed barely steady as upland ordinaries and middling grades showed activity. Liverpool trade reported steady inquiry with middlings around 658d to 9 11-16c and sizable stock, receipts, and exports across multiple ports in the United States and Britain.
Pipe line certificates close at 3pm December 9 with opening at 10am December 10. Cottonseed oil certificates show shipments, charters, and averages with refined price per gallon, data includes totals and daily openings.
Raw sugars steady with fair demand and varied bids from Cuba Javas and other origins. Refined sugars hold at steady old prices with multiple grades quoted. molasses receipts show small arrivals in New Orleans and prices for Fancy Ponce and other grades listed.
Peoria reports whiskey at 104 and spirits at 105 with no change. Chicago notes a steady 102 for whiskey. St Louis lists whiskey at 102 as the market remains quiet with no new prices.
Buyers grow optimistic as Western lambs appear. Hastings sold 61 lambs averaging 68 shillings? at 6 cents. 34 sheep averaged 44 shillings at 5 cents. De Blanchard moved 19 lambs averaging 60 thou? at 5 4 cents. Weiler sold 600 head lambs at 6 cents with sheep at 44 cents.
A detailed 1889 shipping list notes imports at London and Liverpool docks including jute goods rags waste paper bottled beer and various mdse. Named firms such as Baring Bros Co Thom son Houston Electric Co and J D Williams appear with quantities of cases bales and casks. Also records Passarobang and Montague Pei consignments and a final entry for Elisha Crowell at Montague.
Shipping export totals dated December 10 1889 show cargoes from Liverpool Sydney Port Williams and Yarmouth with items including meat lard beef pork flour cornmeal beans sugar oil and a variety of hardware and fruits. Notable entries include Lake Superior steamer cargo 1714 maple blocks 91840 fed hay 23797 bush corn 3099 sacks flour 1350 bales cotton 3006 boxes bacon 10 boxes 20 tierces 200 half bbis 250 buckets lard and 7389 head cattle along with other regional consignments.
Foreign markets report wheat quiet with poor demand in London and Liverpool. two cargoes sold, two awaiting sale. Quiet at Paris and Mark Lane, demand weak in London. corn largely inactive. Receipts include 19,000 centals American across wheat and 105,800 centals corn. prices for winter and spring wheat posted.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple individuals and firms across states, including G W K George in Chicago and Greensfelder Flor sheim & Co in Cincinnati, with others tied to Payne Shoe Company Dubuque Lytle Catlin Knox Paci Bros Rosenthal and more. The text reads like a partial trades directory with scattered city and firm names.
Turpentine closed at 45 45 percent with resin at 115 120 and tar at 250 while petroleum closed at 7.80 cents with RSW at 7.50 and cases at 9.70 cents. Coffee from New York to Rio remains quiet and steady with fair cargoes at 19 4 19 percent.
Boston Post report by George J. Fox shows live stock totals with sheep cattle and swine amounts, plus beef and store cattle prices and sheep and lamb values. Prices cited include Western fat swine around 4 1 4 to 4 3/4 cents per pound and spring lambs at 4 6 1/4 to 6 1/4 cents, with various store and veal prices listed.
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