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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1890
Page
7
Financial stringency drives buyers to seek price concessions while securing orders already placed. Leather prices remain high and factories report steady demand with ample orders into the new year. Some burglars seek early delivery of goods already ordered.
Foreign hides are quiet with common grades showing some activity but straight hides slow for South American origins. Buenos Ayres and Montevideo quotes around 13¢ in New York, with little chance of higher locally. Western buff hides steady at 614 4c, seconds and Bs at 4%2 to 6c. West reports firm but holders not pressuring. New England hides quiet yet steady.
The market shows cautious buyers with many second hand horses changing hands. Isburgh & Co sold 30 head of ordinary stock and several trotters, ranging from under 150 up to 260, while Walker's bazaar drew good attendance and better prices for second hand stock. Moses Colman & Son reported 90 head across two sales with many items under 150 and some below 20. Other houses noted mixed activity with prices from 100 to 550 for big horses, and a generally improved outlook for winter trade.
Wheat in Chicago remains firm with Hutchinson as a main buyer and sources citing bullish Russian and Indian port activity. Prices finish near 98 4c with mixed action as May futures stay distant and selling picks up late. Oats stay dull while corn fluctuates and cash inquiries ease. News from Liverpool London and Paris shifts slightly higher for some grains.
The report lists prices for No 1 and No 2 bran at 105 1 10 and 1 respectively, six-rowed State at 95 98c and two-rowed State at 90 95c, with a steady bran market. Spring price ranges 21 25 to 21 60 per ton, winter 23 25 to 23 50, middlings 22 25, cottonseed meal sales 26 76 to 26 00 per ton arriving, all by quality.
A dull and fairly firm Chicago market report outlines unsettled finances and cautious expectations through January. Pork and pork products show steady demand with mixed quotes. hogs quiet at 6c for city choice and 5c country. Beefs, tongues, and fresh meats face firm pricing amid steady sales, with supplies varying and receipts totaling 1517 tierces and 635 packages for pork products.
Market reports show steady hog quotes in St Louis and Chicago with mixed packers at or near prior levels. Cincinnati hogs ease, Kansas City cattle steady to lower, hogs open firm then close softer, and sheep weak with light sales. Receipts vary by city, with Chicago heavy cattle and hog lots slow and prices mixed across grades.
The market remains firm with Western creamery butter in soft wood at 27 28c and hard wood 25 27c. Northern creamery scarce with 28 29c for choice. extra firsts 22 25c. Eastern creamery 24 26c, imitation creameries 20 22c. Creamery imports to London and Liverpool show varied demand. finest creameries 90 94s, imitations 74 78s. Cheese receipts and exports steady. Western cheese steady 9 11c, choice Northerns 10 10 1 2c, eggs market dull with mixed regional pricing.
The day’s reports show beans receipts and prices steady to soft with weak demand for off grades. Poultry and game markets note steady to improving tone. turkeys and chickens sold at mixed prices. Potatoes and hay supplies adjust to cold weather, with Northern and Eastern turkey stocks and potato shipments detailed alongside regional price quotes.
The demand is quiet with fair supply. Prices listed include onions at 350 400 per barrel, Valencia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 3 50 per barrel, carrots 75 cents per bush, beets 6 dollars per bush, lettuce 50 60 cents per dot, turnips, St Andrews yellows 1 10 per barrel, native 40 cents per box, white Cape 1 25 per barrel, parsley 1 per bush, turban squash 1 50 per barrel, marrow squash 1 50 per barrel, Hubbard onions 20 25 per ton, Western Hubbard 20 per ton, spinach 40 50 cents per bush, radishes 50 75 cents per dot, parsnips 75 cents per bush box, cabbage 1 125 per box, red cabbage 75 cents per bush box, Savoy cabbage 1 per barrel, cucumbers 15 cents each, pumpkins 75 cents per barrel, native celery 3 6 per box, cauliflower 1 50 200 per dozen.
The Florida fruit market shows abundant supply and steady demand across oranges lemons grapefruit and mandarins with price ranges for different counts. Mediterranean fruits and apples show steady to improving demand. dried apples cranberries nuts and popcorn markets are steady to firm with specific price quotes for various pack sizes.
Liverpool cable reports firm market for apples with Baldwins greenings and Northern Spies selling at 20 2vs. Prices are mainly for Maine fruit.
Steamer Syndal passed Gibraltar on December 5 carrying 2400 boxes of Messina oranges and 4700 boxes of Messina lemons for Boston. Steamer Pawnee passed Gibraltar on December 4 with 2000 boxes of Messina oranges and 3200 boxes of Messina lemons for Boston. The Ethelred is due with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company, and the Savannah boat, due Saturday, has 4760 boxes of oranges.
Sugar and molasses report fair demand for refined sugars at steady prices with cut loaf quoted at 7 cents.
At the December wool sales 10 300 bales were offered with lively competition. Continental buyers pursued higher grade New South Wales and Queensland merinos while Melbourne and Victoria lots sold readily. Prices across regions ranged with scoured goods steady and inferior grades irregular. Next sales begin January 27 with unlimited offering and a larger series starting April 2 for up to 400 000 bales.
Fall River December 10 business in 64s prints at 8 cents indicates a moderate level of activity. If current pace continues the week’s sales will be sizable and reduce stock substantially.
LF W Prescott & Co lists pipeline quotes with opening on Dec 10 at 10 am and closing at 3 pm. Charters, crude runs, shipments, and averages are shown with figures including 060 108,539 12,937 and 70,645 89,906 24,291. Retined price is 7.25 cents per gallon.
In Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati markets whiskey prices stay steady around 11 and 115 respectively, while spirits hold firm at 1 and 15, indicating stable pricing trends across major whiskey and spirit segments.
Turpentine closed at 38c with resin 145 14742 and tar 260. Petroleum closed at 7c, with ASW 7.25c and Cases 9.30c.
The Boston Post by George J. Fox documents the week ended December 10, 1890, detailing live stock prices and movement. Cattle, sheep, lambs, and hogs show price advances, with notes on store cattle, fat cattle, veal, and hides. Export trade and local Maine cattle also feature, highlighting demand, quality, and shipments.
Market report from Watertown yards details cattle and veal sales including top steers, dairy cows, and fat hogs. Named buyers and sellers such as Hathaway, Wardwell, Libby & Son, and Baker appear with prices per hundredweight and averages across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts. Signs of price strength and regional demand are noted alongside yard-by-yard results.
Shipping cargoes from Liverpool listing numerous packages mdse, casks, and bales delivered to or loaded at various firms incl Linder & Meyer Hills Turner & Co and others. Also arrivals at Souris and Cardigan PEI and St Johns NF with bush potatoes orders and salt cod barring summary of goods and quantities.
Steamer Cremon cleared December 6 with cargo including clover seed buckwheat lard salted meat and beef products. Liverpool bound Samaria cleared December 5 with soap medicines apples beef butter cheese leather machinery and various farm and household goods headed to St Croix Cayenne and other ports.
Foreign markets report cargoes off coast with wheat and corn steady while at Mark Lane and Liverpool prices firm but demand weak. California and Mixed American corn show firmer futures. Paris quiet. Manchester notes US stringency and India trade collapse weighing on demand though exports to India, China remain.
Notices announce James Powers as executor of Mary Ann Cosgrave and John Ridge as administrator of Michael Ridge. Both require creditors to present claims and debtors to pay, with dates and locale noted as Boston and Kilsala Galway Ireland, dated December 10, 1890.
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