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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1890

Page

7

Grain market and prices in Minnesota and Chicago markets

Wheat and corn futures and cash prices move on exports and small receipts. Reports show strong wheat prices in Duluth and Milwaukee with Chicago and St Louis quotes mixed. oats and rye mark quiet or modest gains, while flour and meal quotes hold firm. Western butter and cheese markets hold steady with Liverpool trade active for American butter. The cattle market in Watertown and Brighton notes heavy arrivals and price declines in cattle and sheep after a recent advance.

Northwest Duluth Hutchinson Liverpool Y Farnum Reardon & Co Chicago New York St Louis Milwaukee Minneapolis Northern Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Rye Eastern Creamery Elgin St Albans Watertown H V Whipple Brighton Yards Boston & Albany Railroad TPF Litchfield George H Hammond & Co W Dyer

The Provision Trade Highlights Chicago Markets and Meat Prices

Chicago market movements show weakness before close with a late uptick. Receipts today include 190 hogs and 808 lard pkgs, with meat prices stable across pork, beef, and tongues. Prime beef and fresh meats hold steady at varied prices, while sausages and bacon products see steady demand.

Chicago Park Choice Choice Eastern Brighton

Slaughter Hogs and Cattle Markets Report across Cities

Hogs and cattle markets show weakness or steady trends in St Louis Peoria Kansas City and Chicago with mixed prices for Yorkers heavies and packers. Receipts and ship ments reach thousands. Christmas steers fetch up to 5 25 while prime heavy hogs sell around 3 50 to 3 55 and sheep hold steady near 3 15 to 4 25.

St Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago

Market Report on Seasonal Produce Prices

The market is well supplied and demand is quiet. Prices listed include onions at 4 to 60 per barrel, Valencia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 350 to 400 per barrel, carrots 0.76 per bush, beets 0.60 to 0.70 per bush, lettuce 0.50 to 0.60 per head, turnips, St Andrews yellows 1.10 per barrel, native 0.40 per box, white Cape 1.25 per barrel, parsley 1.75 to 2.00 per bush, squash varieties 1.50 per barrel, Hubbard onions 0.30 per ton, Western Hubbard 0.25 per ton, spinach 0.40 to 0.50 per bush, radishes 0.50 to 0.75 per dot, parsnips 0.75 per bush box, cabbage 1.25 per box, red cabbage 0.75 per bush box, Savoy 1.40 per barrel, cucumbers 0.15 each, pumpkins 0.76 per barrel, celery 3.6 per box, cauliflower 1.50 to 2.00 per dot.

New Hampshire Vermont Michigans Nova Scotias New Brunswicks Bbss New York Chicago California North Lucerne Valencia Ohio St Andrews White Cape Hubbard

The Green Fruit Trade Florida and Mediterranean markets

Florida fruits show steady sales with oranges at mixed counts and prices per box and per half-box. Receipts total 51 874 since Oct 1, with 828 for the prior day and 10 906 year-over-year to the same date. Mediterranean fruit market remains quiet with Palermo and Messina lemons and oranges priced per box.

Houlton Jes Virginia King Russels Greenings Ben Davis Maine New Hampshire Baldwins Hubbardstons Common, Sweets Tallman Sweets Black Oxfords Gillillowers Northern Spies Maine and Cranberries Almeria Ibaras Salems Dianas Catawbas Vox Massachusetts Baldwins New Hampshire Cape Cod Vergennes Florida Massachoussetts Middlesex Jonathan B. Severance Malden Testate Edith M. Dodge Fred M. Severance A. Wiggin Abels Haley Jabl A. Sawyer Cambridge Boston Post Boston GranGe M. Brooks Esquire H. Folsom Asst. Register George A. Dary Esid Eorge M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Register Michael Killiler John P. Reynolds Suffolk Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George George H. Adams Richard T. Dana Fred H. Adams Joan W. McKim

Steamers Arrive with Messina Produce for Boston

The steamer Syndal passed Gibraltar Dec 5 with 2400 boxes Messina oranges and 4700 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Pawnee passed Gibraltar Dec 4 with 2000 boxes Messina oranges and 3200 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Ethelwold due Saturday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. The Norfolk boat Friday has 125 bbls truck and 700 bags peanuts.

Syndal Gibraltar Boston Pawnee Ethelwold Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Norfolk

Fruity Auction Sales Report

Snow and Co sold Florida oranges at 26 dollars per 3 624 box and tangerines at 2 dollars 85 cents per half box. Spanish chestnuts brought 64 cents per pound, Almeria grapes 87 1/2 cents, and 6 dollars 374 per barrel.

Snow & Co Florida Almeria

The Dried Fruit Trade Review

A period market report on dried fruits notes good demand and firm prices across figs dates nuts and prunes. It details current rates for figs citron nuts coconuts peanuts prunes currants raisins dried apples popcorn and rice corn with varied quality and sizing.

Naples Grenobles Sicily Ivacas Princess Alberines Jordans Alicantes Valencias Virginia California London Malaga

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar markets stay quiet and steady with quotes for cut loaf to confectioners goods. Raw sugar activity muted while wholesale prices hold. London beet and Java markets shown firm. molasses demand soft at old prices with Porto Rico and Barbados grades listed.

London Java Porto Rico Barbados Cienfuegos New Orleans

The Cotton Markets Slacken as Spot Demand Dims in New York

Spot cotton demand in New York is quiet with only 95 bales sold. Upland middling basis set 9 1/8 cents. futures volume 38,900 bales, opening quiet and closing dull but steady. Liverpool demand eases at 63-16d for middling. 10,000 bales sold, 8,200 American, receipts 17,000. Other markets show varied tones and consolidated five day receipts and exports figures across Great Britain, France, and the Continent.

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Print Cloth Market Shows Fair Business in Fall River

Fall River market report notes fair print cloth activity with some spot and futures sales, 648 reported at 3 cents, and odds sold well on the same basis.

Fall River

Pipe Line Certificates and Crude Shipments Report

Closing prices and openings listed for pipeline certificates with Dec 16 and Dec 17 times. Crude shipments and averages shown, with refined price noted at 7.30 cents per gallon.

High Wines Markets Steady at Key Prices

The Chicago and St Louis markets hold firm with whiskey at 11 dollars per case and spirits steady at 1.15, reflecting stable demand in major beverage trade centers.

Chicago, St Louis Ie

Turpentine and Petroleum Price Summary

Turpentine closed at 37 14 372c with resin at 145 1 4742 and tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 7c with ASW at 7.30c and cases at 9.30c.

New York

Market Report: Wheat Firm, Corn Quiet in London Trade

London market report from December 17 notes cargoes off the coast steady for wheat, quiet for corn on passage, and steady prices for English and foreign wheat. American and Danubian corn hold steady, with English and American flour firm and English corn unchanged.

London Mark Lane

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