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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1890
Page
7
Market reports show moderate movement in salt fish with prices largely steady. Mackerel trade improves slowly after holidays while supplies stay tight. imports from foreign sources, notably England and the Provinces, fluctuate, with Halifax stocks depleted. Prices for small and large mackerel vary, and a cautious demand is forecast.
Fall River reports little change in the print cloth market with mills preferring to hold contracts for more than a scent and ready to dispose of surplus stock. Sales have been steady all week and are expected to remain fair as printers show cautious demand.
The wheat market opened firm as news mostly favored advances though Chicago saw limited gains due to fear of further failures. Cables were strong with Liverpool posting gains. Duluth reported good demand for home use and export. Corn trading remained light in Chicago with narrow fluctuations and oats remained dull despite talk of high prices.
Cincinnati hogs firm with rising quotes to 275 to 435 as receipts reach 5 434. Peoria hogs steady around 280 to 335 with 1 000 receipts. St Louis hogs mixed packers at 310 to 335 butchers' at 300 to 340. Kansas City cattle steady to slow with shipping steers 310 to 460 native cows 85 to 80. Hogs at Kansas City 395 to 865, mixed 310 to 326, Yorkers 305 to 310. Sioux? 1200 steady 325 to 410. Chicago cattle receipts 7 400, steers 350 to 515. Hogs 2 000 receipts steady to firm 328 to 350. Sheep receipts 8 000, lambs lower, Christmas steers 5 5 90.
The Florida fruit market shows steady trade with oranges and grapefruit in good supply and steady demand. Howard King and Russet varieties appear with prices per box or half-box, while Navel oranges are less abundant, and Mandarins and Lemons from Palermo and Messina are quoted. Apples receipts show no new features, with fair demand at steady prices.
Receipts totals for Sept 1 to date show 30 562 this year versus 17 134 in 1889. Trade is quiet with firm prices for sales. Grapes and melons demand steady with small supply. Concords to Salem baskets priced around 18c to 35c. Pineapples arrive at 18 to 20c each. Cotton week metrics show 265 865 net receipts and 85 994 exports to Britain, with total exports 188 680 for the week and stocks at ports 765 017.
The Tyndal and Pawnee steamer cargoes from Gibraltar bound for Boston include 2400 boxes Messina oranges and 4700 boxes Messina lemons plus 2000 oranges and 3200 lemons. Ethelwold and Bowden slated for Boston Fruit Company with bananas, while the Savannah boat nears with 5500 boxes of oranges. Dried fruit trade reports firm fig prices and varied prices across citron dates nuts and raisins with multiple regional grades and counts.
Sugar prices hold steady with varied grades quoted from 5% to 7 cents for refined and raw sugars. Porto Rico and Muscovado sales noted. Cuba new crop prices listed with Tenor of shipments at 27 3-4 cents cost and freight. Weekly stock, receipts, and refinery actions cited by Willett & Gray. cooperage shortage prompting bag packaging changes.
The New York cotton market stays quiet with middling up lands at 98 cents. Stock 65,519 bales, sales 541, futures 64,700 bales. Liverpool reports no material change. trade quiet at easy prices. Futures opened flat and closed steady with prices shown for Dec through August and other regions listed with mixed activity.
A Chicago and St Louis market update shows key whiskey and spirits pricing holding firm with whiskey at 1.15 and other spirits steady. The note mentions steady demand across the primary markets as trade inches forward.
A detailed cargo list from the Ottoman Jere Abbot and Antwerps De Ruyter voyages, naming firms and items: iron sheets, mohair, leather, steel, paper stock, tin plates, salted roans, linens, wines, oranges, wool, champagne and various hardware. Many named companies, bales, cases, casks, boxes and parcels. Also entries for Achyris and glassware, window glass, mortar, porcelain, and assorted merchandise. کالا
Shipping list from Yarmouth and other ports notes M Sch Ella Maud with 712 barrels and 1965 bars iron. Sch Miletus with cornmeal flour oatmeal oats. Sch Beulah with flour middlings cornmeal and various foods. Steamer Boston with flour kerosene pork and goods. E Norris with flour middlings cornmeal. Pomeranian cleared with cattle apples canned fruit butter oil cake and large hogs and lard totals. extensive cargoes including leather, machinery, and cheese across Glasgow and Liverpool routes.
London reports cargoes off coast with wheat firm and corn quiet. Mark Lane prices show wheat firm, American and Danubian corn steady, flour firm. Liverpool notes wheat dearer, corn steady. heavy snow, receipts 162 000 centals, American 81 000. Quotations: winter wheat 7 shillings 5 pence, spring 7 7, mixed American 58s 10d. Provisions: pork 52s 6d, bacon 30s, lard 30s 9d, tallow 25s, cheese 50s.
The Faneuil Hall National Bank of Boston calls an annual meeting of stockholders for electing directors and business as allowed by law. Meeting at No. 3 South Market Street on Tuesday January 13 1891 at 11 o clock am. Tl. G. Hiler, Cashier, Boston, Dec. 9, 1890.
The Tremont National Bank of Boston calls a stockholders meeting at No 8 Congress Street on Tuesday January 13 1991 at 10 o clock AM for the election of directors and other lawful business. A T Frothingham cashier.
The stockholders of this bank are notified that the annual meeting to elect directors and conduct other lawful business will be held at No. 4 State Street on Tuesday January 13 1891 at ten o'clock in the morning. GEO B Warren cashier. Lesson Dec 15 1890.
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