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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1890

Page

7

Market Report From Local Bourse Wholesale Prices

Heat and sugar dull with classes quiet. Coffee more active and spices slow. Teas quiet and butter steady. Cheese slow eggs firm. Beans dull and peas quiet. Poultry selling well, game unchanged. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady. Florida oranges steady, tangerines and mandarins unchanged. Grapefruit plenty, lemons quiet, apples quiet. Raisins steady, figs selling well, popcorn plump. Pork products steady beef slow fresh beef firm tallow quiet.

Florida Lessina Almeria

The Grocery Trade Sugar and Molasses Market Wide Review

Sugar demand remained moderate with imported grades soft. Raw sugar stocks rose while refined movement stayed steady to easy. Havana and New Orleans markets showed quiet trade and plans for tank-vessel transport to cut hogshead costs. Coffee and tea markets were quiet with prices firming slowly. molasses and other staples showed little activity amid easing sugar prospects.

New York London New Orleans Havana United States Matanzas and Cieufue

Market report on rice spices and cream of tartar prices

Rice markets dull with small domestic sales under 200 barrels and prices around 4 42 6% of fb. Quality varies. Spice market quiet with small lot calls. pepper white red cloves cassia ginger and pimento quoted with current ranges. Cream of tartar makers split from a brief alliance. prices steady. crystals 25 12 26% and 27 42 28% for ground packed lots.

South Singapore Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Cassia Batavia Cassia Saigon Calcutta Jamaica

Hog and Catyile Markets Open With Noted Cincinnati Prices

Market activity in Cincinnati shows Hog and Catyile listings with active bidding and varied prices. Buyers and traders monitor stalls as prices reflect supply, demand, and regional conditions.

Market summary and cattle hog quotes across several cities

Chicago cattle receipts 4000 with steady to firm prices. hogs 13000 up strong with prime heavy and butcher weights 3 50 to 3 65. sheep 2000 receipts slow and lower. St Louis hogs firmer with Yorkers 305 20, Packers 3 40, butchers 3 40 55. Peoria hogs firm around 290 40. Kansas City cattle and hogs mixed with uplifts. orange cattle 2 95, stockers 2 25 3 25.

St Louis Chicago Kansas City

Market Signals Weak Pork Trade at Chicago Marks Year Low

Chicago pork market closes at yearly low as packers dominate selling. Heavy hog short-covering elsewhere and large country sales hint at further decline after January product moves. Prices steady for pork products though overall demand quiet. lard, hams, and bacon show mixed, steady to soft tones amid ample receipts and cautious buyers.

Chicago Liverpool London Berlin Messrs Gilman, Cheney & Co Messrs Phy Oeen Eas Pees Tews Hille Aees Nee Seeleies New York Milwaukee St Louis Minneapolis Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada Sarks Ieee Jean Choice Sripe

Market Price Report for Fresh Produce and Prices

The demand is quiet at steady prices. Listings include onions at various prices per barrel or crate, carrots and beets per bush, lettuce per dot, turnips and yellow St Andrews at per barrel, native and White Cape varieties, parsley, squash, and cucumbers. Also shown are cabbage, Savoy, cucumbers, pumpkins, celery, cauliflower, string beans, and other vegetables with unit prices.

Valencia Ohio St Andrews White Cape Hubbard Florida

Florida Fruits Receipts and Market Report

Receipts today and prices for oranges and other fruits across markets. Oranges show steady sales with varied counts and box prices. Mediterranean fruits quiet with small supplies. Apple and cranberry receipts and prices listed. grapes and pineapples noted with current bids and basket counts.

Steamer Cargoes Reach Boston From Mediterranean and Jamaica

The steamer Pawnee passed Gibraltar Deck with 2000 boxes Messina oranges 3200 boxes Messina lemons 11500 boxes Palermo oranges and 6900 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. Tyndal carried 2400 Messina oranges 4700 Messina lemons 6200 Palermo oranges 7000 Palermo lemons for Boston. Peconic holds 10750 boxes oranges 14000 boxes lemons for Boston. Norfolk boat carries 125 bbls truck 1200 bags peanuts 150 boxes oranges. Savannah boat 5500 boxes oranges. Bowden due Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Pawnee Gibraltar Boston Tyndal Gibraltar Deck Peconic Norfolk Savannah Boston Fruit Company

Local Market Cables Steady On Fresh Apple Prices

A Liverpool cable reports steady market conditions for apples with Maine Baldwins, greenings, and Northern Spies selling at 20 to 22s. Messrs A C Lombara's Sons relay the update indicating firm demand and current pricing across the specified varieties.

Messrs A C Lombara Liverpool Maine Baldwins Greenings Northern Spies

Dried fruit trade reports firm prices across varieties

Figs sell firm with layers at 10 20c per box and good fruit at 13 115c per pound. Citron, dates, nuts, almonds, and raisins show steady to well supplied markets with various price ranges and quality grades. Prunes, prunes, currants, and corn products also note steady demand and assorted box and bulk pricing from several suppliers.

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

Wool imports by region steady in latest week

The wool market remains quiet in London. Elastic The Co reports weekly imports: New South Wales 2210 bales, Victoria 12329, South Australia 3846, New Zealand 1172, Cape of Good Hope and Natal 848, Turkey 932, Sweden 568, Syria 559, Russia 485, and other sources 76 bales.

London New South Wales Victoria South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal Turkey Sweden Syria Russia

Print Cloth Markets Report Week Outcomes and Prices

The Fall River market shows production at 210000 pieces with deliveries of 198000 and stock of 587000. Sales stand at 152000 with spots at 30000 and futures at 122000. prices quoted 3 cents for 64x648 and 27e cents for 60x56s. Providence close and steady with weekly sales of 9000 spot 64x64s at 3s, 24000 648 January February at 3c, 2000 spot 56x60s at 25 8c. manufacturer stocks total 283000 64x64s and 24000 56x60s.

Fall River Providence

New York market dull with futures steady as sales slip

The New York market shows dull activity with middling uplands at 8 13-16¢ and ordinary near 6 4/6¢. Futures opened quiet and ended steady as Liverpool and other markets reflect firm to easy conditions. total U S stock remains high at 765 864 bales with 45 380 receipts and 31 244 exports to Britain.

Liverpool New York State Ohio Houlton Hebrons Bush Aroostooks Houlton Rose Aroostook New Hampshire Hebrons Vermont Prince Edaward Island Dakota New York Burbanks Cycnes Abe Cees LOT Virginias Peeses Eeeseesess Ornual Poophaey Fsb Ke Uibee Osc Ce Seay PUNE Eats Grace Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France United States

Pipe Line Certificates and Shipping Updates

LF W Prescott & Co announces pipeline certificates with closing at 3 pm on December A. Opening at 10 am on December 20. Highest bids noted, with various figures and cryptic entries. Shipments and crude metrics appear, including average values since the first and retail price per gallon.

Prescott & Co Devonshire Street

Sugar Market Quiet in Havana as Buyers Hold Back

Havana market reports scarce stock and cautious buyers. Quoted Muscovado and centrifugal sugars show varied polarization and packaging with prices listed in per quintal and per bag terms. Warehouse stocks at Havana and Matanzas total 146 hhds and 277,000 bags plus 28 boxes, with 2400 bags received and 8100 bags exported to the United States. freights remain nominal.

Java New Orleans Orto Rico Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo Cuba New York Boston Philadelphia Havana United States Matanzas

Whiskey markets hold steady in midwest trade at week’s close

The Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati markets remain quiet around 114 as Peoria whiskey holds at 115 with spirits at 117, signaling a balanced regional demand and stable pricing across key outlets.

Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Peoria

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Mixed in New York Market

Turpentine closed at 38 38 and resin at 142%2 147% with tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 7c with ASW at 7.36c and cases at 9.35c.

Turpentine and Petroleum New York

Exports list from multiple ports dated December 20 1890

Trade cargo entries from Bluefields Halifax and Liverpool including steamer Samaria and Emma E Potter consignments with logs spars logs and hinge goods. Records show quantities of flour meal corn pork oils coal and hardware, plus cattle beef cheese and commodities, detailing shipper destinations and cargoes.

Bluefields Nic Philadelphia Samaria Pubnico and Barrington Clementsport Emma E ST Joan’s Pkus Halifax Liverpool Eng Columbian Dee

Wheat and market report from London and Liverpool

Foreign markets report from London at 1 pm notes wheat and corn cargoes, firm wheat, firm or steady for different grains, quiet at Mark Lane. Liverpool quotations show wheat firm with lower demand, corn quiet, prices for winter and spring wheat and mixed American corn listed, provisions steady for pork bacon lard and tallow, Van Hovahy’s Cocoa highlighted as the largest sale in the world.

London Mark Lane Liverpool California

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