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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1890
Page
7
Lumber trade quiet with ample supplies and hopeful lift in spring. Wheat and corn prices mixed with declines in oats and rye. New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis markets show weak to firm closes. flour and meal steady to higher. millfeed and cottonseed meal remain firm amid cautious activity.
The Southern lumber trade reports steady demand with ample arrivals of hard pine and Western pine varying by grade. Prices remain largely unchanged for pine flooring and cypress, while North Carolina pine shows quiet activity. ship cargoes total 1,025,000 feet with frequent vessels laid up due to low freight rates. steamer rates hold at 8 to 10.50 for lengths, and hardwood trading remains moderate with stocks ample and a cautious outlook for the new year.
The Chicago market showed a dull and weak tone in sympathy with grains but closed steadier. Pork and pork products anchor the session with quotes for dec to May and various cuts, while receipts and pricing for lard hams and bacon are described as steady or quiet. Beef, tongues, tripe, and other meats show mixed activity with firm prices on select lots and slow sales overall. New York market remains firm at 49 16 cents.
Cincinnati hogs steady near 2 to 369. Peoria hogs irregular with higher bids around 285 to 650. St Louis hogs easier for workers with bids near 310 to 325, mixed packers softer at 308 to 350. Kansas City cattle steady to firm with shipping steers 8.60 to 4.65, cows 2.2 to 2.85, stockers and feeders 2.0 to 2.6, range cattle 2.0 to 2.65. hogs 9,758, mixed small changes.
Cattle receipts 8000 with mixed prices for heavies Yorkers pigs and sheep at various bids. Hogs receipts 22000 with firm to higher quotes for mixed, prime heavy, and light weights. Sheep receipts 4000 with slow weak trade and native western Texan lamb price ranges recorded.
Butter demand quiet and prices steady with Western creamery and Northern creameries firm. Cheese and eggs prices mixed. receipts large in some categories and small in others. Poultry and beans show steady to quiet demand. potatoes, hay, and fruits listed with regional price ranges and supply notes. No material market change noted. several regional quotes cited across butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, beans, vegetables, and fruit.
The demand is not very active and sales are at steady prices. Prices include onions at 4 460 a barrel, Valencia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 350 400 a barrel, beets 60 70 cents per bush, lettuce 50 60 cents per head, turnips 110 per barrel, white Cape 125 per barrel, parsley 175 per 200 bush, squash 150 per barrel, Hubbard varieties 30-25 per ton, spinach 40-50 cents per bush, cucumbers 10-15 cents each, cucumbers and pumpkins listed, celery 3 6 per box, cauliflower 150 200 per dozen, Florida string beans 250 per crate.
Florida fruit market shows steady sales and ample supply. Oranges range in sizes with Bright offerings at 250 per box for 150 count, 350 for 176 to 200 count. russets at 250 per box. tangerines in steady demand at 250 and 325 per half-box. mandarins fair supply at 2.75 per half-box. navel oranges not plentiful with sales around 4 to 6 per box. Receipts from Oct to date total 97272 for last year’s period showed progress.
The steamer Pawnee arrives with 2000 Messina orange boxes 3200 Messina lemon boxes 11500 Palermo orange boxes and 6900 Palermo lemon boxes for Boston. Tyndal passed Gibraltar Dec 5 with 2400 Messina orange boxes 4700 Messina lemon boxes 6200 Palermo orange boxes 7000 Palermo lemon boxes 423 Catania orange boxes and 3014 Catania lemon boxes for Boston. Peconic sailed from Palermo Dec 16 carrying 10750 orange boxes and 14000 lemon boxes for Boston. Bowden due Dec 24 with Jamaica banana cargo for Boston Fruit Co. Edwin brings 2900 Messina orange boxes and 1300 Messina lemon boxes for Boston. Savannah boat Thursday reports 4400 orange boxes.
H Harris and Co conducted fruit auction sales offering Valencia oranges in lots totaling 714 counts bringing 475 dollars and a 42 count lot selling for 362 dollars. The sale notes appear in the report with prices and quantities for the citrus items.
The dried fruit trade reports firm markets for figs citron and dates with steady sales. Nuts are in good supply with varied prices for roasted peanuts walnuts pecans filberts and almonds. cocoanuts prunes and raisins also show steady demand amid broad availability and range of prices for different sizes and qualities.
Market report shows sugar prices steady at old levels with assorted grades listed from cut loaf to confectioners standard. Raw sugar demand quiet with refining and centrals quoted. molasses trade quiet with Porto Rico to Cienfuegos ranges and regional prices noted.
In Fall River on December 23 the print cloth market shows no change. Prices list Sc for 64 by 64 inch cloth and 25 Sc for 66 by 56 inch cloth with no movement reported.
The New York market shows steady futures as sales total 150 bales with a stock of 79,940. Prices for uplands ease to 93 16 due to lighter demand while Liverpool and other markets register quieter activity and varied middling prices.
Consolidated net receipts for four days total 157,943 with Great Britain exporting 51,404, France 27,714 and the Continent 16,747. Stock at all United States ports stands at 833,078.
Fragmentary OCR shows closing times and dates for December 22 and 23 with scattered codes and random text. Mentions cottonseed oil certificates and other financial items. no coherent events or names clearly identified.
The Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati whiskey markets hold at 114 dollars while Peoria whiskey remains steady at 115 and spirits at 117, indicating stable pricing across key markets.
Report by George J Fox shows live stock totals for sheep cattle and lambs and swine with price ranges for market beef store cattle and hides. Cattle sales include Hathaway Allen Sayward Sargent Whipple with various weights and prices. sheep and lambs sales feature BR Brown Townsend Piper Pond Kimball and lamb averages. Union Market Watertown notes West cattle supply and steady but light trade.
The list details cargoes and consignments arriving at Liverpool and Hamburg and the Mediterranean ports, naming steamers Catalonia Ripon and Pawnee, consignors such as Brown Bros Co Houghton Dutton J S Morgan and many others, with goods including woollens marble, wine, oranges, tin, machinery, earthenware, seeds, books, China, and potash among extensive stock and vessel tonnages. The records show multiple firms, ships and dates indicating vast import and export activity across European and Asian trade routes.
A detailed, itemized export tally from Sydney North Sydney Digby Annapolis Buenos Ayres Port Antonio and Yarmouth showing quantities of flour oats shorts middlings bran cornmeal pelts tools lumber crates and varied goods. Includes steamer cargoes and assorted merchandise totals by port with numerous small lots and measurements.
Foreign markets dispatch from London reports wheat remains strong and corn firm. Two cargoes of wheat arrived since the last note with two sold and two awaiting sale, five cargoes of corn arrived with one sold and three awaiting sale. Cargoes en route show wheat steady and corn firm, while Mark Lane notes wheat quiet. Liverpool spot wheat is quiet in a holiday atmosphere as frost eases.
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