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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1886
Page
6
Boston and New York markets show tight liquidity with bank loans at 6 to 7 percent and call loans at 6 to 8 percent. New York funds command premiums while the local bank surplus falls by about 5200,375, as earnings and bond quotes move in a volatile, news-driven trading day.
Money on call remained quiet with rates 5 to 7 and last loan at 5. Stocks closed weak after a dull session. notable declines hit Lackawanna and other major names. Coal trade optimism rose as output neared 2.5 million tons for January, with 1887 outlook favorable and year-to-date anthracite totals surpassing last year.
The First National Bank of Gardner Mass declares a semi annual dividend of 4 percent. The Worcester North Savings Institution declares a dividend of 2 percent. The Globe Nail Company declares a dividend of 4 percent. The Security Associates Company declares a quarterly dividend of 1 percent.
Market notes indicate pig iron and plate iron firm with steady demand for bar iron. flour remains very firm and oats firmer while fresh beef dull. See Chicago and New York grain stocks, visible supplies, and seaboard breadstuffs receipts and exports for Jan 1 to Dec 18 1886 with prices. Local prices for copper lead tin sugar and molasses listed alongside refined product quotes.
The market shows steady demand for iron with future delivery contracts dominating. Prices at shipping ports run 2002 for No 1X 19a 20 for No 2X and 174 1775 for gray forge, with spot lots about $1 2 higher. Foreign pig iron is quiet yet firmer due to Glasgow uptick.
The market shows firmness in flour with little business as year end slows. Corn trades fair with limited movement while oats firm but variable. After-call activity saw January and March grain bids, with mixed futures price levels and steady to higher butter and cheese markets in New York.
An old advertisement fragment shows a margarine product named Tt Sentre 2 i and a rough comparison to oleo. It references a price or slogan and hints at a competition between margarine brands.
The market shows firm demand for Baldwin and greening apples and steady demand for shipping lots. Cranberries sell around 8 to 10 dollars per barrel, with 10 dollars for best lots. Grapes favor Catawba at about 4.5 cents per pound. Florida oranges and dried apples are quiet but firm. Various New York dried apple quotes, nuts including peanuts and hickory, and numerous regional orange and Malaga grape prices are listed.
Pork and lard hold near prior figures while fresh beef receipts rise but selling remains slow. Mutton and veal are quiet, lambs steady to moderate, with several price listings across pork, lard, beef, and other meats.
Liverpool market closes for today with plans to reopen tomorrow. In New York spot cotton remains quiet and firm across grades with mid uplands at 9 7-10c, low mid at 3 15-16c, good ordinary 8 1-16c, and ordinary 6 11-16c. Futures open dull with mixed bid and asked quotes across Dec to April contracts. Pipe line certificates closed with Dec 24 to Dec 27 figures, refined oil price noted. Sugar remains very firm with varied grades quoted. molasses steady for cargo lots including Porto Rico and Cuba.
Flours and grains Cereal markets steady to higher with large receipts. Wheat No 2 spring and hard show firm prices. corn, oats, rye, barley mixed. Pork, lard, and beef mostly steady to higher with noted firming in pork and lard. Coffee balanced, sugar steady, petroleum firm. turpentine and tar products quiet. Local city and regional prices cited for multiple grains and meats with several elevator quotes.
A compiled ledger style report of imports and exports across multiple ports and vessels. Goods include potatoes flax wool pig iron sugar herring mackerel sugar and dry goods. Named firms brokers steamboats and ships list quantities and destinations from Glasgow London Havana and seaside towns.
St Louis markets show flour prices rising with various grades listed and staples like wheat oats and barley. Receipts and shipments detailed. wheat No 2 red around 80 12c. oats around 28 14c. rye and barley near steady. pork lard and bacon prices noted. Detroit Toledo and Minneapolis reports give regional wheat and corn prices and receipts.
Hogs rose 5 to 10 cents with most grades higher in St Louis on December 27. Yorkers sold around 300 dollars, mixed packers at 4.10 to 4.35, butchers’ to extra at 4.30 to 4.45.
Net receipts and totals from Augusta to Consols show dull to firm tones with mixed prices. Highlights include New York and New Orleans activity, coastwise exports, and stock levels across multiple ports, reflecting a uneven cotton trade in late December.
Foreign markets report sugar weak during the holiday season with no transactions expected this week or the next in Havana as markets close for the period.
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