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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1891
Page
7
Wholesale dry goods trade remains active with jobbers leading the rush in wash fabrics and prints. Prices across sectors are firm with no major changes, though West and Southwest show favorable outlooks while the South faces cotton price constraints affecting trade and collections.
Receipts and prices for pork beef lard hams and tallow shown from 1891 and 1890 with a Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin table. Demand for pork products remains steady as choice steers veal and mutton hold firm while hog shipments and net supplies reveal shifts in seasonal patterns and average weights. Closing hog prices are listed alongside 1881 and 1879 comparisons.
Large sales reported with best clips at 5854 59e and No 2 white on track at 656c bush. Chicago and Minneapolis shipment quotes firm range 564%ec bush and 654sc, with 56c as near low. Corn trade steady with steamer yellow at 65%2c, Miss and oats prices fluctuating in late trading. rye, barley and malt noted with steady demand and varied price points.
Flour values rise as mills hold firm on spring wheat patents at 5.90 per barrel while winter patents stay firm near 6.50. New York Michigan straight lines quoted 5.10 to 5.25 per barrel. Prices for fine to common flours range 3.4 to 4.25, exports mix with Canada and Minnesota firms. Oatmeal and cornmeal demand steady, bag meal at 1.25, barrel meal 2.70 to 2.75 per barrel, oatmeal 6.45 to 6.75 per ce or 6.00 to 6.25 for ground.
Market reports show cattle receipts in Kansas City and Chicago with prices for steers cows and bulls, hogs including packers and locals, and sheep. Chicago hogs slow and lower, cattle higher, with specific ranges for prime to extra steers and various hog classes. Peoria and other regions report mixed results and openings.
Market reports show butter remains quiet with Western creamery extras at 25 28c and Northern creamery extras at 27 28c. Cheese market is quiet though light supply keeps prices firm with Choice Northern at 10 11c and New York cheddars steady around 10 10?4c. Poultry prices noted as quiet with limited demand and light supplies across regions.
Nearly steady markets for turkeys and poultry with small birds trading around 15c and spring chickens 14 to 16c. Geese and fowls 10 to 13c per pound, pears in steady demand, and fresh prices for New York hand picked mediums around 235 to 245 dollars per bushel. Potatoes quiet and easier amid large supplies, stocks rising. Hay markets dull with buyers in charge, prime at 41 to 15 per ton, rye straw 17 to 18, oat straw 9.
The document lists fair market quotes for vegetables and fruits. Spinach 90c per bush, Southern onions 2.25 to 2.50 per double crate, native onions 4.25 to 5 per barrel, Valencia onions 3.75 per case, Denia onions 1 per crate, carrots 0.75 per bush, lettuce 0.50 to 0.60 per dozen, peppers and greens with various prices, Cape onions 1.25 to 1.50 per barrel, parsley 2 per bunch, garban squash 2 per barrel, Hubbard onions 3 per ton, eastern Hubbard 3.52 per ton, radishes 0.70 per dozen, parsnips 0.75 per bush, cabbages 1 per box, red cabbages 1.50 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 1 per barrel, cucumbers 0.10 to 0.15 each, native celery 1.50 per box, cauliflower 1.50 for two dozen, Florida string beans 0.50 per crate.
Florida fruit receipts show 1049 crates of oranges this year versus 11,818 last year with steady fair trade. Prices listed for oranges, mandarins, grapefruits, lemons, and Palermo/Messina varieties. apples and cranberries with specific pack prices given. Other commodities include almeria grapes, various grape types, nuts, and dried apples with per-bushel and per-pound quotes.
The Powhattan passed Gibraltar January 26 with 16000 boxes oranges 8750 boxes lemons 7100 boxes 700 half boxes pone oranges and 2500 boxes lemons for ofton. The Savannah boat due today carries 3750 boxes Florida oranges. Bowden due next Thursday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit. Norfolk boat arrived with 500 bags peanuts 500 packages truck and 100 boxes oranges. H F Dimock from New York yesterday brought 650 boxes oranges.
Fruit auction sales list Florida oranges navels tangerines mandarin orange half boxes and Valencia fruit with prices per box half box and case figures for each, including counts and barrels. Names H Harris & Co. appear as sellers with detailed per unit and per container pricing.
Sugar market steady with slight demand uptick and mixed refiners quotes. American Sugar Refining prices span from leaf sugar at 6 1-16 to extra C at 5 55/64 cents per pound, Spreckles Granulated at 6.08 for wholesale, raw sugar unchanged, cane and beet markets steady, molasses firm for New Orleans with sales to 35 36 cents per gallon and various foreign grades listed. The Peoria whiskey market remains firm.
Mixed market quotes show turpentine at 4042 cents per gallon with resin and tar at 260 cents, while petroleum product prices range from 7.10 to 7.46 cents with a 9.55 cent case. The fragment hints at a commodity listing, reflecting daily price movements across turpentine resin tar and related products.
London and Liverpool dispatches note cargoes off the coast with wheat steady and corn quiet. Prices show futures firmer for wheat and mixed American corn for February and May. Spot markets in Liverpool firm for wheat and corn with poor demand, while Paris and Antwerp quote steady wheat and flour. Provisions stay mostly steady with pork, bacon, lard, and cheese comparatively unchanged.
London wool sales on February 2 offered 15058 bales, mainly medium quality, with smaller attendance. Good Victoria and South Australia greasies and cross-breds drew brisk competition and firm prices, while French and German buyers and some United States transactions were noted. Withdrawals total 2600 bales. 248000 bales remain available, with detailed breakdowns by region and price per lot.
The print cloth markets in Fall River February 2 report steady conditions with fair demand. Prices stand at 3 cents for 64x64s and 29 16 cents for 60x56s.
Oil market report from Prescott with closing prices for PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES showing 10% openings and 76% closing, Feb 16, and 3pm, plus 39% Feb 20 and 106% for Charters Cro Runs. Average shipments totals and refined price at 7.45c per gallon. Cotton seed oil certificates opened 21 and closed 21.
Valencia shows Steamer Alexandria with 500 cs onions 3162 boxes oranges and 25 mandarins plus 84 boxes oranges and 26 pigs onions. Boston steamer carries 174 crates lobsters 8 boxes furs 2 do eggs. Matanzas lists Steamer Elvin Thompson 6874 legs sugar. Humacao reports Schooner Jesse T Matheson 162 puncheons molasses 48 barrels sugar and 120 legs coconuts.
A dated export summary from February 2 1891 records cargoes for the Virginian sailing from Liverpool and the Stubbenbuk voyage from Hamburg Antwerp. Totals include cattle flour oil cake cotton tallow pork beef lard hides lumber tobacco wheat rye peas and various cases boxes bales and sacks, with quantities in tiers, barrels, and bags.
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