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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1891

Page

7

Market Report Shows Steady Leather Demand and Higher Rubber Prices

Leather markets stay steady with strong demand for hemlock sole and good export activity. Rubber prices firm with imports optimistic for further gains as para and Liverpool quotes rise. Western buff hides moderate, New England hides quiet, and rough leather trades subdued amid small stock.

Calcutta Tannery A New York Buenos Ayres Montevideo Gamatave Gambia Ohio Chicago New England Para Liverpool Peruvian Nicaragua Esmeralda Panama Congo Assam Madagascar Borneo Mozambique Sierra Leone Loando

Grain Trade Report from Wednesday Evening 1891

The Grain Trade notes 39 cars inspected with 9 wheat 16 corn 12 oats 1 rye 1 peas. Wheat in Chicago unsettled with early dullness and outside selling pressure. Prices moved to 101 1 2 for May amid foreign news but encountered heavy selling and a late weakness.

Chicago

City Horse Market Shows Steady Supply and Low Prices

Shippers push in larger horse supplies while prices stay low though demand improves and sales quicken. Spring trade nears. various stables report sales ranging from 90 to 225 dollars per head for draft and riding horses with weights from 2 700 to 3 400 pounds.

Bowler Isburgh & Co Walker’s Bazaar Moyes Colman & Son H. Brockway Welch & Hall Russel & Drew’s International Horse Exchange Snow & Co

Flour and Meal Trade Steady as Prices Stand Firm

Market reports firm for flour and meal with Minnesota and Wisconsin brands cited. Prices range from 3.25 to 5.60 for various flour grades, rye flour limited to jobbing lots, export grades quoted, meal sales at 1.48 to 2.75 per barrel, and oatmeal steady around 6.45 to 6.75 per cwt or barrel.

Minnesota Isconsin Canada

Market Prices and Beef Pork Lard and Hogs Report

The market notes firm demand and steady prices for fresh beef pork lard and smoked meats with hogs quiet. Lambs firm Choice Eastern and Western meats quoted at 9 42 to 10 42 cents per pound and mutton veal pork stocks noted as steady amid large pork receipts in Chicago.

Duis New York Chicago

Kansas City Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Report

Kansas City market summary shows cattle receipts 2915 with varied classes. hogs 10 864 with price ranges from 2 90 to 3 50. sheep receipts 1041, steady. Chicago and Peoria reports cited with firmer hogs and steady cattle across multiple markets. overall market activity described as steady to firmer with specific price ranges for steer cow and hog categories.

Kansas City St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Butter and dairy markets show quiet tone as prices ease

Receipts list many dairy items from Butter to Straw with butter prices easing under colder weather likely to push them higher later. Creamery and dairy quotes span Western to London markets. cheese and egg prices show firmness while beans, potatoes, hay, and straw reflect dull to steady movement amid ample supplies.

Western Creamery Northern Creamery New York Chicago Baltimore London Liverpool Michigan St. Louis Kansas City Cincinnati Houston Rose Hebrons Bush Chenan Jersey

The Fruit Trade Prices and Supplies in Florida and Mediterreanean Goods

Florida fruits show a steady but quiet demand with receipts around 300 pkgs versus 665 pkgs last year. Prices cover oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, lemons, and other citrus, with Navel oranges at 2 75 per box and grances at varying box and half box rates. Mediterranean fruits stay steady with Palermo, Messina, and Valencia varieties priced per box. apples receipts 538 bbls, market easing. cranberries light. grapes, nuts, and dried apples also listed with assorted prices.

Florida Palermo Essina Messina Valencia Remnlars King Russell Greenings Ben Davis Massachusetts Baldwins Maine New Hampshire Hubbardstons Common Sweatin Tallman Black Oxfords Gilli- Bowers Northern Spies Cape Cod Naples

Steamer Shipments Reach Boston Fruit Trade

The Powhattan passed Gibraltar January 26 with 16000 boxes oranges and 8750 boxes lemons plus 7100 boxes and 700 half boxes ponios oranges and 2600 boxes lemons foroston. Boden due today with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Effective bound for Boston with 5500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Palermo lemons. The Savannah boat due here next Saturday carries 6270 boxes Florida oranges.

Powhattan Gibraltar Oston Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Boston Florida

New York spot cotton market dull with steady futures

The New York spot market eased to 914 cents for middling uplands with 134 bale sales and stock of 123,366. Futures opened and closed steady. key futures quotes ranged from 8.98 to 9.38 cents. Liverpool market was dull with 6000 bales sold, 4500 American, and futures closed quiet. Regional spots in Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston showed varied steady to dull readings with mid prices around 9 cents.

New York Auugust Corceccesesesese Msuc Ser Fodiuaty Eecessseseceesenss E.e S.s Cece Rene Ceteveses Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston

Five Day Consolidated Net Receipts By Destination

Consolidated net receipts for five days total 113,678 with exports to Great Britain 67,175 the Continent 41,956 France 5,748 stock. Cities listed include Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville with steady or quiet readings and mid values in cents per unit.

Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Great Britain France

Sugar and Molasses Prices in Latest Market Report

Refined sugar demand steady with varied quotations across grades from American Sugar Refining and Revere Company. Raw sugar markets strong. London beet quotes firm for February and March. New Orleans molasses steady with sales of fancy and choice grades reported, prices ranging per gallon across regions and types.

American Sugar Refining Company Sovreckles Revere Company Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo

Whiskey markets hold steady in Peoria Cincinnati and St Louis

The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 115 while Cincinnati and St Louis hold firm at 114, signaling stable regional prices. The data shows continued price resilience across three key markets with no immediate changes reported.

Peoria Cincinnati St. Louis

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices In New York Markets

Turpentine quoted at 41 414sc with resin at 14244 145 and tar at 2.60, while petroleum closed at 7.10c. K8 W at 7.45c and cases at 9.55c.

New York

London Wool Sales Market Report Highlights Prices

At the February wool sale in London 13 248 bales were offered with strong competition for scoured and greasy lots. Notable constants include Victoria washed merino prices, with New South Wales 4000 bales and Queensland 500 bales showing varied scoured and greasy rates. Melbourne and Victoria lines total 5600 bales with detailed price quotes for scoured locks and pieces. New Zealand 800 bales and South Australia 27 bales add to the mix, while Cape of Good Hope and Natal account for 2300 bales with scoured and greasy rates.

London Victoria New South Wales Ueensland Caere Melbourne New Zealand South Australia Cape of Good Hope Natal

Print cloth market holds firm with steady demand

Fall River reports the print cloth market stays firm with steady demand. Prices noted include 64x648 at 3 cents and 66x56s at 29-16ce, reflecting solid activity for the period.

Fall River

Watertown and Brighton Stock Market Review 1891

Report from Boston Post by George J. Fox shows near 4000 cattle in seven days with exports around 3000 and home demand rest. Prices steady but briskness weak as Western, Northern, and Eastern lots vary. lambs and milch cattle active with mixed loads across New Hampshire Maine Vermont Massachusetts and New York yarding and export movements.

Watertown Brighton Boston Post George J. Fox W. C. Fisher J. G. Little Oe Saywood D. Pees W. W. Hall & Son Rolfe A.W. Newcomb Trafin & Philbrook H. J. Libby F. L. Libby Libby & Sam W. G Com Fannar Britton & Savage W. Bagley H. N. Jenne W. G. Townsend Polland Piper & Pot Ae A. Williamson Massachusetts Henry Scattering New York E. W. Smith , Son Sturtevant_& Haley W. Nash J. A. Hathaway J M Bollinger N. Morris G. A. A Eee F. W. Dyer Geo. H. Hammon Roe Liverpool London Stubbenhuk Hamburg Hindars Frank Wood Charlestown N.H J. K. Komas H. V. Whipple Pollard D. O Kimball Maine Pine Tree D. Perkins Durham Joseph Meldrem Wells England J. G. Littlefield Devens J.P. Day Spencer Mass Charles Philbrick J. S. Henry W. Heffron Trafton & Philbrook Brighton and

Droves of Veal Calves and Cattle Market Report

A regional cattle market note reports veal calves from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Illinois with prices and consignors. It describes West shipments swelling Waterton yards and Chicago markets with 3000 plus cattle, Westerns quality, costs rising, and Union Market sales including M G Flanders Conover & Sanborn Don & Moulton A S Moulton J A Hathaway and Weston yard activity. Sheep and hogs price and live poultry notes are included with yard arrivals and market stability.

Maine W. Gln IL C. Libby F. L. Libby I. L. Libby Tafton & Philbrook A. W. Newreas D. Perkins L G. Littlefield New Hampshire A. E. Sooneen Dow & Moulton E. F. Adden W. F. Wallace Moulton Coukesr & Sanborn D. Fisher Vermont A. Williamson Piper & Poll R. P. Pollard W. G. Townsend H. W. Jenne W. At Bagley Britton M.i Ghanders W. Heffron It ‘Mint H. V. Whipple W. EB. Hi Hora En Henry Scattery GS Waterton Orn West New England Niland Unicago M. G. Flanders Conover & Sanborn Don & Moulton J. A. Hathaway

Brighton and Watertown Livestock Market Report 1891

Week ending February 4 1891 reports totals for sheep cattle and lambs and swine at market with arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. Includes prices for market beef store cattle sheep and lambs, hogs and hides and a postscript on late arrivals and sales and notable sales by various dealers and farmers.

Brighton N. B Boston & Albany W. Morris A. M. Baggs Springfield Marley Watertown Morris J. D. Hosmer W.H. Heffron W. W. Hall Son RP. Pollard W. LC. Libby & Son J.S. Henry W. Melloy

London and Liverpool Market Reports Show Mixed Movement

Cargoes off the coast and passage wheat steady with corn strong. Liverpool spot wheat down, corn firm but less active. Futures: wheat dull, corn strong. Paris wheat and flour quiet. Manchester notes a flat market amid November financial disturbances and Eastern exchange fluctuations. few export orders, loom stoppages rising, yarn demand weak, printers steady, lower grades neglected.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool California Paris Manchester The Guardian Plate

Imports and Exports February 4 1891 Buenos Aires

Trade bulletin notes Bark Sonn dry hides skins and other commodities imported and exported. Mentions Bark Hancock 14 625 bush salt and George E Downes. Milgar Rice & Co listed among participants.

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