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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1890

Page

7

Grain and Feed Markets Stand Steady as Receipts Vary

Receipts today show 1850 bush of corn, 3770 barley, 6650 malt, and 128 tons of millfeed with last year’s figures noted. Market remains quiet and unchanged with few jobbing sales at 62c for No 1 New York barley and mixed quotes for six-rowed and two-rowed grains. Cottonseed meal has no receipts and is largely nominal with $24.50 per ton quoted for arrival. Hops activity minimal with steady prices for New York 1889 to 1888 grades.

New York Canada Michigan

Market Receipts and Dairy Prices Reported in Busy Trading Day

Receipts listed today include butter 4562 pkgs and 665 boxes, oleo 649 pkgs, cheese 1898 boxes, eggs 23 bbls and 1450 cases, beans 457 bbls, potatoes 15 cars, sweet potatoes 113 bbls, hay 79 cars, and straw 4 cars. Last year shows reductions in most lines. butter market mostly unchanged. Quotations cover Western and New York Vermont creamery, Eastern creamery, eggs, beans, poultry, game, and potatoes with fluctuating but steady to firm pricing and quiet trade in several sectors.

Choice New York Vermont Chicago Cincinnati Liverpool Eastern New Harmpshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Bush Small California Lima Canada Houston Hebrons Houston Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Rose Bermuda Floridas

Market steady as demand stays quiet for produce items

The market shows steady activity with subdued demand across onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, turnips, cabbage varieties and greens. Florida tomatoes and Jamaica cucumbers are tight or steady with mixed quality, while Bermuda beans sell quietly. prices per crate or box are listed for numerous items.

Valencia Key West Andrews Florida Jamaica Bermuda

Market Report on Crops and Fruit Supplies

Apples supply small with high wholesale quotes as receipts are limited. Med fruits show Valencia oranges plentiful with steady prices. Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges steady, Verona markets quiet. Florida oranges demand quiet, Indian Rivers fancy at 4 5 per box, other counts varied. mandarins small supply with good demand. grapes new and quiet. cranberries firm for choice dark berries with limited supply. dried apples and almeria grapes notes. strawberries offerings larger with fair demand.

Tasman Valencia Messina Palermo Mespina Florida Bright Jersey Almeria

Refrigerator and Dry-Ship Express Lots Pricing Note

At 40c per refrigerator lot and 20 35c per dry-shipped express lot, pricing details are outlined. The note specifies unit costs for these two lot categories to guide bidding or sale.

Fruit Sales at Auction By Harris & Co

H Harris & Co sold Valencia oranges at 2.75 per regular case and 3.75 for large cases. Florida oranges fetched 0.75 to 3.20 per box, navels 2.50 per 400, lemons 1.25 per 2.12% per box. Tangerines half-boxes 2.16 to 2.87 per box, mandarins 3.50 per box, and 2.25 per half-box for ac's. Grapefruit sold 1.18 per box and 2.12 to 3.25 per barrel.

H Harris & Co Valencia Florida

Steamer Arrivals From Valencia Carry Orchard Produce

The Carbis Bay arrived via Gibraltar January 23 bound for Boston with 8500 cases Valencia oranges. The Glen Tanar left Palermo February 2 carrying 13,500 boxes oranges and 9000 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. The Olympia departed Valencia February 4 bound for Boston with 500 dollar valued cases of oranges.

Carbis Bay Gibraltar Boston Valencia Glen Tanar Palermo Olympia

Provisions and Market Rates Across Cities

Receipts today show tallow 31 pkgs beef 5 bbls pork 4 bbls lard 2651 pkgs hams 8 bbls 222 tierces preserved meats 872 cases bacon 152 boxes. Markets steady with fair demand. New York shallow quiet pigs 2 dollars for city. pork and beef varied with prices across Chicago and St Louis. lard and dry salt meats listed, with several ranges for hams and bacon and shoulder cuts.

New York City Chicago St Louis

Market Summary of Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities

Kansas City reports cattle and hog markets steady with varied receipts and weights. Prices: Kansas City cattle and hogs show steady tones while Chicago and St Louis note mixed trends, firm hogs, and ongoing receipts. Peoria and St Louis show weaker hogs and steady to higher cattle values amid regional demand.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Chicago Texas

Oil Market Pipe Line Certificates and Refined Oil Data

The Oil Market reports closing prices and shipments for various certificates and oils. Spot prices and averages are listed for Cottonseed Oil certificates with shipments and refinery figures, alongside historical closing times and opening dates for multiple certificates.

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Liverpool Cotton Market Quiet as Upland Prices Ease

In Liverpool the market is quiet and easier at 9d for middling uplands. Sales reached 7,000 bales with 6,200 bales American. Futures opened steady and closed firm. Other ports show mixed receipts and firm to steady mid prices across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville with consolidated seven day receipts of 159,665 and exports to Britain 66,671 France 17 and the Continent 43,545.

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Sugar and Molasses Markets Reported Quiet and Steady

Sugar receipts this today 3577 barrels vs 86 last year. Prices listed for Cuba Manila Java blends and refined grades with multiple confidence points. Molasses receipts 154 barrels with small sales in New Orleans. New York market described as quiet and firm with various grade quotes and tests noted.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York New Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Market snapshot shows whiskey firm across cities

In Peoria the whiskey market is strong at 103 dollars while spirits stand at 105. Chicago reports no change with whiskey at 102 and St Louis notes whiskey steady at 10. Cincinnati notes a firm whiskey market at 102 dollars.

Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Coffee New York Rio Trade and Turpentine Prices

Coffee New York Rio is funner and quiet with fair cargoes. Turpentine and petroleum market data show turpentine closed at 4 214 42 and rosin at 17 32 120 and tar at 5 25. Petroleum closed at 7.75 cents with RSW at 7.50 and cases at 9.70.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports Feb 7 1890 Liverpool listings

A dense listing of shipments sorted by origin with numerous entities including L I King & Co, Norton Fessenden & Sonie, Baring Bros & Co, George W Wilson, and many others. Highlights include drums caustic soda woollen textiles yarns leather hides and a vast range of commodities from 167 tons cannel to 206 cases oranges and 393 casks soda ash. Trade items span ships Halifax Jamaica Jamaica and Rosario cargoes with firms like Thomas Groom W & Co and Hallifax NS ports noted.

Liverpool Eng E & F King & Co G Burnham & Co Stone & Downer Baring Bros & Co George W Wilson Norton, Fessenden & Sonie Norcross, Mellen & Co Ordway, Kimball & Loring saddlery—Prang Educational Co Stone & Owner Smith-Dove Mfg Co Jere Abbott & Co Warren & Blanchard Norton, Fessenden & Soule Kendall, Barrows & Co Dennison Mife Co Davis & Furber Machine Co Kent Page & Coffin Oliver Ditson & Co Messrs de Blois & Co R H White & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co 8 Do Do—J R Cumming & Co Case Oriental Goods Garahet Azdarian Richard Briggs Ww&c RK Noyes Lawrence & Son Jordan, Marsh &Co T Hardy & Co Hill & Langtry Saddlery— Pettingill & Everett Thomas Groom Abraham French & Do Bridgham Stedman & Fuller Migeo B Moors & Co Baring Bros America Moors &Co Moors & Co Bradbury English Halleax Halifax Amsden & Co Beaman Bros Butler & Co Carleton McCullough Clements Haddock Hatheway & Co Hlaskins & Montague Lufkin Newingland News Co Russell Rockwell Smalley Jamaica Bernard Boston Fruit Company Rosario Barksyra

Exports on Feb 7 1890 Bluefields and Kansas cargoes

Dispatcher list from exporting records shows Bluefields NJc via Norfolk with steamer Row carrying second hand safes rope casks chains forks vises and other items. Kansas steamer cleared Feb 4 from Liverwoods England with copper matte mineral refuse horn tips starves organs machinery beef cotton corn staves lard wood and numerous packaged goods.

Bluefields Njc Norfolk Rowena Liverwoods Eng Kansas

Foreign Markets London Wheat and Corn Prices Steady

London reports show cargoes off coast with wheat steady and American corn weaker. Liverpool breadstuffs demand poor with quiet English country markets, while futures steady for wheat and corn. Prices cited for No 1 California wheat June and mixed American corn. Weather cold in England.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Eengland California Paris

Trade card buyers and firms listed alphabetically across cities

A compiled list of names and firms from Akron to Scranton, detailing buyers and companies such as Phinney & Co, Slingluff, Disney & Co, G P Gore, Selz Schwab, Florsheim Bros, Bentley & Olmsted, Crumbach, J D Frank & Co, Hofheimer, Morse & Co, Rose & Son, Scott & Co, and Nettleton, with associated U S and Ad indications and city locations across Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky Illinois Missouri Nebraska Iowa Texas Virginia and beyond.

Akron Phinney Phinney & Co Affouston Tex Crumbach Mansfield

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