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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Steady Amid Glidden Curtis Failure Rumors

The Boston money market closes easy with Glidden & Curtis failure weighing on sentiment. Clearing house rate holds at 1 percent while time loans run 8 to 5 percent and collateral loans 2 to 4 percent. Foreign exchange steady and bond activity mixed as banks report reserves and mortgage notes.

Boston Glidden & Curtis New York New York Clearing House Chicago St. Louis San Francisco New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah United States Frances Reichsmarks New York City

Boston Consolidated Produce declares 3 percent semiannual dividend

Directors at a porting meeting of the Boston Consolidated Produce Company voted to declare a semi annual dividend of 3 percent. A later report repeats the decision at another directors meeting confirming the 3 percent per cent dividend.

Boston Consolidated Produce Company

Directors and officers of a trust company listed

The document lists directors including John M. Graham and William W. Grape with John M. Graham as President and Henry L. Jewett as Secretary. It notes authorization to accept and execute trusts, acts as legal depository for administrators and guardians, and details interest on deposits and London exchange services.

John M. Graham Henry L. Jewett Inaafer London

New York Financial Report on Money, Bonds, and Stocks

Money on call remains easy with no loans and close at 2 percent. Sterling and bar silver quoted steady. Government bonds dull but firm, railroad bonds active. The stock market shows mixed but largely steady activity amid a weak bank reserve report. Major bond gains include Louisville New Albany Chicago consols and Alten & Terre Haute preferred.

New York Sterling Exchange Chicago Louisville New Albany Alten & ‘Ierre Toledo Ann Arbor North Michigan Tennessee Coal Tennessee St. Paul South Minnesota Kansas City & Omaha Richmond & Allehany South Carolina

Foreign Financial Markets Report London Feb 9 10

London market results show Consols at 98 3 16 money and 98 15 16 account. Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 34 1 2, Canadian Pacific 53 2, Erie 29 1 2, Erie seconds 105, Mexican ordinary 42 1 2, St Paul 65 4 4, New York Central 112 1 2, Pennsylvania 5 6, Reading 24, Mexican Central firsts 72 5 8. Money rate 2 1 2 percent. Paris 3 percent rentes 83 60. Exchanges 25 21 for cecis.

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Market Snapshot for Commodities and Food Prices

Commodities show mixed activity with flour steady and corn lower. Oats ease while rye and beans remain quiet. Butter fair demand, oleomargarine firm, pork fairly active, oranges in fair demand, lemons steady, molasses slow, and many meat and grain categories recorded as quiet or slow.

Wool sales in London show strong demand and active American buyers

Today’s London wool sales attracted good attendance and lively competition on par with 1888. American operators were very active, estimated at about 2000 bales taken in this series. Offered 13 800 bales with 106 000 bales available. Transactions included Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Swan River, New Zealand, Cane of Hope and Natal, and River Plate lots with various prices for scoured and greasy wool.

London Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Swan River New Zealand Cane of Hope Natal River

Fall River Cloth Market Report Shows Firm Prices

Fall River and Providence market notices report strong activity in print cloth with production and deliveries at 175000 pieces and 175000, 107000 sales, and 94000 futures. Prices hover around 41 16 per 64x64 and 34 e nominal for 60x50s with steady demand and limited distant futures in Providence.

Fall River Providence

Wheat Quiet as Traders Await Orders in Chicago Market

The Grain Markets in Chicago report a quiet session with few orders from commission houses. May wheat rose to about 104 as Hutchinson emerged as the sole major buyer, while millers expected to sell flour at some price and faced losses on high-priced wheat and related stocks.

Hutchinson

Grain futures and prices amid market rally

New York closing grain futures show oats, wheat and corn moving with bid and closing ranges. Wheat and corn report mixed highs and lows with cash quotes and commented futures for February through June.

New York Dia F Bay Aly

Boston Markets Flour and Grain Prices Feb 9

Boston markets report a steady flour market with firm prices across grades. Grain quotes cover corn, oats, rye, and wheat with mixed receipts and shipments in New York St Louis Chicago Milwaukee and Detroit regions, highlighting dull to quiet demand and varying futures and spot prices.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada New York City Southern St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Northern Toledo Detroit C. St Louis C. F Chicago Peoria York White State Graham Barney Bush

New York Auction Offers Old Lots At Low Nominal Prices

Fragmentary auction note from New York lists years 1888 and 1887, prices 18 20 cents and 3 120, and mentions nominal bids for old lots at 5 7 cents.

New York

Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Dairy Goods

Prices for butter, cheese, and eggs hold steady with demand mixed. Western creameries and Vermont dairies show varied quotation ranges while oleomargarine, beans, potatoes, and hay markets reflect cautious trading and ample supply amid ongoing price firmness.

Market Price Report On Truck Supply And Produce

The supply of all kinds is large and prices are steady with quiet trade. Barrow squash 60 per ton turbo squash 50 per ton Hubbard 60 per ton Savo cabbage 1 percent per barrel cabbage 60 to 75 cents per barrel Pee red cabbage 2 dollars per barrel onions 1.12 per barrel Bermuda onions 1.75 per crate Spanish onions 1.50 per crate beets 0.40 to 0.50 per bush carrots 0.76 per bushel lettuce 0.75 to 1 per bush turnips 0.40 per box white French turnips 1.25 per dozen St Andrews 0.75 to 0.80 per barrel radishes turnips 0.50 per dozen long 1 per dozen celery 0.75 to 0.80 per box parsnips 0.50 per bush spinach 0.50 to 0.60 per bush box native dandelions 1.50 per bush Norfolk spinach 1.15 to 1.75 per barrel kale 0.50 per barrel parsley 2.25 per bush

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Chicago Provisions Show Mixed Opening and Steady Pork Demand

Chicago opens with strong provisions but limited buying interest for lard. Hogs arrive from across the country amid good cash trade. Pork markets show export demand and steady home use with diverse prices for cuts and products. Beef remains dull and dry salted meats hold around mid 60s to 70s per hundredweight.

Chicago New York Western Steam City Continent South America St. Louis Cincinnati Wea

Profitable Investments Show Large Returns With Williams Co

A Baltimore trade ad lists numerous investments made through C. & WILLIAMS & CO. detailing purchase dates prices and October or September sale profits. It notes profits include dividends and urges larger investments for proportional gains.

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