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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1890
Page
7
Leather markets show firm finished upper leather and steady grain hides. No 1 domestic and African grades range 12 to 18 cents, No 1 glove 10 to 11 cents, No 1 boot grain 14 to 15 cents, oil grain 11 to 13 cents, and finished calfskins steady at 80 cents. Demand remains moderate with new orders rising but delayed deliveries burdening factories.
Demand for foreign hides remains soft but local buyers show cautious optimism as prices dip to 13 4 cents for Straight Buenos Ayres and 14 cents for Montevideo. Western buff hides stay dull but firm with sales near 5 54 cents, seconds at 4 44 to 4 4 cents, and New England hides quiet and steady. Southern hides in fair demand and steady. Tanned skins remain very firm.
The boot and shoe trade shows little change with lactories busy but lacking sufficient duplicate orders. Buyers are more numerous yet unsatisfied due to warm weather and cautious about new business. New England trade is weak. West and South similar. Retailers push stock reductions. a cold snap could boost activity. Shippers remain in demand. some spring and summer goods sell well. Countermanded orders are few and not major.
Market tone for rubber shows improvement with firmer prices. Cables from Para and Liverpool signal stronger markets as holders become more confident in maintaining stocks. Portuense arrived with 630000 Tbs sold prior to arrival and under S$ account. Para quoted at 69 70c for new and coarse at 4742. 48¢ BP th.
The weeklong horse market in the city reports improving trade with fancy trotting and draught stock drawing attention. Prices ranged from $40 to $250 per head with sales at several stalls including Attsburgh & Co Walker's bazaar Moses Colman & Son and Welch & Hall 100 head sold and a big sale at J C Richardson's.
Chicago receipts show 144000 bushels with 282000 bushels shipped and a weaker market for mixed No 2 white. St Louis reports 287000 bushels received and 18000 shipped with market weak for mixed No uz. Oats supply today 20580 bushels with track No 2 whites at 35 to 36 stem. spot market firm with clipped oats at 35c on track and 33c on track for other grades. New York activity includes 97000 bushels receipts, 207 exports, 139000 sales. prices mixed weaker across No 3 to No 1 whites. Chicago market weak for No 2 at 20 to 21c. St Louis lower at 19 to 20c bid. Flour and meal markets steady to quiet with minor price points.
Butter and oleo stocks rise with butter prices quoted at Western and New York ranges. Cheese remains steady as beans, potatoes, and poultry see varied but steady demand. Sweet potatoes scarce, hay and straw markets soften. overall receipts remain large with prices holding across regions and grades.
Commodities show abundant supply with steady demand. Onions at 84 75 500 per barrel, Western onions 4 425 per barrel, Valen cia 350 per large case, Key West 850 per crate. Vegetables including beets 85c per box, carrots 50c, lettuce 500431 dozen, radishes 35 40c per dozen, turnips 35c per box, cabbage prices vary, Florida cucumbers and tomatoes arriving in large quantities with crates sold at 2.50 and 2.50 respectively. Bermuda tomatoes 14 per small crate. Florida string beans prices fluctuate.
The text notes good condition South Carolina asparagus arrivals and prices for choice lots at 10 dollars per dot bunch, with sales at 50 cents to four dollars per crate depending on quality.
The market for fruit remains firm with limited supply and small receipts. Wholesale prices for choice apples and other fruits are steady to firm, including Baldwins, Northern Spies, Tasman Sweets, and Greening varieties. Med fruits show good supply but quiet demand for Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges. Valencia oranges trade slowly at modest ranges. Florida citrus and mandarins are steady or quiet, while grapes, cranberries, nuts, dried apples, and Almeria grapes reflect stable to firm pricing amid varied demand. Strawberries fetch 20 to 35 cents per quart depending on quality.
Snow and Co sold Valencia oranges at auction on the Carbis Bay steamer for 16244 405 dollars per case. The fruit showed signs of being started and was described as such in the sale report.
The steamer Glen anb or passed Gibraltar Feb 9 with 13 500 boxes oranges and 9000 boxes lemons for Boston. The steamer Olympia sailed from Valencia for Boston Feb and 3560 cases Oranges. The Flamborough is due Saturday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Savannah boat due Saturday has 4100 boxes oranges The Norfolk boat due Friday has 75 boxes oranges 120 bags peanuts and 990 pigs track. The steamer Fitzroy sailed from Palermo Feb 10 with a full cargo of fruit for Boston.
Receipts list tallow beef pork lard hams bacon preserved meats with year comparison and wide pork market notes. Pork and pork products show steady demand and firm prices. lard steady with good supply. hams and other smoked meats in fair demand. Quoted prices cover long and short cuts, ribs, sausages, lard, and various beef and veal items, with regional quotes including New York and Chicago trade.
Kansas City Cattle receipts 6287 weak. steers 3 40 to 4 40, cows 1 90 to 2 70, stockers 3 10 to 8 50. Hogs 8147 lower. heavies 3 72 to 8 80, mediums 3 65 to 3 87, Yorkers 3 77 to 4 24. Sheep 1968 steady at 3 40. Chicago Cattle receipts 14 000. steers 3 40 to 4 70. stockers 2 40 to 3 50. Hogs receipts 36 000. mixed 3 80 to 4 40. heavies 3 75 to 4 00. light 3 85 to 4 05. Sheep receipts 8000. natives 3 85 to 5 75. Western corn-fed 4 90 to 4 95. lambs 3 52 to 4 70.
New York cotton prices ease despite steady openings with bids for uplands and middling grades. Liverpool reports a steady market with 7000 bales sold, 6800 American, receipts of 5600 American bales, futures mixed but closing firm, and overall firm sentiment across key ports including Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah.
Report shows net receipts and gross for cities including Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with exports coastwise to Great Britain France and the Caledonia. Stock levels and market firmness noted with mid prices and ship counts across five day totals.
Pipeline certificates closing and opening times with dates. Cottonseed oil certificates numbers and values listed. Sugar receipts, refined and raw price quotes, and molasses market notes. New York market described as strong with varied grade quotes and regional differences.
Market reports show Peoria steady whiskey at 103 and spirits at 105. Chicago firm whiskey at 102. St Louis whiskey selling at 162. Cine letarelat market unchanged for whiskey at 102.
A terse update lists New York toffee and Rio cargoes with 19%4¢ figures, turpentine and rosin prices, and petroleum closes. It notes turpentine at 483 48%cc rosin at 12%2 115 taratse 35, petroleum at 7.75¢ with RSW 7.50c and case costs at 9.70c.
Weekly market report shows live stock totals for sheep cattle and lambs and swine with comparisons to last week and year ago. Prices listed for market beef store cattle hides tallow skins and sheep and lambs with remarks on activity and export trade including cattle shipments and transport concerns.
LATE ARRIVALS AND SALES AT BRIGHTON ON WEDNESDAY show 12 cars of sheep by DM & W Co and 2 cars by Ed Farrell & Co. Go cattle from near by. Milch cows not sold at Waterton. Trade improving for cows, demand fair, working oxen in light demand. Prices vary: Hosmer sold working oxen, 1000 plus pounds. Mellor sold eight milch cows to 42 and 338 dollars. Shepherd & Whitney sold one new milch cow at 40 dollars. various tons of cattle and cows with prices listed.
Brig Leo carrying 200 hogsheads sugar sails from Ponce Puerto Rico for Savannilla with Whitney Pousland and co. on board. Brig Scepre with 121 hogsheads sugar also leaves for Savannilla under Whitney Pousland and co. Port de Palx Haiti sees schooner Lizzie May laden with 371000 pounds logwood, Lyon Dupuy and co. as consignors.
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