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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1891

Page

7

Market Recap From The Times on Sugar Coffee and Molasses

Moderate buying of sugar and firm prices mark the market with strong overall sentiment. Coffee remains firm with Rio Maracaibo and Java showing steady or rising values as New York deliveries surge. molasses and teas show steady demand, while rice, spices, and other commodities display firm to steady pricing and active trade in domestic and foreign markets.

New York Europe Maracaibo Java Rio Prime Santos Java Timor Padang Vale Brown Ankola Mandicholing Ayerbangies Maracaibos Jamaica Costa Rica Guatemala Mocha Japan Amoy Formosa Superior East India Cochin Singapore Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Cassia Batavia Saigon Calcutta

Flour and meal receipts and weekly market quotes

The article lists detailed receipts for flour, oatmeal, corn meal, and related products for 1891 and 1890, with weekly totals and per‑unit prices. It notes demand confined to small lots, buyers' favorable prices, and concessions of 10 to 15 cents for larger lots, followed by quoted prices for various flour grades, rye flour, and meal markets.

Escessercessace Wade Innesota Minnesota Isconsin Canada

Saturday receipts and market prices for meat and hogs

Receipts list diverse meat items with quantities and brands, followed by price movements. Pork, beef, lard, and hams shown with assorted measures. Market tone notes New York tallow, Chicago lighter hog run, and next week’s expected arrivals. Prices and bids from Kansas City, Cincinnati, and Peoria included, with hogs and sheep outlooks.

Eecessese York New York Chicago Max May Park Lord

Market Prices for Livestock Across Cities

Receipts and bids show St Louis Yorkers at 3 30 to 3 45, mixed packers 3 25 to 3 55, butchers up to 3 60. Chicago cattle receipts around 2 000 with steers 5 25 to 5 60, cows 2 75, heifers 3 75, stockers 2 50 to 3 50. hogs active with prime weights 3 65 to 3 70, others 3 36 to 3 65, sheep natives 4 40 to 4 55, Western 4 40 to 5 05, Texas 4 25 to 4 75.

Kansas City Srrcrat Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Texas

Receipts show varied market activity across commodities

Weekly receipts list butters cheese eggs and produce with prices. Butter and cheese markets firm with varied regional quotes. eggs weaker on ample supply. beans potatoes and peppers show moderate demand. Hay and straw supply remains high with steady prices. onions cucumbers and cabbage quoted with mixed regional rates.

Western Creamery Northern Dairy New York Ane Magvanase Baltimore Michigan Kansas City Cincinnati St. Louis

Florida Produce Prices and Receipts Report

Florida markets show weekly receipts of 1177 packages fruit and 1125 barrels apples against prior year totals. Prices listed for Bright lemons, Palermo fruit, Valencia oranges, and assorted citrus, with grapes, cranberries, nuts and coconuts quoted. Market notes state demand fair to steady across items, with some declines in receipts compared to last year.

Florida Bright Palermo Messina Valencia King Russell Greenings Ben Davis Husetts Baldwins Maine New Hampshire Baldwins Hubbardstons Common Sweets Tallman Sweets Cape Cod Almeria Virginia Naples

Freight Dray of Citrus and Peanuts Ships to Boston

The steamer Effective passed Gibraltar Fen bound for Boston with 5500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Palermo lemons. The steamer Prior bound for Boston carried 2300 boxes and 500 half boxes Messina oranges and 1500 boxes Messina lemons. The steamer Ethelwold due here next Thursday with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Norfolk boat due today carried 600 bags peanuts and 600 okgs truck. The Savannah boat due today carried 5680 boxes Florida oranges.

Gibraltar Fen Boston Ethelwold Boston Fruit Company Norfolk Savannah

Cotton Market Quiet as Sales Hit 247 Bales in New York

The New York spot cotton market Saturday closed steady after a quiet session at 9 cents for middling uplands. Sales totaled 247 bales with 129,221 bales in stock. Futures opened easy and ended steady, with 62,000 bales sold. Quotations followed.

New York

Merchants Report One Day Net Receipts and Exports

Consolidated net receipts for one day total 19 654 bales with exports to Great Britain 1323 bales. Loree to the Continent 4454 bales in stock. Memphis Savannah Philadelphia and other ports show varied dull or quiet conditions with mid price levels noted across several cities. Continuous market activity centers on cotton exports and regional demand across major hubs.

Mobile Memphis Savannah Ilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Great Britain

Print cloth market shows steady advance across regions

In Providence Rhode Island on February 14 the print cloth market remained quiet and steady with manufacturers seeking an extra 1-16 cent rise. Week sales totaled 14 000 pieces 64x64 spots at 3 cents and 1 000 pieces 56x60 spots at 2 5/8 cents, with stock at 324 000 pieces 64x64 and 26 000 pieces 66x60. The 64 squares price sits at 31 1/16 cents after the announced advance. In Fall River Massachusetts the weekly print cloth statement shows production 200 000, deliveries 259 000, stock 303 000, sales 139 000, futures 80 000, market steady with prices 31 1/16 cents for 64x64s and 25 cents for 60x56a.

Providence R.L Fall Riv Mass Fapr River Hargraves Mill Cornell Connelly

Whiskey markets steady in Peoria and Midwest firms

The Peoria whiskey market holds at 115 while Cincinnati and St. Louis stay firm at 114. Turpentine and Petroleum New York quotes show 40 40 42c with resin at 1 42 42 145, tar at 260, petroleum closing at 7.10c, K 8 W at 750c and cases at 965c.

Peoria Cincinnati St. Louis Turpentine and Petroleum New York

Wool sales in London brisk for high quality merino pieces

At the London wool sale on February 14 14 000 bales were offered with brisk competition for top greasy merino wool. Totals include 99 000 bales available and listed offerings from New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia West Australia Cape of Good Hope Natal and Singapore with varied prices for scoured locks and greasy grades. Imports this week reached 320 or more from multiple regions.

London South Australia New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand West Australia Cape of Good Hope Natal Singapore

London and Liverpool grain markets report February prices

Cargoes off the coast show wheat firm and corn strong while passage wheat is quiet. Liverpool spot wheat quiet but firm. corn demand moderate. Futures: No 1 California wheat February and July prices listed. mixed American corn prices given across months. English country markets steady. farmers delivered 62,569 quarters of wheat in the week at an average price of 3s 3d.

Goses AMTO Chicago Bears Hutchinson Minneapolis Duluth Pinne Messrs. Gilman, Keeney & Co Asa Ewereses Pena New York Wheatin PSN Wevessee St. Louis Canada London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool California Paris Steaay

Havana Sugar Market Report on February Prices

Havana notes a week long drop in demand with buyers offering less and few terms accepted. Muscovado refined 218 to 231 1/4 gold per quintal, centrifugal 268 1/4 to 293 1/4, stockpiles include 489000 bags and 647 hhds in Havana and Matanzas, receipts 190000 bags and 485 hhds, exports 59000 bags of which 50000 to the United States, freights firmer but not notably higher.

Havana Matanzas United States

PIPF LINE CERTIFICATES Closing at 3 pm Feb 18 1891

Auction notice from F. W. Prescott & Co., 54 Devonshire Street. The closing hour is 3 pm on February 18, 1891. Bids specify highest and lowest values observed, with unclear figures and stray notations.

F. W. Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Cesam

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