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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1891

Page

7

Lumber and grain markets mixed with quiet lumber trade

The lumber market remains quiet with small lots for immediate buyers while large spring deliveries show some demand for Southern pine and spruce. Boston’s building outlook is positive for this year, with ample supply and prices not expected to rise sharply. Wheat and oats firm in Minneapolis and Chicago, corn market firmer in Minneapolis and New York, with mixed results in futures.

Boston Chicago New York

Southern Lumber Market Shows Mixed Demand and Steady Prices

James and Abbot report demand remains modest with small lots trading near prior prices. North Carolina pine holds at $25 for No 1, rift flooring at $31, while Western pine shows quiet activity but firm pricing on select grades. cherry, jack walnut, and quartered oak also display steady to strong values amid limited receipts and steady freight rates.

Southern Lumber North Carolina Atlantic The Gulf

Flour and meal prices in Minnesota grain market report

Receipts show 1891 and 1890 figures for flour, cornmeal and oatmeal with small lot sales. Prices quoted include various flour grades from 3.25 to 6.00 per bushel, rye flour jobbing and straight grades, export line items, plus steady meal markets with bag and barrel rates and oatmeal at 6.45 to 6.76 per bushel.

Minnesota Isconsin Canada

1891 Pork Beef and Lamb Prices and Market Report

Pork is in fair demand at steady prices. Lard is steady and in very good demand. Fresh beef prices are steady, but trade is rather low in spirits due to the weather. Lambs are in better demand at former prices with choice lambs at 10c. Mulion remains fairly steady at 8 8 1/2c for choice. Veal is steady and in fair demand at 10 11c for fancy and choice. The New York tallow market was quiet at 45%. Chicago provision market was wet and weak, with a moderate late rally. Prices list shows varying figures for pork, lard, hams, and tallow relations.

Oese New York Caml Esas Minneapolis Chicago Ons St. Louis Canada Millseed Elgin Elgin Creamery Western Baltimore St. Albans Michigan Baltiimore Cincinnati Revere Company London New Orleans Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegas Barbados Gsi O &S O Maine Corss New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Boston & Lowell Fitchburg Eastern N. B Boston & Albany Brighton

Kansas City Live Stock Prices Mix With Regional Markets

The report covers cattle prices in Kansas City and national markets. It lists selling figures for shipping steers native cows butchers stock stockers bulls and mixed cattle. hogs with varied classes including heavies packers and porkers. and sheep with steady to firm tendencies. Regional openings in Cincinnati St Louis Peoria Chicago and other markets show mixed receipts and activity. Butter eggs potatoes and produce prices are included with market notes on dairy and cheese districts.

Kansas City StreetAll Cincinnati St. Nis Peoria Chicago

Egg and produce market report with mixed regional prices

Market for eggs and poultry remains steady though dull with varied regional quotes. Packers show quiet demand for beans peas and potatoes while vegetables and greens fetch modest prices. hay receipts high but demand weak, and truck trade remains fair with steady prices.

Florida Fruit Prices and Supplies Steady Amid Moderate Demand

The fruit trade reports unchanged prices with fair to moderate demand. Receipts totaled 19 packages versus 3310 last year, with Fresh fruit prices listed for bright, russets, mandarins, navel oranges, grapefruit, citrus from Palermo and Messina, apples including various varieties, cranberries, Almeria grapes, assorted nuts, Turkish almonds, shellbarks, coconuts, and dried apples.

Florida Palermo Messina Valencia King Russell Greenings Ben Davis Massachusetts Baldwins Maine New Hampshire Hubbards Common Tallman Northern Spies Aine Cape Cod Almeria Virginia Naples

Shipping cargoes reach Boston from Atlantic steamer fleet

The steamer Effective passed Gibraltar Feb 5 for Boston with 5500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Palermo lemons. The steamer Prior heads to Boston with 2300 boxes and 500 half boxes Messina oranges and 1500 boxes Messina lemons. The steamer Ethelwold due next Thursday with bananas for Boston Fruit Co. The Savannah boat due Thursday carries 6760 boxes oranges. The Norfolk boat due today carries 500 bags peanuts and 975 barrels truck.

Gibraltar Boston Ethelwold Boston Fruit Company Savannah Norfolk

Fruit Auction Sales Report from Harris & Co

Fruit auction sales show Florida oranges selling at 3742c per box for $3 40, navels at 8742 3 6242 per box, tangerines at 60G 21214 per half-box, mandarins at 1 25 per half-box, grapefuit at 2 3712 3 25 per box and 3 25 5 50 per barrel, Valencia oranges 714 can at $4 1212 4 50 per case, and 420 counts at $3 10 per case.

Messrs. H. Harris & Cr Florida Valencia

New York spot cotton opens weak as futures gain steadiness

The New York spot cotton market showed weakness at 91 16 cents for middling uplands with 231 bales sold and 127,504 bales in stock. Futures opened quiet and easy and closed steady. 142,600 bales traded. Liverpool spot was dull with buyers’ odds firm at 416-16d. 6,000 bales sold, all American. Other markets varied from dull to easy, with sugar and molasses amid stable refiners’ pricing and New Orleans molasses steady in demand.

New York Jung. S Liverpool Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Great Britain

Print cloth market quiet and steady in Fall River

Fall River report notes a quiet steady print cloth market on February 17. Prices listed include 31-16 cents for 64x64s and 25 8 cents for 60x56s.

Fall River

London Wool Auction Delayed by Dense Fog

Dense fog delays wool sampling in London. Auction sales postponed as a result. High wines steady with Peoria whiskey at 115, Cincinnati and St Louis markets steady at 114 per unit.

London Peoria Cincinnati St. Louis

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Quotes Summary

Turpentine quoted at 4042 41c and resin at 14244 145 with tar at 2.60 while petroleum closed at 7.10c. KSW at 750c and cases at 965c reflect current New York price movements.

New York

London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report Feb 17

Beerbohm notes cargo movements off coast with wheat and corn activity. Wheat futures firm in Liverpool with mixed American corn pricing. Paris wheat quiet, English country markets steady, demand for France up while corn firm locally.

London Beerbohm France Mark Lane Liverpool California Paris

Watertown and Brighton Live Stock Report 1891

Boston Post summary by George J. Fox for week ending February 17 1891 reports live stock at market including cattle sheep lambs swine with numbers 3442 2250 2254 34088 compared to figures from the prior year indicating supply from several states and changes year to year.

Watertown Brighton Boston Post George J. Fox Jennie M. Ferson Merrimack New Hampshire Suffolk Therrin Hoston Boston John W. Chim Elainre Elijah George Register Alfred Winsor Horace D. Chapin Gaid Ecc Letham GeorGe White Esquire Jonathan Cobb W. Alfred Winsor Helen M. Philbrick Dedham of Norfolk George Waite Jon T Lan Cobb

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