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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1890
Page
7
The market remains firm with varied prices for pine, cypress, and hardwoods. Cargo orders, resumed building, and limited lumber arrivals point to continued strength, while South and primary freight rates influence price levels and activity.
The Pottsville Miners Journal notes coal demand remains quiet at wholesale and retail levels with little change. Weekly production hovers near half a million tons, and February shipments are not planned to exceed two million tons, similar to last year. Rumors of tighter production and price restraints persist while Reading and Lehigh Valley firms consider opening coal yards to capture local profits.
Carload grain prices across domestic futures with receipts for flour and grain in New York Chicago and St Louis. Markets show quiet demand, light stocks, and mixed activity across corn wheat and oats with various No 2 and No 1 grade prices and exports noted.
The market remains active with receipts and shipments in wheat and oats varying by grade and location. No 1 whites and other oats prices steady to higher. spot sales noted on track and in elevators. New York, St Louis, and Chicago quotations show fluctuations across No 2 and No 1 whites, mixed feeds, and cereals. Butter, eggs, cheese, and beans display steady to firm trends with wide regional variation. potato, hay, and straw markets quiet with buyer-favorable tones.
The market remains steady with light demand across onions carrots lettuce radishes cabbage and more. Prices vary by variety and location with Western onions at 424 25 per bushel and Florida cucumbers fetching 242 50 per crate, among other listings for parsnips kale and celery.
Florida tomatoes are in fair condition with prices listed at 250 23 50 per crate. Bermuda tomatoes sell at 1 per small crate. Florida string beans show no change with price 150 300 per crate.
The week shows larger receipts and easier selling for fruit with prices steady or unchanged. Baldwins to Tasman sweets vary by grade. Messina Palermo and Valencia oranges abundant. Florida fruits slow but steady with Indian Rivers and mandarins in specific box counts. cranberries, nuts, dried apples, Almeria grapes, and strawberries all quoted with regional demand notes and per box or per bushel pricing.
The steamer Glen Tanar passed Gibraltar Feb 9 with 13 500 boxes oranges and 9 000 boxes lemons for Boston. The steamer Olympia sailed from Valencia for Boston Feb 4 with 3 500 cases oranges. The steamer Fitzroy sailed from Palermo Feb 10 with Palermo and Messina fruit for Boston. The steamer Columbia carries 3 000 boxes Catania oranges and 800 boxes Catania lemons for Boston.
Receipts today show tallow 83 packages, lard 1460 packages, hams 697 barrels, bacon 804 boxes, with other items listed. Last year figures indicate higher pork and lard receipts, varied by item. market notes describe steady demand for pork and lard, with prices quoted for long cuts, short cuts, backs, lean ends, tongues, mess and prime cuts, and regional price movements across New York Chicago St Louis and Western markets.
Kansas City reports cattle prices steady to firm with steer ranges $3 25 to $4 50 and hogs largely weak though some classes quoted near $3 80. St Louis prices soften for Yorkers while Peoria dogs remain steady. Cincinnati shows slow demand for logs. Vincago cattle rise slightly with Texas corn fed steers at $2 75 to $4 3 45. Hogs nationwide see heavy and mixed categories around $3 75 to $4 00. sheep receipts rise with natives at $3 75 to $5 30 and Western corn fed at $4 80 to $5 60.
New York cotton markets show steady closing after steady opening with bids and quotes across grades and futures. Liverpool market remains quiet at middling uplands with 8,000 bales sold and substantial American share. other cities report receipts, exports, and stocks in aggregate, with futures showing quiet to steady shifts.
News digest reports mixed inland and coastal receipts and stocks for several ports including Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and Philadelphia with varying trends from steady to firm. Oil pipeline certificates and refined product prices are listed alongside cottonseed oil certificates and sugar and molasses markets with prices, receipts, and stock figures across multiple regions.
Turpentine closed at 44 441% cents with rosin at 1.25 dollars and tar at 2.25 dollars while petroleum closed at 7.75 cents with RSW at 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents Coffee New York Rio firm and active fair cargoes 20 cents
Report for the Boston Post by George J. Fox covering week ending February 18 1890. Listings include prices for cattle sheep lambs hogs hides tallow and skins with yard sales Western and Northern cattle mixed grades and several named buyers such as J A Hathaway H A Wilson Phil Brick Breck Wood and RW Crosby. Trade described as not active with city beef selling slowly and best lambs at seven cents per pound.
The report notes Brig Lahaina with 5339 bags sugar and Atkins & Co at Cienfuegos, Ponce VA with Brig Acacia 315 puncheons molasses 25 tierces Whitney, Pousland & Co. 42 bbls sugar 6000 oranges. Master plus Sch Lillian 1180 bags sugar Nash Spaulding & Co. Miragoane scr Mattie B Russell 865 tons log wood A C Clintworth.
YARMOUTH NL and London and Liverpool ship cargo lists show steamer movements with varied goods. Items include bbls oatmeal graham cotton pig iron and lumber. beef cheese lard butter canned goods and hardware. numerous cases boxes and bales across multiple ports in February clearances.
London market summary reports cargo arrivals and sales. Wheat steady to quiet with three wheat cargoes noted, two sold and one waiting. corn slow in places. Liverpool sees moderate wheat demand, steadier futures. English country markets quiet. mixed American corn priced around 3s 8 3d to 3s 9 1d.
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