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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1890
Page
7
The report notes steady woollen goods demand with mixed results. Fall River weekly production reached 200,000 pieces, Providence 2,000, and overall stocks high as retailers slow to buy. Cassimeres show moderate demand while dress goods stay steady and filannels and blankets sluggish. Knit goods lack excitement and sales for woollens remain cautious.
The cotton markets have been less active over the past week with moderate speculative operations and narrow price fluctuations. Spot demand remained moderate and middling prices held steady around 11.5 to 11.9 cents per pound. For the week ending Feb 21 total receipts reached 83,218 bales, down from 99,965 last week and 140,253 the prior week, totaling 6,285,861 bales since Sept 1, 1889, versus 4,832,734 that period in 1888-89, a gain of 453,127 bales.
The wool market remains weak with steady demand but prices slipping. Cotton remains firm while wool suffers from tariff agitation, keeping improvements distant unless taxes on wool are reduced or abolished to spur demand for woollen goods and stabilize the industry.
The 1890 market summary for flour and grain lists inspections of 141 carloads including 68 cars steamer corn and 20 cars No 2 white oats, with a visible supply table across cities. Prices show a quiet, steady trend with light business and limited purchases, detailing New York Chicago St Louis and Boston figures for wheat corn and oats, plus flour receipts and recent sales of spring patents.
Futures closed with no bids or offers on cash and nearby months. May at 31/4c bid and 32/4c asked, settling price steady at 33c bush. New York receipts 219000 bush, exports 109850, sales 122000. various grain prices quoted across No 2 to No 1 lines, markets described as weak and lower in St Louis and New York regions with dull rye flour and quiet oatmeal.
Receipts list butter cheese eggs beans potatoes and more with today’s totals and year ago figures. Butter prices hold steady with high grade creamery in demand while low grade butter is overstocked and trade quiet. Cheese and eggs show steady to firm prices across regions, with beans and potatoes facing varied demand and supply.
The market shows ample supply and steady demand with quotations across several produce lines. Notable prices include onions at 34 50 to 4 75 per barrel, Valencia 3 to 4 25 per barrel, beets 85 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per head, radishes 3 624 per dozen for round and 76 cents per dozen for long, celery 44.7 cents per bush, Florida cucumbers 2 to 2 50 per crate, Florida tomatoes 2 50 to 3 00 per crate, Bermuda tomatoes 1 per small crate, Florida string beans 1 50 to 3 00 per crate, Hubbard squash 40 per ton, and related regional varieties and pack sizes listed.
Apples market remains unchanged from the last report with fair demand at the previous price level. No price shifts noted as buyers stay steady and suppliers hold firm on current quotes.
A market report lists wholesale prices for various fruits. Messina and Palermo lemons show good supply but slow demand. oranges in Florida are in larger supply with quiet demand. Valencias demand slow. Cranberries are scarce and pricey. nuts and dried apples steady. strawberries sell slowly at 25 to 40 cents per quart or half-pint.
Snow and Co auctioned Valencia oranges at 2.75 to 3.75 per case and Florida oranges at 1.15 per box. Lisbon onions at 1.15 per half case. HH Harris and Co offered Valencias at 2.75 to 3.00 per case with 714 count at 3.374,238.50 per case. Tuesday sale included steamer Olympia cargo of 3950 Valencia cases, 653 Messina lemon boxes, 3950 Palermo orange boxes, and 4750 Palermo lemon boxes. Efficient steamer cargo in New Orleans sold at 2.40 per orange and 5.55 per box for lemons.
The Glen Tanar passed Gibraltar bound for Boston on Feb 9 carrying 5000 boxes Messina oranges 1400 Messina lemons 6800 Palermo oranges and 8700 Palermo lemons. The Fitzroy, Feb 15, carried 5500 Messina oranges 300 Messina lemons 6500 Palermo oranges and 11000 Palermo lemons, toward Boston. The Columbia sailed from Palermo Feb 21 bound for Boston with 3000 Catania oranges and 3800 Catania lemons. The Bernard is due Feb 28 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
Receipts include Lallow 21 pkgs beef pork 20 bbls lard 1131 pkgs hams 45 bbls 52 tierces bacon 125 boxes. Prices: long cuts 12 12 50, short cuts 170 50, backs 12 12 50, lean ends 12 50 13 00, pork tongues 17 50, extra prime 11 50, mess 11 50, prime mess 12 50, butt pork 10, fresh ribs 7c, sausages 7c, lard 6 12 6 6a6% etc. New York pork quiet firm. beef dull. lard steady. hogs quiet. Regional quotes across cities.
Kansas City cattle and hog prices edge lower to firm with receipts near 1200. St Louis hogs steady to firm at 338 90 to 400. Peoria hogs quiet and steady at 375. Cincinnati hogs firm with packers at 395 to 416. Chicago cattle receipts 15,000 with steady beeves 460 to 480 and hogs strong 385 to 405. Texas corn fed 290 to 335. Sheep receipts 10,000 with natives 8 50 to 5 70 and Western corn tex 450 to 6242.
Sugar receipts today show none versus 1283 barrels a year ago. Raw sugars hold firm with various regional quotes and refined sugar prices steady. Molasses receipts total 84 barrels with New Orleans sales reported at 40 to 48 cents per gallon and prices for Fancy Ponce and Cienfuegos grades listed.
In Barbados and New York markets the scene remains firm as boiling grade tests are reported. The Barbados 30 338c and 50 test figures alongside 2244, with New York noting a firm tone and 50 test 2244 readings.
Cotton prices in New York showed 13 steady sales across 75 bales with uplands and middling ranges detailing prices from 8 5-1 to 13-16 cents. Futures opened quiet and closed easy while Liverpool and other port markets remained quiet with mid range around 105 to 119 16 cents for various grades.
Fragmentary OCR notes show figures for shipments and averages since the first, with values like 59,371 73,104 25,3838 and refined price noted as 70ec per gallon. Mentions of certificates and related crude indicators appear, but the text is garbled and unreadable in parts.
Peoria notes a firm whiskey price at 1.03 with spirits at 105. Chicago records a steady market at 102. St Louis shows whiskey at 102. Cincinnati reports whiskey unchanged at 102.
Turpentine closed at 44 cents with rosin 125 dollars and tar 225. Petroleum finished at 7.75 cents with RSW 7.50 cents and cases 9.70 cents. Coffee from New York Rio trading higher with fair cargoes at 20 cents.
Shipping report from Liverpool listing imports for February 24 1890 with Baeder Adamson Phomnas Groom Moors Baring Jere Abbott Phelps Dodge J L Ogden and Weth among others. Items include hides wool flax steel tags tin plates moise rivets and various boxes bales and casks.
A wide array of goods from textiles and tapes to olive oil and tin plates fill shipments at Glasgow and Mediterranean ports. Multiple names like Stone & Downer, J B Moors & co, Baring Bros & co, and Brown Bros & co appear with quantities ranging from single cases to hundreds of boxes and bales, reflecting a bustling commodity trade across cargoes, ships, and routes including ScarScotland, Messina, Valencia, Palermo, Yarmouth, and Mayaguez.
Halifax and Liverpool report cleared steamers with diverse cargoes. Halifax lists hardware, ground marble, groceries, lumber, oils, textiles, and livestock among 52 plus items. Palestine at Liverpool carries flax, lard, beef, corn, hides, leather, machines, and meats in bulk, with numerous bales, cases, sacks, and boxes totaling many goods.
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