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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1890
Page
6
The report lists steady to quiet conditions across farm goods and commodities. Wool, flour, corn, oats, rye, cottonseed meal, malt, hops, butter, cheese, evigs, and many other items show little movement while some like potatoes and truck trade remain weak or very quiet. oranges show fair demand and fresh meats remain plentiful.
The Option Markets in Chicago report firmer wheat with little net change as light Liverpool stocks and rising flour imports support prices. Corn remains steady then softens, receipts remain heavy, while hogs push carry costs higher. Futures in New York and St Louis show slight advances for wheat and mixed moves for corn and oats.
A twelve month survey shows widespread losses for Eastern wool dealers, with high costs, unsold stock, and weak goods demand. Despite modest early year optimism and firm foreign markets, tariff disputes and dull woolen goods hurt profits, while free wool supporters gain appeal among Boston traders.
A yearlong survey traces monthly wool sales, prices, and demand from February to December. It notes heavy foreign supply, fluctuating Western and seaboard activity, several firm London markets, and notable failures that unsettled confidence. Strong early months gave way to a volatile year amid rising imports and mixed domestic buying, with prices dancing between optimism and caution.
A fragment mentions 11 cents and a 1887 date in New York context with notes on common to good quality items, bearing minimal readable detail about the lot or seller.
The Boston wool trade closes the year with mixed results as prices stay steady and stockpiles grow. Domestic and foreign wool on hand rise, while receipts for the week show 5280 domestic bales and 863 foreign bales, with total weekly sales around 2.76 million pounds. The article cautions overvaluation early in the year and notes the market remains a leading, well-appointed sector of the city’s commerce.
John E Welsh firm on January 2 reports carload grain data with 112 total cars inspected including mixed corn, steamer yellow corn and rye. Flour receipts total 3450 barrels, market steady though buyer favored. New York and Chicago receipts feed a fluctuating but steady price picture across No 2 red, white oats, and various Minnesota and Wisconsin flour grades.
Receipts list butter 2861 pkgs and 3276 boxes cheese plus eggs 1025 cases beans 1091 bbls potatoes 9 cars sweet potatoes 6 bbls and more. Dairy prices show Western creamery figures around 25c for top lots with other grades steady to weak. New York Vermont ranges and margins noted. Potatoes and hay markets described as quiet to dull with large on hand supplies and weak tone.
Terugir reports steady prices with ample supply. Onions at 1 per bush and 38 dollars per 28 25 barrel, Western onions 2 fifty per 28 00 4 barrel, beets, lettuce 50 cents per dozen, radishes 35 to 40 cents per dozen, turnips 35 cents per box, white cabbage 1.25 per barrel, St Andrews cabbage 0.90 per barrel, parsley 1 per bush, Savoy and red cabbage 1.50 per barrel, pumpkins 1 per peel, squash 25 cents, Hubbard squash 25.20 per ton, spinach 50 cents per bunch, celery 4.5 per box.
Apples market remains satisfactory with small receipts and shrinking stocks. Prices are quoted for several varieties including King and Baldwin apples, mixed lots, and Michigan greenings. Valencia and Palermo oranges are abundant with steady demand, lemons and grapefruits show moderate activity, and mandarins supply remains uncertain.
The Napier carrying 2000 Mesina oranges and 2000 Messina lemons plus 5600 Palermo oranges and 10100 Palermo lemons passed Gibraltar on Dee 26 en route to Boston. Howick from Messina Dee 380 bound for Boston with 4000 Messina oranges 2000 Messina lemons 8800 Palermo oranges and 2700 Palermo lemons. Norwegian due with 1500 sacks Scotch potatoes for Snow & Co. Savannah due Saturday carries 950 boxes oranges. N Norfolk due Friday carries 500 bags peanuts and 200 boxes oranges.
Horatio Harris and Co announce Friday sale of 748 cases Valencia oranges arrived on steamships Lake Huron Samaria and Roman. Snow and Co to auction 800 Valencia oranges 600 boxes Florida oranges and 500 sacks Scotch potatoes Friday.
Kansas City markets show firmness in cattle with steers at 3 254 435, hogs barely steady and heavy types around 3 55 to 3 60, sheep firm near 4 50, while Cincinnati and Chicago receipts reflect active hogs and varied cattle values. Texas cattle and Western corn fed lambs appear in the listed price range, with overall receipts and shipments noted for the period.
Opening and closing quotations show bids for uplands and gulf grades, with mid to middling levels. Western ports report net receipts, shipments, and stocks, while Philadelphia and Baltimore note steady to firm tones. Rumors of quiet futures contrast with mixed regional activity and price marks.
Sugar receipts reach 18 barrels today versus none last year while raw sugars hold to a quiet, steady tone. Refined sugars show unchanged prices with demand steady, including pulverized, powdered, and granulated grades. Molasses receipts total 53 barrels and 52 puncheons with small New Orleans sales quoted at 40 to 48 cents.
In Peoria a quiet market reports Whiskey at 108 dollars and spirits at 105. Chicago notes a firm market at 102. St Louis shows Whiskey at 1 OL. Cincinnati records a steady whiskey at 102 dollars.
The O I Market notes closing prices and openings for various certificates and crude runs. Cottonseed oil futures show mixed movement with open and close data, while miscellaneous items record steady New York coffee prices and turpentine petroleum metrics including resin tar and petroleum closes.
Listing of cargoes from multiple ships including Steamer Rialto and Virginian with bales rags cases plate glass chemicals and other goods. Entries note consignors such as Baring Bros Co J A & W Bird Weeks Potter and more, plus destinations Antwerp Liverpool and Maracaibo with items like timber glass pulp indigo and chemicals.
Export list shows Seh Lettie M Hardy sailing with 375 barrels flour 17 barrels kerosene 410 barrels cornmeal 10 cases hardware 2 barrels pork and related cargo. Seh Maude Pye departs Windsor with 640 barrels flour 125 barrels cornmeal 6 onions 5 granulated meal 1 barrel crackers 2 sacks graham flour 1 barrel cranberries 12 boxes beef 105 bags cracked corn 6 buckwheat 10 cases 2 tubs 5 nests tubs 2500 feet whitewood. Montevideo Bark J W Holmes reports 770 822 feet ships listed.
An advertisement promises Old Soul's Catarrh Cure as safe and pleasant relief for nasal catarrh, with a price of 2 cents and no need to describe symptoms. The tone is promotional and direct, aiming to attract readers with a low cost remedy.
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