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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1890
Page
7
Demand holds firm as gloves pebble grain and buff leather prices stay steady. No 1 boot and plough shoe grains quote around the mid teens to 14 cents, while No 2 grades drift to 12 to 13 cents. Finished calf skins and crimpers show limited activity with prices largely unchanged.
Weekly wool receipts reached 12,050 bales domestic and 2,184 bales foreign with total sales at 2,446,000 lbs. Domestic demand remains fair but cautious as heavy-weight goods season not opened, prices steady to lower for territory wools, with staple wools strongest and washed fleeces showing firmness. Oregon and other territory grades sold at concessions, while California and Texas wools dull.
A detailed daily market digest lists carload flour and grain quotations across Minneapolis, Chicago, St Louis, and New York. It notes firm demand from mill agents, assorted domestic flour grades, exports, and bid ranges for corn, oats, rye, buckwheat, and butter products with regional shipment figures and recent receipts.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple firms and partners including Penny Rice & Co Hechtros & Co Barilg bros Le Chase & Co and Rosario Bark Genera Baring Bros & Co with scattered numbers 455 44 20 19. The legible items imply an order or consort of banking houses but details are unclear. Some proper nouns resemble historic firm names and international partners.
In hearings before the ways and means committee on January 4 in Washington, the writer argues the sugar crop figures are incorrect and should be corrected to 158,000 tons for last year and 81,000 tons for the prior year in Louisiana, with 10,000 tons added yearly for other Southern states. The letter critiques Dymond and Stubbs figures, discusses crop weights, sugar per ton, and beet sugar vs cane sugar, and proposes a remodelled tariff of 1 cent per pound to protect industry while allowing consumers more sugar.
Market notes show quiet demand for trucks and firm onion prices amid smaller supplies. Spinach receipts rising with sales at 2 dollars per bushel. Onions quoted at 33 to 40 cents per barrel, Western onions at 43 to 25 cents, other produce including beets carrots radishes and cabbage listed with varied per box or per barrel prices.
A long market report lists wholesale prices for apples and fruits. Kings and Michigan greenings command high prices while Valencia oranges and lemons see steady demand. Grapefruit and mandarins show slow or steady activity, with various box and bushel prices across tomato-like fruit categories and regional supply remarks.
Harris & Co will auction 652 cases Valencia oranges on Friday. Snow & Co will auction 450 cases Valencia oranges and 500 boxes Florida Oranges on Friday.
Steamer Napier passed Gibraltar Dec 26 with 2000 boxes Messina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons 5600 boxes Palermo oranges and 10100 boxes Palermo lemons bound for Boston. Howick for Boston carried 4000 boxes Messina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons 3800 boxes Palermo oranges and 2700 Palermo lemons passed Gibraltar Jan 5. Timor sailed from Naples Dec 31 with fruit for Boston. Marmion due with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Norseman due with 500 Valencia oranges for Snow & Co and 258 for AS & J Brown. Norfolk boat due carrying 3825 bbls truck 275 bags peanuts and 175 boxes oranges. Michigan due Jan 15 with 200 Valencia oranges for Seaverns & Co 1450 for Snow & Co and 321 for A S & J Brown & Co. Istrian due Jan 18 with 300 Valencia oranges for C Lawrence & Co and 800 for Snown Co.
Receipts today show tallow 93 packages beef 112 barrels pork none. hams 193 barrels 60 tierces preserved meats 50 cases bacon 805 boxes. Prices firm across regions with lively Chicago and New York markets. lard and various cuts quoted with wide ranges. Beef and pork demand steady, while bacon and hams show slower movement. receipts smaller than last year in several items.
Consolidated net receipts for six days total 107,485 with exports to Great Britain 78,760 and to France 10,908 and to the Continent 57,308. Stock at all United States ports stands at 710,451.
Kansas City market shows firm to strong cattle ranges with steers at 3.15 to 4.20 and cows 1.80 to 22.80, stockers around 2.40 to 2.90, heavies up to 3.54 to 3.62, sheep steady near 8.30 to 4.40. Cincinnati hogs active and higher with packing bids 3.20 to 5.90, receipts 7,160. Chicago cattle steady to easy with beeves 3.25 to 25.25, hogs 3.50 to 3.60, sheep strong with western fed lambs around 26 to 40. Prices and receipts summarized for major markets and commodities.
Sugar receipts today total 700 bags, vs 76 bags last year, with raw sugars firm. Refined sugars steady with good demand. pulverized and powdered prices listed, as well as granulated and confectioners’ grades. Wholesale grahamers’ prices shown. New York raws firmer, refined steady. Receipts today include 130 bbls, 13 hhds, 5 puncheons. last year had 93 bbls, 11 hhds, 9 tierces, 13 puncheons. Whiskey markets vary by city, generally quiet or steady around $102 in multiple markets.
Coffee New York Riv notes quiet fair cargoes and 19 percent. Turpentine closes at 44 to rosin 120 per barrel and tar at 2.10, petroleum at 7.80 cents. RSW at 7.6 cents and cases 9 700.
London and Liverpool market notes show quiet wheat and corn, some arrivals and sales, futures firmer and prices in shillings. Paris and Liverpool buyer demand improves for breadstuffs with mixed American corn firmer, and standard prices listed for wheat, corn, pork, bacon, lard, cheese.
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