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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1888
Page
7
Metals steady and flour firm while corn dull and oats firm. Barley rye oats oatmeal and rye flour mostly quiet or dull with millseed and meats varying. Beans hay potatoes and oranges show fair to quiet demand. Butter cheese and cranberries firm. pork beef lambs veals sugars and molasses steady.
The metal market shows no major shifts with steady demand for American pig iron and muted prices across iron products. Copper, London Chili bars, and Lake quotations fluctuate amid a French syndicate contract and rising world supply concerns, while rail and pipe materials hold near last week’s levels and copper futures trade actively.
Government data show December 1887 and 1886 exports of wheat flour and corn from the United States in bushels with six month totals. Wheat and corn shipments from Atlantic ports exceed last year despite overall declines, while six month figures reflect a drop from earlier periods.
The California grain outlook shows a drop of about 6,000,000 bushels in exports with January 1 readings for flour at 59,979 bls and wheat at 16,216,766 bushels, 1887 versus 1888. Flour prices stay firm as water power limits mills, while steamer yellow corn and other grains trade modestly. oats, barley, rye, and millfeed move at varied, mostly steady levels.
Trade is quiet at firm prices. Butter and cheese markets show mixed tones with varying regional quotes for Western New York Vermont and Eastern creameries. Eggs beans grass seeds potatoes onions cabbage hay and poultry prices are listed with receivers wholesale and jobbing adjustments noted.
The market note shows butter steady in New York, Western creamery at 24 35c, State dairy 18a 7se, cheese firm with State cheddars 12 12144c, eggs dull, beans firm, dried apples steady, and Liverpool cheese at 60s 6d for the day, with last year’s quotation at 6Us.
K Harris and Co auctioned Valencia oranges from the ex steamer Naranja at $6.37 and 2 62 1 2 per case with large and extra large at $5.12 4 2 3 per case Valencia oranges from ex steamers Santiago and Norseman at $4.37 4 2 3 00 per case with large and extra large at $1 2 1 4 3 76 per case Palermo oranges at $2 50 1 1 30 per box and Palermo lemons at $2 90 1 2 5 per box. The balance of the steamer Naranja will sell Mon-
The notice lists times for trains serving Weymouth Hingham Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth and other stations with Sunday schedules and return times to Plymouth Fall River Taunton New Bedford Middleboro Brockton and South Braintree, naming GEO L Connor J KR Kendrick as managers and agents.
A Spanish cable notes less damage to Valencia oranges than expected while APPLES suffer from cold weather reducing trade. Prices mostly hold from last report with mixed fruit markets showing steady or firmer tones in cranberries grapples and assorted citrus. Peanut and nut listings remain steady with varied regional prices for Florida Palermo Jamaica and Messina fruits.
The pork market remains steady with firm demand and a weekly Boston export value around 120000 dollars, up from 100000. Lard and hams hold firm while beef quotes show steady markets for extra re and family beef and various cuts, with domestic stocks in Chicago and other cities noted for pork lard and beef products.
New York spot cotton closed quiet at 1012c for middling uplands with 164 bales sold. Futures opened easy with mixed bids and asks. market closed strong with higher ranges. Liverpool spot dull. uplands 6 9-16d Orleans 5 58d. futures show narrow gains. Domestic and export figures across Augusta Galveston New Orleans and many ports listed. consolidated receipts at 10,686 and stock at United States ports 1,006,929.
The market remains dull with no sales reported. Raw sugar prices are steady with various grades listed from 53 16 to 65 16 cents, while refined sugar commands higher granulated quotes around 74 74 cent and related products show mixed but stable pricing. Molasses quoted for several crops and origins.
Reports from trade centers show flour receipts for the day reaching 22 891 packages with exports at 3458 barrels and 37 676 sacks. Market activity is weak with moderate trade. sales include superfine at 250 to 300, common to good extra Western and State 295 to 345, good to choice Western and State 350 to 410, common to good extra Ohio 295 to 310, common to choice extra St Louis 295 to 310, and Minnesota extra good to prime 445 to 475, other grades unchanged.
Wheat and corn receipts rise as exports and sales fluctuate. No 2 spring and No 2 red wheat quoted firm or nominal, with dull trading in several markets. Oils, fats, and provisions move modestly. pork steady, lard weak, and spirits steady while flour remains steady in multiple cities.
In St Louis on January 14 hogs held firm with sales around 490 to 520 and mixed packers at 615 to 555. Butchers rose to 570, while Chicago reports 3000 cattle receipts with a slow market and slight declines and hogs at 450 to 575 across weights. cattle and sheep show mixed activity with natives and Western lambs listed and prices per head or per hundred.
Foreign markets note London wheat and corn firm with quiet Paris and Liverpool tone. Sugar and molasses at Havana show active week early then quiet. shipments to the United States and freight rates detailed.
A dense record of ships and cargoes across 1888 ports including Buenos Ayres Iloilo Halifax Halifax Liverpool Maceio Miragao ne. Notable entries include Bark Josip with ostrich feathers and dry hides, Steamer Worcester with fish, and Cereals and sugar consignments to various firms such as W H Greeley and Bay State Sugar Refinery. Strong entities: Bark Josip, J E Ward & co, Baring Bros & co, ILOILO, HALIFAX, LIVERPOOL, ILOILO and MANILA, Brig Alice, Brig Matilda Buck.
The Cayenne port reports the schooner Annie G O’Leary with cargo including 206 drumshake 3 arams 40 boxes codfish 260 boxes herring Db bbls 20 half bbls beans 80 casce.
A detailed list records receipts of cotton wool flour corn oats malt feed hams butter cheese eggs bacon and many other commodities by Boston and Albany Boston and Providence New York and New England Fitchburg and Old Colony railroads. It includes bales, barrels, sacks and cases with quantities across multiple divisions and a notice of local time tables and train connections.
The scanned ledger fragments list numerous commodities with quantities, including cotton, wool, molasses, flour, cornmeal, oleo, cheese, corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, meat, butter, millet, straw, lumber, leather, tallow, beef, pork, hides, bacon, skins, calfskins, pelts, and coffee. Figures show bales, boxes, barrels, bags, and various units, alongside years 1887 and 1888 and partial totals for several items.
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