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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1890
Page
7
New spring goods demand appears light with general quiet reports from most regions. Manufacturers have enough orders to stay busy for a while, but expectations for duplicate business remain modest. Salesmen warn of slow heavy-goods orders for fall, suggesting large carryover stocks if clearances don’t occur in coming weeks.
South American hides sold last week at 1444c for Montevideo, the lowest since before the war, reflecting a sharp price shrinkage. Recently buyers resisted under 14 2c, while New York quotes showed 15c for straight Buenos Ayres and Montevideo hides. Western cut hides were quiet at 455 to 4%4c and Cleveland hides remained held, with New England hides dull.
The market is quiet with small sales as boot and shoe factories close due to mild weather. A Para cable reports heavy rains in the Island region will limit supplies this month. New fine Para quoted at 71 73 8 c and old at 77 80 c, new coarse at 63 5 5 c and old at 56 6 c.
Fall River reports a fair week in the print cloth market with sales totaling 150000 spots and futures at 3'8?c.
Chicago trading shows May wheat down slightly as room traders sold after yesterday’s gains. Corn eases amid moderate receipts and softer sentiment in wheat. Provisions dull. hog runs higher triggered local pork selling. Reports from Farnum Reardon note mixed futures moves and closing prices across wheat corn oats and meats.
A historical price digest from John El Welsh at 206 State Street detailing carload grain quotes for all grains except rye. Includes flour receipts and receipts by city, with notes on demand, stockpiles, and varying prices for Minnesota and Wisconsin exports, New York and Chicago market activity, and spot market quotations for high mixed corn, steamer yellow corn, oats, and rye mixtures.
Market is quiet but steady with liberal offerings in No 2 whites on track at 32 40 elevator at 32 40. New York receipts total 139000 bushels, exports 2413 basic sales. No 8 78c, No 3 white 20c, No 2 white 30c, No 1 white 33 43c. Rye and corn meal markets steady. flour values range 5 25 to 6 00 per barrel for various grades. oats, barley, and malt markets dull but steady with assorted bids.
Receipts list butter 1792 pkgs 1844 boxes oleo 1445 boxes cheese 1251 boxes eggs 1262 cases beans 204 bbis potatoes none sweet potatoes 205 bbis hay 27 cars straw 3 cars. Butter market dull demand weak for most grades steady for finest creameries. quotes for Western extra creamery and New York Vermont lines provided. Eggs steady with Western blizzards tight supply. beans and potatoes show dull to steady trading. hay and straw in buyers' favor amid excess supply.
Onions firm at 1 25 to 1 50 per crate. Dandelions in fair supply at 1 25 to 1 50. Onions quoted at 4 4 25 per barrel. Western onions 3 8 25 for 2 barrels. Beets 5c per pound. Carrots 50c per box. Lettuce 50c per dozen. Radishes 35 44 0 cents per dozen. Turnips 5c per box. White cape 1 25 per barrel. St Andrews 90c per barrel. Parsnip 31 per bushel. Cabbage 1 25 per barrel. Savoy cabbage 1 24 per pail. Red cabbage 2 per barrel. Parsnips 50 60 cents per box. Sauash marrow 30 dollars per ton. Turban Hubbard 30 per ton. Spinach 50c per bush. Southern spinach 75 cents. Spinach billets 1 dollar per bill. Kale 75 cents per barrel. Celery 2 4 per box.
ERUIZ Strawberries received today their first refrigerator of Florida strawberries sold at $1 per quart. Apples market steady with firm prices and ample supply. Valencia oranges scarce but available, Lemons in good demand, and Florida Oranges steady with mixed box and count pricing. Grapes, Cranberries, Dried apples and Nuts priced with steady or improving tones. overall wholesale fruit market activity noted with varying demand.
H Harris and Co to auction 599 cases Valencia oranges Thursday and 2400 boxes Florida oranges Friday. Snow and Co to auction 600 cases Valencia oranges 600 boxes Florida oranges and 190 barrels Almeria grapes on Thursday.
The Napier arrives with 2000 Messina orange boxes and 2000 Messina lemon boxes plus 5600 Palermo orange boxes and 10100 Palermo lemon boxes. Howick sails bound for Boston with 4000 Messina orange boxes 2000 Messina lemon 8500 Palermo orange and 2700 Palermo lemon boxes. Michigan due with 200 Valencia orange cases for Seaverus Co 1450 for Snow Co and 21 for AS & J Brown. Istrian due Jan 18 with 300 Valencia orange cases for C Lawrence Co and 800 for Snow Co. Frutera passed Gibraltar Jan 3 with 500000 Valencia orange cases for Boston. Naranja loading at Valencia for Boston. Scythia due Jan 19 with 31 Valencia orange cases for E Morrison Co and 202 for Snow Co. Savannah boat due Thursday with 5080 Florida orange boxes. Pontiac sails from Palermo Jan 18 for Gaston with 18000 orange boxes and 7000 lemon boxes. Metropolitan steamer due Thursday with 2450 orange boxes.
Kansas City markets show weak cattle and mixed stock, hogs lower with heavies at about 3.57 to 3.62, natives 3.30 to 4.50 for sheep. Chicago reports firmer cattle on some lines but overall slow demand, hogs 3.50 to 3.80, sheep about 3.50 to 4.50. receipts total 92,38 hogs in Kansas City, 37,000 in Chicago, with shipments and regional price variations noted.
Sugar-Receipts today show zero on hand and 93 barrels for the same day last year. Sugar markets remain firm with Cuban refining at 51 442 byac centrifine 96 test and Manila prices near 63 4c. Refined sugars show fair demand at firm prices with limited supply. Pulverized 6 7c, powdered 6 4 26 7 80, vacuum 6 12 46% for confectioners 7c, standard A 6 4c, Belmont A 6 14c, extra C 6 42 5% ac, yellow 5 5% Ac.
Molasses receipts today 125 bhds same day last year 1 bbl. The market is quiet and unchanged. Small sales are being made of New Orleans at 40 48c as to quality. We quote Fancy Ponce 38 40c gal choice 33 7360 fair to good 238 a32c Cienfuegos 25 28c Barbados 302 B8c boiling grades 60 test nominal.
Cotton markets show steady close in New York with 184 bales sold. quotes span uplands ordinary to good middling. Futures opened easy, closed firm. Liverpool and other U S ports report varied receipts, stocks, and price levels with mid ten cents range across regions.
Peoria reports a steady whiskey market at 108 dollars, with spirits also at 108. Chicago notes a stable market at 3102. Cincinnati shows whiskey firm at 102 dollars.
Turpentine closed at 44.2 45c with rosin at 120 12242 and tar at 210. Petroleum closed at 7.80c. RSW at 7.50c and eases at 9.70c. Coffee market shows Rio dull and easier with fair cargoes at 19c.
Long ledger style report lists cargoes arriving January 15 1890 at Black River NF and Placentia Bay NF. Items include 740 barrels frozen herring 681000 pounds logwood 1602 bags sugar and a vast mix of goods from bronze wares to iron, textiles, machinery, ships’ logs, oranges, wools, and wines. Names of firms and exporters such as Whitney Poasland Co Kidder Peabody Co and Brown Bros Co recur. The Thetis brings 275000 frozen herring with 50 barrels salt herring ordered at Placentia Bay NF.
A Melbourne listing enumerates items such as tin cans, reels, wire rope, shovels and hoes, tobacco, boxes of shocks and nails, oysters, medicines, organs, chairs, plated ware, printers materials, lumber, oil, plaster, wheels, hardware, wagons, tools, and other assorted goods. Quantities range from single units to hundreds across multiple categories.
An inventory fragment lists numerous items with quantities across categories. Lanterns kerosene oil rosin leather saws axes hatchets tools boxes locks corks syrup liquid food drugs paper hatchets kegs nalls art goods pegs presses broom handles bolts shoe pegs plister slate handles refrigerators axies hardware carriages leather marble drugs handles rivets varnish brushes. The record catalogues 404 cases and large lumber and lath quantities, indicating a broad mercantile stock list.
Brighton and Watertown market weekly report by George J. Fox for the week ending Jan 15, 1860. Prices for cattle, sheep, veal, hogs, hides and tallow listed. sharp decline in Western sheep and lambs due to arrivals of over 12,000 head. Steady cattle, firm live hogs, diminished poultry. Export trade notes and specific yard sales across Watertown and Brighton with numerous buyer names and prices.
The Guardian reports firm foreign markets with scant orders and easing cotton expectations while home demand meets actual needs. London cargoes show wheat steady to quiet, with mixed American corn prices. Liverpool and Paris follow firm to quiet price tones across breadstuffs and staples.
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