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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1891
Page
7
The fish trade remained active with 637,900 tbs of seafood receipts, prices easing from weeks past. Americans drum up demand for mackerel and sardines while oysters stay scarce and prices climb. grain markets show mixed signals with wheat, corn, and oats softer or steady in Boston and Chicago, and pork and cotton markets quiet.
A compact record of price quotes for various fish and related goods. Entries include white and refined black fish, cod, haddock, porgie, and frozen herring with per pound or per gallon charges. whale, fish skins, and guano also listed with ton and unit prices.
The unsettled wheat market depresses flour bids while small lots move for immediate use. Prices listed for fine to patent Minnesota and Wisconsin brands, Canada export, and rye flour. Meal shows barely steady demand with bag and barrel prices. oatmeal steady at cut, rolled, and ground varieties.
Kansas City market reports slow steady cattle with steers at 3 85 to 4 75 native cows 2 20 to 2 320 stockers 2 60 to 2 75 hogs 18 615 opened strong closed weak heavies 3 30 to 3 50 bulk 3 30 to 3 50 Yorkers 3 25 to 3 30 pigs 2 65 to 2 95 sheep 1 194 steady fat 4 40 packers 3 30 to 3 56 St Louis hogs firm Yorkers 3 45 to 3 50 Peoria prices higher
The Chicago cattle and hog markets show large receipts with steady to soft pricing. Pork, beef, and butter markets are described as steady or firm, with detailed quotations for steers, heifers, hogs, lambs, and various byproducts. Regional receipts and shipments for Chicago and Cincinnati are noted, along with prices for butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, beans, potatoes, hay, and straw.
The demand for truck is steady and fair with prices unchanged. Spinach at 90c per bushel, Southern at 250 per barrel, onions at 4 75 65 00 per barrel, Valencia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 4 50 4 75 per barrel, natives 5 525, carrots 75c per bushel, beets 60 70c per bush, lettuce 50 60c per dozen, turnips St Andrews yellows 125 per barrel, white Cape 1 265 per barrel, parsley 2 per bush, turban squash 2 per barrel, marrow squash 1 60 per barrel, native Hubbard 35 per ton, Western Hubbard 30 per ton, radishes long 50 75c per dozen, round 40 60c per dozen, parsnips 75c per bush box, cabbage 125 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 1 per barrel, cucumbers hot house 10 15c each, native celery 3 64 per box, cauliflower 150 200 dot, leeks 75c, Florida string beans 250 per crate, hot bed dandelions 2 per bush.
The Fruit Trade reports Florida orange prices down slightly amid ample supply and strong trade. Receipts totaled 103 boxes versus 5609 last year. Prices listed for oranges, tangerines, mandarins, navel oranges, and grapefruit, plus Mediterranean fruit, apples, cranberries, grapes, nuts, and dried apples. The steamer Edwin cleared Gibraltar Dec 23 for Boston with 2900 boxes of Messina oranges.
The Jamaica bananas aboard the steamer Bow sold yesterday at 1 25 per bunch for No 1s 85 for 8 hands 65c for No 2s and 40c for No 3s. H Harris & Co sold fruit aboard the steamer Peconic including Palermo lemons Messina lemons Palermo oranges and essina oranges with prices listed as 1 25 4 25 1 46 2 10 1 37 1 44 2 10 1 35 2 30.
The Liverpool market opened with January 16 at 9.21c and closing at 9.266c for February 9.31c and March 9.420c. Prices extend through October at 9.50c, with August 9.826c and September 9.636c. Spot activity: 10,000 bales traded, 7,700 American, receipts 5,000 bales with 800 American. Futures closed steady with Se 15.
Jan 16 Fall River market notes show a recovery from historic lows to 3 cents for 64x print cloth. Sales have been fair, deliveries meet last week, and production remains steady with odd goods selling well. Quotations for 60x56 are 244 25¢c, market quiet but steady.
Sugar markets firm with refiners holding prices while signaling probable increases. Quoted here are cut loaf and powdered sugars, granulated and confectioners’ standards, and wholesale grocer quotes for Saturday. Raw sugar gains noted with Manila and Java prices, as Havana and London markets show mixed firmness. Molasses traded quietly with varied regional quotes from Porto Rico to New Orleans.
The St Louis and Chicago whiskey markets were firm at 115 dollars and the Cincinnati market stood firm at 114 dollars, indicating steady demand across these major trade centers. The report highlights stable price levels for the spirit in key regional markets.
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