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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1890

Page

7

Woollen market report shows mixed demand and tight margins

Week ending Jan 18 deliveries total 223000 pieces with sales 170000 and stock 31000. Providence sales 57500 with manufacturer stock 299000. No market noise improvement. heavy weights opened slowly due to weather. No price gains from last year. cassimeres slid slightly. Worsteds firm yet quiet. low priced heavy overcoats active. satinels in demand at last year prices. Flannels and blankets quiet. dress and knit goods show spring summer activity. Outlook weak for heavy-weight woollens due to high raw material costs and narrow margins.

Providence

The Wool Trade Faces Steady Demand and Firm Prices

The wool market shows steady demand and fair sales with prices firm for staple wools. Manufacturers stay conservative buyers, with most wool sold as needed and concessions on large Territory Oregon and California lots. Foreign markets remain strong and Western sales are well cleaned up, though holders resist price cuts unless activity improves.

Oregon California

The Cotton Trade Weekly Summary

The speculative cotton markets remained active and firmer this week led by Liverpool. Spot cotton prices closed firm with middlings at 100 8 210 1 2 cents. For the week ending Jan 17 ports received 158,868 bales, exports totaled 121,716 bales, visible supply stood at 3,162,271 bales, and stocks in interior towns were 178,253 bales.

Liverpool Uplands Gulf Great Britain Continental

Flour and Grain Prices and Market Rundown

The report details carload grain inspections across varieties including red winter wheat spring wheat mixed corn steamer yellow corn and oats with totals. It notes stock levels in Chicago Boston and New York markets, receipts and shipments, a quiet market with limited demand, and varied price quotes for flour wheat corn and oats across regions.

New York and New England Elevator Prices Reported

The report lists bids for elevators including New York and New England items with cash bids and monthly terms. It covers receipts, exports, and prices across commodities such as bush cereals, flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, rye, barley, and oats, noting a generally weak to steady market with few sales and mixed activity in several regions.

New York & New England Railroad Boston & Albany Hoosac New York Chicago St Louis Graham Baz Mead Bush Barney Geo Bush Canada Hira Michigan

Produce receipts and market report with steady prices

Receipts today include butter 415 pkus 1 box oleo 77 pkgs cheese 254 boxes eggs 9 bbls 1699 cases beans 638 bbls potatoes 35 cars sweet potatoes 65 bbls hay and straw 2 cars. The general produce market is steady with quiet demand at prior prices as warm rain affects trading. Prices show butter mostly 24 25c for fine creameries with other grades lower, cheese modest, eggs varied, and poultry and game markets steady or quiet.

New York Elgin Liverpool Chicago Western Michigan Luc Houston Aroostook Florida

Market prices for vegetables and produce listed

The notice lists steady demand and quoted prices for onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, turnips, cabbage, Savoy cabbage, red cabbage, parsnips, squash, Hubbard squash, spinach, kale, dandelions, and celery. Prices shown include per barrel, per bushel, per box, and per pound across several regional staples.

White Cape St Andrews

Fruit and produce market report from Prull Sales sheet

Strawberries receipts large for season and prices about 60 cents per quart. Apples fair trade with several varieties listed. wholesale price ranges given. Mediterranean fruits show Valencia oranges steady, Palermino and Messina lemons firm with box prices. Florida oranges and mandarins quiet or steady. Almeria grapes small supply and firm. Cranberries firm with mixed lot pricing. dried apples quiet. nuts steady.

Express Baldwins Michigan Vreenames Michigan Telunian Palermo Messina Florida Almeria

Peanuts Va Market Prices Quoted in Local Note

A brief item lists farm product prices in Peanuts Virginia with figures for peanuts at 7 cents per unit pecans at 38 cents and hickory nuts at a new bush price of 50 pounds totaling 2 dollars.

Fruit Sales Auction of Naples Steamer Cargo

WW Harris & Co to auction the Napier cargo Tuesday featuring 2359 Messina orange boxes 9940 Palermo orange boxes 1129 Messina lemon boxes and 5800 Palermo lemon boxes. Wednesday sale lists 3000 boxes Florida oranges.

Harris & Co Napier

Steamer Arrivals With Valencia Oranges and Bananas

The Howick is due around January 22 with 4000 boxes Mesina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons 3390 boxes Palermo oranges and 2700 boxes Palermo lemons. Other arrivals include the Fratera with Valencia oranges for Boston and the Pontiac sailing from Palermo to Boston. The Naranja Istrian Scythia Lake Winnipeg Flamborough and Christian Johnson are listed with various orange and banana consignments for firms such as Snow Morrison Snow & Co AS J Brown Co Seaverns & Co and the Boston Fruit Company.

Howick Messina Palermo Fratera Gibraltar Valencia Boston Pontiac Naranja New York Oston Istrian C Lawrence & Co Snow & Co Scythia C Lawrence Morrison AS_& J brown & Co Lake Winnipeg AS & J Brown & Co Flamborough Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Christian Johnson Banes Seaverns & Co

Provisions and meat market prices across cities

Receipts list tallow beef pork lard hams and bacon with volumes and last year compare. Market notes show steady pork demand with varied prices for long cuts backs and tongues. New York Chicago and Cincinnati meat markets report firmness in lard and boxed meats and overall quiet to steady trade.

Jean Ends New York Lord South America Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS Kansas City

Market summaries from Kansas City Peoria St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago show cattle and hog prices mixed by region. Cattle steady to higher with heavy beef and steer brackets. hogs generally lower in Kansas City and firmer in St Louis and Chicago. sheep steady in Chicago with regional price spreads and notable receipts and shipments.

Kansas City St Louis Ag Cincinnati Chicago

New York and Cincinnati Ledger Totals and Line Notes

Net receipts and grosses for New York and Cincinnati shown with shipments sales and stock. mid range percentages and firm notes. Consolidated three day recounts and international exports to Great Britain France and Continent with port stock totals. PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES show opening closing and price data for Jan 1890 with crude and refined oils and cottonseed oil certificates included.

New York Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Loninville Consolidated France Continent United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Today

Sugar receipts total 616 barrels 40 birds and 1847 bags. last year 11 barrels. Raw sugars firm. Cuba refined grades 534 to 544 cents with 96 test. Refined sugars strong demand with limited supply. granulated and pulverized prices noted. Molasses receipts 50 hhds last year 35 bhds. market quiet and steady with small New Orleans sales around 40 to 48 cents. New York trade described as quiet.

Cuba New York New Orleans Ponce Barbados Nomi

Whiskey Market Quiet Across Cities Sees Prices Near Century

Peoria and Chicago report steady to firm whiskey prices with Chicago at 102 dollars, Peoria at 103 for whiskey and 105 for spirits, St Louis at 102, Cincinnati firm at 102. Regional trading shows calm demand and stable quotes amid scattered activity.

Peoeria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Coffee New York Rio Firm Amid Steady Demand

Coffee New York Rio shows firmer tone with fair demand and cargo activity. Turpentine and petroleum markets hold steady with rosin at 120 123 dollars and tar at 225, petroleum at 7.80 cents, RSW at 750 cents and case costs at 9.70 cents.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports Ports Ledger Mentions

detailed listings of goods loaded and ships sailing from Liverpool Glasgow Yarmouth NS and Mediterranean ports including steamer Venetian Hibernian Dominion Napier and other firms with items such as cotton goods, potatoes, bleaching powder, iron, olives wine shells hides and fish. numerous firms cited including Thomas Leyland Co Saco Water Power Machine Co Cushman Bros Co and Booth Co with quantities and destinations across Glasgow Yarmouth Rosario Buenos Ayres and Palermo.

Liverpool Keng Thomas Leyland & Co Linder & Meyer Saxonville Mills Haring Bros & Ro Bugs Salt Turnball & Co Nickerson & Blodgett Kitson Machine Co Jackson Morey & Co Leigh & Co Riley & Gray Saco Water Power Machine Co Sears Coleman, Meat & Co Snow & Co W_ Sheldon & co Tully & Co Stoddard, Lovering &G Co Webber Glasgow Scotland Hibernian Brooks Indse Shepard,Norwell & Co Stoddard, Lovering & Co Booth & Co EC Willison Bullington & Goodall Elis & Co Hall & Co Hutchinson Duck & D Webber -Lease Napier Messina AS & J Brown Phelps Bros & Co Palermo AS &J Brown & Co A Taily & Co Sumac Whelvs Bros & Co Buenos Ayres Anita Berwind Baring Bros & Co Rice Rosario H H Wrielt Luce & Co

Cotton market shows upturn with strong demand worldwide

The cotton market remained active and firm with an upward tilt driven by strong houses supporting the bull side. New York quotes show firmer tones across grades, while Liverpool reports firm demand and 12,000 bales sold. US and port markets display steady to firm middling and low mid prices amid varied receipts and sales across Georgia, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, and Charleston.

New York RGU RCV Pearscray Atisuis Essences TL Ooe Golourt Ie Euieeecenies OneOe Liverpool Ottis Janalt Ee Augusta Galveston Britain New Orleans Great Britain France Continent Memphis Savannah Charlescon Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Walthmore

Exports January 20 1890 Havana and Liverpool cargo lists

A detailed shipping ledger notes exports from Havana and Liverpool. Items include coke, coal, machinery, foodstuffs, hardware, and domestic goods aboard Ellen M Golden and Sarah bark, plus cargoes on the Bostonian bound for Liverpool with organs, bass, corn, hides, and beef.

Havana Cuba Ellen M Golden Sarah Liverpool Eng Steamer Bostonian

World Trade Totals From Global Goods Ledger

A fragmented OCR list shows trade values across regions and items, including England Nova Scotia Germany Belgium Spain and other locales. It details dry goods, provisions, paper stock, hardware, and various commodities with a grand total around 439,500 dollars across ports like Port Antonio and Halifax.

England Nova Scotia Scotland Boos Salomns Germany Ihde ST. Croix Montreal Suadis Demerara Cape Verde Islands Cuba Crete Port Antonio Broibe Hayti

London and Liverpool Grain Markets Stay Steady

Foreign markets report wheat steady with no offers and steady English and foreign wheat at Mark Lane. American and Danubian corn ease. flour quiet. Liverpool spot wheat steadier with moderate corn demand. prices listed. Prices for wheat futures mixed in London. Paris reports firm wheat and flour prices for January and February. Breadstuffs show steadier wheat and firmer bacon and lard. cheese steady.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Nnl California Paris

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