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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1891
Page
7
Western lumber demand fades and prices drift lower amid weak building activity and storm delays. North Atlantic softwood and pine reports note quiet cargo business, while butter and dairy goods hold firm in major markets with steady prices and mixed regional strength.
The inspections included 13 cars steamer yellow corn, 6 cars steamer corn, 7 cars No 2 white oats, 4 cars No 3 white oats, 2 cars rejected oats, 1 car no grade oats, and 1 car buckwheat. Total 35 cars with 20 cars corn oats and 1 buckwheat. Wheat market news notes trouble with wires again.
Receipts for 1891 and 1890 show flour sales muted with small lots moving. Prices remain steady across fine superfine extra and winter patents, with export grades FOB Canada and Minnesota Wisconsin brands strong. Oatmeal and rye flour demand mostly for jobbing, meal sales steady at $1.22 to $2.70 per barrel, oatmeal $6.45 to $6.75 per bag or barrel.
The market for meat commodities shows steady demand and prices across hogs beef and lambs with fair to active demand for lard and veal. Chicago May pork lard and beef futures opened and closed near day highs reflecting ongoing activity in the meat trade.
Hogs firm at St. Louis with Yorkers and packers edging up. Chicago cattle slow with weak steer bids. Hogs numbers reach 37,000 in Chicago with primes around 3.66 to 3.75. cattle receipts 7,000 and cattle prices 3.75 to 5.10 in Chicago. sheep steady to stronger around 4.24 to 4.90 for natives and Westerns.
Report from the Boston Post by Sears J. Fox for the week ended Jan 20 shows prices and quantities for sheep, cattle, lambs, and swine. Details include state origins, car counts on major roads, and price ranges for market beef, store cattle, and sheep.
Fragmentary OCR lists hides and skins pricing with scattered terms such as Brighton hides, veal calves, and various price fragments. The text quality prevents a clear sale description or complete figures.
Train arrivals from Chesiire Rutland and Eastern Montreal Central Vermont affected cattle trade. Trade opened with little hesitation but activity eased from last week. J Fuller sold 12 oxen at 6 7c and others moved at 4 6c to 5 4c with weights around 1000 to 1600 lbs.
Refined sugar demand is fair and prices rise across grades. American Sugar Refining quotes advance on granulated, fine, and other grades with varied values. Raw sugar shows fair demand and steady pricing. London cane market also steady. Molasses trades quiet with multiple regional quotes.
The demand for truck is fair and Southern produce prices ease while others hold. Spinach 90c per bush, Southern $1.50 per barrel, native onions $4.76 per 500 pounds, Valencia onions $3.75 per case, Denia onions $1 per crate, Ohio onions $4.50 per 44, Pobl carrots 75c per bush, beets 60c per bush, lettuce 50-60c per head, turnips $1.25 per barrel, white Cape $1.25 per barrel, parsley $2 per bush, squash lines at $2 per barrel, Hubbard onions $3.50-$3.0 per ton, radishes 50-76c per dozen, cabbage $1.25 per bushel, Savoy cabbage $1 per bushel, cucumbers 10-16c each, celery $1.50 per box, cauliflower $1.60 per 200 per dozen, leeks 75c, Florida string beans $2.50 per crate, hot bed dandelions $2 per bush.
The Florida fruit market shows steady demand with receipts of 74 boxes versus 7783 last year. Prices posted for oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, apples, cranberries, and nuts reflect firm demand, with listed lots by size and grade across Mediterranean and domestic sources.
The steamer Alexandria arrives with 4400 cases of Valencia oranges and the Savannah is due Thursday with 6120 boxes of Florida oranges. The Ethelred is expected Thursday with Jamaica bananas to Boston Fruitt Co. Prices from H Harris & Co include mandarins 2 to 3 per box, tangerines 3 25 to 85 1242 per box, navels 2 26 to 4 1244 per box, and grape fruit 2 37 44 to 83 25 per box.
The New York spot market held steady at 9 percent for middling uplands with 67 bales traded and stock at 120 631 bales. Futures opened and closed steady with notable sales of 61 900 bales and a series of quoted futures prices. The Liverpool market was dull with prices favored by buyers. 7000 bales sold of which 5500 were American, receipts at 48 000 with 36 400 American. Futures closed quiet with prices around 9 per hundredweight.
Fall River reports a steady print cloth market with very free demand for the next six weeks' delivery. Prices cited include 3c for 64x648, 29-16 and 25 c for 60x56s.
Closing 13 mW January 105.46 and opening details for Rodger S. with high readouts. Two closing entries show 12 1n January 20 1890 with 0.107 percent. Charters note St Louis and Chicago whiskey markets firm at 115 and Cincinnati market steady at 11.
Turpentine quoted at 39 4c, resin around 14244 145, tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 7 05c, with RSW at 7 40c and cases at 9 45c.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn quiet but steady with sales and arrivals noted. In Liverpool breadstaffs wheat opens quiet with poor demand and mixed American cental receipts. corn quiet with similar demand. Prices for winter and spring wheat and mixed American corn ease, provisions steady with pork bacon lard tallow cheese quoted. Weather in England thawing and continued quiet trade across markets.
London at 12 30 p m January 20 Consols quoted at 97 16 for money and 97 4 for the account Atlantic & Great Western 3 34 Erie 101 Illinois Central 104 Mexican Ordinary 45 44 St Paul common 56 4 New York Central 105 Mexican Central 74 58 Bonds and other securities listed by Thomson Houston and European Electric Welding Co referenced in the market news.
Ledger of shipments and cargoes listing numerous firms and items for imports at Liverpool including glass woolens dyes and salts. Items cover machinery, beer, salt, woolens, dyes, cognate goods, and large quantities of sacks and bales with multiple named firms. Exports section records January 20 1890 and various shipments from St John to Yarmouth and other ports with diverse commodities such as hides oil flour and lumber.
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