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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1891
Page
7
A confident market tone prevails with firmer territory wool and steady to rising prices for some grades. Strong demand in Texas and Oregon persists, while Australian wools remain in demand. buyers anticipate a steady trade with limited advance unless supply tightens.
Grain receipts today totalled 10820 tons with rye millet and malt trades noted. Chicago open steady for May at 94 to 93 1/2c while Minneapolis reported No 1 hard January at 90c and No 1 Northern at 88c. Steamer yellow corn sold around 64c with on track bids near 63c. oats bids ranged from 54 to 57 1/2c. Cottonseed meal priced 25 75 to 26 00 per ton with rye feed selling at 23 50 per ton.
Receipts list oatmeal sacks and flour prices with varied grades. Rye flour mainly sold in jobbing lots, patent and straight rye priced around 4 50 to 5 per barrel. Meal demand steady with bag meal at 22 1 24 and barrel meal at 2 65 to 2 70 per barrel. Oatmeal prices steady at 4 5 to 6 75 for cut and rolled and 6 6 25 per barrel for ground.
The report notes fair demand for pork and pork products with steady prices. Lard remains unchanged and demand is moderate. Fresh beef is firm, coarse steers softer. lambs quiet and steady. mutton quiet and easing. Tallow unchanged. Prices listed for pork cuts, lard, hams, fresh meats, sausages, bacon, corned shoulders, and hogs in city and country markets.
Beef quotes show various cuts at 8 50 to 8 75 per unit with plates and messes listed. Tongues, tripe, honeycomb, and fresh beef ranges appear alongside lamb and mutton sales and tallow demand, with Chicago Brighton Eastern prices cited and New York market steady at 45 cents.
Kansas City figures show hogs at 3 20 to 3 45 with steady looser tone and receipts 15 288. cattle receipts 15 000 with slow, lower trade and steers around 350 to 490. hogs sold butchers 3 45 to 3 55. mixed weights 300 and 40 2 75. Cincinnati hogs opened weak with prices near prior and pork holding steady around 10 26 to 10 12 percent. Peoria hogs opened steady with sales at 3 25 to 3 40 and 800 receipts. Sheep receipts 7 000 with slow demand. Western prime 5 5 26 and natives 3 25 to 4 75.
A detailed market summary notes steady demand and price support for butter and cheese with rising receipts but no piling stocks. London and Liverpool cables report strong American butter demand with limited stock, while Chicago and Baltimore show firm or steady prices across dairy, eggs, poultry, beans, and produce markets with varied regional shifts.
The fruit trade shows receipts of 9153 boxes versus 2503 last year with fair demand and easing prices. Oranges quoted at 225 325 for Bright, 225 275 per box. Rus- remains unnamed due to damaged text.
The report lists prices for citrus and other fruits including tangerines, navels, grapefruits, and various lemons and oranges with box and barrel counts. It notes Mediterranean fruit rates, apple receipts, cranberry market quietness, and dried apples as well as a brief fruit auction rundown from the Boston Fruit Company with steamer Ethelred bananas sold by grade.
The steamer Alexandria passed Gibraltar January fifteenth carrying four thousand four hundred cases of Valencia oranges destined for Boston. The Clyde line steamer due in New York yesterday carried two thousand three hundred boxes of oranges for Boston. The Powhatan sailed from Palermo January twentieth with sixteen thousand boxes of oranges and eight thousand seven hundred fifty boxes of lemons for Boston. The Norfolk boat due here today carried eleven hundred bags of peanuts two hundred fifty boxes of oranges and two thousand five hundred sixty boxes of truck.
The New York spot market stayed quiet for middling upland with 149 bales traded and stock at 116,712. Futures opened dull and closed easy. sales totaled 34,900 bales. Liverpool remained steady with 8,000 bales sold, 6,400 American, and receipts at 11,000 bales. Futures were very dull and quotes cover January to December across months. Other markets showed mixed to steady activity with various mids and futures levels, while consolidated six‑day receipts reached 132,244 bales, exports to Great Britain 112,317 bales, and stock at 89,86 bales.
Quotations in the print cloth market remain unchanged. Nearly one tenth of the spot goods held have been disposed of. Demand is for February and March delivery with no buyers. Manufacturers concede improvement over the past weeks. Prices 3c for 64 by 64s and 29-16 for 60 by 56s.
The refined sugar market held firm with demand fair and quotes from American Sugar Refining and Revere. Raw sugar remained buoyant, with refining at 4 to 5c and centrals 55c, while London beet and Havana prices showed steady levels and molasses traded quietly with regional price ranges.
A ledger lists purchases and shipments including toys, earthenware, glassware, hosiery, coal cylinders, rags, India rubber, jute, hemp, and other goods. Entries reference firms such as McDuffe Stratton, Heyer Bros, Jaflin Larabee, Abram French, Oliver Ditson, and W H Ford, with destinations and steamer lines including Nessmore and Bowden.
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