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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1891
Page
7
The market notes a softer tone for wheat corn and oats with overall decline in refined sugar and cotton. Lumber trading remains quiet as storms hamper movement and dealers hold large supplies. frame prices drift near 13 50 to 14, spruce cargo inactive, boards steady to weak, with hemlock and boxboard prices varied but subdued.
Prices in Western markets showed less firm tone than yesterday with more sellers than buyers. Corn and oats markets displayed varied quotes with May futures for corn opening easy and closing down, while oats remained relatively firm though quiet. Rye, barley, and malt observed steady to quiet activity with mixed state and Canada quotations. millfeed stable with several feed items offered or quoted.
Receipts total 3,471,000 feet for the week with nine cargoes arriving. Strong inquiry for southern lumber. yard trade steady. no price reductions yet. Pine and cypress prices listed for various dimensions. freight rates unchanged. Western pine prices steady. hardwoods well supplied with steady demand. Short lumber and shingles trades mixed but prices sustained. laths dull with low car arrivals.
Chicago and Kansas City report firm hog and cattle markets with receipts to day and yesterday. Hogs range from 3.35 to 3.80 for various grades. cattle and sheep show mixed to steady prices with heavy activity in shipments and notable price movement across regions. Western and Texans values cited alongside totals for receipts and shipments.
The report shows butter prices steady with moderate business. Western creamery extras at 25 28c per lb, Northern at 28 42c, Elgin extras 26c, New York steady, Chicago tame. Cheese firm with rising quotes. Northern 10 11c, Western 9 10c, sage 10 11c. Eggs quiet due to warmer weather. Eastern extras 27c, Northern 26 27c, Western firsts 26c, Michigan 26 27c. Poultry dull, beans steady, potatoes dull, sweet potatoes firm at 2 75 per basket, hay quiet, straw firm near 18 50 per ton. Prices reflect liquid market conditions and light receipts.
The market for truck is steady with fairly active demand. Prices quoted include spinach 90c per bush, Southern at 2 3.50 per barrel, native onions 4 75 5 per barrel, Valencia onions 3 75 per case, Denia onions 1 per crate, Ohio onions 4 per barrel, carrots 76c per bush, beets 60 70c per bush, lettuce 50 60c per dozen, turnips St Andrews yellows 110 120 per barrel, white Cape 125 150 per barrel, parsley 2 per bush, urban epitaab 2 per barrel, marrow sauash 150 per barrel, Hubbard onions 30 35 per ton, Western Hubbard 35 per ton, radishes long 70c per dozen, round 40 60c per dozen, parsnips 76c per bush box, cabbage red 1 60 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 1 per barrel, cucumbers hot house 10 15c each, native celery 150 4 per box, cauliflower 150 200 per dot, leeks 76c, Florida string beans 2 60 per crate, hot-bed dandelions 2 per bush.
Florida fruits show receipts of 645 pkgs day vs 1385 last year as sales stay steady and demand remains fair. Oranges and other fruits priced by box or barrel with details for Russets, mandarins, navel oranges, grapefruit, lemons, apples, cranberries, grapes, and nuts across various counts and regions.
Shellbarks at two dollars twenty five cents per bush and large nuts at ninety cents to one twenty five per bush. Cocoanuts listed at thirty dollars and thirty six cents per thousand. Dried apples quoted evaporated fancy fifteen sixteen cents choice fourteen fourteen, prime thirteen fourteen, sun dried eight ten, quartered eight ten.
Messrs. H Harris & Co sold fruit listing Florida oranges at 1 25 to 3 25 per box Nagels 257% 64 2a Tangerines 83 50 per box half boxes at 1 10 2 874% Mandelins 2 12% per box and half boxes at 6 24 2c 81 76.
Flour market remains firm though demand quiet as agents report steady levels. Quoted prices cover fine to patent flours from Minnesota and Wisconsin, with export lines to Canada and rye flour confined to jobbing. Cornmeal and meal prices also firm, oatmeal steady with current ranges for cut rolled and ground forms.
The article lists receipts for beef pork and lard with figures for hogs hams bacon and tallow. It notes steady prices for provisions with no material market change and steady demand for lard pork and pork products. It cites New York and Chicago market quotes and a generally weak overall tone.
The article reports dull demand and steady to mixed sugar prices from the American Sugar Refining Co with detailed quotations for cut leaf crushed pulverized cubes powdered granulated and other grades. It notes wholesale grocers prices for granulated and fine, London cane and beet quotations, and also molasses prices across Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados and related regions.
The New York spot cotton market opened dull and easy at 9 percent, with middling uplands in focus. Sales totaled 126 bales, stock at 118,879, while futures opened easy and closed steady with 120,200 bales traded. Liverpool followed with little activity and 54 percent spot, 6,000 bales traded, 4,800 American, and futures closed quiet. Consolidated three day receipts reached 65,811 bales, exports to Great Britain 48,292, and stock at 902,435.
London January sales report a strong turnout with 13 370 bales on offer across regions including New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Prices show scoured greasy locks and pieces quoted in shillings and pence, reflecting robust competition and ample supply from the present series totaling 329 000 bales.
Fatt River January 27 report notes a quiet steady print cloth market with prices holding firm. Quotations remain unchanged at three cents for 64 by 64s and 29 16s and 26 8s for 60 by 56s.
The St Louis and Chicago whiskey markets were steady at 114, and the Cincinnati market held at 114. Prices reflect stable demand across the three markets with no change noted in the report.
Turpentine traded at 39 1 2 cents per gallon with resin at 1 dollar 40 cents and tar at 2 dollars 60 cents. Petroleum closed at 7 10 7 20 cents with RSW at 7 1 2 cents and cases at 9 55 cents.
FW Prescott and Co at 54 Devonshire Street announce pipeline certificate operations with a closing at 3 PM on January 26 and an opening at 10 AM on January 27. Details include a 15 percent rate and related procedural notes, with reference to brief, coded text likely indicating filing or processing steps. The notice emphasizes timing, location, and the registrar’s actions rather than broader commentary.
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