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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Quiet After Holiday Trading in New York

The New York money market closed a holiday week with firm rates. Good business paper offered at 6 to 6.5 percent, with some loans at 7 percent. Call loans steady and banks lending to customers around 6 percent, market wide 7 to 8 percent. Clearing house rate held at 7 percent. money in excess of demand. New York funds traded at 25 to 40 cents discount for 3 days. Week exchanges totaled 99,766,469 with large city gains and Omaha leading clearings outside New York.

Postox Stock Exchange New York Eae Ee Bee Ak Sete Ee Inc Boston Post United States N. Y Omaha St. Paul Wichita Minneapolis Indianapolis Kansas City N. York Boston Chicago Ivburg N.o'vas T/ville Detroit Clevel Jos Denver Peoria Lowell Syracuse O’sole

California mining stocks and New York stock sales July 1

Today's transactions report 146,697 shares traded across California mining stocks and New York issues. The list provides each stock's opening, highest, lowest and closing prices for today and the previous close.

New York

Dividend Declarations From Several Firms This Week

The Clinton Mills Company declares a 4 percent dividend. The Reece Buttonhole Machine Company declares 174 percent. Pocasset National Bank Fall River declares a 3 percent semi annual dividend. The Consolidated Rolling Stock Company Bridgeport declares 150 dollars per share.

Clinton Mills Company Reece Buttonhole Machine Company Pocasset National Bank Fall River Consolidated Rolling Stock Company of Bridgeport Conn

Paris Stock Week Tightens After Anti German Declarations

Paris reports a restrained stock market week amid limited dealings and political tensions over anti German statements. The cautious mood influenced trading volumes and investor outlooks as officials weighed potential impact on markets.

Paris Bourse Ade

Market Update Across Europe and London Stocks

The report notes firmer European course prices with gains in three per cents and Suez Canal, alongside firmer Russian notes and improved Erie and Grand Trunk sentiment. London money faced suspense amid gold export fears, while US list included Denver & Rio Grande and Lake Shore strength and Louisville & Nashville weakness on potential dividend changes.

England Egypt Suez Canal Ps Ohm Berlin London Perera Frankfort America Germany South America Stock Exchange New York Erie Denver Rio Grande Lake Shore Louisville & Nashville Grand Trunk Illinois Central

Commodity market snapshot shows mixed demand shifts

Iron unchanged while steel and copper rise. tin plates firm and zinc in moderate demand. Oats firm and beans quiet. Butter and cheese steady. eggs unchanged. Potatoes strong demand. pork quiet and hams in good demand. Sugar and molasses steady. other fresh meats quiet.

Metal Market Brief Shows Steady Prices Across Commodities

Demand varies by metal with American pig iron scarce No 1 stock steady abroad market stronger copper and zinc demand. Old rails and steel products show mixed activity while tin plates firm and lead prices hold. pipes and nails in easier quotations with buyer advantage in large lots.

Lake Baltimore Ytec Gray Forge Glengarnock Summerlee Gartsherrie Langloan New England Shell London Straits Ek

Coal Production in 1836 United States Coal Output

The U S Geological Survey reports 1836 coal totals: Pennsylvania anthracite 39,035,446 short tons valued at 76,119,120 dollars and other coals 78,707,957 short tons. Total US coal production 112,743,403 short tons valued at 154,600,176 dollars. Pennsylvania anthracite up 699,473 tons from 1886. bituminous up 1,086,408 tons from 1885. Net gain 1,785,851 tons, but value down 4,419,420.

United States Geological Survey Charles A. Ashburner Pennsylvania United States West Virginia Indiana Maryland Missouri Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Kansas Colorado Wyoming Virginia Indian Territory Washington Terr Y New Mexico Michigan Montana Oregon DSU

Market Reports July 2 Flour and Grain unchanged

The July 2 market notes show virtually no activity in flour and grain with a chamber session cancelled. Prices listed include flour varieties from fine to winter patents and several exports, cornmeal and rye flour rates, millfeed, rye, oats, barley, malt and hops ranges reflecting a quiet trading day and limited local demand.

Chamber of Ecommerce Minnesota Bakers Michigan Stone Michigan New York Canada Superior Canada New Canada Western Eastern

Steady Butter and Cheese Markets With Broad Grain Notes

Butter values hold steady with clean stocks. cheese firm at advance. eggs firm on larger receipts. Liverpool cheese at 478. beans quiet near old quotes. small peas firm. old potatoes nearly sold out, new potatoes plentiful. Norfolk boat Monday at 5800 bbls. Hay steady. straw unchanged. Tallow and poultry unchanged. Butter prices listed across regional creameries and jobbing levels. cheese and egg price ranges noted. beans seeds and hay also summarized.

Liverpool Norfolk New York Vermont Northern Choice New Ohio Choice Sage Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick Canada North Timothy West Red Top Jersey East Swale New Southern

Fruit market quotations tight as supply varies

Small strawberry stock sells at 10 1bc. Green ten fair supply at $1 150 per crate. Russets linger at $4 450 a barrel, gooseberries slow at $350 per bushel. Cherries in good demand at 10 15c with small supply. California fruit steady with apricots pears 83, peaches $2 3, plums $160 per case. Bananas strong at Baracoa 1 25, Jamaica 2 2 50, Aspinwall 2 50 2 ov. Oranges lemons ample with Messina Palermo lemons $2 6 per box. oranges Palermo $2 50 3 75 per box. Messina $2 50 3 75 per box.

California Baracoa Jamaica Aspinwall Messina Palermo

Market report lists mixed truck and produce prices

The note shows supply and demand for beans, asparagus, cabbages, and other produce. Prices include native wax beans 350 per crate, green beans 1 per crate, Norfolk cabbages 150 per barrel, Long Island celery 150 per barrel, and assorted items with varied crates, pounds, and counts.

Long Islands Norfolk Bermuda

Market Report Shows Steady Pork and Beef Demand

Pork and lard hold steady with quiet demand while fresh beef remains steady. The market notes good supply and slow sales for mutton and yearlings at old prices. Lambs and veals appear dull with diverse price listings for cuts, tongues, roasts, and tripe across multiple beef and pork items.

Chicago Brighton

Sugar Prices Steady Across Various Grades

Market report shows sugar prices holding firm across multiple grades with quotes for fair, centrifugal, Manila, and other types all unchanged. Confectioners' sugar and refined varieties also displayed steady pricing as market activity remained calm.

Manila Lioilos Belmont

Quotations for Cargo Lots From Caribbean Prices

Quoted prices for various cargo lots include Porto Rico at 86c, Cienfuegos 23c, Barbadoes 27c, and Cuba boiling 50 test nominal 20 204ec. This item presents market quotes in a compact shipping price ledger style.

Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Chicago area trade centers report steady flour and dull provisions

Reports from trade centers show light flour trading in St Louis on July 2 with wheat at No 2 red 72 to 73 cents and corn weak at 88 cents. Oats around 26 to 26 and a fraction, rye dull, whiskey steady at 106 dollars. Receipts include 58,000 bushels of wheat and 45,000 of corn. shipments list 3,000 barrels of flour and 6,000 bushels of corn.

ST Louis

Hog and cattle markets steady as receipts arrayed

Chicago July 2 cattle receipts 25 000 steady for natives with Texans in supply and fair prices. Hogs receipts 12 000 market opened active on speculators account and closed five cents higher than yesterday. Sheep receipts 1000 nominally steady with average supply and fair demand.

Chicago

Cotton Markets July 2 Regional Receipts and Stocks

Augusta Net receipts 14 and 91 sales. Galveston Net 24 receipts 50 exports coastwise. New Orleans 10 receipts 834 exports coastwise 200 sales stock 97 938. Mobile 2 receipts stock 4535. Memphis 8 receipts 125 stock 8506. Havana one receipts 19 exports 1038 sales 3 stock 1108. Charleston none receipts 53 stock 562. Wilmington none receipts 181 stock 1039. Norfolk stock 2040. Baltimore stock 3194. Philadelphia stock 14 794. New York stock 165 168. Cincinnati receipts 35 gross 35 sales 250 stock 7183. St Louis receipts 10 122 shipments 112 stock 8186. Louisville quiet. Consolidated receipts 85. total US ports stock 270 466.

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Foreign Markets Dulness in Havana Trade With Nominal Close

Havana reports a quiet week in foreign markets due to weak London activity and calm New York dealings. Demand by holders keeps buyers aloof as prices close nominal, with outport markets steady and only small business at full prices. Shipments and stock levels in Havana and Matanzas noted, alongside week receipts and exports to the United States.

Boston Water Power Comany We of Boston Backa Park Brookline West Chester Park Beacon Street Havana London New York Matanzas United States

Wool sales in London brisk with brisk merino demand

London July 2 wool sales show strong turnout as merino competition remains brisk led by French buyers. Prices firm for good combing grades while shorter faulty lots vary. Details cover New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia Swan River Cape of Good Hope and Natu sale figures and prices for scoured greasy and locks and pieces.

London New Zealand Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia Swan River Cape of Good Hope

Staple Goods Receipts From Railroads on July Second Eighty Seven

Ledger of July 2 1887 receipts shows Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions and other lines reporting quantities of wool bales butter eggs cheese hides leather flour oats and more across rail lines including Carroll and Sea deliveries, revealing substantial commerce networks and commodity flows.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad By Express By Sea

Imports July 2 1887 Continentals and sugar cargoes listed

A historical shipping brief lists vessels and cargoes importing in 1887. Bark Ocean reports 101 hogsheads of sugar aboard with 50 bagged sugar. Schooner Y Gregory carries 200 000 labs of crowell 1090 barrels of pickled alewives. Henry Norwell at Arecibo shows 211 hogsheads 66 barrels 9 tierces of sugar plus 300 puncheons and tierces molasses. Gossler & Co. at Bilaufort note Messier schooner with 266 436 feet hard pine and George Mowquesten & Co. involved with further cargoes.

CIE Fuergos Continental Ae John Y Gregory Lyon, Dupuy & Co Arecibo Barkentine Henry Norwell Gossler & Co Bilaufort Messeer George Mowquesten

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