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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1889

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Exchange Summary July 24

The money market was dull with funds readily taken at Clearning House. call loans 2 3 percent, general market 8 to 5 percent. New York exchanges rose to 97,255,281 with balances of 5,009,898. foreign exchange steady. Local stock market opened strong but weakened to near day’s lows. Atchison stocks fell after July statements. Fitchburg and Chicago lines reported mixed earnings. News on railroads, telegraphs, and exchanges included dividends, consolidation talks, and stock offerings. Thomson-Houston and related electric stocks moved on news and investor sentiment.

Bostox Owever Gener Ateral Security New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savanenah Oday Lenin Thomson-Houston Atchison Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Inc W’k Kansas City Colorado Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe California Central W.k Freenawk Edison Polyform Company Messrs. Weeks & Pott 1 George H. Markoe Edison Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Company Blodgett Bell Cushman Telephone Bell Company Cushman Company Penobscot Bay Land Company Stockton Mineral Springs Company Kittery Stockton Springs Stockton Mineral Springs & Penobscot Bay Land Company Treasury Penobscot Bay Maryland White Lead Company Baltimore Thomson European Welding Company

Boston Stock Exchange daily share tally report

Boston stock exchange and New York stock sales for July 24 show total transactions of 168,900 shares. The report lists shares sold, daily highest and lowest fees, and closing prices for today and yesterday.

New York

Dividend announcements from Rome Watertown Ogdensburg and New England Telephone

The Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railway declares an 8 percent dividend payable August 15 to holders of record August 1. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company declares 74 cents per share, payable August 16 to holders of record July 31.

Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg New England Telephone & Telegraph Company

Wall Street Stocks Ease After Midday Rally

New York quotes show money on call 2 to 3 percent with late 2 percent loan, prime mercantile paper at 4 to 4 1/2 percent. Sterling dull at 4.86 4.87 and bonds steady. Reading stock under selling pressure, slight rally late but close dull. railroad bonds buoyant in part, with several issues advancing while others slipped.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading Att &S St. Paul Stock Exchange Chesapeake & Ohio Firsts Bears Hocking Valley Ohio Indiana & Western Indianapolis Decatur & Western Mobile & Ohio Giveen Bay New York Central Toledo Ann Arbor Grand Trunk

Mining Companies Continued Iron Chasing July 24 1 28

Fragmentary mining list shows company names such as Crown Point El Cristo Gould & Ciesy Hale & Nor Hock Coal Homestake Mexican with dates July 24 July 23 24 and figures like 2.80, 150, 1.10 1.20/58, Nev ad 2% 215 Silver Kini 1 3.15. reader note includes partial prices and stock references.

Crown Point el Cristo Gould & Ciesy, Hale & Nor Hock Savage Nevad Silver Kini Eheater i Ly Ward San Francisco Cal Est & Belcher Nevada Gould & Carry Sierra Nevada Hale & Norcross Union Confesses

Financial quotes and foreign exchange notes from London and Buenos Aires

Atlantic and Great Western firsts 30, Western seconds 644, Erie 26 1/2, Illinois Central 117 3, Mexican ordinary 5 5/9, St. Paul 70, Pennsylvania 5 2/7, Reading 23. Discount rate for short and three months bills 1 1/16 to 1 1/4 percent. Paris rentes 8 francs 6 24 centimes. Buenos Aires gold premium up to 7 6 percent.

London Great Western Erie Ilinois St. Paul Pennsylvania Reading Paris Buenos Ayres

Commercial market notes show mixed steadiness across goods

Leather and many textiles hold steady while boots, shoes, and hides remain quiet. Wheat and corn are firm, oats easy, rye and malt subdued. Foodstuffs like flour, meal, oatmeal, and beans show quiet to dull movement. Meat prices vary with pork strong and fresh beef firm, mutton slow, lamb quiet, veal dull, tallow higher.

California

City horse market shows steady but cautious July trade

The city horse market reports adequate supply but a lean six weeks ahead. Moses Colman & Son and Walker's Bazaar note fair to good sales with prices from 40 to 210 dollars for various horse types, including drivers and road teams. International exchanges and several stables report light arrivals and steady private sales.

Moses Colman & Son Walker's Bazaar Isburgh & Co Russell Welch & Hall International Horse Exchange Ham & Co H&e Snow

Texas Cotton Crop Promises Record Harvest This Year

A Houston despatch dated July 24 reports the first bale of Texas cotton sold at the cotton exchange for $225 to Merchants' & Planters' Oil Company. The outlook predicts a yield of 2,000,000 bales, 500,000 more than 1882, the largest crop ever raised.

Houston Tex Texas Cotton Exchange Merchants’ & Planters’ Oil Company

Peach Drop Report Lists July Crop Prospects Across States

Government July report details peach yields with a heavy June drop in New Jersey and Delaware, less severe in Maryland and Virginia, and broadly lower prospects across the Atlantic Coast states. The bulletin compares condition last month and on July 1 for two years, outlining commercial supply implications.

New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia Atlantic Coast Boston

Print Cloth Market Quiet in Fall River Trade

The print cloth market in Fall River remains quiet with closing quotations at 37 cents plus 1 percent. Very little business today. It was announced that the American Print Works will start up Monday.

Fall River

Wheat market opens strong but closes near open in Chicago

Bulls and bearish shifts mix as drought, rains, and war news ripple through the option markets. Shorts cover across July wheat with St Louis receipts noted as strong. cash demand remains good while corn weakens and provisions dull. Market tone stays firm though December futures edge at 380% 20% in curb trades.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston St Louis Gilman, Cheney & Co

Market mood shifts as July corn and wheat show mixed moves

Report notes crowd traders turned bullish then dumped, causing a soft close as late cables cited 60 000 exported. Corn eases with fair receipts and strong shipping demand while hog product drops temper activity. Wheat and oats show varied price ranges across Minneapolis New York St Louis Duluth markets with several contracts near unchanged or modestly higher.

Leather market shows steady tone with rising week sales

The leather trade remains steady with a notable weekly rise as producers and manufacturers absorb stock. Prices hold firm across hides, calfskins, and finished leathers, with demand strong from domestic buyers and steady or improved export interest while speculative activity stays absent.

Boot and Shoe Trade Encouraging Yet Cautious

The boot and shoe trade shows no major changes with buyers pressing for quicker delivery. Manufacturers remain busy with fall work and large orders, while duplicate orders stay light and jobbers purchase to meet immediate needs. Overall market tone is hopeful, with improving reports from the West and South and expectations of stronger demand ahead.

Hide Market Reports Quiet Week With Mixed Foreign Hides

The hide market remained quiet through the week with foreign hides selling 20000 Corrientes and 8000 Buenos Ayres at steady prices. A modest uptick in demand was noted yesterday amid unconfirmed rumors of possible sales. Domestic movement is discussed but not detailed in this brief market note.

Corrientes Buenos Ayres

John E Welsh Flour Markets Report Dull For Oats

The market is dull with light demand as receipts total 12 310 bushels of oats today compared with 18 930 last year. Spot levels show No 2 whites at 36 cents on track, with futures bids and asks little changed. Prices for shipping oats include Chicago No 2 whites at 37 cents and No 3 whites at 36 cents, with August shipments quoted at 34 to 34 and a half cents. Boat and barge prices mix in, while St Louis receipts reach 35 000 bushels and futures activity remains quiet with no business done.

Boston & Maine Goodell New Hampers Chicago, Kansas & Western Mexican Central Southern Kansas New England Telephone New England Telephone and Telegraph Companies Ciba Bec Ulead SRS Titlyas Minneapolis New York St Louis Dulauth Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada City Chicago Port Huron New Chicago

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