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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1887
Page
8
Wool and flour hold firm while corn and beans stay quiet. Butter and apples soften, eggs rise, strawberries remain plentiful at low prices. Potatoes in fair demand, straw steady, tallow quiet, truck in fair demand. Raw sugar steady, refined sugar very firm, molasses unchanged. No major shifts reported.
The wool market remains firm with ongoing activity and solid demand for medium and new wools. Ohio and Pennsylvania trades stay quiet while Michigan and Oregon show steady to fair inquiry. California dull. Prices quote by region vary, with Texas and Northwest offerings steady, and Canadian rates shifting as imports trend down.
The piece analyzes Central Pacific and Union Pacific freight shares worth 717 and 1183 per ton across 1900 miles, plus a 19 per ton rate. It discusses tariff fights on wool shipments, east and west rate dynamics under interstate law, and profit concerns for Pacific coast lines. Wool receipts show year over year contrasts, with New York markets flat and domestic and foreign stock totals highlighted.
Market notes firm for flour and grain with prices largely maintained. Corn and oats quoted steady to quiet as buyers and sellers hold back. July oats and various oat prices listed with bids and asks. Boston flour and grain receipts to June 1 compared with prior year. crop reports cite improved Northwest wheat condition and drought relief in Western states. weekly Boston flour clearances reported.
Butter bids range from 17c to 19c with Western creamery extra 19c and firsts 18c. Boston exports for week ending May 28 noted. cheese quiet with steady New York prices and lower Chicago values. Eggs firm in Philadelphia and Cincinnati. beans seeds and potatoes show steady demand. hay and tallow markets firm or quiet as listed.
The market shows steady strawberries with slow sales at 4a and 6c. Train Friday morning carries 26 cars. Prices listed for apples, dried apples, foreign fruits, Florida oranges, and bananas detail varieties and per case or per box costs across multiple origins and qualities.
Truck demand fair with small asparagus supply and dull trade at 175 per dozen. Green peas slow at 125, Maryland peas 350 per 60 Wp, wax beans 2 per crate, string beans 150 per large crate, cucumbers steady at 6 6 12 cents each. Bermuda onions 135 per crate, Levant onions 225, summer squash 125 per crate. Norfolk boat arriving Friday lists crates of produce. schooner Annie Moore departed Bermuda May 28 for Boston with onions for Bennet Rand & Co and H W Spurr & Co, due Tuesday.
The notice lists pork and lard prices by cut and weight, including long cuts at 17 75, lean ends at 17 25, prime mess at 17 17 25, and various hams, shoulders, ribs, and bacon. Prices vary by size, tier, and package type, with figures like 12 1242c for smoked shoulders and 8 842c for corned shoulders.
An old price list lists beef plates extra beef and family beef with per barrel prices and lot sizes. It covers fresh beef grades including steers light heavy backs chucks loins and ribs with varied numeric prices and weights. Also lists fancy spring lambs mutton yearlings and eastern mutton with prices per pound and dressing terms.
Futures opened steady in Liverpool with July to December spreads shown and spot Upland prices at 613-16d. New York spot closed quiet with middling at 117-16¢ and futures opened easy. Trading data include 133,900 bales in a DA report, PIPE LINE certificates figures, and various sugar and molasses price notes.
Report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post notes live stock at market with cattle, sheep, horses, and swine totals, prices for beef and dairy stock, and arrivals at Brighton and Watertown yards. Declines in cattle values contrasted with steady or improved sheep and veal markets. heavy beef cattle selling slowly as season progresses.
Hogs steady with prices varying by buyer in St Louis and Kansas City. Chicago sees higher cattle receipts and mixed hogs with steady to firm prices. sheep and lamb markets show weaker demand and varied regional quotes. Cattle and hog shipments reported alongside per head ranges and regional totals.
Cotton market report for June 1 1887 lists net receipts, gross, sales and stocks by port including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. Consolidated five day totals show exports to Great Britain and the continent with overall US port stocks.
Foreign markets in London show wheat and corn quiet or slow with firm rates in some spots. Liverpool and Paris note quiet to steady breadstuffs with specific prices for California and American wheats and corn. Manchester reports holiday-related inactivity in textiles and yarns.
Wheat and corn prices move higher on export demand with No 2 Milwaukee at 6c and No 1 hard 93 34c. Flour reports show mixed receipts and firm to steady values across mills, with No 2 white oats and rye dull to steady. A broad slate of staples including sugar coffee and petroleum show firm to steady trading, while beef, lard, and butter hold relatively firm levels amid quiet activity.
Listing of imports and exports aboard the steamer Borderer from London on June 1 1887. Records wire rods iron wool paper stock jute cloth bagging flax waste cement oilman supplies bottled beer and other goods from numerous firms including Baring Bros Brown Bros Jere Abbott Co Smith & Dove and J D Lewis Co. A wide range of commodities is shown with quantities as listed.
A dated ledger of cargo listings and ship movements records goods in port locations such as Yarmouth Nova Scotia Annapolis Nova Scotia and Barbadoes. Items include steel billets shellac wax wool sugar lumber eggs and potatoes with multiple firms named for each shipment and per vessel.
Export entries from Yarmouth to Antwerp and Liverpool list steamer cargoes including cotton, furniture, oranges, lime, hams, lard, glass, hardware, lobster and egg cases. Antwerp via New York shows Jan Breydel with leather and bacon. Liverpool clearing includes wheat, leather, bacon, lard, oils, piano, organs, organ materials, tobacco and vast cotton and food products.
A detailed list shows quantities received by multiple railroads on June 1 1887 including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and others. Items include wool bales flour oats cornmeal sugar butter eggs leather hides bacon and more, with totals per line.
Frank J. McQueeney of Boston, a printer, shows liabilities around 6500 with 5000 secured by a mortgage on the plant. Alexander Mills of Boston owes about 4580. Henry H. Ashton of Fall River has been petitioned into insolvency. James T. Trainor of Providence has made an assignment. Way & Boss of New York, axle washers makers at 11 Warren street, assigned yesterday with capital 30000.
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