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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
7
Middlings in sacks quoted at 15 19 2 per unit, cottonseed meal firm with prime prices at 25 26 25 on spot and 24 24 25 for arrival. Matt receipts 2500 bush this day, 8380 bush last year. Hops receipts none, market dull. Six row Canada 95c, six row State 90 95c, two row State 85c. New York 1888 grade hops 18 2c, 1887 7 12c, old jets 5 6c.
Butter receipts reach 5380 pkgs as creamery prices hold firm at 19 to 20 cents for choice lots. Implied demand steady with Western and Vermont lines quoted. egg markets show firm tone with small receipts and easing into steady prices. Cheese and beans markets follow a firm pattern. potatoes tight with price increases amid small arrivals. poultry supplies light and prices firm. hay and straw offerings steady with no activity in old winter hay.
First arrivals of native green peas reported in fair condition selling at 250 bush. Demand for truck good with prices unchanged. List includes onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, turnips, spinach, kale, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsley, beans, squash, cabbage, and peas from multiple regions with prices per crate, box, bush, or bushel. Norfolk boat due Friday brings cabbages and peas. train Thursday brings bbls cabbages and peas.
The report lists several steamers with fruit cargoes destined for Boston or ports nearby. Sif is due next Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for WW&CR MOVOS, Timor sailed May 29 from Palermo carrying Messina oranges and Palermo lemons, Valencia passed Gibraltar May 26 for Boston, Wergeland due Friday from Banes with bananas for Seaverns, Victoria carried Valencia oranges to Boston past Gibraltar May 25, Lorenzo D Baker due Friday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company, Olympia loading for Boston, Brunel sailed from Palermo for Boston May 30.
Harris & Co will auction 112 cases Valencia oranges on Thursday at 10 am. 150 boxes California cherries to be sold. Tuesday next features 760 boxes apricots 76 boxes and 48 boxes peaches all California fruit. The steamer Peconic cargo to be sold includes 4750 para praneee and 22 500 boxes lemons.
Receipts today total 114 barrels, compared with 11 barrels on the same day last year. The brief item notes small current volumes with little other detail.
The report notes ample apple supply with Baldwins Maine at 2.26 per barrel and russets 2.25 per barrel. Bananas are well supplied with Jamaica bunches 1.25, Baracoa reds 1.26, Baracoa yellows 1.25 to 1.50. Oranges and lemons show steady pricing. messina lemons 3.50, various oranges 3.50 to 4.50 per box, Valencia 5 to 6 per case. Strawberries mixed by variety from 5 to 16 cents, cherries 5 cents per quart, and pineapple 8 to 12 cents. California fruits rising with plums 2 per box, cherries 1.50, apricots 1.50, peaches 3.00.
Pork and pork products receipts list 45 bbls pork 598 tierces lard 262 cases 45 tubs 750 pails hams 10 bbls 64 tierces preserved meats 1619 cases bacon 821 boxes dressed hogs none. Beef and veal trades mixed with steady to firm lard and bacon. New York pork steady 200 bbls mess 13 25 13 50 extra prime 12 12 25. Fresh beef scarce firm prices for steers heifers and veals. lambs and mutton varied. tallow markets weak. Prices cited for various cuts and regions including Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and city meats markets.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports firmer cattle with numbers across shippers and natives, while hog receipts reach 2983 with higher prices. Peoria and St Louis note firm hogs, Cincinnati shows stronger hogs, Chicago records mixed cattle and heavy hogs amid large receipts and varied shipments across regions. Environmental tensions in prices persist as overall markets show firmness in cattle and volatility in hogs.
New York cotton sales reach 1038 upland bales with varied quotients from 87-16c to 117-16c and futures opening firm then closing quiet. Liverpool reports firmer trade with middlings around 6 1-16d to 6 4d and futures steady. American arrivals include 9800 bales with receipts of 6000 bales.
Baltimore records no receipts with stock at 4577 and steady price at mid 115 and a half cents. New York reports no receipts with fees 4281 and exports to Great Britain 1090 stock 190408. Cincinnati shows net receipts 127 gross 127 shipments 274 stock 3884 steady. St Louis records net receipts 700e likely 700? with shipments 524 stock 6284 steady and prices firm. Consolidated five day totals show net receipts 4401 with exports to Great Britain 64 to France 148 and to others 9045, stock across United States ports 271998.
Sugar receipts total 800 barrels with last year and a single barrel difference. Raw sugars remain firm with quiet trade. refined sugars in short supply and in demand at higher prices. Molasses receipts 175 barrels with 70 tierces. market firm and steady.
Turpentine closed at 38 percent with resin at 11044 110 and tar at 210. Petroleum closed at 7.10 cents with RSW at 6.90 and cases at 8.80. Whiskey markets steady at 102. Coffee New York Rio quiet with fair car at 1834¢.
Shipping notices list cargoes and orders at Arroyo P a Jamaica Singapore and Cadiz. Vessels include E H Harriman William Frederick Ida A Thurlow Dithmarschen Palestine Marmion Talbot and Talbot with goods such as molasses coconuts onions bananas salt and boxes of merchandise. Firms named include Bates Barnet W C R Noyes Kennett Rana C E Morrison Seaverns & co Kidder Peabody Waldo Merchants Dispatch Co and J E Barrett.
Market notes show varied prices for cows, calves, and milch stock with declines in some segments. Slaughter cattle at Brighton and Watertown yards command 4 to 6 cents per pound, while Western steers and yearlings move slowly but steadily.
Market reports from London Liverpool and Paris show wheat and corn prices steady with weak demand in some areas and firmer notes in others. Drought in Russia pressures rye and wheat while English country markets hold steadier as futures show limited activity.
The June 5 1889 export report records Lochiel Belmont Eureka and other ships carrying goods from St Pierre Belle Isle Weymouth Annapolis Charlottetown and Halifax. Cargo includes butter oleo molasses nails flour pork lumber and hardware with totals and vessel names. A final line notes pine timber and umber aboard Ur Bark Vasa.
The Canada Southern Railway Company annual meeting in St Thomas Ontario elected Cornelius Vanderbuilt William K Vanderbilt James Tillinghast Anthony G Dulman Charles F Cox Samuel F Barger Sidney Dillon Joseph E Brown and Edward A Wickes as directors. Majority representation and unanimous approval of Erie Niagara and Leamington St Clair railroad acquisitions.
Report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post covers week ending June 5 1889 with totals for sheep cattle and lambs swine and arrivals at Watertown and Brighton. It notes price ranges for store cattle milch cows and calves and comments on demand and market condition with late arrivals and sales at Brighton on Wednesday including numerous milch cows springers and oxen sold by several dealers.
Sealed proposals due June 7 at 12 noon for a one year supply of fish for Boston public institutions ending April 30, 1890. Specifications available at 14 Beacon Street. Bonds required. commissioners may reject any or all bids. Address to Hon. Thomas N. Hart.
Public notices announce sealed proposals for beef for Boston public institutions for the year ending April 30, 1890. Also invites bids for subsistence and hospital stores, with deadlines June 6 and June 11 1889, detailing tea coffee groceries beef mutton veal fish butter lard and more.
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