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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1888
Page
6
The Boston money market shows dull and easy conditions with light demand at the clearing house. Rates hold near 8 to 5 percent for time paper and 2 to 4 percent on call. Government bonds quiet. New York exchange totals and treasury balances noted. various rail and electric stocks show mixed movement. future earnings and dividends discussed for several lines.
New York on June 8 reports money on call easy at 1 to 1 1 2 percent, last loan 14, closing at 142 with prime mercantile paper at 4 6. Bar silver quiet at 91 1 2. Sterling dull. Actual business at 4.8642 for 60 day bills and 4.88 for demand, posted 4.87 4.89. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds quiet but firmer. Stock market more animated after 2:15 led by St Paul Reading Cotton Oil, with a firm tone and small gains in many active issues, yet overall dull near close. Early trading saw declines up to percent, then stabilization near first prices. notable trades include Texas Pacific new issues 226000, Jersey Central 5s to 105, Albany & Susquehanna 114 to 181 Va Erie fourths 3 4 to 118, St Paul Wis cons 6s 101, Morris & Essex Ists 140, Green Bay 1sts 101, Shenandoah Valley latci certificates.
In London for June trading United States 4s quoted at 130% and 442s at 10948 while Atlantic and Great Western firsts show 3598 and Erie at 25% and 96% plus Illinois Central 1224 St Paul etc New York Central 107% and Mexican Central 1454. Open market discount for short and three months is 144 1%%. Paris advices show 8% rentes at 83 francs 15 centimes. Bank of England bullion on balance today amounts to £18000.
A short note extols Pearline washing as a wise choice for households, stressing the Pearline-first approach to practical cleaning and garment care with emphasis on efficiency and economy.
Commercial matters note varied activity with fish in fair demand and flour quiet. Corn and cornmeal fall, oats steady, rye firm, and rye flour unchanged. Butter in good demand, eggs firm, hay strong, lard active, fresh beef firmer, and truck movement active.
The fish market shows steady prices with no salt mackerel arrivals yet and weekly fresh mackerel receipts at 647 bbls, down from 1217 bbls the previous year. Vessels from New York and Boston report first fleet arrivals with small lots of fresh mackerel, while Gloucester notes limited mackerel and improving shore cod prices. The overall market remains well supplied with fresh fish, firm canned goods, and cautious demand across regions including Gloucester and Georges Bank.
The report covers extensive local flour and grain quotations for carload lots. It notes a quiet dull market with few transactions and lists prices for flour types, with New York and Milwaukee receipts and ship totals across multiple grains. It also records spot and futures-ish quotations for corn oats wheat and related products, with varying regional receipts and price levels.
A dense price list shows a wide range of fish and related goods with figures for hake cask pollock herring and cod various preparations and canned products. Prices include mackerel barrel goods at 23.25 and large dry banks at 4.75 with numerous values for cod haddock halibut salmon and sardines.
The butter market remains firm as receipts stay light and demand is strong for choice creameries at 19 200.
Imputation of creameries butter and cheese prices across Chicago New York and Liverpool markets with Western Vermont and Eastern quotations. Notes on eggs beans grass seed hay poultry and straw show steady or firm demand, receipts ample, and varied regional quotes for creamery products and farm produce.
Fruit markets show steady demand for choice apples with Baldwins at 3 dollars a box and higher grades up to 8.50. Oranges and lemons quote Palermo and Messina varieties with boxes priced up to 5 dollars. Jamaica and Baracoa bunches noted, steamer Gwent brings 6000 banana bunches and 32000 coconuts, bananas sold 1.25 to 1.25 per bowl, coconuts 27 per 100 count. Strawberry sales varied 7 to 12 cents.
The steamer Mertha is due June 12 from Bara coa with bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes. The steamer Marmion is due June 13 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
New York pork markets show demand at firm prices for pork with lard and hams steady. Hogs and long cuts range from 17.17 to 18.00 per hundredweight with various pork products priced across city and Western markets. Beef and veal values hold, with steers and heifers bidding unevenly as demand remains cautious.
A report notes strong demand for trucks at quoted prices and lists a wide range of produce with varied prices per crate or bbl. The Savannah steamer is due Monday with 800 bushels potatoes 800 crates cucumbers 60 crates beans 300 crates tomatoes 140 bushels squash and 3 crates peaches.
Sugar and molasses trade remains quiet with raw sugar not changing and refiners holding firm. Dealers report stable views as Cuba refining quotes stand around 4 15-16 to 4 16.186 cents per pound.
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