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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1890

Page

7

Market closes firm as passenger rates rise lifting stocks

In heavy trading, passenger rate restoration sparked a broad rally. Oregon Transcontinental and Richmond & West Point advanced about two points, with trusts rebounding from lows. Late hour buyers lifted several issues while railroad bonds remained quiet. total volume reached 1,251,000 with mixed but firm closes and modest first-price changes.

Oregon Transcontinental Richmond & West Point Ohio Indiana & Western Indianapolis Decatur & Spring Kansas City & Omaha St. Jo & Grand Island Iron Mountains St. Louis Arkansas & Texas Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Extension &S Chicago Burlington & Northerns

London Market Bulletin June 9 12 30 p m to 5 30 p m

London financial notes report Consols at 97 16 for money and 97 16 for the account Canadian Pacific at 85 5 8 Erie 29 1 2 Erie sec pnas 1074 2 Illinois Central 120 Mexican ordinary 44 1 2 St Paul common 80 New York Central 113 1 2 Pennsylvania 65 1 4 Mexican Central news 80 percent Money 1 and 2 percent discounts quoted Paris advices give 3 percent rentes 92 francs 57 42 centimes for the account At 4 p m Consols 97 16 for money 97 4 4 for the account Canadian Pacific 85 percent Erie 29 48 Mexican ordinary 44 4 4 St Paul common 79 4 Reading 24 Mexican Central new 48 80 Money 2 percent bullion put into Bank of England today £18000 Bar silver at 49 pence per ounce.

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No man is well dressed without a becoming hat

A local ad copy urges men to wear hats to improve appearance and impress others, noting a shabby hat dulls clothing and a well fitting one elevates style. It mentions Stane at 126 Tremont Street and Jackson & Co. as reliable retailers whose patrons leave satisfied.

Stane Tremont Street John Jackson & Co

Dry goods market shows cotton gains and steady wool trade

The dry goods page reports mixed commodities with cotton prices rising while woollen goods stay firm. Cotton advances widen margins. prints, ginghams, and sheetings see variable moves as mills run ahead on forward orders. woollen clothing stays slow though demand exists for light weights. Export cotton shipments remain steady, with strong futures for higher prices. wholesale activity is cautious but inventories move.

Mohawk Valley Utica New York Mills Pembroke Knight Berkeley New Bedford Cambrics Dwight Star Great Falls Oriental Clarendon Berlin New York Boston Messrs Smith, Hogg & Gardner Lowell Manufacturing Company Wilton Brussels Wiltons

Wool trade shows steady movement amid high costs

The wool market remains fairly strong due to small dealer stocks though new wools cost more. Domestic receipts rise, and once supplies grow abundant, price advances may stall. Western markets stay buoyant but caution grows as local failures dampen colonial wool prices.

Seaboard Bradford Eng Wade

Wool Trade Faced With Tight Supplies and Low Yarn Sales

The report notes growing difficulties for holders and spinners due to proximity of a new clip. English wool purchases are strictly limited to current needs. Alpaca and mohair are slow, yarns in export trade are unsatisfactory, and finer counts such as 32s 36s and 40s have sold at low figures to secure business. Singles remain more unfavorably positioned than previously.

The Cotton Trade Week Summary Displays Mixed Prices

The cotton trade last week saw active speculation and large.volume, with unsettled prices and wide swings especially in old crop months. Saturday closed firmer for distant options while Liverpool showed a quiet mood. local spot demand was dull but better on Friday at reduced asking prices. Middlings quoted 12 7 16 cents per pound. Weekly receipts totaled 4487 bales, with season-to-date 6,757,028 bales and a 279,817 bale increase versus last year.

Liverpool Uplands Gulf Lexus Mississippi Alabama

Flour and meal trade shows mixed demand and firm prices

Receipts today include 4855 bbls and 3224 sacks wheat flour, 150 bbls oatmeal, 950 bbls cornmeal. Demand for flour remains moderate with small lots moving, mills unwilling to concede. Wheat markets firm early then eases, with assorted prices for Minnesota Wisconsin and export grades. Oatmeal and graham flour steady to modest, cornmeal firm with bag and barrel pricing.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada Graham

Grain Market News Shows Higher Prices Across Grain Trades

The grain market today reports receipts of 104410 bush corn, 61590 bush oats, 55 tons millfeed, 600 bush barley, and 6760 bush malt with strong Western influence lifting prices. Steamer yellow corn sold at 46 to 44 1/2c per bushel, No 2 white oats at 37 4/2 to 38 4/2c, and No 3 white at 36 4/2 to 37c, as demand remains moderate and overall sentiment stays firm amid abundant supply in Chicago and regional elevators.

Bush Tuah Cotm Ces Socrice Eeeden Ces Mush Boston & Albany Hoosac Chicago New York Canada Michigan

Potatoes and poultry markets show mixed steady notes

Large arrivals of new potatoes keep prices nominally steady with rose, hebron, burbank, and other types trading around 70 to 90 cents. Southern potato receipts were strong with Norfolk extras at 3 3 25 dollars per barrel and Texas and Bermuda lines at 2 50 to 3 00. Sweet potatoes are scarce with Floridas at 4 per barrel and Tennessee at 5. Poultry stays quiet and steady, live fowls 10 to 12 cents, various fresh and ice packed fowls and chickens priced between 7 and 28 cents.

Rose and Hebrons Burbanks New York Stars Bay Bermudas Floridas Tennessee

Market report shows strong demand for seasonable truck crops

The market is well stocked with all seasonable truck and good demand. Prices cover onions Bermuda No 1s at 2.10 to 4.20 per crate, Egyptians 1.75 per 200 count case, scallions 0.20 to 0.30 per oz, new carrots 0.75 per dozen bunches, lettuce 0.75 per box, cucumbers 3.60 per 100 count, southern tomatoes 2.30 per crate, Chicago tomatoes 3.50 per basket, egg plants arriving at 1.75 to 2.0 per crate, and various Norfolk Maryland Jersey and Virginia produce listed with multiple price points.

Bermuda St Andrews Southern Chicago Sicily Palermo Key West Nassau Pines Porto Banes Victoria

The Fruit Trade and Provision Market Report

The article details fruit and provision trading with pricing for Messina Palermo lemons and oranges, Valencia prices, apples, pineapples, bananas, dried apples, cherries, apricots, strawberries, Maryland fruit, and banana steamer arrivals. It also notes steamer arrivals to Boston, and comprehensive meat price quotes for pork, beef, lard, and related products, including prime steers and lambs.

Naples Palermo Boston Banan Jamaica Peaceey Boston Fruit Company Thursay Karl Konow Baracoa WW & C R Noyes

Sugar and Molasses Market Quotes and Prices

Sugar refined product demand is strong with prices firm across leaf, crushed, pulverized, granulated, and confectioners grades. Belmont and standard A varieties show steady middle 6s cents, wholesale granulated ranges about 6.80 to 6.94 cents per pound. Molasses sales hold at New Orleans 40 to 48 cents per gallon, with Ponce, Cienfuegos, and Barbados grades listed from 20 to 38 cents per gallon depending on quality.

New Orleans Fancy Ponce, 36@38c gal; choice, 34@35c; fair to Goo, 25@30c; Cienfuegos Barbados

Cotton Markets Report From New York Quiet Start

The cotton market in New York showed a quiet session with sales totaling 507 bales. Upland grades ranged from good ordinary to middling with prices from 10 15-16 to 12 3-4 cents, while Gulf grades traded from 11 4-8 to 12 7-8 cents. Futures opened easy and closed steady as the table lists opening and closing quotations.

New York Liverpool Baes American TMNG Wy Anges Os O Augusta Galveston New Orleans Baltimore Savannah Charleston Wilmington

Wheat futures and markets across major exchanges

The report covers Chicago curb wheat activity with July at 9 15 4%c and mixed action through the day, noting local selling and external influence from Washington reports. Other items include firm corn, provisions steadiness, varied closing prices for grains across New York, St Louis, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee, and a Kansas City cattle and hog market summary with prices and trends.

Diverse 1890 Imports From Glasgow and Atlantic Ports

A June 9 1890 Glasgow record lists Norwexian with wool waste paper rag and stock bales and assorted goods from Linver Meyer H & L Shase and others. Yarmouth Newfoundland Halifax Saint John Annapolis Digby Saint John and Halifax steamers and ships carry bananas sugar molasses cornmeal flour and other cargo bound for Atlantic ports and colonies.

Glasgow Norwexian Baringros & Co Linver & Meyer Milne & Co Nternational Granite Co Kya Machinery Stone & Downer H & L Shase Ford McIntire, Lawrie & Co Waldo Bros Yarn International Steamship Co Yarmouth Hammond Karclay & Co Hail & Co Batchelder Hutchinson Delong & Seaman American Exress Laracoa Steamer W& CR Noyes BANES Cuba Victoria Seaverns & Co Cockburn Harbor Stockton Bush Salt Warner & Jarvis Matanzas Tierces Do Adams Cardenas Sarah A Fuller Annapolis Digby Brunswick ST John Walch Halifax Elizabeth Ann Playfair

Foreign markets report steady wheat and firmer corn abroad

London cargoes show wheat steady and corn firm while English markets ease for foreign prices. Mark Lane notes English wheat steady and American corn firmer with Danubian corn quiet. Liverpool spot wheat and corn steady as breadstuffs list firm with mixed American corn at 3s 6d and various staples priced, including pork and lard.

London Mark Lane Liverpool

Exports at Boston Week Ending June 6 1890 Grand Total

Import and export figures for Boston show a weekly total of $2,167,052 with imports part of the total. The data spans the week ending June 6 1890 and records overall trade activity for that period.

Boston Exgland

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