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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1888
Page
7
Commercial matters show mixed demand across commodities. Tin and rye are steady, flour and oats ease, corn and related cereals dull or quiet, pork firm yet quiet, lard strong, fresh beef stronger, muttons higher, and refined sugars active while other staples stay quiet or steady. Many items display firm or dull tendencies with limited activity overall.
American pig iron shows fair movement while buyers remain cautious awaiting Pittsburg mill labor talks. Rail freight cuts ease, and large Southern furnaces eye Northern markets as new capacity nears. Copper and other metals trade with mixed activity. prices vary by grade and month, with a cautious tone pervading the market.
A listing of iron and steel prices and rates for various grades and products. Includes No 2 and gray forge ton prices at multiple shipping points, refined bar iron, beams and rails, old rails, scrap, tank plates, shell and flange iron, pipe sizes and off discounts, tin plate and lead prices, zinc and spelter figures, with domestic and London reference prices.
The Providence print cloth market closed strong with 64x64s spots at 4.5 to 4.75 cents and 54x60s at 8.5 to 9 cents. Total sales reached 103,600 pieces, up from 61,500 last week, with contracts running to early October and earlier August deliveries on private terms.
The Chicago wheat market opened with long wheat, then steadied as free selling pushed July to 80 3 4 cents. Bulls disappointed by the government report see a crop around 400 million bushels but worry new wheat will hit the market. Corn and oats weaken on large receipts, provisions dull with no standout features.
A nineteenth century market summary lists carload flour and grain quotes across regions. It notes a quiet dull market with jobbers holding stocks, plus receipts and shipments in Chicago Minneapolis St Louis New York and other hubs, including price ranges for flour and several wheat and corn grades, with extensive regional quotations and closing levels.
The report traces a dull and easier market across diverse commodities. Wheat and corn show weak to steady pricing with several grades listed for export, grains, mill products, and animal feeds reflecting moderate demand. Cottonseed and hops remain firmer or quiet, while beverages and malts show little movement in prices.
Butter trading was quiet with firm prices amid large weekly receipts and ample stock. Northern creams and dairies are in light supply with prices around 21 22c, imitation creameries 18c, Western and Vermont grades varying from 16c to 22c. Cheese, beans, eggs, and potatoes show steady or soft tones, with regional quotes for New York, Vermont, Ohio, and Nova Scotia products and ongoing farm commodities pricing through the day.
Apples move quietly with choice russets at 350 400 per barrel. Oranges and lemons show steady quotations Palermo oranges 6 74 box, Palermo lemons 6 47 box, Messina oranges 5 6 60 per box, Messina lemons 5 7 4 per box. Strawberries strong with Jerseys 9 12c, Long Islands 15 20c, Maryland 5 10c, Delaware fancy. California fruit sales quiet apricots 2 50 3 00, plums 2 50 3 00, cherries 2 50 8 00, peaches 1 60 2 00. Next auction sale Tuesday lists 489 apricot packages, 80 peach packages, 50 plum packages.
The steamer Samana sails June 18 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Garabetta sails June 19 from Baracoa with bananas and coconuts for Seaverus & Co.
A list of truck produce prices appears with items such as new marrow squash at 2 dollars per barrel and Norfolk green peas in half bushel crates at 125 dollars per crate. Other entries include Maryland and Long Island potatoes by barrel, tomatoes, cabbage, kale, spinach, onions, beans, wax, beets, cucumbers, and rhubarb priced per crate, barrel, or dozen.
Market notes show steady demand and mixed quotes across regions. Pork prices span long cuts 17 to 18 cents, short cuts around 17 cents, backs up to 18 cents, lean ends to 17 cents, and hams near 11 to 12 cents depending on size and cure. Lard ranges 9 to 10 cents per pound, with poundage and pail formats listed. Regional cites include St Louis, Cincinnati, and Chicago with standard price levels for mess pork and other items.
The notice lists lard at 8 871, dry salted shoulders at 6, and hog products with mixed rates. Beef markets show quiet prices for corned beef and steady hams, while fresh beef is described as firm with rising tendency and forecasts higher steer prices next Tuesday. Lamb and mutton quotes appear with ranges, noting firmer mutton and varied yearlings and veal prices.
Trade in raw sugars remains quiet and prices firm with Cuba and Havana quotings given. Molasses sugar shows polarization values and wholesale granulated price noted. Stocks and receipts in Havana Matanzas warehouses outline weekly movements with U S exports. molasses market described as quiet and steady with regional prices for Porto Rico and other ports.
New York cotton steady with middling uplands at 10 3 16d and low middling 10d, futures opened dull and closed steady. Liverpool spot at 57 16d for middling uplands and 65 14d for Orleans. futures opened and closed steady. Other market summaries list regional receipts, stocks, and sales across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville with mixed activity and generally steady to firm midprices. Consolidated one day totals show net receipts 2875 and exports to Great Britain 1272 with total stock at US ports 327,239.
Hog and cattle receipts decline across major yards with slow demand. Prices drop for shipping steers and cows while hogs show mixed to steady movement. regional notes include Cincinnati and Chicago markets with varied cattle and hog price ranges and receipt totals.
A fragment listing casks and bales of various goods and quantities including rubber hemp wool hides and paper. Mentions érn SAGUA Sch Severn-75 holds 4760 bags sugar Nash Spaulding & co.
An archival inventory lists sailing and shipping consignments across Halifax NS including schooners Nellie Blanche, General Middleton, Jarquin, and William Jones with flour, cornmeal, tar, and pine. steamer Carroll carries hardware and goods. regional ports Gonaives, Parrsboro, St John, and Baddeck featured schooners delivering meals, oils, barrels, pork, and other commodities. Strong entities include port hands Halifax NS Charlottetown PEI Whycocomaugh CB Gonaives Hayty Parrsboro St. John NB with quantities across dozens of items.
Asset lists from Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Ola Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Lowell System, and express and sea shipments show cotton, wool, flour, oats, malt, feed, bacon, grease, eggs, beans, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, tea, butter, cheese, potatoes, and other staples tallied by car, bale, box, or parcel with numerous quantities and units.
An 1888 revenue-like ledger lists totals for cotton wool and other goods. It itemizes bales, barrels, boxes, and sacks for cotton wool cheese flour eggs cornmeal oats wheat potatoes malt hay straw lumber tallow leather hides bacon dressed hogs skins tea coffee sugar butter and other commodities with unit counts and aggregate figures.
London market report notes wheat off the coast steady with 4 cargoes arriving since the last report 9 sold 16 waiting. In Liverpool winter wheat prices around 63 1b8d spring 68 74 6s5 8d club 6s 8d 6s 9d corn 43 8d peas 58 10d. Wheat quiet poor demand. corn steady. Provisions prices listed for pork bacon lard tallow cheese.
Market notes show steady or firm trends in several commodities. Tallow and coffee in New York display steady trade with moderate quotes. Whiskey and petroleum markets in Chicago and New York hold near current levels while turpentine resin tar and related products in New York show mixed, largely steady pricing.
Cargo listings from CTIENFU Brig Alice to London and Charlottetown reflect a broad set of imports and exports on June 16 1888. Items include birds copper, molasses, cement, bleaching powders, leather, coffee, indigo, jute, glass, soap, rum, wine, oils, and various textiles. Named firms include Atnins & co, W Hoxie & co, Booth & co, J B Moors & co, Hyde & Southworth, Beac h & co, Stone & Downer, Merchants' Bank of Canada, Maynard & Noyes, J Farley & co, Lazard Ireves, Saxonville Mills, Davia & Winsor, Dicknell Hazard & cu, Kimball & co, Wood Pollard & co, Stoddard Lovering & co, Charles Kimball & co, H W Peabody & co, J A Hayes & co, Conant & Kean, and others.
Timetables show 11 divisions with through tickets from 232 Washington Boston. Trains depart Boston Kneeland Street at 5 7 15 8 30 11 am 2 30 3 30 8 30 pm, with several connections at Pittsfield Chatham Palmer and Worcester to New Haven and New York. Daily express and sleeping car services to New York noted, with numerous intermediate stops listed for nearby towns and suburbs.
Boston Causeway Street trains to Troy Albany and beyond depart at 6.30 8.30 11.35 am and 3 pm with palace parlor and sleeping cars. Daily express for Chicago via Niagara Falls and Erie lines at 7 pm and 11 pm. Various regional departures listed for Belmont Waverley Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Hoosick Falls Marlboro Nashua and Shelburne Falls with Sunday times and assorted connections.
A dense OCR style timetable lists numerous station stops including Ashmont Milton Mattapan Rockland and Plymouth with varied daily and Sunday service. It shows arrival times departures and through routes to New York Fall River via Brockton Taunton and other points with multiple frequencies and weekend variations.
Extensive bus schedule fragment lists routes from Park Square New York to Providence and nearby towns with numerous times across weekdays and Sundays. It mentions Central. Roslindale. Dedham. Jamaica Plain. Roxbury. Warren. Stoughton. West Roxbury. Highland. Fall River area. and intercity trips with varied morning to late evening departures and peculiar annotations.
Fragmentary timetable lists routes and times for Cape Cod and nearby towns including Buzzards Bay Bourne Bourne Bournedale Brewster Chatham Falmouth Barnstable Wellfleet Wareham Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich and more with multiple daily departures around 8.15 am 3.15 pm and 4.15 pm via connections through New Bedford New Bedford via New Heedford and other corridors reflecting a period timetable.
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