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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1889

Page

7

Market steady as prices hold amid varied fish demand

Market tone improves slightly but prices largely unchanged with large and medium fish firm at 18 19¢ and 20¢ respectively. Sardines remain firm and in demand as eastern factories suspend work. lobster prices hold firm to $4 12% and $4 25 per case for quarter and three quarters. Fresh fish volumes steady with cod easing and halibut, swordfish, and mackerel showing mixed movements. Gloucester reports light week with old stock depleted and new supply cautious.

Bordeaux Nova Scotia Haddock Provincetown Plymouth Cape Cod Boston Gloucester Mass Grand Bank New England Fth Smith North Bay West Shore Prince Edward Island Western Bank Labrador Bay of Island Newfoundland Eastport Georges Halibut Bank

Grain and flour markets show steady prices and firm demand

Domestic flour and grain prices hold steady with a firm market and trade demand. Receipts and exports are listed for New York Chicago and St Louis with various grades of flour, wheat and oats, including No 2 red and white oats and several export and patent grades. Prices and inventories are detailed across multiple cities.

Canada Superior Canada New York City Mills City Mill Minnesota Southern Chicago St Louis Peoria

Market Report Quotes Across Commodities and Regions

No sales on call and no off call sales reported. Futures flat. New York receipts 131000 bushels with 126000 sold. Chicago receipts 155000 with 136000 shipped. St Louis strong with No 2 bid 238½¢. Oatmeal, rye, cornmeal, flours show varied demand and firming prices. cottonseed meal steady. malt and hops receipts noted. market tone cautious with regional differences.

New York Chicago St Louis Graham Michigan Canada

Butter and dairy markets tally steady demand and mixed prices

Butter receipts show 10010 pkgs today vs 12538 last year with quiet demand and Western creamery at 18c while Northern creamery asks 20c but sales under 19c. Oleomargarine receipts 332 pkgs, cheese 2027 pkgs, eggs steady at 12c, potatoes with Savannah supply tight at $3.50 per bbl, poultry prices steady with various fowl and duck rates.

Western New York Chicago Liverpool Nova Scotia New Norfolks North Carolina

Market Report Shows Abundant Vegetables and Mixed Prices

The market is well supplied and demand steady for seasonable vegetables. Items include eggplants plentiful at 1.50 per dozen, onions by the crate, beets at 25 cents per bush, carrots 50 cents per dozen, lettuce 76 cents to 1 dollar, cucumbers and beans with varied crate and bush pricing, and tomatoes and cauliflower priced per crate or dozen. The Savannah boat arrives Monday with 1,030 cases and 160 barrels of vegetables.

Bermuda St Andrews Long Island Norfolk North Carolina Florida Chicago Savannah

Bananas and Lemons Carried by Multiple Steamers to Boston Fruit

The Marmion is due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Lorenzo D Baker due Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Carl Konow due Tuesday with Baracoa bananas for WW & Noyes. Dithmarschen due with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Brunel sailed from Palermo June 14 with 300 boxes Messina lemons and 15 700 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. Timor arrived with Messina oranges and Palermo lemons and will sell Tuesday. Coia due about June 24 with 4000 bunches Samana bananas for Bay State Fruit. Dana due Monday from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns & Co.

Marmion Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company Lorenzo D Baker Carl Konow Noyes Dithmarschen Brunel Palermo Boston Messina Coia Bay State Fruit Company Dana Baracoa Seaverns & Co

Fruit Market and Shipping Notes From Savannah Run

The report details apples, oranges, lemons, and berries prices and steady demand. It notes arrivals and sales for Jamaica and Baracoa bananas, with vessels Kane Alf and Unita delivering for Boston Fruit Company and WW & CR Noyes. A Savannah boat due Monday lists 40 crates peaches and 15 cars on the prior shipment.

California Kane Alf Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Unita WW & CR Noyes Savannah

Pork market shows fair movement amid steady lard and smoked meats

Demand for pork is not very active but a fair movement continues. Lard remains steady with fair movement at old prices. Hams and other smoked meats stay the same.

Meat Prices Across Markets Report Steady Yet Varied

Corned beef and tongues steady while fresh beef remains quiet in buyers favor. Steers fetch 6 6 4c, large demand scarce. Pork in New York steady with 150 bbis sold. mess 13 1325, extra prime 1150 1175. Lard and dry salted meats show mixed movement. Cincinnati and St Louis report firm bulk meats and bacon steady with varied short clear prices.

New York City Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Kansas City Stock Yards Hog and Cattle Market Update

Cattle receipts 2874 slow market with mixed prices. hog receipts 10048 higher with heavy and medium classes rising. sheep receipts 344 steady. Chicago cattle and hogs weaker or higher per class. Texas cattle unchanged. regional prices listed for beeves steers stockers and feeders cows bulls and mixed. lambs and natives show mixed gains.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Cotton market reports from New York and Liverpool exchanges

New York cotton quotes firm with bids for uplands and Gulf grades. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. Liverpool firm with improved demand and middling around 61 to 63 pence. Marketwide receipts and stocks detailed for multiple U S ports and key overseas centers.

New York Ile Dune Zi Esee Uiscivea Viacere Oe Wien Kboe Fieca Weres Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Continent Mobile Savannah Mid Lee Charleston Wilmington Qutec Mid Philadelphia Great Britain Baltimore Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Tone Report

Sugar receipts 3561 bbls and 5801 bags today. same day last year none. Market quiet and steady with Cuba refined sugar very firm. Pulverized 95 8e¢, granulated 94 4¢, confectioners’ A 8 ½ c, standard A 8c, Belmont A 9c. New York raws quiet. refined firm. Molasses receipts to 25 puncheons, market firm and unchanged. Ponce Porto Rico 45¢ gal. Porto Rico 37 48c. New Orleans 46 47c. Cienfuegos 83 86c. black strap 15c. New York market firm and quiet.

Cuba Manilas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Market prices for turpentine and petroleum reported

Turpentine closed at 374c with rosin at 112 1 2 115 and tar at 210. Petroleum closed at 71 0c with RSW at 6 90c and cases at 8 80c. Whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati unchanged. Coffee New York Rio quiet with fair shipments at 17c.

New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Rio

Trade cargoes and perishables listed from June 21 1889

Shipping notices record bananas sugar mangoes lobsters and fish aboard steamer arrivals to Boston and Yarmouth with entries for Baracoa Matanazas Kong Alf Yarmouth and other firms. The list names shipper agents like Barclay Co and Ellis Co and ports including Matanzas and Manazas with quantities such as 10 000 bunches bananas and 7801 bags sugar.

Baracoa Unita Noyes Matanzas Halibut & L Clements & Co-L Ellis & Co Hall & Co

Local Trade Ledger item with multiple consignments

A fragmented trade entry lists several consignors and their goods including gold thread, eggs, dodo, lobsters, crates and removals order. Names include OW Mead, H B Griffin, F Batchelder, J G Hall, Fowie and Hibbard, B J Webber, ES Ellis, and F L Clements. Goods cover bbls, cases, crates, and rolls with several destinations or lot removals actions implied.

OW Mead Griffin & Co Batchelder

Exports from Yarmouth and Newfoundland in June 1889

Trade list shows Yarmouth Nova Scotia exports from the steamer Yarmouth including flour, zinc, meal, soap, dry goods, haying tools, rubber belting, shoes, baking powder, stationery, marble, hardware, beef, lard, fruit boxes, crates, and lobster crates. Clementport Newfoundland reports Schooner Emma E Potter with meal. St Johns New Brunswick records Schooner A Watson with salt, brick, flour, and whiskey barrels.

Yarmouth Clementsport Emma E Potter ST. Johs A . Watson

Wheat and corn prices firm across markets in June reports

London and Liverpool market notes report firmer wheat and corn, with wheat prices rising at Mark Lane and Liverpool while corn remains firm and flour steady. Paris, Antwerp, and Varis show mixed but generally firmer trends. English country markets broadly dearer. Receipts cited and standard futures quotes listed for June through early autumn.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp Varis Werther England

Trade notices from merchants across major cities

A list of names and firms from Allentown Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Richmond Trenton Wheeling and St Paul. The items reference individuals and firms such as Kranse Feary Goff George Jandort Whitney Ehrlich Lytte Thorne Hayward Robinson Uettelfinger Thatcher Tracy Hessberg Schifer Foot and Boyd, indicating professional affiliations and regional trade connections.

Allentown Penn Kranse Qu. Albiny H Feary J Feary & Son Re. Hinghamton A Goff Stone, Goff & Co Baltimore R George George & Co R Jandort Jandort & Co Cleveland E Whitney Whitney, Bowen & Co Columbia E Ehrlich M Ehrlich & Sons Tre Cincinnati Lytte Lytte & Co F Thorne Thorne & Co Chicago W Hayward J W Robinson Hayward & Co Minneapolis Minn Uettelfinger North Star Boot and Shoe Company Philadelphia Portsmouth

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