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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1890
Page
7
A list of commodity notes shows varied movement across farm produce and foods. Some items rise or firm like cornmeal and eggs, while others stay flat or slow such as oats, hops, nuts, and cranberries. Regional mentions include fruits and meats with overall cautious demand.
The Print Cloth Market in Fall River on February 28 notes weak spot demand with prices at 3 cents for 64 by 64s. Futures show a slight decline while weekly sales reach about 150,000 pieces.
Gloucester and Boston fish markets report variable supplies with a fair demand for salt and fresh fish. Mackerel prices firm after Cape of Good Hope imports. cod, haddock, halibut, and herring show mixed movements. canned goods steady. oysters and lobsters firmer. weekly Boston dealer receipts indicate sizable cod, half-whit, and frozen herring imports.
The Option Markets Chicago reports May wheat at 78 1/4 cents amid firmer cables and heavier selling after heavy clearances at seaboard. Prospects of colder weather supported gains, but lack of export purchases and a late slide from St Louis pressured prices. Corn showed a firmer start before fading as trading paused near close.
Market reports show weak off change with advance tending to check shipping demand. Provisions hold firm and close steady while bears press sales in late trading. Quotation highlights from Farnum Reardon include wheat near 104% to 107% and corn around 28% to 30% for March through May contracts with mixed futures across exchanges.
General market notes show flour receipts up, with 8814 bbls and 6319 sacks. Wheat and corn prices vary by grade. New York and Chicago trading mixed but generally weaker, while St Louis shows firmer prices for No 2 mixed corn and No 2 red wheat. Oats and rye markets dull but stable. butter and eggs down slightly with steady cheese and meal prices. hay and straw demand remains buyer-favored with prices steady to lower.
The record notes a quiet market with 19 bales on hand from last year. Quotations from New York show 1889 good to choice at 16 19c, 1888 good to choice at 9 138c, and 1888 common to good at 3 6e, indicating a depressed trading day.
The report lists steady demand and current quotations for onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, turnips, cabbages, parsnips, squash, marrow, turban, Hubbard, rhubarb, spinach, kale, dandelions, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, string beans, and green peas. Prices vary by item and packaging, with crates and boxes across regions including Western onions, Havana, Key West, St Andrews, and Norfolk. Florida produce shows notable activity with cucumbers at 222 to 250 per crate and tomatoes around 2 to 2.45 per crate, while Bermuda tomatoes fetch around 1 per small crate.
Wholesale fruit pricing shows steady demand and ample supply across apples citrus grapes and berries with regional notes. Mediterranean Florida and West Indian fruit prices are firm or slow with scarce choice lots and varied box and case pricing.
At Harris & Co auction sale today Florida oranges sold at 1374 2 3 12 14 per box, navels at 2 3 30 per box, lemons at 1 1 22 per 1 87 percent PP box. Tangerines brought 2 60 per 3 12 42 per half box, grapefruit at cerecaet 3742 per box and 1 1 42 4 2 4 per box.
The Glen Tanar passed Gibraltar February 9 with 5000 boxes Messina oranges 1400 Messina lemons 6800 Palermo oranges and 8700 Palermo lemons bound for Boston The Fitzroy passed Gibraltar February 15 for Ost ar with 5500 Messina oranges 300 Messina lemons 6500 Palermo oranges and 11000 Eperme lemons The Columbia sailed from Palermo February 21 with 8000 Catania oranges 300 Catania lemons GOUG Messina oranges 4000 Messina lemons 3300 rale
The record notes Ermo oranges and 10 200 boxes Palermo lemons bound for Boston. The Savannah beat due Monday lists 2100 boxes oranges for shipment.
The day's receipts list tallow lard hams tierces bacon and other meats with last year's figures. Markets show steady general tone with pork active at old prices and lard firm. Hogs quiet, fresh meats mostly steady, New York tallow weak, Chicago pork higher, St Louis provisions firmer, Cincinnati pork firm and bulk meats firmer.
Kansas City and other markets report steady cattle with steer bids near 3.30 to 4.50, hogs firm to higher with heavies around 3.75 to 4.05, and sheep steady around 3.40 to 4.75. Receipts reach about 1,000 to 23,000 across cities including Chicago and St Louis, with varying prices for natives, Texas corn fed cattle, Yorkers, lambs, and mixed lots.
Cotton prices in New York end steady after an 739 bale day with upland and ordinary grades quoted from 85 to 11 9-16 cents. Liverpool and other U S markets show firm to steady tones with futures opening firm and closing quiet, while Atlantic ports report varied receipts, exports, and stocks for the week ending February 28.
Closing notices for February 27 and 28 show pipeline certificates in flux with openings at 10am February 28 and prices across various commodities. Sugar receipts reach 2122 barrels, with refined and raw sugar prices quoted and molasses market steady. Cuba and Manila grades listed along with wholesale granulated pricing and New York market firmness.
Market reports show firm whiskey at $103 in Peoria and $102 in St Louis and Cincinnati, with spirits at $105 in Peoria and a unchanged rate of $102 in Chicago. Regional notes indicate a steady tone across the five cities with no major shifts in demand.
Turpentine closed at 48.4312 cents with rosin 12 1/2 dollars and tar 22 1/2 cents. Petroleum closed at 7.65 cents. With RSW at 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents. Coffee in New York shows Rio firmness and quiet trade with fair cargoes at 2 cents.
The Halifax steamer carries 100 barrels of salt fish from HKeaman Bros and 25 drums of dry fish for WN Chamberlain, plus 2 boxes salmon for Barclay & Co and 1 bundle bagging for Delong & Seaman. Foundry Supply Co supplies 1 half barrel of herring and J 5 Gibbon 2 additional items.
Kingston Jamaica Sch Mabel Howard delivers items including 15 888 bunches bananas 358 bags coconuts 19 crates tomatoes and 2 do cucumbers on the Steamer Bernard with other consignments of cod oil salmon salt fish and dry goods listed from multiple firms such as Holmes & Co Lang & Co and A Rowe & Son alongside pavers stock and logwood orders for Mabel Howard and C S Crowell Kingston.
Export entries dated February 28 1890 from St Pierre Halifax NS Lunenburg Mahone Bay NS Cardenas Cuba and La Have and Petite Riviere list cargoes including sugar tobacco essences vinegar brooms patis oil lard butter pork beef meal flour and other goods. Ships Beatrice Da Macer Cleta and Rebecca Crowell carry varied consignments across multiple ports.
London cargoes show wheat firm and corn steady with quiet shipment. Mark Lane prices list English and foreign grains steady, flour quiet. Liverpool spot demand moderate for wheat, limited for corn, weather frost. Paris wheat steady. Liverpool later notes firm breadstuffs with improving demand and various commodity prices, including pork, lard, and cheese.
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