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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1890
Page
7
The report records 1889 6,372,469 bales against 4,929,327 for 1888-89, an increase of 443,142 bales since Sept 1, 1889. Weather notes indicate heavy rainfall in parts of the Gulf States Arkansas and Tennessee with an expected Mississippi River overflow, while other regions report lighter rainfall.
The report lists Chicago Wheat and Corn futures with March to December closes and cash prices from New York St Louis Minneapolis and Duluth. It records bids and asks for each contract with notes on daily closing values and regional variations.
The report covers carload grain prices including flour, oats, corn, and rye with daily receipts, stocks in Chicago and Boston elevators, and New York exports. It notes steady to firmer markets, light dealer stock, and moderate demand, listing specific bids for No 2 red wheat, No 2 corn, and No 2 white oats along with current fob and elevator prices.
Receipts and quotations across cereals, millfeed, cottonseed meal, malt and hops show a quiet, steady to dull market. Barley and rye prices vary by grade and origin, with Canada six rowed and state six rowed ranges around 60 to 75 cents. Hops in New York show weak activity with prices for 1888 and 1889 contracts quoted in single digits to the low teens.
Receipts today show butter 522 pkgs and 3726 boxes cheese, with eggs and beans in steady supply. Atlantic markets report unchanged tone despite expected post blockade arrivals, with quotes across butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, and hay reflecting steady prices and cautious optimistic outlook for near term after storm effects.
Storm keeps demand low while supply remains ample. Prices listed include onions at 84 4 50 per barrel Western onions 3 50 per 400 barrel Valencia 3 25 3 60 per large case and various vegetables with crates and boxes priced. Florida cucumbers 2 per crate, Florida tomatoes 3 per crate, Bermuda tomatoes small crate, string beans 150 38 00 per 4 crate, green peas 2 50 per crate.
No material change in apple market as demand remains steady and receipts soften. Only choice lots fetch outside prices with Baldwins No 1s at 3.50 to 3.75 and No 2s at 2.50 to 3.00. Northern Spies 3.00 to 4.00 per barrel, Tasman sweets 2.50 to 3.25, russets 2.50 to 2.75, greenings 3.00 to 3.50 per barrel. Mediterranean Sicily lemons supply not large, but upcoming steamers will raise supply to normal levels.
Prices for Sicily oranges and Valencia vary with supply levels, demand quiet. Florida fruits show large current supply but expected declines. brights and russets mixed, lemons cleaned up, mandarins steady. West Indian, Cranberries, Nuts, Dried Apples, and Strawberries show quiet to steady demand with assorted price ranges and box counts.
The steamer Glen Tanar arrives with 5000 boxes Messina oranges 1400 Messina lemons 6800 Palermo oranges 8700 Palermo lemons bound for Boston. Fitzroy passed Gibraltar Feb 15 for Boston carrying 5500 Messina oranges 300 Messina lemons 6500 Palermo oranges 11000 Palermo lemons. Columbia passed Gibraltar Feb 16 for Boston with 3000 Catania oranges 300 Catania lemons 6000 Messina oranges 4000 Messina lemons 3300 Palermo oranges 10200 Palermo lemons.
Receipts show tallow 195 pkgs pork 118 bbls lard 702 pkgs hams 4 bbls and bacon 693 boxes with last year’s comparable figures. Markets across regions quote steady to firmer prices for pork products and beef cuts with varied regional notes. New York and Chicago show mixed movements in mess pork lard and beef terms.
Kansas City cattle and hog markets show price ranges for steer, cow, stocker, and feeder categories with strong demand. hogs firm with heavies and lights cited. Cincinnati and Chicago quotes cover hogs, cattle, stockers, and sheep, receipts and shipments noted. Texas corn fed steers and lambs/texans listed with price bands.
Upland cottons priced steady with mixed quotients across grades. Liverpool and US markets show quiet demand. bales traded include 8700 in U.S. exports with steady to firm mid prices. Futures open steady and close steady. regional receipts and stocks listed across Augusta, Galveston, mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, and Baltimore with mid 10 to 11 1/16 cents ranges.
New York Net receipts 1240 gross 873 exports to Great Britain 2927 stock 136502 actual. Cincinnati Net receipts and gross 1221 shipments 597 spinners 300 sales 500 stock 8530 steady mid 1078. St Louis Net receipts 330 gross 1672 shipments 3922 sales 200 stock 65249 steady mid 10s. Louisville steady mid 11. Consolidated net receipts three days 20459 exports to Great Britain 14687 exports to the Continent 42757 stock at all United States ports 554200. Pipeline certificates closing 12 m March 1 opening 10 am March 2 highest 96. Crude shipments 63507 eas refined 7.45 cents per gallon. Cottonseed oil certificates opened 2. Cigna text garbled.
Sugar receipts today total 60 bbls versus 46 bbls last year with a firm market and steady demand. Quoted Cuba Javas and refined sugars show modest increases. granulated sales at 6 7-16 to 6 3-16 c, various grades listed. Molasses receipts 203 bbls, with New Orleans and other grades priced. New York sugar market firm. High wines in Peoria and whiskey markets in Chicago and St Louis show firm to active pricing around $102-$105.
Turpentine closed at 4.24 and rosin at 1.15 to 1.20 per unit with tar at 2.25. Petroleum finished at 0.0766 dollars with RSW at 0.074 and cases at 0.097. Coffee freight to Rio de Janeiro rose and remained firm with fair cargoes at 0.20.
Long catalogue from the Liverpool steamer Pavonia and others detailing 100 cases olive oil 50 cases preserved vegetables and hundreds of other commodities. Includes porcelain, brandy, woollens, machinery, books, wines, and teas with numerous firms worldwide and ports in Kingston and Yarmouth.
A dated cargo manifest notes the Steamer Scandinavian from Glasgow with 800 sacks oatmeal 7250 do flour 250 do oatmeal 4 bales hair 30 barrels potash 75 pkgs household goods 317 head cattle 180 bales hides 150 pkgs hams 14350 ths cheese 20 bbls oil 50 bids green hides 400 bils tallow 50 do apples 10 boxes tacks 16000 bush wheat 25591 do corn 1000 tierces lard and the Steamer Venetian from Liverpool cleared Feb
A long OCR style ledger lists cargo items for two Liverpool steamers Norseman and Lake Superior with shipments including medicines, birds, fats, oils, boards, fish oil, leather, fur, beef, cheese, cotton, lard, wool, beer, flour, and many other goods in varied quantities. The entry shows extensive bulk consignments, crates, cases, bales, and pails, along with marks like steamer names and voyage dates Feb 25 and Feb 26.
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