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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1889
Page
11
Flour and many grains show quiet to steady trading with corn and beans active. Meat prices varied with fresh beef weak and other meats quiet while fats like molasses and sugars rise, and oleomargarine remains dull across the board.
New York reports moderate sales of print cloths at 4c for 64x64s and 3 1/2c to 4c for 66x56s with improved tone for low grade cottons. Fall River and Providence show weekly totals around 84 000 and 24 000 pieces respectively while firms hold for value and expect possible advances.
The Grain Markets report from Chicago notes May wheat rose 20 cents amid active demand while New York exports 80 000 bushels and Bradstreet records 20 009 000 bushels fewer on hand than a year ago. Corn and oats show firm and dull tones with varying futures quotes across March May and July.
John E. Welsh reports carload grain prices and a week’s receipts across flour, corn, wheat, oats, rye, milkseed, and barley. Receipts compare this week with last year and show a quiet market with buyers cautious. New York and Minnesota price ranges are listed for flour and various wheat grades.
Wheat and flour markets hold steady in New York Milwaukee and Chicago with receipts ranging from 4 000 to 15 000 bushels and exports active in New York. No 2 red and white wheats price ranges noted. futures and on track bids vary by region as rail shipments and spot markets trend quiet to higher.
Butter receipts show 661 pkgs today versus 3437 last year with 10 975 pkgs for the week, prices steady around 26 29c for fresh creameries. Old butter quotes span Northern Western and New York Vermont ranges, with jobbing higher by 1 7c. Cheese receipts 286 boxes today, with firm but quiet demand. oleomargarine and eggs also reported with mixed stock levels and steady to weaker prices.
Demand remains steady with ample supply for grains beans and peas. Prices quoted for seed peas beans and grasses show small NY hand picked and screened varieties, Vermont and Maine potato figures, and mixed dried fruit and grape steady quotes.
The market is well supplied and trade is quiet at old prices. Listings include Marrow squash 79 ton, turban squash 60 P ton, Savoy cabbage 75a g0c per unit, cabbage 85c per barrel, red cabbage 225 per barrel, onions 1.25 to 1.80 per barrel or crate, Bermuda onions 1.80 per crate, Spanish onions 1 per crate, carrots 1.25 per barrel, turnips and radishes priced per bush or dozen, celery 9 per box, parsnips 0.07 per bush, spinach 0.50 per bush, kale 0.75 per barrel, beet greens 1.25 per bush, rhubarb 9c per hat, parsley 2 per bush.
In Chicago the market eased briefly on dull provisions with long pork arriving later. Estimated Monday hog receipts run 22 000 to 25 000, while quotes span March to July contracts with mixed highs and lows and several regional price lines for pork and lard.
Snow and Co hold an auction Monday offering 1100 boxes of Florida oranges and Ris and Co hold an auction Tuesday offering 2000 boxes of Florida oranges.
Snow and Co will auction today at 1 o clock 100 boxes Florida oranges and 125 cases old eggs. Receipts show 926 barrels today vs 711 last year and 6471 for the week vs 3103 last year. Demand is quiet and market unsatisfactory with quoted prices for Baldwins Russets and Greenings. Oranges and Lemons: weekly receipts noted.
Around March 21 the Boston Fruit Company expects the Bergen from Jamaica with Jamaica fruits. The Trinacna arrived March 18 after Gibraltar March 2 carrying Palermo and Catania oranges and lemons and Valencia oranges. The Wallachia is loading at Palermo for Boston. Edwin passed Gibraltar March 2 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons plus Palermo lemons and Palermo oranges. North Britain left Palermo March 11 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons and unknown Palermo fruit.
Sugar and molasses markets show firm prices and renewed demand. Cuba and Havana markets edge up with refined sugar scarce, raw sugars firm, and various grades listed with up to 96 test. Molasses stock and receipts rise. freight rates and warehousing figures noted. New York and New Orleans markets mixed but firm in foreign trade.
In New York cotton markets, middling uplands quoted at 1034 to 103 1 2 cents, with sales reaching 490 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. detailed opening and closing figures for March, May, July, August, September, and other months shown, alongside Liverpool spot prices and U S port receipts and stocks for major centers.
The Kansas City stock yards report slow cattle trading with receipts at 318 and prices from 190 to 260 for native cows and mixed butchers. hogs show 2238 receipts with heavies 450 to 455 and medium to lights 445 to 514. Peoria hogs weaker at 455 to 470. St Louis steady with Yorkers 435 to 470 and packers 460 to 475. Cincinnati hogs heavy and light at 380 to 476. Chicago cattle receipts 1500 with beeves 435 to 435, steers 390, stockers and feeders 223 to 25, cows and bulls lower.
Mixed receipts listed for hoes and sheep with varying market notes. Prices shown include 1 40 to 3 00 for hoes receipts and 4 50 to 4 75 for hogs, plus sheep quotations around 3 5 to 4 65 depending on origin and weight.
Tallow receipts for today and last year are listed with weekly totals and year over year changes. Prices for rendering and grease are quoted with small fluctuations. New York markets show quiet movement in turpentine petroleum and coffee with modest price levels. Whiskey markets remain steady across the West.
Bark Emerald ships wool and birds valued at 462 for bales of wool and a cask of stuffed birds. Catlin and Clement present. Halifax schooner Regina B lists potatoes at 700. Barclay and Co. involved.
Shipping list details Marmion Marmion Jam exports from Port Antonio Jamaica including corn oats and tools. Montevideo lumber. Cayenne goods. St Johns Burns goods. Halifax Worcester goods. Lawn Nova Scotia goods. Halifax Nova Scotia steamer cargo. Cape Coast Africa cargo including rum pork beef sugar and tobacco.
London reports slow cargoes off the coast with one wheat cargo arrived since last year and two corn cargoes arrived with one sold. Liverpool markets show breadstuffs quiet wheat and corn movements, California wheat quoted and European prices steady with varied futures. Antwerps and Paris markets display mixed movements in wheat and flour with no clear demand.
A list of wholesale shoe buyers and firms across multiple cities including Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Richmond and St Paul with representatives from Tucker Smith & Co Frank Adler & Co A Mevere & Co C Meis & Co W J Yates & Son Large & Amazen McKee & Co Green Aw W H Means North Star B & S Co Kellogg Johnson & Co and others are advertised as buyers and agents in a compiled directory-like notice of shoe trade firms and agents in various states.
Special notice for passengers holding tickets via the Fall River Line Shore Line and Staten ton Line. Baggage may be checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Some baggage may need pickup at No 3 Old State.
A dense listing of rail timetables for the Central Division including leave times from Kneeland Street Station to New York via Fall River Line. It details weekday and Sunday departures across Ashmont Brockton East Bridgewater Weymouth West Quincy and other towns with numerous times and destinations.
A partial Cape Cod bus timetable lists numerous towns such as Bourne Brewster Yarmouth Nantucket and Woods Hole with inconsistent times like 8.15 am and 4.15 pm plus notes on days Mondays and Thursdays. The garbled OCR preserves locations and rough daily slots without complete clarity.
A dense OCR list outlines trains from Providence to New York and numerous stops, with scattered times, Sundays notes, and multiple regional stations. It reads as a phased timetable snapshot for the Central and Providence divisions, listing dozens of intermediate stops and varying daily patterns.
Local and through train times listed for Boston and Albany stations including Knee land Street. References to Framingham Marlors Southboro Clinton Leominster and Freethburg with multiple daily departures. Schedule notes indicate Sundays and midweek service with 6 pm and 10.55 am listings and requests to check official offices for full details.
Daily connections to Myeneuse Rochester Beaffato and West. Elegant Drawing Room Cars to Niagara Falls Cleveland Toledo Chicago via Lake Shore. 8.00 p m from Boston with dining and parlor cars Worcester New Haven. Sleeping cars available. Tickets at 232 Washington Street or Brentton Macland Street. A Hanson, General Passenger Agent.
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