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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1890
Page
7
Commercial matters indicate steady or firmer conditions across dry goods, grains, meats, and perishables. Corn and oats firm or higher, flour mixed, potatoes and apples firm, pork products steady, and beverages like wines and molasses holding. Overall trading shows cautious demand with selective gains.
Fall River report shows a very quiet print cloth market with 64x64s at 35 cents. Futures trading is moderate while spot demand remains very light.
The speculative market remains unsettled with large transactions and a firmer tone driven by a higher Liverpool market and tight local stocks. Spot cotton stays quiet, prices slipping 1 16 cent, while South prices outpace Northern markets. Weekly receipts reach 54,735 bales to March 14, with cumulative totals up since Sept 1, 1889, and rains across the South threaten floods along the Mississippi Valley and western bank of the pipeton from Cairo to the Gulf.
The demand for wool remains strong with prices steady from recent reports. Territory wools lead demand, fetching low prices while Oregon and Texas wools show modest activity. Pulled wools, fine washed fleeces, and various delaines are quoted, with foreign wools firm and London market firmer yet cautious.
Opening quotes from Farnum Reardon Co list Wheat and Corn futures with each month’s high low and last. Closing prices across New York St Louis Minneapolis Duluth and Milwaukee show March May July and other month values for Wheat Corn and Oats with cash and futures quotes and bid ask details.
The south demand remains fair while agents report small orders. Jobbing trade stays solid with most leading houses posting gains though transactions are in small lots. Staple cotton goods hold steady with yarns firm due to high cotton costs. Print cloths stay quiet, low grades weak, best fancies steady as outlook remains favorable.
Wool and cotton shipments show modest weekly totals with 965 packages sent, including 1847 packages from New York and 118 from other ports. Since January 1 yearly figures appear mixed, while overall woollen goods trade remains subdued by weather, though light-weight woollens offer some improvement.
Market report covers carload and domestic flour quotations, visible grain supplies by date, and stock levels in Chicago Boston and New York. Notes include firm wheat and rising corn demand, with prices for No 2 red oats and various flour grades and exports across Minneapolis Minnesota Canada and St Louis markets.
Millfeed receipts mark firmer demand with prices for sack spring 1650 per ton, sack winter 1760 per ton, Michigan bran 1675 per ton, middlings 1750 to 2195 per ton. Six-row Canada No 1 70-75c, No 2 68-70c, six-row State 68-70c, two-row State 60-65c. Kops and cottonseed meal list current gains and nominal trade. New York quotes at 1839 to 1912c and 164-199c ranges for various grades.
Receipts list butter 974 pkgs oleo 1147 pkgs cheese none eggs 65 bbls 3108 cases beans 366 bbls potatoes 2 cars sweet potatoes none hay 47 cars straw 2 cars same day last year figures show higher cheese and potatoes. Butter prices steady with mixed regional quotes. Beans poultry potatoes and hay markets described as quiet to steady with varied price levels across regions.
The market remains steady with strong demand. Quoted prices cover onions at 3.50 to 4.50 per barrel, beets 0.75 per box, lettuce 0.50 to 0.76 per dozen, radishes 0.50 to 1.00 per dozen, turnips 0.69 per box, several cabbage varieties 2.00 to 2.50 per barrel, cucumbers 2.00 to 2.50 per crate, tomatoes Florida 2.02 to 2.50 per crate, Bermuda and Havana varieties 0.50 to 4.00 per crate, beans 1.50 to 8.00 per crate, green peas 2.50 per crate, and eggplants and other greens priced per case or bush as listed. Multiple crates and boxes noted across regions including Florida and Havana.
Apple prices hold steady with Baldwins No 1 at 4 4 50 per barrel and No 2 at 2 50 3 00. Mediterranean fruit shows Valencia oranges scarce. Sicily lemons in supply and sold at outside figures. Florida fruit markets firm with Brights 3 3 50 per box and russets 2 50 3 00 per box. lemons scarce, grapes quiet, tangerines fair at 3 50 4 00 half box and 7 7 50 per box.
Small supply and scarce choice lots push prices up for berries with dark berries at 12 to 15 per barrel and common lots at 6 to 10. Jersey crates at 4, country berries at 8 to 12 per barrel. Evaporated apples firm with limited fancy lots and sun dried variants. Nuts show steady prices with peanuts, pecans, and hickory listed. Strawberries: good supply and fair demand. top prices 40c, with ranges down to 20c.
The steamer Athens sailed from Valencia for Boston March 16 carrying 6000 cases Valencia oranges 8400 boxes Messina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons 8500 boxes Palermo oranges and 8200 boxes Palermo lemons. The steamer Miranda is due March 21 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Brunel bound for Boston carries 3000 boxes and 600 half boxes Messina oranges and 1700 boxes Messina lemons. The Savannah boat due Tuesday has 1800 boxes oranges.
Fruit sales listing from H Harris & Co shows Florida oranges at 2 75 per box and 4 00 P box, navels at 3 871244 00 P box, tangerines at 6 50 per box and 3 7048 8734 B half box, and grapefruit at 3 25 4 1242 P bbl. The firm plans auction Wednesday for cargo of steamer Columbia with 23803 boxes Catania oranges, 636 boxes Catania lemons, 6965 boxes Messina oranges, 3882 boxes Messina lemons, 8108 boxes Palermo oranges, and 6375 boxes Palermo lemons, plus Tuesday 1000 boxes Florida oranges.
Market notes show receipts of tallow 81 pkgs beef 185 bbls pork none lard 1258 pkgs hams 100 bbls 1 tierce and bacon 831 boxes with year ago figures. Prices quoted for various pork cuts lard and bacon across New York Chicago and Cincinnati reflect steady to firmer conditions amid limited changes in overall demand.
Net receipts and gross figures for several ports show mixed activity. West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville report varied exports to Britain and the Continent, with stock levels and mid-market ratings noted, alongside a consolidated three day tally of 15 757 with exports to Britain 6304 and the Continent 16 390.
Sugar receipts today total 19 3893 bags, 420 bbls last year. Market firm with quiet demand. Refined sugars in fair demand at easy prices, granulated sold around 55 cents, various grades listed. Raw sugar steady, refined quiet. Molasses receipts 265 bbls, sales in New Orleans at 40 48 cents per gallon. several regional prices for Ponce, Cienfuegos, Barbados. New York to New Orleans armmarked by quiet foreign trade.
Peoria reports whiskey at 108 with spirits at 105. Chicago holds whiskey at 102. St Louis lists whiskey at 102. Cincinnati sees whiskey steady at 102.
Turpentine closed at 4342 44 cents with rosin at 115 120 and tar at 220. Petroleum closed at 7.60 cents with RSW at 7.50 and cases at 9.60. Coffee New York Rio is quiet and steady with tair cargoes at 20 2 cents.
In New York cotton sales total 262 bales with uplands pricing from 8 11 16c to 117 16c middle. futures opened firm and closed steady. Liverpool market dull steady at 6 2 64d to 6 8 64d for various months. American figures listed. Other U S ports show mixed receipts, exports, and stock with mids ranging around 10 4c to 11 16c.
Kansas City cattle prices rise on 4919 cattle sold with heavies in the 3.90 to 4.05 range and cows around 2.20 to 2.40. Hogs show varied lows and highs with heavies near 3.90 to 4.05 and Yorkers around 4.00 to 4.05. sheep steady near 3.40 to 4.90. Receipts listed for St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago with mixed results and regional trends.
Trade list documents imports at Hull and outbound exports from Cayenne Matanzas and London via steamers Greetlands Arisaig Egyptian Monarch and Halifax. Items include rags, paper stock, steel, oils, wool, leather, toys, china, bales of flax, fish, sugar, flour, canned goods, butter, beef pork and crates, with vessels such as Arisaig Greetlands and Lake Winnipeg and ports including Hull Caymanas Salt Pond and Havana.
An extensive list from Port Spain Trinidad itemizes commodities and quantities including cotton, cattle, bacon, lard, apples, dye stuff, leather, beef, maple and walnut logs, flour, ice, oysters, codfish, salmon, beer, oil, oats, bran, seeds, lumber, tools, hardware, nails, and cabinets. The inventory also notes vessels and shipping terms such as brig Water Witch and various crates, boxes, and bales, reflecting a broad cargo ledger with many named items and measurement units.
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