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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1890

Page

7

General Markets March 20 Flour and Grain Prices

Market notes show quiet trade with some firmer tone in flour and grain. Domestic flour prices range from 2 3 to 5 30 per barrel, with wheat and corn values mixed across New York Chicago and St Louis. Oats and rye products steady, butter and eggs firm. numerous commodity receipts and exports cited for week comparisons.

Canada Minnesota Wisconsin New York City Mill St Louis Chicago Tirmer Wesern Graham Michigan Franklin County Western Creamery Northern Western Creamery Tees Northern Dairy Vermont Claverpool Northern Extra Western Extra Tyloe Sigeery Liverpool Northern Choice Laboc Nova Scotia New Hampshire New Brunswick Cincinnati Tie California Lima Choice

Receipts Report Across Goods Markets

Receipts today list butter 798 pkgs oleo 458, cheese 1157 boxes, eggs 21 bbls 2098 cases, beans 89 bbls, potatoes 28 cars, sweet potatoes 135 Dbbls, hay 50 cars, straw 3 cars. Last year shows varied quantities. Butter market remains near the prior position.

Market Prices and Supplies for Game Potatoes Grains and Farm Goods

A broad catalog of prices and availability for game birds, venison, various potato types, corn and oats, hay and straw, rye and oat straw, grass seeds, and maple products. Quoted rates show steady demand for some items and firm or dull markets for others, with regional varieties from Maine, Aroostook, Vermont, New York, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Maine Choice Houlton Hebrons Houston Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Rose Vermont Rose Hebrons Jersey Florida Timothy West North Red Top

Apple and citrus markets show firm prices amid small receipts

Wholesale fruit markets report small arrivals across apples and mediteranean fruits with steady demand. Baldwins and Northern Spies command firm prices while Valencia oranges and Sicily lemons show varied supply. strawberries and nuts also steady with modest receipts. Local demand remains quiet but prices hold firm.

Choice Maine Baldwins Tasman Valencia Sicily Florida Jersey

Steamer Arrivals With Large Fruit Cargoes Reported

The Athens sails from Valencia to Boston March 16 with 6000 cases Valencia oranges 3400 boxes Messina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons 3500 boxes Palermo oranges and 8200 boxes Palermo lemons. The Miranda due with Jamaica bananas for Boston. The Brunel passes Gibraltar March 5 with 600 half-boxes and 3000 boxes Messina oranges 1700 boxes Messina lemons 3100 half-boxes and 9000 boxes Palermo oranges and 12800 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. The Marmion due Saturday with Jamaica bananas for Boston. The Savannah steamer due Saturday has 2290 boxes oranges and 9 refrigerators strawberries. The Norfolk boat has 1400 pigs truck and 100 bags peanuts.

Athens Valencia Boston Miranda Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Brunel Gibraltar Norfolk

Provisions and meat markets show steady demand across regions

Receipts include tallow 101 pkgs beef 75 bbis pork 61 bbis lard 1285 pkgs hams 11 bbis 70 tierces bacon 950 boxes. Prices hold firm for lard hams and smoked meats while hogs stay quiet. Regional notes cover New York Chicago and St Louis with mixed activity and steady to firm beef and pork prices.

Choice City New York Park Western Steam Tierces City Chicago St Louis Choice Brighton Eastern Choice Choice Brighton

Hog and Cattle Markets in Kansas City Saint Louis and Chicago

Kansas City cattle: strong steer sales at 340, native cows 305, stockers 270. Hogs US: heavies 392, mediums 400, Yorkers 444. Sheep steady 350 to 520. St Louis hogs quiet. Yorkers 405, packers 395, breasters 415. Peoria hogs slow low 410 to 415. Chicago cattle receipts 11,000. beeves 450, steers 320 to 440, feeders 240 to 370, cows 160. Hogs receipts 24,000. prices slow 400 to 425. Sheep receipts 6,000. natives 390 to 440, Western corn fed 480 to 570, Texans 450 to 525, lambs 565 to 665.

Valencia Havana Key West Bermuda White Capes Bush St Andrews Common Savoy Florida Norfolk Baltimore Bermudas Kansas City St Louis

Sugar and Molasses Market Summary Today

Raw sugars show steady prices with Cuba and Manila grades quoted. Granulated sugar sells at 65-16 to 67-16 cents per pound. various refiners cite standard, extra, and confectioners grades with minor shifts. Molasses receipts and prices remain quiet. New Orleans and other regional grades cited with modest ranges. Whiskey markets in Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati hold steady around 102 to 105 dollars.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas Smalleb Belmont New York New Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Mixed in New York Market

Turpentine closed at 43 42 cents with rosin at 1 16 120 and tar at 2 20 while petroleum ended at 7 50 cents with RSW at 7 25 and cases at 9 45. Coffee in New York steadies with Rio trading quiet and fair cargoes at 20 2 cents.

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Imports and Exports March 20 1890 Liverpool

Steamer Catalonia reports 275 cases wine and a long list of goods from Atkins & Co to J J Murdock with items including earthenware hardware machinery books costumes silk fabrics and numerous staples. The Like Ontario carries paper stock potatoes beer and other commodities. additional details note through goods and live stock.

Liverpool Eng Catalonia Atkins & Co Browning & Co John C Chaffin & Co Collins & Fairbanks Cook & Co Cushman Bros & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Dame Stoddard & Kendall H Davis & Co Davenport & Co Hohander & Co Hunnewell Hovey & Co Hovey Jackson, Mandell & Daniell Jackson Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Jordan Marsh & Co George Kendall Little, Brown &Co Leavitt, Hart & Phipps Lovering J& J Murdock Moors & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Neal, Morse & Co Norton Fessenden & Soule Noves, Campbell & Co Pray, Sons & Co Thompson & Odell Tuttle & Co Warren, Salisbury & Nightingale Wright & Ditson Weston Wadsworth, Howland & Co Weybosset Mills White, Son & Co Wilson, Larrabee & Co Ontario

Exports From Tusk et Wedge and Yarmouth March 20 1890

Shipments from Sch Nellie report rough totals of flour meal pork beef lard and kerosene oil with minor quantities of cordage and oils. Liverpool bound steamer Town clears March 17 carrying oranges corn horns bacon tallow beef hides leather and assorted canned goods and commodities.

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World Markets Report From London and Liverpool

Foreign markets update from London and Liverpool notes wheat firm and corn steady with cargoes moving and awaiting sales. Prices quoted for California wheat May June September, mixed American corn, and Paris wheat and flour steady. Local breadstuffs show weak demand for wheat and quiet corn. prices for pork bacon lard tallow cheese listed.

London Mark Lane Liverpool England California Paris

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