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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1888

Page

6

Money Market Holds Steady Amid Mixed Wall Street Gap

Boston money market remains steady with demand at the clearing house higher than recent days. General market time paper averages from 6 to 7 percent, loans on call with collateral 6 to 7 percent, and New York funds discounted at 2 1/8 to 8 1/4 cents per $1000.

Boston Clearing House New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Charleston Savannah United States National Bank Reichsmarks la Bourgogne Aller Thrce Messrs. Zimmerman & Forshay Jay Gould Gould Atchison Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Leavenworth Denver Atchigan Chicago, Burlington & Northern New York Mail and Express Missouri Quincy California Southern Miles

Dividends Declared By Local Companies

Tremort and Suffolk Mills declares a 3 percent dividend. North American Insurance also 3 percent. Firemen's Insurance declares a semi annual 5 percent dividend. Corrugated Wire Fastening Company pays 10 cents per share on April 2 to March 24. Capital 15 000 shares par 10.

Tremort & Suffolk Mills Company North American Insurance Company Firemen’s Fire Insurance Company

New York Financial Markets Show Weak Close Ahead of Evening Trade

Money on call remained easy at 3 to 3 1/2 percent with a last loan at 3. Sterling exchange steady with 60 day bills near 4.8534 and demand 4.87. Stocks closed weak after a volatile day, Missouri Pacific and Western Union among the steep decliners, overall demoralization and heavy railroad bond volume noted.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading Canada Southern Western Union Gould Missouri Pacific New England and Tennessee Coal Texas Pacific Lg Pacific Mail Lexus Pacific Manhattan New England Chesapeake & O Denver & Rio Grande Western Kentucky Central Wabash St Louis Arkansas Texas Kansas & Texas

London Market Summary March 21 London stocks and bonds steady

Consols 107-16 money and 106-16 account. Atlantic and Great Western 35 for firsts. Canadian Pacific 58 5 8. Erie 24 1 4. Erie seconds 9 7 4. Mexican ordinary 62 4 4. St Paul 77 3 4. New York Central 30 8 1 4. Pennsylvania 55 3 4. Reading 50 4 4. Mexican Central 14 1. Paris 3 per cent rente 82 francs 10 centimes. Bar silver 48 3 16d. India Council bills declined 1-16d per rupee.

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Market Notes: Farm Goods Steady to Firm Across Commodities

Wool dull flour steady corn quiet oats dull rye firm butter firm cheese unchanged potatoes sweet potatoes firm truck in fair demand poultry quiet game moderate demand apples quiet cranberries light supply Florida oranges in good demand Mediterranean fruit in demand lard fair demand ham steady fresh beet firm mutrons steady demand veals easier lambs fair movement sugars steady molasses unchanged tallow fair demand

Florida York

Market quotations and livestock prices from today

Official receipts of hogs yesterday at 14,927 and estimated today at 13,000. Wheat and other commodities show varied opening, high and low figures with last year comparisons. Pork prices for Mch and May contracts listed along with several futures values and closing quotes.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Jane Ed Daly

Cattle and Horse Market Report from Brighton and Watertown

Livestock totals show 2229 cattle 11647 sheep and hogs and 7560 last week with year ago figures. Prices for beef cattle running from first to third quality 6.25 to 7.75, store cattle 15 to 50 for cows and calves, oxen priced up to 150. Horse trade reports buyers present and dozens of working oxen sold at various prices. Sheep and lamb trade notes western lambs and old sheep priced per head. market steady at Watertown with good lambs on contract. Remarks note farmers rushing stock to yards amid improving but stormy conditions and dressed beef imports from the West.

Lois Linn Dlae Brighton W H Monroe H M ‘Watt Gilines & Weston J H Coolidge & Son J 5S Henrys Boston Uiehan T Russell Welch & Hall International Horse Exchange Hurlburt Bros Canada Joouv Couch Wave CH & WB Snow Hollis & O Brichton Watertown C Hooper George Messer Europe Liverpool N Morris Kangan Watertown Yards Waites Grover J A Hathaway W H Bardwell John Thayer Greenfield Mass Charlies Jones Deerfield J . Henry Bri Learnard Farrell & Mc Wigan A M Monroe

Arrivals of note on the Eastern cattle train

The Eastern cattle train arrival at Union Market landing at 6 30 am Tuesday featured 16 carloads largely of cattle with buyers seeking high grade lots. Notable consignors included Clark & Flagg and Traiton & Wardwell with multiple lots of cattle and oxen sold to buyers including Chadbourn & Billings and S H Wardwell for connections to Connecticut and Europe. Prices ranged with top cattle near 57 0 per 100 pounds and various lots selling around 4 to 6 dollars per cwt.

The Wool Market Outlook Dull and Uncertain

The wool market shows little activity with poor stocks and light trade as the season ends. Prices seem to weaken slightly and desirable wools are scarce while inquiry focuses on medium fleece wools and no major changes in price ranges are observed.

Congress

FINE WASHED FLEECES MARKET UPDATE

There is moderate demand for Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces with prices near last quotes. Double X lots sell at 31 32c and X lots around 80c. No 1 Ohio fleeces are in high demand and prices are firm. Demand for fine wools is weak. Michigan fleeces show moderate demand with off lot prices steady at 23 to 29c. No 1 Michigan wool remains firm at 35 to 36c.

Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan

Combing and Delaine Fleeces Fair Market Movement

Combing and delaine fleeces show a fair movement with steady prices. Sales of No 1 clothing and at readily taken. Ohio delaines bring about 4c and Michigan delaines around 32c.

Ohio

Wool Market Report Shows Quiet Texas Prices

Texas wools are quiet with prices from 12 to 20c and clean basis stock valued around 68c. Fall wool supply is small and unchanged at 45 to 47c, while California wools hold at old quotations. Demand for pulled wools remains weak with little change, and fine wools are in good supply though supers are scarce.

Texas California

Foreign Wools Show Steady Demand and Promising Outlook

Australian wools meet fair demand with a positive outlook and about 180000 pounds sold since last Thursday. Carpet wools steady. diverse regional fleece and combing prices listed from Ohio to Montana, Kentucky to California, with ranges for pul lates and other categories.

Buenos Ayres Wool Market Holds Steady Amid Dul Market

The Buenos Ayres wool market stayed flat as European signals dampened activity. Very fine wools top at 84 50 460 per 10 kilos with 42 percent yield, while pasto inerte and dirty grass wools sold around 42 440 and 38 350 per 10 kilos respectively. Lincoln quillets declined with few lots left, and black wools remained in demand at high prices.

Buenos Ayres Buenos Ayra Suvu Lincoln

Market Reports March 21 Flour and Grain

Flour market steady with dull trade as buyers act only when needed. Prices range from fine to winter patents with Canada export bids, corn and oats quiet, oats bids steady, and meal and flour values shown. rye and barley steady with firm rice-like demand for buckwheat and malt. Cottonseed meal steady with moderate demand. millfeed and middlings quoted. barley, hops, and malt noted with varied regional bids.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Lear Ryk New No 1 New York

Butter and Egg Prices Hold Steady Amid Light Creamery Supply

Prices of butter remain firm with light supply at creameries and strong demand. Listings cover Western and New York creamery butter, Vermont and Eastern grades, and various beans, grasses, potatoes, and poultry items with wholesale quotes and minor shifts noted.

Produce Markets Report From Chicago To New York

In Chicago butter is strong with not very large receipts. Bijin creamery 80cc mediums are very active. Cheese unchanged. Eggs buoyant at 1254 18e. In St Louis eyes steady at A Ee butters firm. In New York butter and cheese unchanged. Eggs strong. Eastern firsts 1642c, Western Giz 1b4ec.

Chicago Bijin Creamery St. Louis New York

Quiet, mixed movement in truck market and farm produce

Key West onions show stable demand at 250 to 275 per crate while Southern cabbage sells slowly at 275 per crate. Florida tomatoes hold at 175 for small and 250 for large crates. Norfolk steamer arriving Friday carries oranges peanuts spinach and kale in specified lots with native produce quoted per barrel or per bushel and several item prices listed in scatter.

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