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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
7
The markets show slow improvement in boots and shoes with steady leather pricing amid light demand. Buyers remain cautious, spring orders lag, and manufacturers seek price gains while leather prices hold firm across hides calf skins and finished leather amid steady demand.
The Para market shows recent sales at 92 cents for new merchandise and up to 95 cents for old, with coarse ranges from 62 to 65 cents. Supplies of old stock are limited, trading remains moderate as buyers hesitate and wearers are reluctant to sell. The market is very firm, further advances are quoted, and stocks for sale are scarce.
Receipts show 1891 corn 47,135 bushels 15,760 oats 26,930 bushels 19,200 milline 74 27 barley 640. Inspections include 1 car hard spring wheat 4 cars No 3 Northern spring 1 car No 2 mixed white corn 37 cars steamer yellow corn 6 cars steamer corn 8 cars no grade corn 5 cars No 1 white oats 5 cars No 2 white oats 6 cars No 3 white oats 2 cars rejected white oats. Total 77 cars: 5 wheat 52 corn 19 oats 1 barley. Wheat markets dip in Chicago. opening firmer then weak. heavy unloading. New York and St Louis show mixed trends. Minneapolis No 1 hard 102 cents March. No 1 Northern 99. May, July futures cited. Corn and oats demand soft. steamer yellow corn around 84-85 cents. No. 2 white oats 64-66 cents. Barley and malt listed with steady rye markets. Millfeed firm. cotton seed meal steady at 26-27 dollars. rye feed 25 dollars per ton.
The report shows flour demand moderate with steady miller prices across superfine to winter patents, Canadian exports quoted, and rye flour steady in jobbing lots. Oatmeal and cornmeal remain mixed with quiet meal and ground prices noted, while provisions earnings show pork, beef, lard, bacon, and tallow prices largely unchanged amid overall firm demand in early Chicago trading.
Market notes from Chicago to Cincinnati show cattle, hogs, and sheep trading variedly with steady to lower tones. Cattle receipts at Chicago rose to 13 000 with steady prices, hogs 30 000 dull and down, while Liverpool cotton futures closed quiet though prices held near assorted mid ranges amid overall global demand.
Receipts show butter including Western extra creamery and New York market, with prices firm and demand fair. Cheese remains very firm with upward pricing trends. eggs and poultry softer with dull demand. Potatoes, hay, and straw show steady to weak pricing as market supplies shift. London report notes strong butter, Algerian stock exhaustions, and global price firmness across regions.
Readable prices list for numerous vegetables and produce items across regions. Includes bbls, crates, and bunch pricing for onions cabbage kale and more with varied quotations such as native onions 4 50 per bbl and Valencia onions 3 75 per case. Florida string beans 4 50 per crate. North Carolina asparagus 5 per dozen.
The Florida fruits section reports receipts of 750 packages versus 2449 last year with large orange supplies and quiet demand at steady prices. Bright oranges range 2 50 to 5 per box, naval oranges 3 25 to 4 per box, grapefruit 4 65 per barrel and 2 3 per box, and various lemons, apples, cranberries, nuts, and dried fruits quoted with specific counts and per box or per barrel figures.
The James furpie arrived from Palermo with 16000 boxes Palermo oranges and 8000 boxes lemons for Boston. The Andrea Lovico sailed from Palermo Jan 21 with 7000 boxes Palermo oranges and 3400 boxes lemons for Boston. The Pontiac sailed from Palermo Mar 19 with 17000 boxes oranges and 9260 boxes lemons for Boston, due April 9. Kong Frode due Friday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Savannah boat due Friday has 3870 boxes and 16 refrigerators of strawberries. Norfolk boat due Friday has 1600 bags peanuts and 2500 pkgs truck.
Messrs Harris and Co sold fruit including Florida oranges at 76 per box and Navels at 1 26 3 12 percent per box. On steamer Ethelred, No 1s sold at 1 75 2 25, No 3s at 75 cents, No 38 at 45 cents, and eight hands at 1 36.
Spot cotton in New York remained quiet at nine cents for middling uplands as sales events were limited. Traders monitored demand amid stable prices and markets edged cautiously ahead of weekly reports.
London authorities report sales of 1300 bales of good mohair with fair attendance and steady Good Hope and Natal lots, firsts irregular, followed by Persian wools with strong prices and active competition. Several hundred bales of sheepskins sold with mixed gains. Fall River market for print cloth steady with prices unchanged.
The American Refini Company posts refined sugar prices for various forms from cut loaf to granulated and extra, with per pound rates ranging near 6 to 7 cents. Raw sugar holds steady. beet sugar in London quotes quiet, while molasses demand improves in New Orleans with regional price bands across Porto Rico and Caribbean varieties.
The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 117 dollars per unit, with Cincinnati and St Louis markets also holding firm at the same level. This indicates steady demand across three major regional markets and potential price stability for suppliers.
Turpentine quoted at 41 4142c with resin at 5742 160 and tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 6.95c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.30c.
Beerbohm notes cargoes off coast wheat strong. passage cargoes show less activity. Mark Lane prices rise for wheat and corn. flour prices stagnant. English country markets quiet. French markets firm. Liverpool breadstuffs: wheat steady with softer demand. corn firm but weak demand. Prices listed for winter and spring wheat, California and club wheat, American corn, peas, and provisions with bacon and lard movements.
Boston Post report by George J. Fox details live stock totals for sheep cattle and lambs swine and total market arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. includes state origin counts from New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and Canada with cattle sheep veals and car totals by road prices for market beef store cattle hides tallow and skins and assorted animal prices.
The Brighton sale notes 14 cars of sheep by D. M. & W. Co. and 50 cows plus 11 cattle and 41 calves by A. M. Baggs, with 210 pigs and 50 calves from nearby. Prices show firm to high values for cows and oxen, strong export demand, and a large turnout of cattle from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York, with steady sheep and rising hogs.
The city horse market shows fair health with strong demand for drive and draft stock, while common grades sell slowly at low, unsatisfactory prices. Dealers report a mix of sales across several stables, with better horses and heavy drafts moving for cash and quiet pickup, and overall prices remaining low for average lots.
Shipping records list steamer Samaritan with granite and fire bricks, Jamaica steamer Ethelrea with 9884 banana bunches and coconuts, and sugar shipments from Matanzas and Laurestina. Goods include flax, moise, bales, stones, pumpkins, tomatoes, eggs, and wool from various firms such as International Granite Co, Waldo Bros, Jordan Marsh, and American Sugar Refineries Co.
Long packet of cargo movements dated March 28 1891 from London and Liverpool via Baltimore listing steamer names Milanese Ness and Roman plus extensive consignments including leather machinery hardware tinplate linen cotton wool hay milk canned goods and naval stores and a vast array of goods by multiple firms and brokers with quantities in bales boxes cases sacks and tons reflecting a wide trade in East and West bound shipments and commercial inventory for the era
The Empress Elizabeth’s recovery from illness reportedly benefited from Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract. Emperor Francis Joseph made Hoff Purveyor to the Austrian Court and awarded the Order of the Golden Cross and Crown. Hoff later received the Crown from Emperor Wilhelm I, with half a million bottles imported annually to the United States via Eisner & Mendelson Co. in Newark. insist on the signature “Johann Hoff” on every bottle.
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