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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Mixed with Rail and Stock Activity in Boston

The Boston money market shows little change with a small advance in the clearing house rate. Time loans run 3.14 to 5 percent, call loans 2 3/4 to 3 1/2 percent. Merchants' Bank transfers over 4 million from New York. Trading dull then steadier, Atchison and Burlington & Quincy moves dominate with rumors of control and potential leases. Bond offerings, foreign exchange, and earnings reports are noted amid broad market activity and list of rail and industrial stocks.

Boston Corporation Merchants’ Bank New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savanseh Washington Ranes H. L. Hollins & Co Vanderbilt Northwest Rock Island Atchison Burlington & Quincy Bears Gould Huntington Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern New York ‘Times San Luis Potosi Wisconsin Central Common Northern Pacific Railroad Company Northern Pacific Chicago Inter- Ocean Wisconsin Central Isconsin Norther Pacific Milwaukee Lint & Pere Marquette Kansas City Fort Scott Clinton Springfield Eastern New York & Newngland West End Old Colony Old Colony Road Trust Sonora Kansas Chicago, Kansas, & Western Chicago & West Michigan Little Rock & Fort Smith Lamson Sullivan San Diego Aspinwall Lamvine Jabor

Dividends Listed By Banks On Stockholders Dates

Dividend notices show rates across several banks including National Bank of South Weymouth First National in New Bedford Naropa Bank of Commerce Citizens National Bank Mechanics National Merchants National Andover National Fall River National Bank Fall River Savings Bank South Danvers National Peabody Wollaston National Quincy National South Eating Old Boston National Bank and payable dates April 1 with per share amounts and record dates referenced.

J. W. Davis C. O. Burbank Watson C. H. Ward Johnson Vivian Thomson-Houston American Waltham Watch Company Ea National Bank South Weymouth Bedford First National Bank Naropa Bank of Wollaston National Bank of Quincy Sao N. National Bank of South Old Boston National Bank Recor

Stock and Bond Orders Executed in Three Cities

Stock and bond orders were executed in Boston New York and Philadelphia. The report notes institutional trading activity across major financial hubs with details on volumes and counterparties.

Boston New York Philadelphia Stock and Bond Brokers State Street

Market declines in Union Pacific and Reading stocks drag list

Atchison Union Pacific and Northwestern show weak tone with Union Pacific and Atchison leading the losses. Reading weakens, other stocks soften late, bonds active with mixed gains. Copper closes firm. Bank of France gold and silver rise. Buenos Aires bourse resumes after bullion time-bar decree rescinded.

Money market and bond rates steady in New York trading

Money call easy with rates 24e 4 and last loan 3, closing 3, prime mercantile paper 444 6 4. Bar silver at 92%. Sterling dull but firm with 4.86 for sixty day bills and 4.88 for demand. Posted 4.86 to 4.89. Government bonds dull and firm. Bond market quiet. stock trading thinned after noon with Reading remaining active.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange

Foreign Market Snapshot London March 28

Markets show consolidations with Consols near 987 16 for money and 98 1 2 for account. Atlantic Great Western firsts 33, Canadian Pacific 524, Erie 28 1 2, Mexican ordinary 44, St Paul 64 4 3, New York Central 109, Reading 22, Pennsylvania 55, Mexican Central firsts 71. Open market discount 2 1 4 per cent. Paris advices yen 3 per cent at 85 francs 65 centimes account. India council bills allotted at a 1 16 decline per rupee. Copper cash 39 10s, three months 39 5s. Market quiet. copper shares weak. Bank of England bullion balance noted.

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Commercial Market Summary Shows Steady Conditions Across Goods

Wool and leather trade quiet while hides dull. Flour and oats quiet. corn dull. rye flour slow. Graham flour dull. cornmeat moderate demand. Butter quiet. cheese firm. potatoes easy. Oranges, lemons steady. cranberries dull. Pork weak. fresh beef plentiful. raw sugars strong. refined sugars firm. tallow steady. oleomargarine dull.

Wool market steady amid low movement and scarce desirables

The wool market shows no new features with buyers cautious and спрос limited. Demand remains for sample bales and fine wools, while interior and seaboard supplies stay tight, keeping prices largely unchanged across Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan and other regions.

Leather Receipts Surge Across Various Formats

The week saw receipts of 10 146 rolls 8722 bolls 1608 bales 381 cases 2846 bags 226 pigs 93489 sides and 27 cars. Last year the same week showed different totals.

Weeklong receipts and steady leather market quotes

Receipts totaled 11 947 rolls 6711 bolls 2510 bales 300 cases 2029 bags 197 pkgs 119 687 sides and 20 cars. Weekly hides receipts 223 bales 1662 bolls 608 numbers dry hides 8 bales 29 bolls 2449 numbers green hides 486 bdl s 1419 numbers skins 241 bales 444 bdl s 169 cases 155 numbers calfskins 65 bales 270 bdl s 669 numbers pelts 257 bolls 99 numbers. Last year receipts show declines in most categories. Demand for leather remains fairly active with steady prices and broad activity across wax, hip, grain, buff, and split leathers though rough leather quiet. Prices quoted for various hides and finished leather reflect modest movement with firming in some grades and a generally balanced supply and demand.

Brighton New England Buenos Ayres Montevideo Rio Grande Entre Rios Corrientes Cordova Entre Rio

Grain markets signal bears as July wheat leads dull trade

Farnum Reardon report dull wheat trading with July activity dominant amid favorable crop outlook and dry weather. New York and Antwerp markets show weakness while Northwest remains bearish. corn and oats follow with subdued moves and varied cash quotes.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co New York Antwerp S Williams & Co St Louis

Grain Prices and Markets Across Cities

Reports show mixed activity in corn wheat and oats with dull or steady tones. Prices for No 2 white and No 3 varieties quoted across Chicago Detroit Toledo St Louis New York and Minneapolis as futures and spot values shift amid light demand and quiet calls.

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