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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1891
Page
7
Dry goods markets remain largely steady with wheat active and corn oats higher. Provisions strong, butter quiet, eggs lower, poultry dull, potatoes firm, sugar steady, and cotton quiet amid improving weather and cautious demand. cotton goods trade seen steady with yarns and sheetings in varied demand. shipments and prices cited for wheat corn oats and related grains across major markets.
Monday Evening March 30 1811 notes receipts for cotton seed meal oats malt hops and other commodities with totals for elevator stocks as of March 30 and 23 1891. It lists inspects by car and totals for corn oats wheat and rye, including New York visible supplies and Chicago grain stocks. Wheat futures in Chicago opened higher then eased on harvest news and European crop concerns, with private cables citing rain and demand as factors while May options near liquidation.
The report lists varied provisions with steady to firm prices and mixed demand. Pork and hams show steady demand, fresh beef quiet but held, and lambs and mutton in fair to good supply. Regional hog and cattle prices rise modestly across Chicago, Kansas City, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Peoria markets with notable hog receipts and higher bulk meat values.
Prices for creamery, eggs, and poultry vary by market with New York and Baltimore firm in dairy quotes while Chicago weak on stock levels. Vegetables and grains show dull demand though peas and potatoes hold steady. hay and straw offerings remain liberal as receipts stay heavy.
A trader’s list shows steady quotes on native and Southern produce including spinach at 50c per bush and 2 bbl for $1.75, cabbages at 225 per barrel, kale 75c, onions various regions from Valencia to Denia and Ohio with prices per crate or barrel, carrots 75c per bush, beets 60-70c per bush, lettuce 50, squash and cucumbers priced per crate or each, celery 5 per box, Cauliflower 1.50 per two dozen, and other items like tomatoes and beans priced by crate or box across multiple regions.
Florida fruits receipts 2165 pkgs vs 3419 last year with steady oranges. Quotes include Bright oranges at 2 50 3 256 box and mandarins at 4 box. Mediterranean fruits steady with Palermo and Messina counts and values. apples receipts 649 bbls with firm prices for King and Russets. cranberries, nuts, walnuts, almonds, coconuts listed. Steamer arrivals: Andrea Lovico, Pontiac, Baves, Ethelwold, and Savannah boat with oranges, lemons, bananas, and strawberries for Boston respectively.
Messrs Harns and Co sold fruit with Florida oranges at 1 3 60 per box and navels at 2 50 per box. Olace fruit priced at 1 50 212 percent per box. Messrs Pen and Co offered Florida oranges at 1 3 25 per box.
The New York spot cotton market remained quiet at 9c for middling uplands with 138 bales sold and stock of 141,901 bales. Futures opened and closed quiet as totals show 32,700 bases in sales and mixed daily price data across months.
Sugar markets show steady refined sugar prices with quiet demand. American Sugar Refining Company quotes multiple grades from cut loaf to confectioners sugar, while in bond April delivery, granulated price stands around 4.42 to 4.49 dollars per hundredweight. Raw sugar stays firm, with wholesale granulated and fine around 6.60 and 6.56 cents per pound respectively. New Orleans molasses remain steady. foreign prices across Caribbean and Atlantic ports are quiet. Havana reports 86,000 bags of centrifugal sugar resold at بالت, per quintal.
A compiled freight list from London and Yarmouth dated March 30 1891 items include scrapped iron moise wool paper stock cement jute goods bottled beer and other commodities. Firms listed include Barling Boos Co Gustaf Lumberg Stoddard Lovering Gorham Rogers Saxonville Mills Waldo Bros Young & C O J D M Williams Weeks Potter Taylor Co Dennison Mfg Co and Hammond Clements Close Hamilton Close and others.
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