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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1890

Page

7

Commodity Prices and Market Notes From City Trading Ledger

Woollen goods quiet and wool steady while cotton firms. Flour quiet and corn weak with oats firm. Butter and cheese unchanged and eggs very firm. Beans active and grass seeds steady. Potatoes firm and citrus fruit more plentiful with California navels steady. Strawberries lower and dried fruit stowed. Pork products steady and fresh beef firm. Sugar lower. Truck demand strong and other meat prices steady.

Alifornia

Dry Goods Trade Faces Record Auction Low in New York

The wool and textile markets show four days of unprecedented auction sales in New York for flannels and blankets. Prices collapse, exporters urged, and overall outlook remains cautious as raw materials hold firm while garments face weak demand.

New York New York Journal of Commerce Gloucester Manufacturing Company Clifton Farwell TSBO USSY Cence Ren Ewee

The Cotton Trade Slows After Week With Moderate New York Turnover

The cotton market shows lifeless activity over the past week with New York transactions muted and little fluctuation in prices. Spot cotton remains steady with fair business reported, while abroad advice and crop news fail to spark unsettled sentiment.

New York

Cotton market shows steady week closes and rising receipts

Export and home consumption show little price change while weekly gains push prices higher. Upland and gulf cotton receipts reach 11 605 bales this week, with nine months of 1889 90 exports totaling 4 704 630 bales and value near 235 million dollars.

Gulf United States

Flour and meal prices and trade report

The market remained quiet with flour trades in small lots. Prices hold firm across fine to patent Minnesota brands with export fob levels listed. Rye flour demand is modest, oatmeal shows steady ranges, and meal prices are posted for various grades.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Graham

Grain trade receipts and market notes from Chicago

Grain receipts today total 31 840 bush cottonseed meal 48 680 bush corn 12 900 bush wheat 24 660 bush oats 120 tons mas ear 1500 bush barley 2100 bush malt. Visible supply and stocks listed for oats and corn with prices for steamer yellow and mixed corn and notes on malt and millfeed markets.

Bush N.Y Boston & Albany Nccress Chicago New York Canada Michigan

Produce Trade Report Shows Butter Cheese Eggs Prices

The day’s receipts list butter 2724 pkgs and 315 olen, cheese 639 boxes, eggs 1383 cases, beans 1107 bbls, potatoes 14 cars, hay 32 cars, straw none. Butter demand soft with prices 15 to 17c. creameries at 18c for best, Western and Northern creamery quoted 14 to 19c. New York and Liverpool markets noted. Cheese and eggs pricing steady with varying regional quotes. beans, peas, and grasses show firm to rising farm market values.

New York Vermont Liverpool New Hampshire Vermonts New Brunswick Nova Scotia Michigans Islands Bush California Lima Canada Northern Alsike Lucerne Red Top Jersey Maine Chenangoes

Agricultural Market Report with Seasonal Produce Prices

The report lists prices for potatoes and onions by region, with magnums and sweet potatoes in limited supply and quiet trade. It notes poultry demand is quiet with varied quotes for fresh and ice packed options and details extensive truck market offerings including onions, beets, lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers, and crates and baskets of Southern vegetables and Florida squash. The schooners Florence, Lillian, and Post Boy are mentioned as due in Bennet, Rand and WCE Morrison & Co respectively.

Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Rose Aroostook Hebrons Vermont Rose Hebrons New York Burbanks White Star Western Clear New Brunswick Nova Scotia St Andrews Southern Eerie Florida Florence and Lillian Bennet Rand Due Co Morrison & Co

Fruit and Provision Trade Report Mixed Markets

Apples quiet at 4 60 per barrel russets. Pineapples scarce Porto Rico, 40 per 100 count. Med fruits steady with Sicily lemons and oranges high. Bananas arrive in large lots, various prices. Pork and pork products active, lard and bacon firm. Fresh beef and lamb markets show steady to firm prices, and tallow quiet. Steamer arrivals noted for Valencia oranges and Messina lots.

Key West California Caen Sicily Messina Palermo Gambetta WW & C KR Alfred Dumois Seaverns & Co Pontiac Starlight Boston Gibraltar Marmion Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company WW & C R Noyes Braden Reese Kentucky Chicago Brighton Eastern Real

Cotton Market Report Opens Strong as Prices Steady

In New York cotton is quoted with 437 bales sold. Uplands range from 9 3 4 to 12 1 2 cents for various grades. Gulf and other classes show similar spread from 9 1 4 to 12 1 2 cents. Futures begin strong and finish firm and steady. The table lists opening and closing quotations with Saturday’s settlement.

New York

Print Cloth Market and Grain Futures Report

The report notes quiet trade in print cloths at 37 16c for 64s in Fall River amid higher cotton prices. In Chicago markets, July wheat futures edged down then steadied amid rains and big traders moving positions while corn and oats show mixed tendencies and cash prices firm. Sugar and molasses prices ease with refined sugars quoted steady. molasses trade quiet with New Orleans and other grades listed.

Fall River Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston Ware Rose Rica New York St Louis Minneapolis Northern Duluth Milwaukee New Orleans Ponce Cienfueros Barbados

Wheat and corn markets ease at Liverpool and Antwerp

At Liverpool the breadstuff market shows dull wheat with weak demand and easier corn. Mixed American corn for June quoted 38 64d, July 3s 744d. Antwerp spot wheat unchanged, Paris firm for June wheat at 46 6d and flour prices steady. Pork, lard, tallow, and cheese values hold with minor shifts.

Liverpool Antwerp Paris

Kansas City Hog and Cattle Market Report

Cattle prices rise and fall across Kansas City Chicago and Texas markets. Shipping steers bring 3.50 to 4.75, native cows 2.25 to 8.75, hogs weaker with heavies 3.92 to 3.97, sheep steady 4.25 to 5.60, and mixed hog prices around 3.70 to 4.25 per unit. Receipts and shipments listed for cattle hogs and sheep with regional spreads and feeder values.

Kansas City Chicago Texas

Oil Market Updates From Prescott and Company

The report covers closing and opening times for May 10 and May 17 with 12 month certificates, notes highest and lowest prices, and lists shipments and averages. It details cottonseed oil certificates and misc highlights including turpentine and petroleum pricing from New York markets.

Prescott & Co Devonshire Street YIPE

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