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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1890

Page

7

Market Report Shows Stable Prices Across Grains and Livestock

Commercial markets list mixed movement with flour and corn firm, eggs firmer, butter and cheese steady, potatoes firm, and meats largely unchanged. City horse market notes ample well bred stock, vigorous demand, and multiple sales across Isburg & Co AE Bowler Walker's bazaar and other stables with prices reported for drivers, ponies, and single or paired horses.

California Isburg & Co AE Bowler Walker’s Bazaar Canada Moes Colman Son Connecticut River Lumber Company L H Brockway West Welch & Hal’s Russell & Drew Edgar Snow & Co

Leather Trade Sees Upward Tone and Firm Demand

The leather market remains firm with upward tendency across branches as buyers, especially manufacturers, cover large needs. Demand for finished upper leather wax and hip leather stays strong while hides and raw materials show healthy activity supporting boot and shoe trade.

Market Report on South American Hides and Calfskins

Small stocks offering with South American hides largely disposed of earlier. Foreign Kip supplies are minimal and prices for kips are nominal. Montevideo hides sold in New York at 14 cents with limited domestic offers below that. Western buff hides firm but high asking prices deter buyers. Prime prices sit around 63 7e with no buff hides under 64c. seconds and B grades at 642 6 1 2. New England hides firm with steer sales noted. calfskins remain firm.

Montevideo New York New England

Rubber prices steady as demand remains moderate

In India the rubber market shows moderate demand with firm prices. Newspaper quotes Para at 90 to 92 cents and coarse at 66 to 68 cents. Manufacturers curtail purchases to minimize losses while foreign market reports turn favorable.

India

Flour and Meal Trade Quietly Buoyant on Wheat Outlook

Receipts show 3195 bbls flour 100 half bbls and 4550 sacks. oats 126 bbls. cornmeal 1450 bbls. Market firm on wheat with rising flour prices and limited winter wheat movement. Millers report inability to fill orders as demand stays home. sales booked at varied price levels across Minnesota Wisconsin and export grades.

Minnesota Dakota Illinois State Agricultural Society Wisconsin Canada Graham

Grain Receipts and Markets Report from Western Trade

Grain receipts total 15 350 bus corn 2200 bus wheat 37040 bus oats 600 bus rye 166 tons millied 3670 bus malt. Inspections show 29 cars No 1 hard spray wheat 1 car high mixed corn 2 cars steamer yellow corn 38 cars steamer corn 44 cars No 2 white oats 2 cars No 3 white oats 1 car No 2 rye. Total 117 cars including 29 wheat 41 corn 46 oats 1 rye. Western markets firm and generally higher with corn firmer at 44 4/5 and 43 1/2 cents per bush for steamer yellow and steamer mixed. oats little changed. No 2 white on track 38 cents and elevator 39. clipped oats 39 40 1/2 cents. No 1 New York rye 68 70 cents. Six row Canada No 1 malt 72 75 cents. millfeed quiet with sack spring bran 16 arriving and winter 18 50 ton. Michigan bran 17 75 1800. middlings 17 60 2000 per ton. cottonseed meal 24 50 delivered 26 ton on spot.

Incorn New York Canada Michigan

Produce trade receipts and prices show market drift

The report lists today’s receipts across items like butter creamery cheese eggs beans peas hay and straw potatoes sweet potatoes and poultry with varied stock levels. Butter prices ease as stocks accumulate and New York and Chicago markets show weakness while cheese and eggs hold fir or steady as demand remains fair and wholesale quotations vary by region.

Fruit and vegetable market report mixed with varied prices

The market shows strong supply for truck vegetables with steady demand. Onions Bermuda 225 per crate, Valencias 260 per box, cucumbers 5 per 100 count, strawberries variable with Tennessees in poor condition, Delawares and Marylands at 15 to 18 cents per pound, and assorted fruits at mixed quotations across Florida and California offerings.

Bermuda White Cape Dt Andrews Brussels Messina Palermo

Steamer Arrivals and Provision Trade Highlights

The steamer Pontiac brings Messina oranges and Palermo lemons plus Pal ermo oranges and lemons, while Starlight en route to Boston carries oranges and lemons. Aud arrives with Baracoa bananas for WW & C R Noyes. Bratten and Banan due Friday with more bananas. The Norfolk boat arrives with peas beans and cabbage. Bergenseren 13 due next Tuesday with Baracoa bananas. The provision trade reports steady pork and beef demand with firm prices across cuts and lambs, veals, and hams noting steady to firm values. sugar and molasses markets show steady to unchanged tones with varied grades quoted.

Pontiac Starlight Boston Gibraltar Aud WW & C R Noyes Bratten Seaverns & Co Banan Jamaica Boston Fruit Cmpany Norfolk Bergenseren W & CR Noyes

Cotton Markets Hold Steady Amid Mixed U.S. and Liverpool Trading

New York cotton trading was quiet with 353 bales sold as quotes showed steady US futures and firm Liverpool activity. The report lists opening and closing prices for May through October and notes firm markets in Augusta Charleston Philadelphia and Wilmington with varied futures and steady receipts and exports.

New York Udc Seviemoe L.s.eseeesee Lhdde Een MIDED Liverpool Agust Augusta Irm Mid Ae Galveston Wid New Orleans Charleston Wilmington Mid Norfolk Philadelphia St Louis Cincinnati Louisville Mobile Memphis Savannah Great Britain Continent France GOS

Wheat Market Takes Sharp Dip On Liquidation Wave

A heavy trading day in wheat ends softer after rapid fluctuations and widespread liquidation. Reports of winter wheat chess and large foreign buying emerge as shipments from Russia rise, shaping cautious early sentiment.

Chicago Yo Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Russia

Market notes on grain futures and livestock markets

The report covers grain futures and cash prices with commentary on weather and liquidation expectations. It lists closing bids for Wheat Corn and Oats in New York St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee and Duluth, plus Kansas City Chicago cattle hogs and sheep markets and notable Edible oil and turpentine prices. It also details Watertown cattle sales and prices for specific lots and sellers.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Boston Eeee New York St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Duluth

CATTLE MARKET REPORT FOR BRIGHTON AND WATERTOWN

The weekly live stock market report by George J Fox for the Boston Post covers May 21, 1890. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards include cattle, sheep, and veals with prices for market beef, store cattle, hogs, hides, and tallow. Notes on Western cattle supply, English trade, and current demand for milch cows, calves, and yearlings.

Brighton Boston & Albany Boston Learned & Co DM & W Co Lear FW Dyer Bee H Hammond & Co Watertown J D Hosmer Spair Glinea & Weston Dreas W Melley PE Litehield Springer JS Henry Ot Melloy L Springer E Hayden Remick & Cheney J C Libby & Son George J Fox Bbc J P Squire & Co Neas United States Wees N Morris London Liverpool Canada AE Johnson Breck & Wood Kicker & Son Burke Whipple Clark Johnson Maine

London and Liverpool Market Report May 21 London

Foreign markets report quiet wheat and corn in London with quieter English markets. Liverpool prices show steady breadstuffs, dull futures for wheat and corn, and mixed results for American corn and Belgian offerings with meat and dairy prices listed.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Spo California Paris

Exports and Imports Listings From May 21 1890

A detailed ledger style record lists imports and exports by various ships and ports including Liverpool London Bermuda Moncton and Charlottetown. Items feature machinery hardware earthenware textiles food goods and raw materials with quantities such as cases bales crates and tons noted alongside firms like A A Brigham Norton Fessenden & Svoule and Henry B Jackson.

Liverpool Eng Lown—Schultz Belting Co Storer & Co Lao Cement Stechuan & Fuller Manus Co Aring Bros & Co Brigham Daime Stondard Norton, Fessenden & Svoule Cis Verkins & Co Ross Pussier & Co Valar & Co Stowell & Co Goulston & Co Woodward & Morwn Moise—K Ho Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Baring Res & Co Houghton & Dutton Bishop Barnett & Co Henry B Jackson Baring Oros & Co Lwvu Bank of British North America J Boorse & Co Pkys Paper Rousinaniere Wiliams & Co Boston ‘Thread & Twine Co Brown Bros & Co Avram French & Co Cotting Bb Moors & Co Standard Lovering & Co Moise Weston, Whitman & Co E & F King & Co Brown, Duriell & Co Bacing Bros & Co China AS & J Brown & Co Hamilton Bermuda Port Ansonio, Jr Marinion Bridewater Sarah Moncton F & E Givan Charlottetown Souris Lilliam St Joan Scythia

Time proves Carlsbad Salt best for many ailments

A sales pitch underscores that five centuries prove time-tested Carlsbad Salt from Spindel Spring is the superior remedy for stomach liver and kidney diseases constipation gout rheumatic conditions and diabetes. It warns buyers to seek the genuine product bearing the City of Carlsbad seal and the Uisner and Mendelson Co. label at 6 Barclay Street New York and to request the pamphlet.

Carlsbad Uisner and Mendelson Co United States Barclay Street New York

Partnership notice for Parker Chadwick firm in Boston

Copartnership notices announce William L. Parker and John R. Chadwick as members of Hem enway and Browne firm in Boston from May 20, 1890.

Illiam L. Parker John R. Chadwick Hemenway & Browne Boston

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