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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1889
Page
7
The market weakened as large operators dominated trading, bulls failed to halt declines, and crowd selling pressed prices. Receipts remained abundant with steady shipping demand, while hogs rose modestly next week. Provisions softened overall with lard and ribs sliding, and pork markets ending weak.
At Antwerp on May 22 the wool sales drew a good attendance. Demand for lambs wool was active and firm while other types moved slowly. A total of 2100 bales were offered with Buenos Ayres selling 1051 bales at 85 195 francs per 100 kilos, Montevideo 480 bales at 125 235 francs, and Algerian 107 bales at 80 95 francs.
The report lists carload grain prices and flour quotations across regions with receipts and shipments. It notes a quiet market with limited demand, detailing No 1 white winter wheat, various grades of oats and corn, and price ranges for spot and futures from New York Milwaukee Chicago and other markets.
Market activity varies by product with rye and oats steady to firm while cornmeal and flour show mixed demand. Receipts and prices listed for rye, cornmeal, oatmeal, sack feeds, malt, and hops across Chicago St Louis Milwaukee New York and Canada markets.
Butter receipts reach 1720 pkgs today versus 2658 last year as buyers stay cautious. Western creameries quoted at 18 19c with some higher lots, while Northern rates linger around 15 19c. Cheese and eggs show steady tones with variable regional quotes. overall outlook hints at more butter going to cold storage if tomorrow’s receipts stay strong.
Receipts today include sweet potatoes four barrels identical to last year with none last year. Trade remains fair at five fifty for Tennessee and two hundred fifty for Florida. Fresh killed poultry from the North and East dominates receipts with demand quiet. Prices range from 9 to 25 cents for various fowl and chicken types with live birds at 10 to 12 cents. Hay and straw receipts show twelve cars hay and six cars straw, year earlier twenty cars hay and four straw. Prime hay firm with good demand. winter stock dull. Rye straw steady. no car straw activity. Hay price bands listed from eighteen fifty to nineteen fifty for prime to eighteen to nineteen for choice. East swale and oat straw priced accordingly. rye and oat straw values outlined.
A fair demand is noted for certain items while asparagus arrives poor and bids fall. Peas are plentiful with fair sales on good lots. beans are scarce. The Melinda with Bermuda onions docks for Morrison Co and sells tomorrow. Maryland peas begin arriving with sales today at 5 550 per barrel and smaller sizes at 2 75 to 3 00.
Apples receipts small and market well supplied with quiet trade. Baldwins and russets favored. prices and lots listed. California cherries and citrus firm, Messina lemons and Palermo oranges priced by case or box. Valencias steamer Caledonia auction prices noted. box fruit to be sold Friday. Strawberries and dried apples steady. pineapples and bananas sold at steady prices.
The Hugin is due Saturday with Baracoa bananas for WW and C K Noyes. The Peconic sailed from Palermo May 19 with 4750 boxes oranges and 22 500 boxes lemons bound for Boston. Gambetta arrived with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns and Co and will sell Thursday. Maranda due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Fitzroy passed Gibraltar May 9 for Boston with 1700 boxes Messina oranges, 1500 boxes Messina lemons, 4560 boxes Palermo oranges and 16 600 boxes Palermo lemons.
Pork receipts and prices mixed across regions with steady demand for long cuts and hams. Lard remains firm, hog tone unchanged, beef and other meats showing dull to steady trade and varied quotations from New York to Cincinnati and Chicago.
Stock Yards and Kansas City report strong cattle receipts with varied prices for natives and feeders. Hogs receipts rise in volume but market softens with heavies around 4.10 to 4.20 and pigs at 4.30 to 4.37. Sheep receipts show a steady tone at about 3.25 to 3.90, while St Louis hogs remain quiet with prices from 4.30 to 4.45 for various categories. Cincinnati notes hogs steady with common and light types.
Cattle receipts 3320 with shipments 800 in Chicago and 14 400 receipts with 5 000 shipments. Beeves 437. steers 350 to 415. stockers 250 to 375. cows bulls and mixed 2 326. Texas steers 275 to 375. Hogs receipts 19 000 shipments 2000 opened steady closed lower mixed and heavy 425 to 450. light 430 to 470. ships 350 to 425. Sheep receipts 4000 shipments 1000 stronger natives 350 to 430. Western shorn 375 to 425. Texans shorn 330 to 375. lambs 450 to 380.
Sugar receipts today include 2 bbls 622 hhds and 6285 bags, down from 35 bbls 1816 hhds last year, with one market firm and trade slow. Refined sugars in good demand at firm prices, inventories limited, with various grade quotes across Cuba New York and belmont A to extra C. Molasses receipts 2 bbls 220 birds and 27 tes, demand fair at firm prices with regional prices listed for Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos and other grades.
New York cotton remains firm with bids quoted for uplands and middling grades. Futures opened steady and closed quiet, while Liverpool and Southern markets show quiet to steady tones with varying middling and low middling quotes. Freight receipts and exports listed across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and other hubs, highlighting a broad, cautious trading environment.
A detailed cargo list from May 22 1889 records goods shipped to and from Arroyo Puerto Rico Yonce Puerto Rico and Liverpool including sugar cocoanuts bananas onions and cement. Entries name vessels Berthing companies steamer and schooner arrivals with cargoes such as 839 hogsheads of sugar 2860 cocoanuts 8500 bunches bananas 3864 boxes onions and 1005 bags coffee among others.
Exports dated May 22 1889 show the schooner Adelia carrying three punch eons of molasses and two barrels of auger from Clementport NS. The schooner Nellie Blanche sailing Windsor and Canning NS lists twenty five half barrels six hundred barrels of flour eighty bags mid dlings twenty two barrels of kerosene oil twelve cases grease. The steamer New from Digby and Annapolis NS is noted.
A fragmented list records ships at Brunswick Frederickton and Liverpool with cargoes and clearances. Details include flour, copper matte, beef, corn, cotton, lard and various goods aboard vessels like Schooner Janet and Steamer Lowe, plus entries from Cephatonia and other ships bound for St John and Liverpool.
Brighten and Watertown cattle yards report 3600 head yarded at Watertown with Western stock driving steady trade. Cattle, sheep, veals and hogs saw prices steady though hogs and western cattle showed mixed moves amid robust export shipping from Boston ports. Arrivals at Brighton include 7 cars of sheep and 221 store pigs, with multiple buyers active for milch cows and calves.
Market brief notes dull sentiment across wheat corn and flour in London Paris and Liverpool. Prices listed for California wheat May to November futures and corn months, plus English country rates and standard provisions. general demand weak with steadiness in some futures.
Timetables list multiple routes from Portland to cities including Alten Bay Rochester Farmington Andover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Kidderford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem Manchester Sowell Medford and Lewiston. Services show morning and afternoon departures with varied arrival times and many through connections.
Boston Causeway Street to Portland and coastal towns list numerous daily departures with times at Amesbury Beverly Brattleboro Great Falls and Rochester Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Swampscott and other branches. includes special lines via Saugus and South Reading with Workingmen's train noted.
Trains depart from Boston area stations to Nashua, Concord, Woburn, Stoneham, and towns including Lowell North Billerica and Waltham with frequent morning and afternoon times. Central Massachusetts route lists connections to Northampton Hadley Amherst and Worcester with multiple daily departures. Sunday services shown for Nashua Lowell Stoneham and others.
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