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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1889
Page
7
Wheat moved higher amid frost fears in Minnesota, Dakota and Michigan with July bids around 77 cents and a 76 percent level for July contracts. Corn strengthened on tight arrivals and active export demand while hogs and provisions remained weak as receipts surged at primary points.
Grain market round up with Chicago Detroit Toledo St Louis receipts and firm No 2 rye at 39c in Chicago and 40a 41c elsewhere. Cornmeal oats and malt markets steady to dull with modest demand. cottonseed meal quiet. Michigan and sacks prices detailed for millfeed.
Butter receipts reach 5434 packages versus 2920 a year ago as the market holds steady. Western and Vermont creameries show firm prices with varying grades. imitation creams are selling fairly well and cheddar markets remain quiet. Eggs and beans shift slowly while potatoes, poultry, and hay supply stay adequate. overall tone remains steady with small regional variations.
A fair demand is reported at steady prices as supplies meet needs. Prices listed include Bunch onions 142 2c per bunch, Bermuda onions 90c per crate, Spanis onions 85c per crate, Egyptian onions 225 per crate, beets 25c per bush, hot house 150 per dot bunch, Bermuda beets 1c per crate, carrots 150 per barrel, new carrots 75c per dot bunch, lettuce 7ic per Y box.
A dense price list shows turnips priced at 65 cents per box, white French turnips at 1 dollar, and various vegetables sold by bush or crate. Items include radishes, parsnips, spinach, kale, beet greens, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsley, peas, beets, asparagus, string beans, wax beans, Florida tomatoes, Southern cabbage, and Norfolk peas with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to about 4 dollars per barrel or crate. Names such as St Andrews, Southern, Norfolk, Savannah appear alongside crate, bush, and box units.
Apples receipts 267 bbls today vs 103 last year. market well supplied with quiet trade. Baldwins scarce. Maine choice $2 2 26 per bbl. russets $2 2 25. common $1 1 60. Oranges lemons demand good. Messina lemons $3 50 450. Messina oranges $3 50 450. Sorrento oranges $4 450. Palermo lemons $8 4 50. Palermo oranges $3 50 4 00. Valencia regular $56. large $6 7% per case. Fitzroy steamer arrives with boxes of Messina, Palermo fruit and sells Wednesday Pier 2. Strawberries well supplied. prices by region. Pine apples steady. evaporated and dried markets noted. Bananas receipts large. Jamaica $1 2 per bunch. Baracoa reds $1 25. Baracoa yellows $1 25 1 50. California cherries $2 2 50 per crate. Blake & Ripley auction tomorrow 8:30 am 100 boxes black cherries.
The Cola will sail from Boston next Thursday to Samana and return around June 17 with bananas for Bay State Fruit Company. Bergen bound for Boston arrived in New York. Unica due Friday with Baracoa bananas for WW & CR Noyes, Dana due Monday for Seaverns & Co, Ditmarschen due Saturday for Jamaica bananas, Timor loading at Palermo for Boston, Viking due from Banes with bananas for Seaverns & Co, Kong Alf due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit, Peconic passed Gibraltar May 19 with 4750 boxes oranges and 22,500 boxes lemons for Boston, and Victoria loaded at Valencia with 3900 cases oranges for Boston.
Pork and pork products receipts listed with current week figures and year-ago comparisons. Market remains steady with diverse prices for lard, bacon, hams, and various cuts. New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati notes show pork, lard, and beef trends, with terms like extra plate and family mess quoted for beef products.
Kansas City reports slow cattle trade with mixed cows at 225 to 275 and stockers near 3300. hogs seen lower with receipts around 17 280 and prices 410 to 420 for medium and lights. in St Louis hogs dull with Yorkers 430 to 440 and butchers 435 to 445. Chicago cattle receipts 8500 and hogs 26000 with beves 40450 and mixed stockers 240 to 275. western sheep steady to strong with natives 350 to 450 and shorn lambs 45.
Sugar and molasses markets show firmness with higher raw sugar quotes and strong demand for refined sugars. Cuba refining grades quoted around 64 to 64 4c, centrifugals 7c, Manila 5 2 to 6c, Noiles and Java ranges noted, refined sugars in demand with small supply and various granulated and confectioners’ grades priced at 8 to 9 cents.
Refining rates and centrifugal outputs noted with 65 per cent and 96 test figures. Molasses receipts today show 57 hhds, with market firm and steady. Fancy Porto Rico and Porto Rico grades quoted around 37 to 48 cents per gallon, New Orleans and Cienfuegos grades at 46 to 47 cents, and related notes on open kettle molasses and foreign market strength in 50 test at 30 cents.
Cotton futures and spot quotes show firm to steady tones in New York and Liverpool markets. Upland and Gulf categories range from good ordinary to middling with closing prices near day-ago levels. Liverpool reports steady openings and middling to good ordinary values amid moderate demand and sales of American cotton.
A historical snippet records pipeline activity with closed/open times across May 26 to May 28 1889. It notes cottonseed oil related entries and price highs and lows for May 28, indicating a period of operation and inactivity.
Market report from New York shows coffee moderately active with fair cargoes at 18 cents. Whiskey steady at 102 dollars. Turpentine closed at 38 and resin 10744 110, tar 210, petroelum at 7.10 with ASW 6.90 and cases 8.80 cents.
A ledger of shipments dated May 28 1889 from Alma New Brunswick Rosario Arkansas Portigrevville New Jersey Yarmouth Nova Scotia Antwerp Glasgow Halifax and more. Entries include cargoes such as flour cornmeal pork beef lumber machines kerosene oil oranges bananas strawberries onions and various hardware and building materials aboard multiple steamers schooners and barks.
Market notes show Western cattle supply light with quality high and prices around 4.20 to 4.30 per hundredweight for steers, sheep and lamb prices rising slightly as buyers stay active. Notable sales include Rahaway and Ricker & Son moving multiple lots, with Breck & Wood and Wiley handling yearlings and calves amid brisk but cautious activity.
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