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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1889
Page
7
A dense report of commodity prices and deliveries from New York Chicago St Louis and other hubs. Wheat and corn values rise modestly amid mixed receipts while rye flour oats and barley show varied activity. Price ranges for oats corn and wheat across cash calls futures are listed with regional notes on demand and shipments.
Receipts show butter leading at 2046 pkgs and 1676 cases with oleo 871 pkgs. cheese 1618 boxes. eggs 247 bbls. Last year’s figures are listed for comparison. Butter market remains steady for top grades. best Western creamery lots bring 23 24c, fancy 25c, while firsts 20 22c and below 18c. Northern creameries are scarce, October sales at 25c. Export demand modest. May exports 736,657 lbs vs 158,410 lbs last year. Cheese steady. dairy trade quiet but prices inch up for higher grades. Eggs firm with tight choice stock, Easterns at 30c for fresh and premium lots higher.
The general market is unchanged with plentiful onions and steady demand for white turnips. Squash is abundant and dull while celery trade is active. Cabbage demand remains steady with ample supply. prices listed include Malta and St Andrews onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnips, cabbage, parsnips, pumpkins, squash, Hubbard and spinach, cauliflowers and celery priced by crate or box.
The wholesale fruit market shows ample apples and steady demand for choice lots with prices near steady. Oranges lemons and grapes are firm, with Jamaica oranges and Sicily lemons steady, Florida fruit slower. cranberries and quinces show dull trade and limited offers. Curtis & Co notes first Florida mandarin arrivals with slow sale.
The Devonshire is due mid November with 750 boxes Palermo lemons after sailing from Palermo on Oct 25. The Santiago is due Nov 9 with 900 boxes Palermo lemons via Hull England. The Flamborough carries Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company and the Norfolk boat due Friday has 260 bushels potatoes 260 bags peanuts and 60 boxes oranges.
Liverpool reports the remaining cargo value for the Michigan and partial Pavonia arrivals with Boston Baldwins at 14 16s seconds 10s 13s 6d and Maine Baldwins at 15 18s seconds 11 14s greenings 15 16s, noting the market remains firm for all choice fruit.
Harris and Co sold produce at auction today. Almeria grapes brought $3 121 7 45 per barrel, Florida oranges sold for $2 1242 4 05 per box, and lemons at $1 5 OX per box.
In New York, cotton shows irregular sales with 405 bales uplands and various grade quotes. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. Liverpool receipts and sales total around 8600 bales American and 10,000 bales overall as markets remained calm.
Consolidated six day net receipts reach 258 244 with exports to Great Britain 119 713 and to the Continent 60 828. Stock at all United States ports totals 571 134 while coastwise and foreign shipments vary by port from Savannah to New Orleans and Cincinnati.
Receipts today list tallow 62 pkgs and lard 6202 pkgs with hams 3 bbls and preserved meats 6 cases. Pork and pork products show steady demand with quotes for various cuts from Long cuts at 12 50 13 00 to lard at 7 to 10 in tierces, city dressed hogs at 6c, and other items like bacon and sausages. Other notes cover New York and Chicago markets with mixed firmness in beef and pork, and general price movement across St Louis Cincinnati and London style notes.
Kansas City notes steady cattle with steers 345 to 375, cows 160 to 230, stockers 250 to 295, range cattle 230 to 260, hogs at 365 to 385, sheep 320 to 400. Cincinnati hogs steady at 325 to 410. Chicago cattle receipts 14 000 shipments 3000 lower with beeves 490 to 505, stockers 190 to 300, Texas cattle 150 to 275, western rangers 175 to 380. hogs receipts 25 000 shipments 9000 weak with mixed 375 to 400, heavy 365 to 400, light 380 to 410. sheep receipts 7 000 shipments 2 000 steady natives 275 to 500, western 340 to 415, Texans 325 to 410, lambs 450 to 575.
Sugar receipts total 100 bbls and 2002 bags with quiet raw sugar trading and steady refined prices. Quotes cover Cuba Manila Iloilo Java markets and standard refined goods with wholesale granulated at 74 cents. Molasses receipts include 52 bbls and 45 tierces with steady prices, Ponce and Cienfuegos listed for various grades and New Orleans open kettle noting dull market conditions.
Turpentine and resin prices in New York show sharp moves with turpentine at 48 49 cents, resin around 107 112, and tar at 2 60. Petroleum closes at 7 70 cents with RSW 7 35 and cases 9 35. Coffee Rio markets quiet in New York at 19 cents. Whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati steady at 102 dollars.
A compiled shipping and commodity ledger from Hull Halifax Singapore Manila and Port Blakely detailing steamer cargoes with mackerel wool rags leather grease beans hemp and numerous bales of various goods. Entries name consignors and cargo quantities across ports and vessels including Yarmouth and Buckley area quantities.
A barkentine consigns a detailed load of trade goods including 63 bbis rum 14 half bbis 265 bbis pork 300 carboys acid and 2542 feet plank with perishables such as beef baskets grapes cabbages and butter plus seafood like fresh fish smoked salmon oysters and carpentry hardware. Separate entry notes Sch Daphne paraffine oil and Bark Jennie visiting CAPE VERDE ISLANDS and AFRICA with JOhn SY.
London reports cargoes off coast with wheat quiet and firm, France export demand rising while Mark Lane and English country markets stay inactive. Liverpool notes winter wheat steady with poor demand, corn steady, prices for wheat and corn futures listed. Paris cites quiet wheat, slow flour, and inactive French country markets.
Local time tables list daily departure options from Boston Passenger Station for Troy Albany Inghamton Chicago and other points with numerous stops on routes via Niagara Falls Erie Boston Grand Trunk and connections. Through sleeping cars and express services noted with multiple daily times and Sunday variations. John Adams Genl Supt.
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