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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1889
Page
7
The record details steady demand and ample supply across dairy and produce markets. Sage cheese and eggs show firm to steady prices with regional variations. beans and poultry face mixed activity. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are steady with several regional price quotes. hay, straw, and other fresh meats show quiet activity and steady quotes.
The supply is large and a quiet trade is reported. Onions 0.75, 2.25 per barrel, Spanish onions 0.87 per crate, Western onions 2 per barrel, beets 0.50 per box, carrots 0.40 per box, lettuce 0.25 to 0.40 per head, radishes 0.40, turnips 0.35 per box, white cape 1 per barrel, St Andrews 0.75 per barrel, parsley 1 per bush, cabbage 3.50 per 100, Savoy 0.50 per barrel, red cabbage 1 per barrel, parsnips 0.50 to 0.60 per box, pumpkins 0.75 per barrel, squash 15, marrow 20, Hubbard 25 per ton, spinach 0.15 per bunch, cauliflower 1.25 per box, celery 2.40 per box.
Apples supply liberal and demand fair with wholesale prices steady. Kings at 3 350, Hubbardstons 250 275, Western mixed lots 2 250, Michigan greens 2 75 3 00, Eastern Tasman 2 50 3 00, Florida oranges 3 50 4 50 per box, Palermo lemons 24 4 per box, Sicily lemons 3 4 per 360 count. Grapes receipts larger, prices eased. Concords 35 40c, Dianas 40 45c, Isabellas 30 35c, Catawbas 40 45c. Cranberries large supply, Cape lots 5 7 50 per bbl. Almeria grapes firm 4 7 per bbl common to good, 10 12 50 for fancy.
The steamer Devonshire is due about November 17 with 750 boxes Palermo lemons after passing Gibraltar on October 31. The Norfolk boat due Friday carries 260 bags peanuts 700 bhis truck and 400 boxes oranges.
Receipts today show tallow 38 pkgs beef 3 bbl pork 198 bbl lard 215 pkgs hams 66 bbls preserved meats 410 cases bacon 182 boxes. Regional quotes list firm to steady prices for pork products with varied cuts and by state markets in New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and more.
Kansas City reports lower cattle prices with ranges from 1 65 to 3 80 and hogs down to 3 65 to 3 75 as receipts reach 10 494 hogs and 1064 sheep. Cincinnati hogs slow and weak with prices near 3 85. Chicago totals show dull cattle and steady to lower hogs with large weekly receipts across cattle hogs and sheep markets.
New York operations show steady openings with quotes for uplands and middlings. Liverpool reports quiet demand and large cattle shipments to international buyers as Watertown and other yards move mixed stock from cows to prime beeves amid firm but cautious trading.
The report records trading activity for oil market certificates with opening and closing times noted. Mentions include mentions of cottonseed oil certificates and various abbreviations, with certificates closing at 3 pm on specific dates and references to sales and filings.
Market reports indicate steady pricing for sugar and molasses with similar day figures to last year. Prices quoted for various sugar grades range from 36 to 70 cents per pound with bulk granulated at 78 cents per pound and refined sugars mixed by grade. Raws in New York remain firm as demand improves, while molasses receipts total 184 kinds with fair demand at old quotations.
Turpentine closed at 47 4744c with rosin at 110 112% and tar at 250 while petroleum closed at 7.75 with RSW at 7.456 and cases at 9.45c No. Coffee New York Rio is iri and fairly active fair cargoes 19% sc Whiskey No change reported
The Boston Post presents a weekly cattle market summary by George Fox for week ending Nov 13. Highlights include 3 451 head total with 2 094 crossing Atlantic, steady lamb and sheep trade, and West supply hinting at higher future prices. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards logged cattle, sheep, and store stock with varied prices.
A long ledger of imports dated November 13 1889 lists cargoes from London and North America. Commodities include coffee sacks iron bales cement and tea among others with numerous firms like Baring Bros Co Crocker Marbank Co and Delong Seaman recording shipments to ports such as Sheet Harbor Cardigan and Mahone Bay. Also noted are vessels Susie E Myosotis White Cloud and Tarifa with varied cargoes including mackerel oils wines and hardware.
A lengthy export cargo summary dated November 138 1889 detailing shipments from Halifax Nova Scotia to Charlottetown and other ports including Guy’sboro Liverpool and Eng Steamer Carrol Iowa and various goods such as beef flour cornmeal beans oatmeal oil dairy produce lumber hardware glassware tobacco beans and more with quantities given in bbls boxes bags and cases across multiple destinations and transport modes.
The Guardian notes a flat overall market with buyers pressuring cotton prices while spinners hold firm on yarns. In London and Liverpool the wheat and corn markets are steadier to firmer with mixed regional demand and stable to firmer prices across grains and provisions.
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