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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1889
Page
7
In a broad market update, wheat and flour show no price gains while corn and oats firm or strong. Rye, Graham, and rye products drift quiet or dull. beans abundant and hay quiet. Meat sections mixed with pork steady, lard strong, and fresh beef quiet. fruits steady to lower with grapes and cranberries subdued.
Chicago report notes a wheat price rise followed by a sharp pullback as locals buy heavily and longs realize. Corn firm early then weak. oats, hogs, and pork trade ease. Weather unfavorable for grain, stocks low, and shipments modest with tight supply assumptions.
Receipts show 4926 bales of domestic wool and 1919 bales of foreign wool for the week, with total sales around 3,071,000 pounds. Prices remain depressed, with little room for large lots. western markets show confidence, while East dealers hold consignments awaiting better terms.
The report details varied wool grades from Ohio Michigan and Montana with prices in cents per pound, plus foreign sales in Antwerp and New York. It notes fluctuating demand, strong territory lots, and broad price ranges across combing, delaine, and scoured wool.
John Welsh reports carload grain quotations and flour receipts. Domestic flour ranges for patent and mixed weights. wheat and corn prices move across New York Chicago St Louis markets. Oats, rye, and buckwheat notes. overall market firm with steady demand and firmer on spot oats and white varieties.
Receipts recorded today include butter 6448 pkgs and 1323 boxes, oleo 1199 pikes, cheese 2930 boxes, beans 212 bbls, potatoes 33 cars, sweet potatoes 189 bbls, hay 45 cars, straw 14 cars. Last year Butter 2227 pkgs 19 boxes, oleo 454 pigs, cheese 1246 boxes, eggs 840 bbls 2011 cases, beans 436 bbls, potatoes 10 cars, sweet potatoes 456, hay 29 cars, straw 5 cars. Butter markets firm with small supply and high expected prices. creameries and dairies vary by region. Cheese and eggs steady with quiet demand. beans, peas, and poultry show steady or modest activity. potatoes and sweet potatoes in steady to easy-priced trade amid ample supply in some regions. Regional notes include New York and Chicago price points for butter and cheese. Liverpool and European quotes noted.
Market is well supplied yet activity is slow. Onions range from 75¢ per bush to $2 25 per barrel for certain varieties. Spanish onions 87% per crate, Western onions $2 per barrel. Beets 50¢ per box, carrots 40¢ per box, lettuce 25 to 40¢ per dozen, radishes 40¢ per dozen, turnips 3¢ per box. Other items include white cabbage $1 per barrel, Savoy 50¢ per barrel, red cabbage 2 per barrel, parsnips 50–60¢ per box, pumpkins 75¢ per barrel, squash and marrow $15, turban and Hubbard prices at $20 to $25 per ton, spinach 15¢.
The report lists wholesale prices for cauliflowers at 1 1 2 5 per box and celery at 2 per box. It notes large on hand, fair demand, and steady prices for oranges lemons grapes cranberries and Almeria grapes with various box and barrel quotations and a generally well supplied market.
Apple cargo from Boston for the steamer Catalonia traded about last Monday’s level as arrivals swell. Market weakens with large volumes and fruit quality needed to secure satisfactory prices. Virginian shipment reported in poor condition. Boston Baldwins and Maine Baldwins quoted with No 2s prices as noted.
The steamer Devonshire is due about Nov 17 with 750 boxes Palermo lemons having passed Gibraltar Oct 31. The Norfolk boat due Friday carries 260 bags peanuts 700 bals truck and 400 boxes oranges. The steamer Charles Morand is due Monday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
The report shows steady demand with varying quotations for long cuts and pork products. Prices are given for lard, hams, bacon, sausages, boneless breaks fast bacon, pressed hams, and multiple beef and veal items, with regional notes from Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, and New York.
Kansas City cattle and hogs show steady to firm prices with mixed stock and feeders noted. Cincinnati, Chicago and New York report receipts, shipments, and varied demand with beef and hog values, while Liverpool cotton futures edge easy then firm and regional markets list receipts exports and stock across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk with mid to high ranges in value.
Consolidated six day net receipts total 253256 with exports to Great Britain 109140 and to France 27172 while Continent shipments reach 50045. Stocks at all U S ports stand at 682807 as coastwise and export figures vary by port including New York and Cincinnati data.
Sugar receipts are unchanged from last year and market demand remains solid. Quotes cover Cuba refining at 4%4 4%cc with centrifugals at 96 test and various sugar grades from pulverized to confectioners and standard A. Molasses receipts are modest with fair demand, while New York raws show strength and refined markets stay firm.
Coffee New York Rio shows strong fair activity with fair cargoes. Whiskey markets in Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati hold steady at 12 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum in New York close at 47.44 cents and 7.75 dollars respectively, with resin at 1.10 and tar at 2.50, RSW at 7.45 cents and cases at 9.45 cents.
A dated roster of shipments from Yarmouth Halifax Pubnico Charlottetown New London and other ports listing steamer cargoes of vegetables apples potatoes fish furs fowl eggs ham and baskets of supplies. Names include J G Hall F L Clements Horner Beaman and McKeever with orders for removals and moise.
Export items listed from Nov 14 1889 across ports including PAYSANDU UK via Portland Moncton Dorchester Glasgow Bridgewater Buenos Ayres LIVERPOOL and others. Entries specify vessels such as British Empire Austrian Scythia and Scythia cargoes include coal oil flour cornmeal beef pork hides cheese lard soap timber and machinery amounts in barrels boxes sacks and cases.
Paris November grain prices show quiet December wheat at 39f 3c and flour steady. London cargoes off coast with no offers, market drifting. Liverpool spot wheat firmer with higher quotes, mixed American and African corn steady to firm, provisions and fats listed with varied premiums and deltas.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners schedules a public hearing at 11 oclock in the forenoon on November 19 at their office 20 Beacon Street Boston. Petitioners must publish the petition and this order three times in Daily Evening Traveller and Boston Post before the date. Attested by Clerk WM. A. Crafts. Boston October 3, 1889.
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