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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1890

Page

7

Market Report Shows Quiet Week For Domestic Goods

The past week was quiet with domestic sales around $00. Best 634 7c Ib fetches, common at 44ac. South reports softer firmness. no foreign rice activity and no new spice market features. Pepper quotes 10 12c black, white 17 78c, red 11 12c, cloves 12 13c Zanzibar and 20 73c Amboyna. Canton Batavia cassia 50s Tec Saigon 22 27c ginger 4c pimento 6 se nutmegs 65 70c mace 75 80c.

Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Batavia Cassia Saigon

Wheat market slips on Barings Bros news and steadies later

Wheat declined sharply on sensational Barings Bros news and New York stock selloff, then recovered much of the loss as eastern and foreign exchanges closed. Corn dipped then closed higher. oats recovered losses. Wheat futures show mixed activity across Chicago New York St Louis and Minneapolis markets with receipts and flour demand noted.

House of Baring Bros New York Farnum, Reardon & Co Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Northern Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Hoosac Sig OP Nonse SLX

Provisions Market Shows Weak Tone and Steady Pork Prices

Chicago provision market remains weak with ongoing grain liquidation lowering prices. Quotes cover pork, lard, short ribs, and various pork products with mixed movements. meat values show steady demand for long cuts and higher end items, while supplies stay ample and prices hold near previous levels for prime beef and fresh ribs.

Chicago

Market Report on Fresh Meats and Tallow Prices

The market shows strong supply of lambs and mutton with varied quotations. Veals steady. lamb prices range from 6 to 10 cents, with Western and Eastern varieties noted. Tallow demand weak with city rendered at 4½ cents and country at 4¾ cents. New York tallow dull at 4½ cents. Today’s receipts include tallow 88 pkgs and beef, pork, lard, preserved meats, hams, grease, and bacon among others.

Weaquote Chicago Choice Brighton New York Liverpool Eng Columbian Port Antonio Hull Galileo Sf Joiln

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities

Market reports from St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Kansas City show hogs firm at St Louis mixed packers lower in parts, hog averages around 3.60 to 4.00 with primes up to 4.00. Cattle receipts at Chicago and Kansas City steady to dull, steers near 375 to 515, Texans and butchers at season lows. Hogs nationwide large volumes with weak to lower overall trend, prices 3.60 to 4.05 for various weights. Sheep market slow, natives around 4.40 to 4.90, lambs near 4.75 to 5.25. Receipts totals: hogs about 24 000 in Chicago, 8 021 in Kansas City, cattle 2 500 in Chicago, sheep small consignments.

St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Kansas City Hoosac Tunnel Boston Causeway Street Troy Albany Parlee Thee Albany Vtarlok Sroy Niagara Tre & Koston St. Louis Michigan Central and Wabash Railways Kiuilalo Ayer Junction Im. Skelmont and Waveriey Miller's Falls Cambridge The Cheshire RK Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Biitler’s Falls Daveenfield Efoosick Falls Johnsonville N. WY I. Allambeoro Avidsen Maynard Me Apis N. BM North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Saratoga Shethurne Union Square Somerville Nalthaim Oas Watedown Union Market Ait Ausbury Worcester Ayer Jnnedon Atation Washington Stever ADAMS Gen

Produce Trade Reports Broad Market Tones and Prices

The daily receipts cover butter cheese eggs beans potatoes sweet potatoes hay and more with price quotes across regions. Butter markets show firmness with Western creamery quotes around 27 28c and New York activity steady. cheese and eggs follow nation wide price ranges. beans and potatoes exhibit ample supply yet selective high quality demand. fruit and other goods show varied wholesale rates and steady turnover.

Market Prices and Produce Listings Summary

Readable market note lists prices for various vegetables and produce. Items include native celery at 75 cents per bushel, cash prices for cauliflower and Kalama zoo celery, and bundles priced at about 1 dollar per dozen or per dozen bunches. Details dense with quantities and unit terms.

Steamer Cargoes Bring Messina Fruit and Local Produce

The steamer Travencore arriving with 1300 boxes Messina oranges and 21000 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. Ethelred due Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Norfolk boat Monday carries 1000 bags peanuts and 900 bales sweet potatoes.

Travencore Boston Ethelred Boston Fruit Company Norfolk

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Havana Week

Havana sugar market dull with no transactions. Stock scarce with Muscovado refining at 85 to 90 cents, Patl 92 to 96 per cent. In warehouses at Havana and Matanzas 28 boxes, 304,200 bags and 504 hhds. Receipts, 649 bags. exports 6 boxes, 1,550 bags and 4 hhds to the United States. Freights nominal.

Havana Matanzas United States

Cotton Markets Steady Gains and Declines Across Markets

New York spot cotton quiet with middling uplands 9 1 16c and sales 197 bales. Liverpool steady with middling uplands at 5 1 16d and sales 8,000 bales. Futures opened steady and closed firm or quiet in various months. Consolidated receipts show 43,553 net for the day with exports to Britain and the Continent and stock at 636,126.

New York DGVC Cisvicee Liverpool Cceeeees Eash Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France

Pipeline Certificates And Closing Times Noted

Notices list pipeline certificates with closing at 3 pm November 14 and opening at 10 am November 15. Various entries reference charters runs shipments and average prices per gallon for refined product. Distinct figures include 113,421 and 53,029 and 14,292 with a refined price of 7.45 cents per gallon.

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Whiskey Prices Across Markets Reported Narrow Gains

High wines in Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati markets are firm at $1.14 per gallon. Peoria whiskey holds steady at $1.15, with spirits at $1.17, reflecting overall stable pricing across regional markets.

Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Peoria

Miscellaneous market quotes for turpentine and petroleum

New York Turpentine closed at 40 40 2c with resin at 145.50 and tar at 260, while petroleum closed at 7.16c with KSW at 7.50c and cases at 9.60c.

New York

Imports And Exports In Foreign Ports Displayed

Record of imports on November 16 1890 at Rosario listing John Membermott with 462 bales wool 111 bales hair 8175 hides 652% bales goat skins Brown Ros Co. Yabacora Pr brig Victoria 180 hides sugar 50 bags Whitney Wousland Co. New London Pel Sch Vidette 2530 bushels potatoes George C Rockwell Co Jeremie Hayti Scl kiste Fay 197 tons logwood Lyon Dapuy Co St Martins WI Sch Grace Rice 5538 bush salt Geo E Downes Fire Island NS Sch Seattle 2200 bush potatoes George C Rockwell Co

Rosario Iirig John Mebermott Ros & Co Yabacora Victoria Whitney Wousland & Co New London George C Rockwell & Co Jeremie Hayti Log

Maritime Shipping Snags Reported in Nova Scotia Entries

XPORTS on November 15, 1890 list brig Lee with two barrels herring and 125 de flour, Annapolis packet loading 320 sacks shorts 275 barrels flour one barrel oil 15 barrels oil 125 do flour 375 bags feed, Malilax steamer Halifax carrying 5 7 pkgs hard.

Xports Annapolis Malilax Halifax

Wheat and corn markets in London and Liverpool report

Foreign Markeys dispatch from London and Liverpool note wheat quiet with limited arrivals and a firming corn, futures dull for wheat and steady for corn. Prices cited for California wheat November and May contracts, and mixed American corn. London and Liverpool offerings show quiet demand with various stabilizing and softening price points across commodities including pork bacon lard cheese and tallow.

London Mark Laie Liverpool California

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