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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1890
Page
7
Sugar quiet and molasses dull while coffee and teas stay quiet. Rice active and potatoes in good demand. Butter and hay steady, cheese quiet, pork products steady. Fruit markets vary. Jamaica fruits firm, Florida and Mediterranean fruits quiet, apples and pears steady. Dried apples scarce, peanuts easy, corn beef quiet, fresh beef unchanged, other meats steady.
Market notes report tight money and high rates with strong Thanksgiving demand in wholesale lines. Groceries show dull overall trading though retail demand remains steady. sugar and coffee markets fluctuate with large Louisiana cane, tariff concerns, and imports shaping prices. Export and domestic stocks vary, with refined sugar and molasses trading slowly as prices drift and buyers stay cautious.
The New York Financial Chronicle notes Kentucky tobacco markets quiet this week with only 360 hogshead sales reported. Prices, however, remain firm despite thin activity and steady demand across reported lots.
Seed leaf shows a decline in business volume while prices stay steady. Weekly sales total 2,472 cases across crops and origins including 1888 to 1889 crops from Pennsylvania, New England, Wisconsin, and other regions, plus 750 bales Havana and 250 bales Sumatra at bundled prices.
Wheat and flour futures show gains across Chicago Minneapolis and New York with December wheat advancing and cash markets firmer. Reports note light receipts, strong export interest, and bullish sentiment from Hutchinson while oats and corn rise in tandem with overall grain strength across major centers.
The market shows steady quotations for corned beef and tongues with extra plate and family beef priced at 8 50 to 8 75, plate 3 25 to 8 50, and various cuts such as beef hams 14 50 and tongues in bbls 17 50. Fresh beef listings note steady prices amid smaller receipts and good but uneven sales across steers, backs, loins, and ribs with lambs, mutton, and veal also quoted.
Cincinnati hog market firm with bids near 235 to 375 dollars. Peoria and St Louis show higher ranges and steady to firm tones. Chicago cattle receipts about 4,000 with steers near 4.50, hogs rising to 3.80, and Kansas City reports mixed cattle and hogs with steady sheep and higher hog prices.
Readable fragment lists prices for produce items including cucumbers hot house at 15 cents each pumpkins 75 cents per barrel native celery 250 to 300 per box cauliflower 1 and a quarter per unit Kalama zoo celery 10 to 15 cents per bunch.
A detailed fruits market update lists current prices and supply levels for oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and other fruits from Florida, Palermo and Jamaica sources. It notes quiet or firm demand, small or ample supplies, and provides per box or per barrel pricing, with multiple varieties of apples, pears, bananas, dried fruits, nuts, and grapes included.
Butter and cheese prices hold firm as creameries shrink supplies. Eggs beans potatoes and hay show subdued demand with steady to easy quotes. Poultry and game markets are quiet but expect fuller groceries this week. Northern and Western creamery butter prices range from 18 to 29 cents, while cheese trades ease but stay steady.
A brief list details varied produce prices for onions, carrots, beets, lettuces, squashes, cabbages and more. Prices include Malta and Oho onions at 250 to 303 per barrel or basket, green and yellow varieties, carrots at 75 cents per bush, lettuce 40 to 50 cents per plant, cabbages around 75 cents per bush box, and Hubbard and parsnips at 1 to 4 dollars per box or ton, among others.
The steamer havencore passed Gibraltar on November 15 with 1300 boxes Messina oranges 21000 boxes Messina lemons 650 boxes Palermo oranges and 3400 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. The steamer Pawnee left Palermo for Boston on November 14. The Savannah boat Sunday carried 650 boxes oranges. The Sama is due Wednesday and Yamuri Friday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Norfolk boat reports 875 bags peanuts 850 barrels sweets and 126 boxes oranges.
New York spot cotton quiet with middling uplands at 9 7 16 cents and sales of 188 bales. Liverpool spot cotton ease with 8000 bales traded and receipts of 18 000 bales. American exports 14 100 bales. Futures closed varied, while other markets show mixed firm to steady demand across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mowitle Memphis Savannah and more. Consolidated one day receipts 38 382 with world stocks and exports detailed.
London buyers await the next sale series as business for wool remains quiet. Week imports show New South Wales 936 bales, Victoria 2480, Queensland 839, South Australia 150, New Zealand 2195, Cape of Good Hope and Natal 3104, France 685, Germany 4312 and other places 164 bales.
Fall River reports weekly print cloth production of 200000 pieces with deliveries 174000 and stock 600000. Sales total 61000 with spot 34000 and futures 27000 at 2 1 2 to 1 1 2 for various counts. Providence closes quiet with week sales 18000 64x64s extras January to April at 36 1 6 less 1 percent and 4000 pieces at 35 16 with reductions. stocks held 201000 pieces 64x64s and 25000 pieces 56x60s.
Havana sugar and molasses market remains quiet with buyers aloof. Stocks are scarce as Muscovado sugar refinings fetch 85 to 90 cents and 250 gold per quintal for centrifugals at 92 to 96 percent polarization. Warehoused stocks in Havana and Matanzas total 28 boxes, 308,500 bags, and 604 birds. No new receipts. Freights nominal. Exchange firm.
Prescott & Co reports pipe line certificates closing on Nov 21 with opening at 10 am on Nov 2 and closing times at 12 m and 3 pm on different dates. Cottonseed oil certificates show opened and closed values with highs and lows noted. Refined price listed at 7.35 cents per gallon. Whiskey markets in Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati firm at 114 to 117 dollars with Peoria at 115 for whiskey and 117 for spirits. Turpentine and petroleum markets in New York show turpentine at 40 to 42 cents, resin at 145 to 150, tar at 260, petroleum at 7.10 cents, RSW 7.35, cases 9.50 cents.
On November 22, 1890 in Liverpool the steamer Ceshalonia from H B Jackson listed 63 bales and 26 bales 3 cases 35 plate steel. Goods from J B Moors & Co 131 boxes tin and more. Various consignments included wool bales lace linens teas syrups and beasieads among others.
A long OCR compiled list details shipments from Baring Bros & Co and numerous firms including Delong & Seaman, KN, G A Sawyer & Co, C Hovey & Co, Stone & Downer, Neal Morse & Co, Houghton & Dutton, Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, and many more. It notes crates, bales, cases, casks, and various commodities such as wine, earthenware, linens, card clothing, machinery, gloves, periodicals, and wool. Port entries include Hull England Steamer Lindoo and Port Antonio Jamaica with multiple cargoes like bananas and oranges, plus vessels at Little Glace Bay and Souris with coal and produce.
Inventory of shipments listed from multiple ports including St John New Brunswick Windsor Nova Scotia Port Gilbert Newfoundland and Halifax Nova Scotia with a wide range of goods such as flour meal pork beef butter cheese lard onions soap lumber and hardware totaling numerous bbls boxes cases and other units across ships and steamers including Adirondack Ethelred Seraphine Kinburn and Halifax among others.
London and Liverpool market notes show wheat steady to firm and corn firmer with mixed American corn rising. Cargo activity includes several arrivals and sales, with futures advancing for wheat and corn, while English and French country markets trend quieter and Continental demand grows. Prices cited: winter wheat 7s 41d, California 7s 0d, mixed American corn around 48s 10d, pork 57s 6d, lard 61s, cheese 48s 6d.
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