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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1889
Page
7
Finishing lumbers are in higher demand this year replacing marble and tile. Bartered oak and best cherry command strong prices while lower grades of whitewood and inferior shingles ease. Spruce pine and cedar prices shown with extras clears and second clears. laths stay quiet at cargo and car rates.
The coal market remains dull with anthracite selling at unchanged prices though a cold snap could revive activity. Shipments for the week hit 866 545 tons versus 952 444 a year earlier as Philadelphia dealers collaborate to squeeze smaller merchants out, while the Miners and Shippers Exchange vows to curb weak credit practices.
John E Welsh reports carload inspections across grains and flours. Domestic flour quotations span wholesale and jobbing prices as receipts and demand show little change and market remains dull to moderate.
Six rowed state at 70c and two rowed state at 60 to 65c. Hops receipts today total 12 bales versus 48 last year. Market dull with prices favoring buyers. New York hops quoted by year 1889 12 13c 1888 7 10c 1887 nominal 3 6c.
Receipts today include butter 2345 pkgs 756 boxes oleo 1690 pkgs cheese 2133 boxes eggs 1 bbl 1004 cases beans 420 bbls potatoes 47 cars sweet potatoes 387 bois hay 60 cars straw 5 cars and more. Markets in New York Chicago and Liverpool show quiet firm tones with varied quotations and steady to active demand for held stock and wholesale lots.
Truck sales show a subdued market with activity limited to transactions at existing price points. Dealers report steady demand levels and no aggressive discounting, indicating price inertia in the current trading period.
Apple prices hold steady with wholesale quotes including Kings 3 350, Hubbardstons 250 300, and Michigan mixes 2 25 2 50. Oranges and lemons show Florida arrivals. 176 250 count at 2 75, 128 150 count at 2 26, and Florida lemons scarce with box prices 4. Grape demand solid. Concords 40 45c, Isabellas 35 40c, and pony lots sold at 23 25c. Cranberries dull with Cape bbl 5 75 and crate 2 25 2 50.
Harris and Co sold Florida oranges at 1 stamp price 1242 3 3712 box and lemons at 50 cents 4 62% per box at auction today.
Daily receipts list tallow 52 pkgs lard 1100 pkgs hams 20 bbls 120 tierces preserved meats 12 cases bacon none with beef and pork supplies varied. Prices report quiet demand for poultry and steady to firm beef lard and pork, with some items showing weakness and unsettled markets.
Price report shows lard and pork values in various cuts. Listings include shoulder, short clear, ribs, bacon, hams, and prime steam lard with bids from St Louis and Cincinnati. Bulk meats show nominal activity with short ribs and scarce acon indicating limited supply.
Kansas City market steady for cattle with steers 3.40 to 4.10 and cows 1.60 to 2.25. hogs lower with heavies 3.57 to 3.70 and mediums 3.62 to 3.70. sheep steady 3.25 to 4.45. Cincinnati hogs easy at 3.60 to 3.75. 6,500 receipts. Chicago cattle dull with beeves 4.60 to 6.15. hogs 3.50 to 3.80. receipts 54,000. sheep steady natives 3.83 to 4.25. lambs 4.50 to 4.75.
Cotton trading in New York shows a quiet session with 384 bales sold. Futures open steady and close barely steady, with daily quotes for Nov through Sep and varied regional market results across the United States and Liverpool.
Sugar receipts total 380 barrels today matching last year while molasses receipts reach 363 barrels with no prior day in the year. Prices remain firm in New York with diverse grades listed from Cuba to Belmont and standard sugar from 6 to 7 3 4 cents per pound.
Peoria reports whiskey at 103 dollars and spirits at 105. Chicago notes whiskey steady at 102. St Louis shows whiskey unchanged at 102. A brief market firming is noted in the regional whiskey trade.
Turpentine closed at 46 46%4c with resin at 110 115 and tar at 250. Petroleum closed at 7.80c with RSW at 7.45c and cases at 9.65c. Coffee New York Rio is firm and quiet with fair cargoes at 19 percent.
Shipping ledger lists Samaria Barklaw 18 cases 36 boiles and many consignments from Baring Bros Co and others. Entries include tin plates olive oil wine ware cloths books machinery glassware and grapes with numerous firms such as Norton Fessenden Soule J B Williams Little Brown Co and The Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co.
A long ledger excerpts shipments from Hewins Hollis and numerous firms listing shirtings hardware leather straw goods medicine porcelain books furniture and more. The entries note consignors like Harvard College C W Sabin and Stone Downer, destinations including Liverpool Port Antonio and Boston, and varied cargo such as wine cloth earthenware textiles canned goods and rigging.
Cargo listings from Belleveau Cove Yarmouth Moncton Brighton Yarmouth Souris and Demerara detail flour corn meal lumber sacks middlings feeds and various goods aboard ships Louise Equator Ben Bolt Ocean Belle Yarmouth Tchlight Bellmore and other vessels with volumes barrels cases boxes and bales noted for each port and vessel in a busy shipping ledger.
Weekly market summary from Watertown Union with receipts larger and steady trade. Cattle from the North and West sold at last week prices. exports mixed with West cattle, steers and oxen priced around 4.0 to 4.5 per hundredweight. Sheep and lambs sold with Canada New York stock high quality and prices 5 to 6 cents per pound, several lots around 4.0 to 4.5 cents.
Boston station schedules show daily and Sunday departures to Troy Albany Chicago and St Louis with multiple express and accommodation services. Car times include sleeping cars to Troy Albany Chicago and via Niagara Falls and the Erie Boston Line. Through tickets available at ticket offices and Hoosac Tunnel route office. John Adams, J Whitmore, J B Watson.
Spot and passage wheat hold steady as Paris London and Antwerp report firm or quiet demand. Liverpool sees quiet but steady wheat and firm corn amid frosty English weather. Futures prices for wheat and mixed American corn rise slightly, with varied quotations for months.
A list of names and firms across multiple cities showing agents and partners in advertising. Chicago I J P Smith RP Smith Sons Ad. Cleveland B Childs Groff & Co Ad. San Francisco G M Kutz and L Slessinger Tre. St Louis A D Brown Hamilton Brown Shoe. more entries show agents and firms in Louisville Austin Smith and other firms with locations in Davenport Dubuque Lincoln and Wheeling.
The notice lists Boston and Albany Railway schedules with daily and Saturday departures for Cincinnati Chicago and West destinations. It notes elegant vestibuled buffet sleeping cars for Cincinnati Chicago Niagara Falls Detroit Cleveland Toledo and St Louis, plus connections via Albany and Detroit. Tickets and accommodations available at 252 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station in Boston led by A. S. Hanson General Passenger Agent.
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