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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1889
Page
7
The dry goods market shows broad strength with high raw materials, strong consumer demand, and favorable South shipments. Wool prices may rise as stocks stay controlled, while cotton goods demand remains steady and prices firm. jobbers report solid weekly movement and growing retail activity ahead of autumn.
The report lists carload flour and grain prices excluding rye, with 83 total cars inspected. It shows visible supplies by date for wheat, corn, oats, and barley, plus Chicago stocks for Sept 28 and 29 of 1889 and 1888. Boston elevators’ remaining grain totals include corn, oats, rye, barley, and wheat, with receipts today at 7415 barrels and 2600 yachts, compared to 8620 on the previous year.
The market is firm with steady demand for spring and winter flours. Quoted prices cover ine and superfine to extra and seconds, winter and spring patents, and export options for Canada, with extensive stock tallies and regional receipts for New York Chicago St Louis and Boston areas. Prices span barrels and sacks across flour types, rye, cornmeal, oats, malt, hops, and poultry consumables, reflecting a tight market and varied regional activity.
Receipts today list butter 1853 tubs 15 boxes oleo 480 pkgs cheese 1817 boxes eggs 1 bbl 2289 cases beans 160 bbls potatoes 40 cars sweet potatoes 1577 bbls hay 73 cars straw 2 cars. Last year 77 cars straw none. Butter market firm with steady demand at old prices. Quotes cover Western and New York Vermont creameries, Eastern and Chicago markets, and oleomargarine and cheese trends with firm to steady prices and varying jobbing marks. Eggs and beans show steady to higher prices with limited supply. regional markets show mixed quotations.
Trade in produce remains steady with Malta at 175 dollars per 2 25 basket and onions at 75 cents per bush. Quotes cover Spanish onions 7 2 37 per barrel, cucumbers 250 47 per 100 count, peppers 1 25 per bush, beans 1 50 per bush, tomatoes 1 150 per bush, cabbages varying from 35 cents to 75 cents per box, and several squashes and greens priced per barrel or box.
Apples show steady demand for choice lots while common types remain dull. Quoted prices cover Gravensteins Hubbardstons b mixed lots Ben Davis Harveys and more. peaches Jamaica oranges lemons pears cranberries grapes quinces and Almeria grapes listed with specific counts crates and per box or bush prices. Demand varies by fruit with steady to fair activity and prices reflecting supply levels across markets.
The steamer Charles Morant is due Thursday carrying Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Tordens&Gold is due Friday with Banes bananas for Seaverns & Co. Reports say the steamer Edwin is loading at Mediterranean ports with fruit for Boston.
The steamer Cyprus cargo to be offered in New York Tuesday includes 4700 boxes Messina lemons 5200 boxes Palermo lemons and 2200 boxes pony Mardi lemons. Blake Ripley’s California fruit sale lists peaches from 2 30 to 2 60, grapes from 2 15 to 4 0, Emperor grapes 1 75 to 1 90, with future Florin grapes. Snow & Co auction today saw Concord grapes 32 to 36 per basket and Almeria grapes 3 75 to 5 50 per barrel, California peaches 80c to 1 15 per box.
A Tuesday railway item notes a train carrying nine cars loaded with potatoes. No injuries reported and no delays mentioned.
Apples loaded on the steamer Pavonia sold at 12s 9d and 13s 6d for Baladwins, a touch higher than the previous cable. Arrivals continue to come in but in poor condition.
Receipts today show tallow 22 pkgs beef 40 bbls pork 55 bbls lard 8386 pkgs hams 9 bbls preserved meats 19 cases bacon 674 boxes. Pork and beef markets steady at old prices with quiet trade. lambs veals and mutton abundant yet easy. Regional quotes list spring lambs 10c, mutton 8-9c, veal 9-10c, lard and pork prices firm or firmer across Chicago New York St Louis Cincinnati and other markets.
Kansas City market notes slow cattle and dull hogs with steers at 3.83 to 3.85, cows 1.85 to 2.25, stockers 2.05 to 3.25, range cattle 1.90 to 2.80, hogs heavy 3.75 to 4.10, mediums 3.95 to 4.16, Yorkers 4.15 to 4.30, sheep 3.25 to 3.85. Cincinnati hogs strong with many grades 3.50 to 4.70, receipts 2,830, shipments 920. Chicago receipts cattle 18,000, hogs 23,000 with irregular cattle prices 2.80 to 4.70 and hogs closing higher 4.00 to 4.55, ships 9,500. Sheep receipts 11,000, 3.60 to 3.85.
The report outlines fluctuating cotton prices in New York with opening and closing quotations for various futures and regional markets. It lists net receipts, exports, stock, and prices across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, Louisville, and Charleston, plus details on three day consolidated receipts and December to February futures. It also catalogs cargoes and goods aboard several vessels and mentions steamer Forest City bound for Digby and Annapolis, Halifax cargoes, and related shipments.
Sugar receipts fall from 90 barrels last year to 54 barrels today with small stock on hand. Raw sugars are quiet and steady with refined demand reported, prices broadly steady across Cuba Manila and Java types. Molasses receipts include 68 barrels and 64 tierces with markets quiet. prices offered for Ponce Cienfuegos Barbadoes ranges 28 to 43 cents per gallon in varying grades.
Coffee New York Rio is steady and strong with tail cargoes at 19% sc. Whiskey Western markets steady at 102 dollars. Turpentine and Petroleum New York Turpentine closes at 48 48 percent, resin at 10242 105, tar at 3, petroleum at 7.60c. RSW 7.20c and cases at 9.10c.
Overseas and Atlantic cargo list detailing steamer imports at Liverpool Antwerp Grand Manan Yarmouth Charlottetown Port Hawkesbury Halifax and Saint Pierre with quantities includes bleaching powders cement window glass salts coal steel rails spices wine whiskey gin and various goods. Notable entries: Istrian S A Crowell & Co Moyer Stoppage.
Brief export summary from Port Elizabeth listing 17 sewing machines shipped by Sprig Venturer, 6 cases of Lobbis shoe pegs, and 6 cases of farming tools among exports on September 30, 1889.
London and Liverpool report quiet to steady trading in wheat and corn with mixed price levels. At Mark Lane wheat firm, corn quiet, flour firm. Paris wheat quiet. Liverpool spot grain inactive. breadstuffs steady amid poor demand. Prices: winter wheat 6s 9d to 63 10d, spring 7s 2d to 7s Lod, club 7s 3a to 7s 4d, corn 4s 3d, peas 6s 2d. Provisions: pork 60s, bacon 87s 6d and 36s 6d, cheese 48s 3d, tallow 25s 0d, lard 34s.
A long list of shoe company buyers and firm representatives across multiple cities including Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Galveston, Lynchburg, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Orlando, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Reading, St Louis, Savannah, Terre Haute, Toledo, and Wheeling. Names include Bates Kingsbery, W W Draper, W S Everett, J A Smith, E C Walker, Bangs, Nixon, Young Creighton Diggs, A 5 Van Dergrift, J K Orr, R 8 Janke, C M Drake, N Plant, H Meis, G M Daum, T Buford, C E Smith, W A McGraw, W L Carnahan, A Blum, J W Craddock, B Herman, Throne, E Hudnall, TC Else, W M Laird, R Laird, Curtis, Henry, J H Schafer, C W Noyes, J S Rodgers, K R Lee, C W Bel, F E McCoy, Alexander, C D Giffith, O C Smith, J Rosenheim, Meinhard Bros, Terre Haute Shoe Co, Smith Simmons & Peabody, Dewey Rodgers & Co, Childs Lee & Unlap, R H Lane & Co, Vance Shoe Co.
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