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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1890

Page

7

Fish Market Notes and Tariff Threat to Herring Trade

The week’s fish market reports steady prices and varied demand across codfish, mackerel, halibut, haddock, hake, and pollock. Large imports, tariff anxieties on canned goods and herring, and 1,271,000 pounds of codfish receipts shape the outlook. mackerel landings and Block Island fares show mixed prospects for domestic and foreign fleets.

Newfoundland Ottoms Nova Scotia Phillips Reach Haddock Eastport California Halifax Block Island Hook and Line North Bay Provinces Ireland Boston Fish Bureau New England Eewaas Eyo Berg Cess Elas Georges Cape Breton Cape Ann Boston Taa's Aia Gloucester Rock Grand Re

Wheat Market Quiet in Chicago as Prices Steady

Chicago wheat trading showed dull yet firm tones with little outside activity and muted transfers. Liverpool cables hinted at firmer prices while corn remained subdued. various broker reports list opening and closing levels for wheat corn and oats and note steady to firm shipping values and flour demand amid ample supplies.

Pork and pork products market and quotes

Market notes show steady demand for pork and related items with firm prices. Quoted prices cover long cuts and short cuts, backs, lean ends, tongues, messes, prime mess, ham varieties, sausages, lard, and smoked products. beef and mutton sections follow with current price ranges and quality distinctions.

Livestock Markets Report With Veal and Lamb Prices

Veals are unchanged with Western lambs at 10 12 cents and Eastern lambs at 10 12c. Other categories show 5 8c, Chicago mutton 8 8.5c, yearlings 5 8c, Brighton 8 cents, Eastern choice 7.8c, Eastern veal fancy 9 10c, others 6 8c, and Brighton 10c. Tallow demand quiet at steady prices. city rendered 5c, country 4 20c. New York tallow quiet and nominal. Receipts today: tallow 151 pkgs, lard 1060 pkgs, hams 64 bbls, preserved meats 500 cases, grease 55 bbls, bacon 801 boxes. Same day last year: tallow 35 pkgs, pork 156 bbls, beef 115 bbls, lard 819 pkgs, hams 4 bbls, 55 tierces, grease 18 bbls, bacon 538 boxes.

Armour Hutchinson Ing Ogg.es Vices Chicago Brighton New York Liverpool Michigan Islands Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newark Vermont California Lima Choice Canada

Hog and cattle markets across Peoria to Chicago

Hogs prices mostly steady with quiet scenes in Peoria and St Louis and firm notes in Cincinnati. Kansas City shows mixed ranges for cattle and hogs with steady to lower trends and notable shifts in weights. Chicago receipts rise as cattle and hog markets show declines and mixed possibilities for steer and Texan stock categories.

Peoria St. Louis Cincinnati Kansas City Chicago Texas St Louis

Produce Trade Recap Shows Steady Prices and Large Receipts

The Produce Trade reports large receipts across items including butter 10101 pkgs and eggs 1601 cases with firm prices. Butter remains steady, cheese and beans show steady demand, while potatoes and sweet potatoes move slowly due to large stock and dry rot affecting New York market. Poultry and eggs show stable to firm quotes, hay and straw steady, and regional markets such as Chicago and New York largely unchanged.

Quotations on Produce Prices From A City Market

A list of current market prices for onions carrots beets lettuce turnips squash cabbage cucumbers peppers eggplant shell beans civey beans lima beans celery cauliflower and green tomatoes with varied unit quotes such as per barrel basket bush box dozen and per dozen in dollars and cents, reflecting a bustling wholesale trade.

Malta Ohio St Andrews White Cape Kalamazoo

The Fruit Trade Chronicle Prices and Market Notes

Florida lemons quiet at 4 6 per box. Mediterranean lemons firm with Sorrento at 8 50 9 00 per box and Palermo at 5 50 6 00, irregular sizes 4 6. Jamaica steady with barrel lots 3 50 4 50 and boxes 2 50. California fruits steady. peaches 1 40 2 00 per box, Muscat graves 1 25 1 55 half crate, Tokays 1 75 2 50 half crate. Cantaloupes limited receipts with steady trade at 2 per bush box. Apples well supplied. some Missouri Jonathans 3 50 4 00 per box. Vermont pippins 2 50 3 25 per barrel, 20 ounce 8 3 56 per barrel. Nova Scotia Gravenstein 3 50 4 00. Harveys 3 4 50. Duchess of Oldenburg 3 50. Hubbardston 3 3 50. common 1 50 2 50. sweets 1 60 2 50. pound sweets 3 3 50. Pears steady with ample supply. Beurre Bose 2 50 3 50 per bush, Seckle 2 2 50 bush, Beurre Clairjeans 2 50 3 00 bush, Vicars 1 50 bush, Beurre Anjou 5 6 % per barrel, Sheldons 6 per barrel, common pears 3 4 per barrel. Plums not large. New York damsons arriving at market.

Florida Palermo Jamaica California Missouri Vermont Nova Scotia Gravenstein Harveys Duchess of Oldenburg Hubbardstons Beurre Bose Bush Seckle Buerre Clairjeans Vicars Beurre Anjou Sheldons New York New York Concords New York Niagaras New York Delawares Virginia Cape Cod

Fruit and Produce Prices in Nova Scotia and New York Markets

Market report notes slow demand for barberries with limited supply and prices around $1 to $1.25 per bush. Grapes show large receipts with steady demand. various New York varieties and baskets listed with per basket prices. Quinces, dried apples, nuts, crab apples, and cranberries are described with assorted prices and stock levels.

Steamers Bowden Banes Set To Arrive With Bananas

The steamer Bowden is due Tuesday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company and the steamer Banes is due Monday with Banes bananas for Seaverus & Co. Snow & Co and H Harris & Co report California fruit prices including peaches for 85 cents to 150, Tokay grapes as high as 3 45 per double crate, and Concords around 26 cents per basket.

Bowden Suesday Boston Fruit Company Banes Seaverus & Co Snow & Co California H Harris & Co

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar markets show firm demand with varied prices for different grades and forms. Raw sugars hold steady. refined and granulated markets list prices in cents per pound, while molasses quotes cover Porto Rico, Ponce, Cienfuegos, Barbados, Maya guez, Arroyo and New Orleans grade ranges.

Lloilos London New York Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Cotton Markets Report Steady New York Prices and Global Quotes

The New York cotton market shows steady demand with middling uplands at 10 1 2 cents and various grades down to 7 7 8 cents. Sales reach 319 bales. total stock 37,544. Liverpool market well supplied with modest gains, futures mixed. seven day totals show US receipts 200,852 bales and stock shifts at ports, with global exports to Britain, Continent, and France detailed.

New York Wees Liverpool Dane Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis Louisville Cincinnati Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk Wilmington Great Britain Continent France United States

Turpentine and related prices close steady mixed

Turpentine finished at 39 cents while resin traded between 140 and 145 dollars and tar held at 2.50. Petroleum settled at 7.25 cents with asphalt and tar sand values around 7.40 and 9.50 cents respectively.

Imports and Exports. October 3 1890 Port Antonio

Report lists cargoes: Kong Frode from Port Antonio with 13 155 bunches bananas 138 boxes oranges 6 barrels cocoanuts. Boston Fruit Co. also notes logwood shipment at Port au Prince aboard Sch Max-600000 thousand? rustic Green Knaebel & Co. sent logs and commodities.

Port Antonio Kong Frode Boston Fruit Co Port AU Prince Knaebel & Co

Transatlantic Trade Goods and Shipments Listed

Shipping log lists cargoes arriving at multiple ports including Summerside Arichat Yarmouth St Pierre and Liverpool. Items cover flour meal pork beef oil hardware glassware household effects furniture linseed oil nails beer sugar coffee lumber and various farm and ship supplies with quantities and vessel names such as Sir Sarah B Lena B Virginian and others.

Xports Summerside Arichat Sarah B Puatnam Yarmouth ST Pierre Mig Lena B Liverpool Eng Virginian

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