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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1890

Page

7

Commercial Fish Market Prices and Receipts Report

The week’s market shows salt fish easier and canned fish steady. Butter and cheese firm, eggs up, pork products selling well, and corn and oats higher. Receipts include codfish 824,000 tbs and haddock 89,000 tbs with varied quotations across mackerel, herring, salmon, and other items.

Florida Jamaica Newfoundland Labrador Nova Scotia Sound Eastport California Halifax Spurling Phillips Beach Haddock

Salt mackerel trade eases amid large imports and steady prices

The salt mackerel market shows a firmer supply with lower jobber prices, aided by heavy foreign catches totaling 3569 bbls this week from Ireland Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Domestic fleet output is slightly ahead of last year, while shore mackerel prices and large lots remain steady amid ongoing imports and diverse regional quotes.

Ireland Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Norway Boston Fish Bureau New England Bbss EOE Ales Ecaarr Sas Neale Oslo Labrador Cape Breton Boston Iome Coguen Gbs Gloucester

The Provision Trade and Meat Market Prices

The provision trade shows no material change as demand remains good and prices firm. Notes list various cuts and products with quoted prices for pork, beef, tongues, lard, sausage, ham, and other meats, alongside tallow and recent receipts data across pork, beef, lard, and preserved meats categories.

Choice City Dresser Chicago Choice Heavy Brighton New York

Meat shipment tally from last year and current day

On the same day as last year, totals include 175 boxes and 1000 cases of grease. beef shows 21 pkas, pork 121 bbis, lard 1885 pkgs, hams 180 tierces, preserved meats unspecified, and bacon 719 boxes.

Hog and Cattle Markets Decline Across Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City reports cattle steady with steer prices around 330 to 460 in-draft ranges and hogs down about five to ten cents, with heavies near 385 and mixed lots around 380. Chicago sees arrivals of 18 000 cattle and 26 000 hogs, steady steer values around 290 to 520 and 4 25 to 4 45 for prime heavy and butcher weights, while sheep demand stays firm at 4 50 to 5 40 for natives and 3 60 to 4 56 for Westerns.

Kansas City Chicago

The Produce Market Receipts and Prices Report

The market shows firm butter demand for fine table grades with scarce Northern creamery butter and high prices for choice lots. Eggs, cheese, beans, potatoes, hay, and sweet potatoes are listed with varied quotes. steamboat arrivals add Jamaica fruit cargoes for Boston. The year-over-year receipts differ notably for butter, eggs, and sweets, highlighting a tight creamery butter market and steady bean and grape movements.

Chicago New York Liverpool Michigan Islands Nova Scotia New Brunswick Vermont California Lima Choice Canada North Lucerne Ted Top West Jersey Rhode Island Bent Bush Orchard Timothy Western Northern New Hampshire Maine Hebrons Burbanks Houlton Rose Aroostook Houlton Aroostook Hebrons Norfolks

Market Quotations For Seasonal Produce and Prices

The market shows broad supply with onions at 250 to 276 per barrel and various yields for Malta Olio and pickle onions. Prices cover carrots to 75 cents per bush, beets 50 cents per bush, lettuce 25 cents per dozen, and multiple squash, cabbage, cucumbers, beans, celery, and tomatoes with unit and case pricing.

Malta St Andrews White Cave Kalamazoo

The Fruit Trade—Florida and Mediterranean Market Notes

Florida fruits show weak demand for lemons with small supply and prices around 4 to 6 per box, oranges 3.50 to 4.50 per box, and Jamaica fruit oranges slow at 3.50 to 4.40 per barrel. Pears and apples are steady with Beurre Bose and Seckle at 2.50 to 4.00 per bush, and general market described as good and steady with fair demand for choice fruit.

Florida Palermo Jamaica Ruite Missouri Jonathans Nova Eotia Graveschein Harveys Baldwins Hubbardstons Common Beurre Bose Seckle Bush Beurre Clairgeaus Vicars Beurre d’ Anjou

Fruit Sales Auction Report

Snow and Co sold Concord grapes at auction at 23 25 cents. H Harris and Co auctioned Almeria grapes at 356 787 percent? 2, Floridas oranges at 1 337 percent, lemons at 200 742 675, and Jamaica oranges at 120 250 per package.

Snow & Co Concord H. Harris & Co Almeria Floridas Jamaica

Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Notes

Sugar and molasses markets show steady, varied pricing across grades. Sugar quotes cover loaf, crushed, cubes, pulverized, and granulated with multiple regional and standard grades. wholesale grocers’ Saturday prices listed. molasses quotes span Porto Rico to New Orleans grades with tests and quality ranges.

Porto Rico Ponce Ponce, 88440c; Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo New Orleans

Cotton markets show easing New York prices and steady futures

The New York market eased with middling uplands at 10 4 and sales of 525 bales while stock reached 35 410. Liverpool stayed quiet with sales totaling 7 000 bales and receipts of 5 000. Futures opened steady then closed with minor gains across months, and worldwide quotes covered Augusta to Louisville with mixed but steady mid prices. Consolidated seven day figures show net receipts 316 588 and stocks at 465 860 across major ports.

New York Milwaukee Duluth St Louis Minneapolis Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada Chicago Ivsesco Bcs Aes Eccee Ceisate Lee Liverpool SAY Bcs Augusta Galyenton New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati Louisville Consolidated Great Britain France

Print Cloth Market Falls River Prices Steady Demand

The Fall River print cloth market shows slightly higher prices for wide goods with demand in fair order. Od goods remain in fair request and prices are firmer. Week’s sales are reported as fair. Regional certificates and crude oil notes appear, with Western markets listing firm prices around 113 in St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago.

Fall River St Louis Cincinnati Chicago

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices in New York Market

Turpentine closed at 40 40.2c with resin at 14 74% and tar at 2 50. Petroleum closed at 7.26c with ASW at 7.60c and cases at 9.85c.

New York

Imports and Shipping Goods to Buenos Ayres Ponce Jamaica Antigua

Records show October 17 1890 cargoes to Buenos Ayres Jamaica and Antigua including hides, molasses sugar bananas cocoanuts oranges limes and paper goods. Steamer routes include Meteg han via Argyle Bear River Yarmouth with flour meal coal beef oil middlings wheat pork and assorted merchandise.

Buenos Ayres John S Emery & Co Baring Bros & Co Boston Fruitco Antigua Barkentine Laura Tierces Sugar Whitney, Pousland & Co Sxports Meteghan Argyle Sch & Richard Bear River Seh Norris Yarmouth

Foreign markets report steady wheat and corn trading

London cargoes show wheat firm and corn steady with futures firmer. At Mark Lane and Liverpool spot wheat firm, corn firm, American and English markets steady to firm. Paris quiet as wheat and flour hold. California wheat prices around 73 7d with mixed American corn higher at 4s 6d.

London Passage Mark Laune Engishland Englsh Liverpool California Paris

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