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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1889
Page
7
The report notes oats unchanged, corn dull, rye quiet, and millseed quiet while potatoes fall and hay remains plentiful. Fatty and dairy items vary with butter easy, cheese unchanged, eggs steady, and poultry easy. Fresh meats mostly dull, with pork steady and fresh beef firm amid broad fluctuations.
Fatt River reports a steady print cloth market at 39-16c for 64x14s spots with good demand for futures to February at 398c. Traders focus on the steady price and rising interest in forward contracts into early next year.
The Chicago market saw a heavy wheat sell off with prices at the bottom of the car and large receipts while exports remained small. Corn firmed early but faded as wheat declined. hogs remained large and provisions quiet. Weather stayed dry and heavyweight sellers like Hutchinson influenced the session as forecasts and outside demand shifted.
The lumber market shows little lively trading with steady demand for Southern pine and cypress, while Northern boards and Western pine soften. Prices hold firm for most items though some concessions arise due to higher railroad storage charges, and shipments by sailing vessels remain light.
The report lists prices and demand across lumber categories. Fine common, select, uppers, and various wood types such as cherry, oak, whitewood, and spruce show mixed resistance and activity. Shingle stocks remain large with weak buyer-favorable prices.
Demand for anthracite remains strong and prices firm while supply is tight due to scarce vessels. Bituminous coal stays in demand and retail sales run high. Weekly anthracite shipments reach 764,316 tons versus 854,391 a year ago. The Pottsville Miner's Journal notes expectations for fall trade are high, but prices stay near summer levels, squeezing miners, operators, and consumers alike.
John E. Welsh at 206 State Street reports carload grain quotations and flour prices, with today’s inspections totaling 78 cars of mixed corn and oats. Receipts include 9085 bbls flour and 3420 sacks. markets are quiet with moderate demand and varied prices across Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, and St Louis regions for flour, corn, oats, and rye flour.
Receipts and prices across grains malt hops and cottonseed meal show mixed activity. Six rowed Canada and state varieties quoted with small changes, millfeed receipts today at 218 tons, 412 tons last, market quiet. Hops receipts none, market unchanged. New York prices range 8 to 18 cents with quality bands. cottonseed meal quoted at 323.50 to 2400 pounds per ton for new meal.
Receipts today include butter 3512 tubs 1726 boxes oleo 1143 pkgs cheese 891 boxes eggs 35 bols 1848 cases beans 187 bols potatoes 31 cars sweet potatoes 933 bols hay 44 cars straw 6 cars. Butter prices steady near 22-26c range with western extra creamery 23 24c, fancy 26c, others mixed. New York Vermont quotes 18-25c. Cheese steady to quiet with northern choice 10 11c Western 10 10c. Eggs steady with varying regional quotes from 16-28c. beet noted for Eastern extras 25 28c. Beans market quiet with multiple blends and prices per bushel and ton. poultry market quiet with steady spring chicks 14-18c, turkeys 18-20c. Potatoes quiet with diverse regional prices. sweet potatoes steady at 150 per barrel for Norfolk, Jersey heads 225. hay and straw quiet with wide range by quality.
The market for truck produce is tepid with ample supply. Prices shown include Malta 175, onions 75c per bush, $2 per barrel, Spanish onions 8742¢ per crate, beets 50c per box, lettuce 50c per box, tomatoes 1 dollar per bush, cabbage 35 to 60 cents per box, and other items such as carrots 40c per box, peas 1.75 per bush, and squash 12 dollars per ton.
Receipts for apples oranges grapes pears and cranberries remain ample with steady demand. Wholesale apple prices shown for Kings Hubbardstons Ben Davis Snow and Baldwin varieties. Jamaica oranges Sicily lemons Florida lemons and Delawares grapes and pears priced by box or basket with note of thinning supply in several categories. Almeria grapes and Cranberries offer steady demand and moderate buying.
The Liverpool market stays firm with solid demand for Boston Bald wins at 13 15s and Maine lots at 17 19s, reflecting steady buyer interest and firm prices for these commodities.
Harris and Company sold Almeria grapes at 2 87144 4 75 per barrel and oka grapes at 4 50 6 124 percent whole crate and 2 60 2 75 percent half crate. Emperor grapes were listed.
The steamer Charles Morand is due Thursday carrying Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
New London Prince Edward Island market notes list pork and lard prices, beef and variety meat values, and broad tonnage figures. Reports include long and short cuts, hams, bacon, and sausages with current values, plus tie to previous year. Export lists cover Bear River Nova Scotia Yarmouth Nova Scotia Cayenne FG Addie E Snow and numerous commodities and vessels.
Markets show cattle steady in Kansas City with steers at 3 50 to 4 20, cows 135 to 220, stockers 230 to 350, range cattle 220 to 260. Hogs 10,033 head, heavies 3 85 to 4 40, mediums 3 95 to 4 05. Yorkers 4 05 to 4 12. Sheep 1629, firm 3 40 to 5 00. Cincinnati hogs dull 3 25 to 4 35. Chicago cattle receipts 9000, natives 2 56 to 4 95, stockers 2 20 to 2 60, Texans 1 60 to 3 50, Western rang ers 2 30 to 3 50. Hogs receipts 20,000, heavy 4 10 to 4 25, packers 3 95 to 4 25. Sheep 7000, natives 3 40 to 4 50, Westerns 4 40 to 5 5, lambs 5 65 to 7 65.
New York cotton remains steady with 175 bales in uplands and varied grades. Futures opened easy and closed barely averaged. Liverpool reports easy market with middlings around 51 3 16d and steady as American receipts total 21,000 bales. Other U.S. ports show quiet to easy trade with mixed stocks and exports to Britain and the Continent.
Sugar receipts today 267 bbls versus 122 bbls last year. Raw sugars mostly nominal with Cuba refin ing at 542 5 c and other grades listed. Refined sugars weak with varied prices for pulverized to extra C. Molasses receipts today none. New crop New Orleans 42 45c, common to good 25 40c, Senefo, Barbados 25 32c. New York trade is dull.
In New York mixed commodity notes show Turpentine closing around 48 to 49 cents with resin near 105 to 110 dollars and tar at 275. Petroleum finishes at 7.46 cents with RSW at 7 cents and cases at 9 cents. Western markets remain steady.
Reads like a brief listing from Summerside Prince Edward Island noting imports and exports dated October 22 1889. Mentions LS Kimball and men pena with unclear figures. Contains fragmented OCR text suitable as a compact historical item.
George J. Fox reports livestock at market for the Boston Post for the week ending October 22 1889. Totals show sheep cattle and lamps with lamp prices and weekly comparisons to last week and a year ago. Beef prices list several quality levels while store cattle and swine prices cover working oxen cows yearlings and pigs. Sheep and lamb prices include various lots and spring lambs plus veal calves.
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