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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1889
Page
7
Market conditions are dull with light inquiry across commodities. Receipts and quotations cover Graham flour oatmeal rye barley millfeed cottonseed meal malt hops and related grades with prices in cents per bushel or ton, noting quiet steady or unchanged trends and export prices where listed.
Receipts today list butter 1181 tubs and 51 boxes, oleo 1116 pkgs, eggs 1347 cases, beans 316 bbls, potatoes 66 cars, sweet potatoes 996 bbls, hay 18 cars, straw 2 cars, with last year’s tallies much higher in many categories. Butter prices ease to 22 25c for Western extra creamery, 20 22c for firsts, while market remains weak though expected to recover after November. Eggs firm but small supply keeps Eastern extras at 25 28c and Western around 21 21 per dozen, cheese steady, beans steady, poultry well supplied but demand selective. Potatoes overstocked with varied regional quotes, while hay and straw markets show mixed activity.
Trade remains steady with quoted prices across onions beets lettuce and tomatoes. Malta onions fetch 175 dollars per basket while Spanish onions bring 74 to 92 cents per crate. Western onions sell at 2 dollars per barrel and green tomatoes at 65 cents per box. pumpkins reach 75 cents per bundle and cabbage around 50 cents per barrel or box.
Market reports show steady fruit prices amid large receipts. Notes list ranges for apples including Choice eating at 3.50 to 5.50, sweets 3.35, western mixed 2.50 to 3.50, and various Michigan and Baldwins varieties. lemons Jamaica oranges steady around 5.65 to 6.50 per barrel, 300 and 360 counts, with box prices at 2.50 to 4.50 for 420 counts. Supply of fruit persists.
The report details prices and sales for oranges and lemons at three dollars per box, grapes with a steady market and various varieties listed with fractional dollar ranges, pears at old prices with Seckle and Beurre types cited, cranberries in well supplied market with cape lots and crates priced, inches of natives and New York lots, and Almeria Grapes showing steady demand with common to good and fancy lots priced per barrel.
The steamer Charles Morand is due Friday bringing Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company. The Norfolk boat is due Friday with 860 bails of sweet potatoes and 250 bags of peanuts onboard.
Liverpool market reports firm and rising tendency for apple cable goods. Boston Baldwins quoted at 14s 16s 6d for No 2 Baldwins, 11s 9d 13s. Maine Baldwins 15s 19s 9d, Maine greenings 14 14s, Boston greenings 10s 3d 8.
Receipts show varied stock with tallow beef pork lard hams and bacon while prices hold steady to firmer for pork products. Major centers New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati report mixed activity with lard cushioned by higher values and dry salted meats muted. fresh beef and lamb quotes noted with typical regional spreads.
Kansas City markets show steady cattle pricing for best lots, shipping steers $3 25 to $4 40, natives $1 40 to $2 10, stockers $2 25 to $2 65. hogs steady with heavies $3 80 to $3 90, mediums $3 90 to $4 00. sheep steady $3 25 to $4 00. Cincinnati hogs weak 5 to 10 cents lower at 3 20 to 4 26. Chicago cattle receipts 15 000, steady on good, others weak with beeves 4 50 to 5 00. hogs slow, closing lower, mixed 3 90 to 4 60. Sheep receipts 10 000, steady, natives 3 50 to 4 10, Western 3 60 to 4 15, Texans 3 25 to 4 05, lambs 4 5 to 5 25.
New York cotton quiet with 218 bales sold. Uplands good ordinary to middling at 7 to 10 1 2 cents. Futures opened easy and closed barely firm. Liverpool market easy with 8000 bales sold and American receipts at 25,000 bales. Domestic markets show varied receipts and stocks across ports, with several regions steady to easy and many mid to high nine cents per pound ranges.
Sugar receipts show 1 barrel traded today versus 50 barrels last year. Raw sugars stay largely nominal with quotes for Cuba refined grade at 542 5 percent saccharine, centrifugals at 96 test and 6 percent ethyl cellulose.
Market notes refined sugars show steady demand with prices listed for Pulverized and Granulated grades. New crop New Orleans and Ponce sugar values cited, while New York to New Orleans trade remains dull. Molasses receipts today total two hogsheads, with prior year figures noted for context.
Turpentine and petroleum markets show New York readings with tar and resin prices listed. Petroleum closes at 7.56 cents with RSW at 7.20 cents and cases at 9.20 cents. Coffee New York Rio steady around 19 to 20 cents with fair demand, and whiskey shows no change.
Shipping ledger itemizes cargoes for Hull Steamer and multiple ships across Glasgow Summerside and Grand Manan trades. Records quantities of mdse bales rags paper stock oil wine and nails, plus china ware earthenware and woodenware. Notables include Baring Bros & Co J J Moors & co and Abram French & co with hundreds of cases and bales.
Export manifest from Trinidad Wisconsin Liverpool Halifax Charlottetown and other ports items include brig H C Sibley 461 tons ice 21 barrels vegetables 30 barrels 10 half barrels fruit 1 half barrel game 10 cases 10 bags oysters and numerous foodstuffs hardware tea tobacco beer oats lumber and more totals and vessel names such as Sch Mary P Sch Glide Steamer Worcester Brig Westaway and Sir Charlies C Warren with quantities in barrels cases bbls bags and feet of timber across multiple ports.
Report for week ending Oct 33 1389 by George J Fox for Boston Post. Totals: sheep 9 610 cattle 7 804 lambs 24 503 swine 11 240. Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards listed. prices given for beef store cattle and sheep. Remarks note improved yard condition at Watertown, steady cattle trade, lambs sent to New York for better rates, veals down, hogs plentiful, and unchanged live poultry.
Weekly shipments reach 2102 cattle and 30 veal with steady values in Glasgow markets. Canadas pivot to New York boosted London and Liverpool fronts. lambs up about 14 cents, with notable sales by Farnham Flint Shirley Jenne and Brown. Maine cattle trading shows mixed quality. several Holsteins and milchers sold, veal prices softer, and live poultry activity at Watertown yards.
In Manchester the Guardian notes strong India China staple contracts amid eased cloth demand and futures risk mitigation. Paris reports quiet wheat and flour markets. London shows wheat weak while corn remains firm and Mark Lane prices slip. Liverpool lists breadstuffs steady demand and firm corn with several futures figures.
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