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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1889

Page

6

Money Market Summary From Boston and New York

Prices and rates show a dull week opening with little change. New York and Boston exchanges, call loans, and clearings are given with shifts in surplus reserve and bank deposits. Reports note strong stock market tone despite some profit-taking and ongoing consolidation chatter among rail and utility issues.

Boston New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Charleston Savannah Eee

New York Financial Market Summary and Stock Moves

Money on call was easy at 3 to 4 percent with last loan at 4. Sterling, government and railroad bonds were dull to strong. Stocks opened active and firm then faded toward noon, with gains in St Paul preferred reversed late. Reading, Lawsville & Nashville and others led advances, while coal stocks weakened. Totals: $1,608,000 in sales with notable moves in Cleveland & Canton, Hocking Valley, Fort Worth & Denver, Long Island, Richmond & Danville, and Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand Trunk.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange St. Paul Stock Exchange Berlin Lawsville & Nashville Manhattan Denver Texas & Fort Worth Oregon Short Line Chattanooga Canada Pacific Tnal Reading Firsts Fort Worth Cleveland & Cantonists Hocking Valley Lackawanna & Western Fort Worth & Denver Long Island Richmond & Danville Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand Trunk

New York Stock Sales Report Featuring Daily Totals

New York stock sales for September 9 show total transactions of 274 700 shares. The report lists shares traded, opening, highest, lowest and closing prices for the day and compares with the prior Saturday's close.

New York

Financial market roundup from London and Paris

Foreign financial reports from London show Consols at 97 and 97 16 for money after midday, with various stocks including Atlantic & Great Western firsts at 34 42 and Canadian Pacific 67 7, along with Mexican and Reading prices. Paris advices cite 3 percent rente near 356 francs 10 centimes, bullion moved into the Bank of England totaling £47,000 on balance.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie Illinois Central New York Central Reading Mexican Central News Paris St. Paul Mexcan Bank of England

Brick Trust Grimly Slows Seattle Building Boom

Seattle faces a slow recovery after a recent fire as a brick trust gains control of local brickyards and Portland output. Prices have doubled from nine to eighteen dollars, with builders suffering losses and some delaying projects. Masons and carpenters demand high wages, sand is scarce, and outside work may halt by December as winter suspends construction.

Seattle Wash Portland

Hardware dealer Caldwell assigns as creditors meet

William A. Caldwell of 106 Chambers Street New York a hardware and cutlery dealer made an assignment yesterday with $26 000 in preferences. The failure is linked to the suspension of the Douglas Axe Manufacturing Company of Boston with which Caldwell was closely connected. A meeting of the creditors of E A Batchelder Co at the Shoe and Leather Exchange 79 Bedford Street will be held at 5 PM today, where the trustees will present the firm’s affairs.

William A. Caldwell Chambers Street New York Douglas Axe Manufacturing Company Boston Caldwell E. & A. H. Batchelter & Co Shoe and Leather Exchange Bedford Street

Trade Ad Listings Across Cities Highlight Named Firms

A chaotic OCR page lists numerous business names and representatives from cities like Binghamton Chicago Cleveland Columbus Erie Nashville New York Ocala Savannah Syracuse and more. Entries name individuals such as H A Goff C Gady W Cady J S Ramage N Fisher J Rowell and F Tracy along with firms like Stone Goff & Co Phelps Dodge Palmer Belknap Carpenter Fisher Simmons and Einstein and mention advertising phrases and locations.

Chicago Fargo H Andrews Cumberland Ind S J Edwards Erie Goodbar & Co Vernon M Rosenbaum Nashville Tenn S Ramage J Ramage & Son New York City C Fisher N Fisher & Co Ocala Pla Savannah Einstein Einstein’s Sons Syracuse FE Nettleton AE Nettleton & CO

Market Roundup of Dry Goods and Staples

Dry goods show modest gains while flour and corn stay steady or quiet. Oats ease, rye dull, graham quiet, cornmeal firm, oatmeal dull, milkeed slow, butter firmer, oleomargarine very quiet, cheese higher, eggs and beans steady, potatoes in good demand, poultry and hay firm, strawberries quiet, apples fair, oranges nominal, lemons strong, bananas steady, pork active, lard in fair demand, hogs steady, corned beef dull, fresh beet steady, muttons steady, lambs quiet, veals steady, tallow higher, sugars steady, molasses nominal.

Print cloth market opens quiet in Fall River trade

Fall River on September 9 reports a very quiet print cloth market opening at 3 and 4c, with offers down 42 percent for 64x64s. The dull activity reflects cautious buyers and subdued spinning and weaving demand in the early trading session.

Fall River

Market summary of option markets and grain futures

Chicago reports curb wheat and corn easing with heavy receipts and weak export demand. Prices show mixed futures moves across Minneapolis St Louis and New York with October pork options and October oats influenced by end of week supplies.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Minneapolis London Farnam, Reardon & Co Gusage Eee Eas Ania Wheatin Northern St Louis New York Sec

Dry Goods Trade Shows Moderate Week Activity

Market reports show steadiness in dry goods with roping houses active and overall trade ahead of last year. Western demand remains strong, New England buyers increasing, August and September brisk, with prices firm, inventories depleting, and a New York auction of 3000 cases of blankets and flannels noted.

Chicago New England New York

Woollen goods trade trends and weekly sales reported

Market reports indicate high raw material costs and steady prices with little profit for manufacturers. Demand remains strong for dress fabrics, knits, and cotton goods, while prints and ginghams stay active. Weekly sales reach 122000 pieces with most from Fall River and Providence. Raw material costs stay high with no immediate decline anticipated, and imports show mixed changes across lines.

Fall River Providence Bradstreet’s

Flour And grain market report from 1880s prices

The piece lists carload grain prices for flour and corn including domestic flour quotes and varied oat and corn stocks. It records inspections and stock totals in Chicago, Boston elevators, and New York receipts and prices for wheat, corn, and oats, noting steady or dull markets and shifting demand for winter patents versus spring.

Chicago Bush Boston Bnge i i Vletwie Queens Hatleuc Sos Scien Alelecs Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior New York St Louis de Vbesco

Dairy receipts and market steadiness across creameries

Receipts show Bele 1914 tubs oleo 1115 pkgs cheese 723 boxes eggs 5 bbis 1105 cases beans 330 bbis potatoes 6 cars sweet potatoes 3103 bbis hay 27 cars straw 1 car. Last year Butter 1415 tubs oleo 189 pkgs cheese 342 boxes eggs 1026 cases beans 262 bbls potatoes 30 cars sweet potatoes 1421 bbls hay 38 cars straw 3. Creamery markets firm with mixed pricing. extra lots at 18-19c, common grades slow, Western extra creamery 18-19c, firsts 12-18c, New York and Vermont 12-19c, Eastern creameries steady, imitation quiet, truck butter up. Canton cheese 3700 sold. Averpool quiet. New York cheese strong.

Bele Franklin County Choice Lee New York Vermont Eastern Creamery State Dairy Western Dairy Western Creamery Western Tall State Pennsylvania Liverpool Chicago Western Tirmer Jo Bing Canton

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