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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1890

Page

7

Wool Trade and Mill Shipments Describe Strong Market Activity

The article reports robust exports with shipments last week totaling 5512 packages, led by New York and Boston origins, and a long rising trend in domestic orders. It notes active demand for prints and various fabrics, steady ginghams, improving clothing woollens, and strong heavy-weight woollens while highlighting cautious buying for light-weight goods and resilient worsteds.

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Financial market quotes from London for Atlantic and rail stocks

The London financial reports list Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 474, seconds at 6, Canadian Pacific 8342, Erie 255 with Erie seconds 106, Mexican ordinaries 62.5, St Paul 70.5, New York Central 109, Reading 20.5, Mexican Central new 4s 76.14, Spanish 4s 78.44. Open market rate for three and short bills 3.75 percent, bar silver at 53.5.

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Late cheese sales and farm market report

Uric New York and Little Farms report mixed cheese transactions with prices from 8 to 9 1/8 cents per pound. Bulk butter offerings show dairy and creamery lots at 20 to 22 cents, with some down from prior levels. Vegetables and meats list general movement, with potatoes weak and pork products firm while fresh beef holds steady.

Uric N. Y Little Farms

The Dry Goods Trade Market Report

The dry goods trade shows quiet activity overall with steady jobbing throughout September. Demand is strongest from the West and Southwest, New England buys are few, and New York remains lively with broad stockpiling of seasonable goods. Prices edge up on several 4-4 cottons and bleached fabrics, brown sheetings move slowly, and shirt makers’ orders remain plentiful amid favorable money conditions and tariff considerations.

West New England New York Journal of Commerce Farwell Bates

The Cotton Trade Weekly Market Review

The speculative cotton market was active last week with initial strength, then brief price dips, and a steadier close on Saturday. Spot cotton remained quiet yet firm with middlings around 10 4 to 10 1 6 cents per pound. Government crop reports were unfavorable but prices held steady due to favorable weather since early September. Southern reports show mostly good weather with some heavy rain in parts of Texas and Gulf States hindering harvests, while elsewhere cotton is being picked and sold. Week's receipts totaled 124 363 bales, up from 94 589 previous week and 42 810 the week before, bringing Sept 1 totals to 203 228 bales versus 144 618 in 1889, an increase of 58 610 bales.

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Flour and Meal Trade Report Shows Steady Prices

Market remains quiet with small lot sales as wheat declines weigh on flour. Reports show receipts of 7600 barrels and 5606 sacks of flour, 125 sacks oats, 1190 barrels cornmeal, with prices for various flour grades, rye flour, and oatmeal listed, plus corn meal demand remaining fair and barrel meal ranges.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada Graham

Grain Trade Receipts and Prices Decline in West Market

Receipts today include 80,620 bus corn 39,850 bus oats 1000 bus rye 217 tons millfeed 66580 bus malt 600 bus peas. Inspections sum to 110 cars with varied grades. stocks show New York visible supply and elevator totals. Markets eased on Western weakness with steamer yellow corn at 6 1 2 cents per bush and No 2 yellow at 59 1 2 cents. No 2 white track 46 44 cents.

Chicago New York Ush Basti Kush Bush Lusi NY &Nerr Boston & Albany Farnpm, Reardon & Co Boston Ae Wit Dees Abs Bioret Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee

Market Grain and Feed Prices Report

Grain buyers note quality differences in old clipped bush up to 50 cents. Six row Canada No 1 runs 72 to 75 cents. Steady demand for millfeed. Sack spring bran 17 25, winter 18 18 25 per ton. Middlings 20 to 23 per ton. Cottonseed shows small demand with nominal prices.

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Produce Trade Reports Firm Prices Across Commodities

The day’s receipts show butter 1626 pkgs, cheese 5314 boxes, eggs 1692 cases, beans 473 bbls, potatoes 9 cars, hay 24 cars, straw 7 cars, and peppers to tomatoes in truck listings. Butter prices steady with high grades scarce, Western make heavy but frost impact noted. cheese and eggs hold steady with selective gains.

New York Chicago Liverpool Ogdensburg Canton Michigan Islands Nova Scotia New Brunswick Vermont California Lima Canada Lucerne Red Top Jersey Rhode Island Bent Timothy New Hampshire Barbanks Portland Houlton Rose Aroostook Houlton RoSes Aroostook Hebrons

The Fruit Trade In Florida And Mediterranean Markets

The fruit market reports a tight supply of lemons in Florida with prices around $4 to $5 per box and poor orange prices. Mediterranean fruit prices show steady trading with Sorrento and Palermo lemons listed, while California demand remains fair with diverse fruit prices. Jamaica oranges are scarce and trade quiet, cantaloupes and muskmelons show varied wholesale rates, and apples and pears offer generally easy or steady pricing across several varieties.

Florida Sorrento Palermo California Jamaica Deimana Williams Graventeins Duchess of Oldenburg Vermont Clapp Ohio Concords Ohio Wardens Ohio Brightons Ohio Delawares New York Concords New York Hartfords New York Marthas New Wyoming Reds New York Salems New York Bightons New York Wardens New York Delawares Moore’s New York Wyoming Reds York State Wordens

Fruit and meat prices in New York market report

The report lists prices for apples berries plums and grapes with per basket, crate and box rates. It notes Nova Scotia and New Brunswick fruit supplies are small and that sales are slow for certain items. It also covers steamer arrivals, fruit auctions, and current pork beef and lamb prices.

Market Hogs and Cattle Prices Across Regions

Hog and cattle markets report higher quotes in St Louis and Cincinnati with hogs firm to higher, Yorkers at 4.50 to 4.65 in St Louis and 4.45 to 4.60 in Kansas City, cattle mixed weak in Kansas City, strong on top natives in Chicago. Receipts: St Louis 2331, Saturday 1114. Kansas City 8380 cattle and 5533 hogs. Chicago totals 15000 cattle, 27000 hogs, 4000 sheep. Prices list shipping steers 3.75 to 4.45, natives 3.60 to 2.60, hogs 4.20 to 4.80, sheep 3.25 to 4.75.

St Louis Cincinnati Kansas City Chicago

Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Notes

Sugar demand shown as fairly good with firm prices across categories. Spreckles sugar quoted at 6.70c. Wholesale grocers prices listed for large and small granulated sugars, raw sugars firm, New York refined active, Havana sale details, London beet firm at 145 4d. Molasses demand fair with varying regional prices from Porto Rico to New Orleans and other centers.

Manilas Floilos New York Havana Matanzas London Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo New Orleans

Print Cloth Market Holds Steady in Fall River Market

Fall River reports the print cloth market unchanged at 85-16e for 64s as mills discuss a potential pact to keep 64s above 35-16c through October. Board of Trade action pending. some see the move as wiser than September efforts, others doubt its value. In New York, cotton remains firm with futures opening firm and closing easy amid modest activity and listed prices.

Fall River Board of Trade Rounseville

Wheat and corn markets slide amid fears and heavy receipts

The option markets report active wheat with a downward tendency amid panic rumors in New York financial circles. Long selling dominates as futures show sharp breaks. corn receipts exceed estimates while interior reports indicate minimal frost damage. Provisions fall with hog prices pressured. outside buying tempers declines.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston New York Bears

Pipe Line Certificates Closing and Market Figures

Crude oil certificates show openings and closings, with Sept 14 closing at 3 pm and Sept 1 opening lower. Recorded charter volumes total 100 percent, with refined averages and shipments. cottonseed oil figures and Western market notes list prices in St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and New York Turpentine and petroleum prices noted for New York and related products.

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Imports And Exports Sept Fifteenth Eighteen Ninety

Shipping brief lists imports at Yarmouth and Saint John and Annapolis regions, detailing potatoes berries salt mackerel eggs halibut and sundry goods aboard multiple vessels and carriers. Exports from St John Annapolis and Shelburne include fruit four buss, marbles, hardware, glassware, hats, beef pork lard and sails.

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