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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1889
Page
7
The report describes cautious futures after a bullish start, with estimates for tomorrow easing and selling pressure from locals. Exports are smaller as English deliveries soar, while corn gains are timid amid cold weather and anticipated larger harvests. Provisions weaken as hogs remain plentiful and pork options slide.
The print cloth market in Fall River on Sept 17 reports moderate business with quotations steady at 3 4 cents, down by half a cent for 64x64s.
The next series of wool sales is expected to close on October 19. Arrivals to date total 42,310 from New South Wales, 16,870 from Queensland, 38,773 from Victoria, 2,866 from Tasmania, 15,477 from South Australia, 216 from Swan River, 68,588 from New Zealand, and 77,400 from the Cape of Good Hope and Natal.
The lumber market remains steady with September expected to be active in most branches. Southern pine trade is fair and prices hold. large New England building operations support steady demand. Monday arrivals totaled 2,013,000 feet of hard pine from six vessels, with steamer space limited and freight rates firm.
Day today quotes show pine at 50 for extra sap 45 for clear and 35 for second clear sap. Spruce lines list 33 35 for extra 31 33 for clear and 24 25 for second clear. Shingle pricing steady with extras 3 25 5 40 poor extras 3 clears 2 75 3 00 extra No 1s 2 2 25 No 1s 1 1 25. Laths steady. Car lots sold at 2 15 2 25 and cargo at 2.
The local anthracite market improves as families resume purchases and retailers rebuild stocks. Wholesale trade rises with retail restocking, though company reports remain cautious. A 3,000,000 ton output cut aims to curb overproduction, with steady or lower rates as more vessels enter the trade and coal shipments total 734,475 tons versus 914,892 a year ago.
Domestic flour quotations and freight carload prices are listed with receipts and exports for New York Chicago St Louis and Minnesota. The notes show steady to firm market tones for flour oats corn and wheat with varied demand among millers jobbers and buyers and include color of prices for No 2 red No 2 white No 2 yellow and related grades and measuring markets across multiple regions.
Receipts today list butter among items received, with additional goods not specified in the fragment. The note records a current inventory or purchase tally without further details on quantities or prices.
4307 tubs 888 boxes oleo 1109 pkgs cheese 717 boxes eggs 8 bbls 3142 cases beans 122 bbls potatoes 15 cars sweet potatoes 2510 bbls hay 63 cars straw 7 cars. Butter quotes steady to firm with Western extra creamery 20 22c, New York 22 28c, Eastern 18 21c. oleomargarine improving. Eggs steady with Eastern extras 21c, Firsts 17–19c. cheese mixed with Northern choice 24 10c, Western 8 9c. beans varied by grade. Potatoes steady, various regional prices. hay and straw in large receipts, prices: hay 18 18.50, straw rye 16 16.5.
The market shows a large supply and fair demand for many vegetables and produce. Prices listed include Egyptian onions 150 per crate, Malta 175 per basket, Spanish onions varying, beets 35 per box, carrots 40, lettuce 50, cabbage 3 5 per 100, tomatoes 25 per bush, celery 75 per dozen, and more across crates and boxes.
The market shows ample apples and limited demand for common lots with varied prices for Gravensteins Hubbardstons Porters and other varieties. Oranges lemons pears cranberries crab apples peaches grapes bananas plums and quinces are priced with New York and Jamaica origins noted and supply levels described.
Jamaica oranges arrive aboard the steamer Flamborough and will be sold Wednesday. The upcoming shipment issues from the steamers to the weekly market. Wednesday's train carries four cars of potatoes and one car of peaches. Prices include $150 per half-bush basket for some goods.
Receipts today show tallow 19 pkgs beef none pork 420 bbls lard 385 pkgs hams 75 bbls 100 tierces preserved meats none bacon 668 boxes. Last year tallow 15 pkgs beef 90 bbls pork 94 bbls lard 629 pkgs hams 100 bbls 130 tierces bacon 452 boxes preserved meats 4482 cases. Pork product prices steady with firm demand. lard firm. Quoted long cuts 12 50 to 13 00, short cuts 12 50 to 13 00, backs 12 50 to 13 00, light backs 11 50, pork tongues 18, mess 14, extra mess 11 50, corned beef notes and other beef and pork prices across New York Chicago and Cincinnati markets. tallow city rendered 4 2 4 c. State market activity mixed with beef and pork trends. Western market reports lighter arrivals and steady to firmer prices for hides and tallow. Sheep cattle and lambs prices noted. store cattle and hog prices listed.
Kansas City market sits steady for cattle with steers at 3.20 to 4.00, cows 1.65 to 2.25, hogs lower with heavies 3.20 to 4.10 and mediums 3.85 to 4.20, sheep 3.55 to 3.90. Peoria and St Louis show muted hogs. Chicago lists strong cattle demand with beeves 4.30 to 4.65 and hogs active at 3.50 to 4.20. Receipts vary by city, with overall volume high in Chicago and substantial hog shipments nationwide.
Cotton in New York quiet with 612 bales bidding and various grades listed. Futures opened and closed steady as detailed opening and closing quotes per month follow. Liverpool and other U S markets report mixed receipts, exports, and firm to steady tone across regions.
Sugar receipts today are none, with 6573 bbl last year. raw sugars mostly nominal and refined sugars in strong demand at firm prices. Quoted grades include Cuba refinings around 64 6 per hundred, Manilas at 544¢, and pulverized sugar at 8% to 8 4c. Refined categories show steady to firm quotes. molasses receipts today none, market nominal. New York trade quiet and firm for raw sugar and fines.
Turpentine closed at 47 percent or 4814¢ with resin at 1024 percent and 107 percent and tar at 275. Petroleum closes at 7.60c with RSW at 7.20 and cases at 9.100. Coffee New York Rio is quiet with fair car going 19%4¢. Whiskey shows no change.
An import of Genuine Irish Belleek porcelain is now on display in the Art Pottery Rooms. The collection includes sugars and creams, bon-bon shells, coffee sets, dessert plates, ring stands, honey pots, biscuit jars, brush trays and comb trays with unique delicate designs. Also featured are American Crockery novelties, deco rated dinner sets and toilet ware. Bedroom sets are on the main floor while dinner ware and other items are on the third floor accessed by the elevator.
Inspection invited as Jones MicHufies and Stratton showcase CHINA and GLASS WAREHOUSE at 120 Franklin N B in a new Dinner Set Hall on the third floor. The display boasts an unmatched variety of dinner ware with numerous kinds of value.
Shipping list from September 17 1889 records Brig J A Horsey Steamer Scandinavian and multiple traders from Glasgow to St Domingo City and Rosario. Items include mahogany lignum vitae steel wool paper stock glassware tobacco pipes and bales of rags wool and paper stock with numerous broker names and quantities such as 173 bales rags and paper 590 boxes tobacco pipes and 1 parcel samples.
Shipping list details cargoes from Gibara Cuba to Jamai ca Port Antonio and Rosario Arkansas to Cadiz Spain and Yarmouth Newfoundland, including pine boards 13 620 feet, pine lumber 991 109 feet, oak staves 81 300, flour 535 barrels and other provisions. Vessels include Tordenskjold Kong Alf Pavonia Alta Sch Alta with mixed cargos and quantities across multiple ports.
London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat quiet but firm as buyers hold back. Liverpool quotes breadstuffs steady to dull with weak demand, white wheat firm and reds dull, corn dull. Wheat on passage to Britain 1,663,000 quarters, to the Continent 26,000 quarters. futures steady with several contract months listed.
A railroad of buyers and agents from diverse footwear firms is listed, with names and firm associations across major American cities including Bates Kingsbery & Co in Atlanta, Butterworth & Co in Chicago, Greensfelder Florsheim & Co in Chicago, Goodbar Shoe Company in Memphis, Lytle & Co in Dayon, and J D Thomas & Co in Norfolk, reflecting an extensive boot and shoe trade network.
A long list of names and firms connected to shoe trade appears, naming agents and partners in Omaha Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Rochester St Louis Savannah Toledo Tallahassee Wheeling Wilmington Xenia and more, with firms such as Williams Van Aernam Harte J I Meany EG Moore Home Shoe Co A Einstein J Rosenheim Meinhard Dewey Rodgers Vance Shoe Co and others. The fragment suggests a directory style notice of commercial agents and affiliations across several states and cities.
Time tables showing local and through train service between all stations may be obtained at all ticket offices of this company. Trains for Albany and the West leave Boston as follows.
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