The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-03-30
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enCe III tne L ToNlSlOH tIdu0' TIC St'Si
is dated March 9th.
The letter states that, owing 10 the un-
usually large quantity of Barrel Pork
which has been received and cleared al
New Orleans and New York, prices
have been considerably depressed, es-
pecially in the latter city. and adding 20
this the severe pressure in the money
market. holders have been induced to
force off Mess and Prime Pork at less than
remunerating prices.
After stating that there will not prob
ably he any increase Of consequence in
the whole product of the Hog, the letter
adds: t
"One fact has evidently developed it.
self, and that is. that TOO large portion
Of the hog has been packed into barrels
tbs gear. by which operation we have
no doubt that while Barrel Pork under
geos temporary depression, Bulk Pork
and Bacon will be in better demand. at
improving prices, as the season progress
SEES, and the inference certainly is, thai if
Bulk Pork and Bacon prove de6cent,th the
Planters and other consumers Of this pro-
duct of the hog, must purchase Barrel
Pork as substitute.
By the table of receipts at New Or
leans, to February 18th, it will be per-
ceived that while there is an excess in
Barrel Pork of l6O,4l9 Barrels compared
with the corresponding period last year,
there is deficiency of1.701 $50 pounds
under the head of Bulk Pork, and de-
fciency Of 4,010 Tierces of Lard. equal
to about one million pounds (he whole
receipts being in this calculation brought
to Terces and Barels.) The B0r and
HegsAead POrk, being put up for the
English Market, almost exclusively, is
not brought into this calculation, and is
not included under the head of Bulk in
the New Orleans table of receipts.
We also consider that the quanti-
ty enumerated under the head of Hams
will about balance the receipts of last
year, or will not vary sufficiently to con-
stitue any important item of difference
in quantity; and with this statement of ac-
tua receipts before us, together with the
best information we can obtain from the
most reliable sources, we cannot come TO
any other conclusion, than that there
will be deficiency in Bulk Pork aud
Bacon this year equal to about six mil
lions of pounds, and a deficiency in Lard
of twelve millions of pounds. In ar.
irving at this conclusion, we have been
influenced by the fact (which is known to
almost every Pork operator in the West
that no hogs haze been enclered into Lara
this gear at any packing pant, vh,le las
gear. an immense number Of Hogs wey,
rendered into Lard al every packing lOin
throughom tie IVest. Another fac
equally we'll knoNDis, that the Drover
and Farmers have not bulked any Porl
of consequence this year, as they los
heavily last year by so doing-and Hog
r having brought satisfactory price thi
!. year, they have almost invariably sold t,
the Pork packers instead of bulking
This has also given the English opera
tor an opportunity to..pack early and d'
rect from the hog. instead of purchasing
@ and packing an inferior article from Bulke
q Pork, as they did last year to large ex
tent, after the slaughtering season ha
closed.
: The fact,that no hogs have been ren
dered into Lard this year and that tn
s Drovers have not bulked any Pork {
u consequence, is alone a SatisfaciOry ca
: pIanatiOn of a great portion ofthe increas
IS under the head of Barrel Pork, 10 all wh
f. arc cOnDerSant ViM the certain end impo,
!, tant difference which these changes i
}. the treatment of the hog must necessarl
r. occasion, while the very high quotation
= Of Mess Pork (Sl6 to II per Dbl in Ne,
Il York and Boston, with perfectly ba,
!. markets, throughout the pOrk packin
Il season will most assuredly account fo
Y the rush which has been made througho,
i the entire West, to get the whole produt
s of the Hog TO market, with the creates
is dispatch, so as to avail Of these high qu,
o ,ations, and it is well known that the exir,
IS ordinary high stage of the Western WI
J. ters and open navigation from every Por
Packing Point, throughout the Packm
season, has furnished unusual facilities f
the accomplishment of this object.
Is AS it regards the prospects of sales
ID Provisions we have never known the SCI
II son to open with brighter or more ce
tain prospects of a brisk demand at r,
munerating prices. The California ma
10 ket has already converted three Of o'
It. lullest winter months into three of ii
N best for provisions geuerally,that we ha,
r. ever known, and we consider it beyOa
!; tie admission ofa doUbt. that an immen'
!" market has been opened in that regiC
for our products and manufacturers ge
orally, which wiH6 permanent. "
~ have the surest information that the En-
- fish market will require considerat
T. more of the product of the hog, this yea
10 than last, Independent of the increase
a. supplies which will assuredly be wantt
a. there, to meet the new calls for expet
! tions to California, from all parts Of Gre
'' Britain.
~ France being comparatively quiet u
u der her present Government, The Fren
markets may be expected to requi
=. greatly increased supplies of provsio
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