The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-30
II ETAIL MARKET.
Per Bushel.
REvIEw OF THE WEEK.
The Cincinnati Commercial says.

The Cincinnati Commercial says -fss s..- -a.5
The Hog trade, fully inaugurated, is the prominent
absorbent of captal and whatever its effect may be
operators, the farmer is of getting solid cash, and
the merchant reasonably sure of getting long bills lqu-
dated In all the commercial interests of Cincinnati,
this great makes the conspicuous
figure, and. consequently most are
of the Dry Goods trade branch of mercantile business
always made to suffer most from delnquencies in pay
As matters progressing, at least $500. 900
weekly going into the country from this pout alone
ers and Merchanis bands, paying many thousands Of
doars of Indebtedness and leave the merchant here in
safe condition for fntnre II Is noe rio1s true
agement of the business has been
leave them with very light stocks of unmarketaole
goods. - 3, - a q
Concerning matters amongst Eastern importers, the
New York Herald says
In the Dry Goods trade usual at this there 10
very little doing and merchants aud Jobhers have
to reflect upon the losses of the These, far
ascertain have fallen for the most pat upon the
importers here and the foreign shippers consignment;
thoaph from the fact that jobbing louses under
this spring import for themselves be mistakes Of
the more generally felt than would otherwise
have been the case.
whist regret their misfortunes but rejoice
that they have not successfully induced Western
chants extensively TO share their losses. , IS. .s-s
OF the importing trade the Economist says
1t cannot be too strongly insisted upon that the dry
goods importing trade to large extent neither
less than system of sheer speculation The result
of seasons trade is matter of pure chance. which the
importer does not in any adequate way endea
rc This being the character of the mportiuZ business,
it is not Surprising that merchants have weak cred
il in the Eropean market and that foreign exporters
wont regard the American trade more risky than
almost nny other; is il be wondered at that
importers should every seven or ten years have to ae-
quaint their European creditors that they have not the
wherewith 20 meet their engagements. st a
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. t52t
BULLS HEAD-The Tribune remarks: q
There only about 500 head of beef cAs yarded
Forty yesterday and in consequences
the supply heng murh short of previous weeks. an
effort male on the part of the cattle brokers ad
the rates about half cent per pound. which they
oleabIy successful in doing upon first class stcck
SO sales effected in the part of the day
for cattle sold at prices equivalent l09lG<
per pound for the net weight beef than
in part owing to the fact, that the average
quality of the stock altogether better. But the
whole it cannot be said that the market lively
for tine medium and inferior grades of nimais did
pnrake of the advance-the reports from Washing
market being unfaVorahle and very large receipts of
poultry which selling at moderate prices, will tend
prevent considerable advance uPon beef cattle not
withs landing report to morrow will probably show
something thousand head less in the city This
true though, that of them small that lakes
three to make the weight of sized
beef That is The also with of those in the
yards yesterday but not in great proportion here
tofore, Jo 81 sgs zzas. f'r
We judged from the appearance of the yards at
down last evening that abo half the cattle sold
the storm of the morning having cleared off, that bu
siness toward evening lively There 10 proha-
bly, enough left for the demand to-day.