The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-22

From the ST. Louis Merchants Rspos11s. !.
CURnENT EvENTs--PAsn.
To this time We have heard hut few obser-
v01&saD A regard 10 pork operations the ap-
psDas11ng season. This fact indicates 70 :
good e1tsnt the fssling a. tho suhjsot, - il
goes % show evidently Tho introdnotieq r.
new Features, and The consequent inoapabili-
y d operators to Judge how far these inci-
dents, likely to occur, may aheet the market.
/ Ia the FIRST place, then, II y generally so0es-
rds1 that tho srop Of hogs viii prove larger
tAsn l6et Year-A concession pSsdsoaeed on
tho statements OF several State returns, g.
pssiAlly those Of Ohio, Kentucky and llhnois,
In the second place, the heavy yield OF corn
favors the Same view. Now, with suoh an
amount II IL oontsndcd BY one side, shat pri-
ces must rule lower, taking the further facts
smept having f0bo0ed American meats for the
public service, the demand n that direction,
for that object, will be entirely cut Of, and
that our domestic consumpkion cannot By any
possibility prove equal TO Me supply On
the other side, and ID answer 20 this posi-.
ton, il 10 n!ledged that our Beef and Pork
will be required By the English mercantile
marine, and thus trade will be opened up
equal ia extent and much moro satisfactory.
We NAV here remark that the objection to
our Provisions ID not based 90 much upon any
real detieit ia the raw material or ito prepar-
alton, - upon the damage or injury sustaiD-
ed by the meat in tr0nsstU, the close confne-
ment during long trip producing ELECTS
which the nice discrimination Of the English
commissariat rejects. 1t ID known, however,
Is far - Beef 10 concerned that eur cattle
| contain too much bone, and the meat 10 pro-
| ferred by foreign economists, whose thorough
bred stock gives this desirable result. IL 10
| objected. TOO, that American Beef shrinks
materially in the boiling process, defect
atsribotsd to grass feeding. This defect
could be remedied by stall feeding FOR few
weeks, but oar wide and rich praifiss present
| such cheap nutrimont that formers can with
| dif6culsy be made to adopt the remeiy, o.
though the result would prove equally a re-
I munorative.
: We have the opinion expressed, also, that
large amount Of barrelied Pork will 60
| over TO be added to tho product OF the ensu-
ling season, say 100000 bbls-an indication
| not only of heavy amt unit, but OF the mad
squasy Of our markets 10 dispose Of the sup
ply under circumstances moro favorable than
can be expected from present appearances.
This 10 met by the counter view thst altAough
. heavy stock was known 10 be IN the ooun-
try in July and August last--estinated as
| 270, 900 bbls--ths liberal consumption In An.
gust very satisfactorily proves that but .
Comparatively small part OF that stock will
20 over. During that month ia New York
the consumption reached 10000 bbls. being
almost unprecedented in ito extent. The
stock Of Bacon, it il urged, il in Light sup.
ply, and barrellsd Pork must Do rssortsd TO
for the purpose OF meeting the Demand
Many believe, therefore, that but little, il
any, will 20 over; while others figure the
surplus from 50,000 TO 2O0, 900 bbs. We
give the opinions Of both sides, as far %
made public and understood. that our cor-
respondents may judge for themselves.
The late frosts have disturbed the views
that had become settled, and rendered spec
ulative opinion more and mere prolific. SER
from . section or two in Ohio, where she
frost was severely felt, 70 Illinois, for the
purpose oil fattcning, the process, il 10 said,
Of taking the animal to the corn, being cheap
,er than transporting the grain 70 the animal.
This fact has verified the frost news to the
extent to which il goes, and added to ths
constantly ACCOMPLISHING statements from
Northern Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin re-
garding serious damages, has produced more
or less effect. II is known, however, tina,
the corn crop is immense throughout the on
tire country, and but few, We presume, will
be disposed TO predicate opinions upon any
injury it may thus far have sustained. The
crop will doubtless prove very large, and the
question "what - to be done with it 2s ID
more frequently asked than answered. A
good portion of it will be taken for bread and
feed, another portion for distilling, while ths
balance will likely 20 into Pork. How the
latter will pay, our correspondents, We sup
pose, familiar already from practicAl illus.
tration. 1t has been computed that Pork .,
Sc net yields $50 per bu for CORN Il 40 th.
yield is &c, and At 5 the farmer rsalizes 45s
per blu. OF this statcment We cannot speai
advisedly, except from general publicsso1
which has gone uncontrsdicted for seyera
years past.
Another matter of more or less interest
likely to have some influence the approach.
ing season, is that 0sttsidsrs will hardly rul,
the market TO the same extent they have here
tofore done. Last season they disturbed tha
legitimate trade very psroepsibly BY pitehin.
In, without regard to those checks and bal
ances which constitute the only safeguard
to operators. The market was inflated b.
their influence, and prices vent up TO figures
that subsequent transactions have not bpsi
adequate to cover. We believe that parties
who entrusted the purchase and packing o.
q hogs to others than tho trade-those who %
in the regular way on their own account
/ found it, in every instance, IN improbable
business, and they viii not be disposed to ca
ter the 6eld again in similar way for SOM
time to come. The experience Of last year
Il tharAf0ra will nHnhahlx raliAxA tina mr. Vt a