The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-14
rmR PROVISION TRADE,

year, and in view Of the uncertainties in which
the future Is involved, operate with great eau
ton. and manifest, generally, disposition that
causes them to be about even balanced between
A do.nothing and moderately active policy
Under these circumstances it will be interesting
70 glance at the trade Of last year, and to ascer
tain the proportion Of the crop consumed in the
South. Having obtained this information We
shall be the better prepared to discuss the ques-
ton as to the disposition Of incoming supplies.
The receipts OF pork and bacon at New Or |
leans from September LIST, 1860, to June 10Th,
1861, when the trade was suspended, were |
reducing all packages to lbs,) Ss,522,s76 lbs.
This, with the exception Of 1925, 500 lbs. ex-
ported 70 foreign countries, was consumed in
the South. Cincinnati exported in that time, to
New Orleans, 29,772 700 lbs, and to other
Southern ports, 10, 34s, 4sl lbs; while the total
exports from this port were 81 ,920,27l lbs Of
the total shipments southwark from this port,
twenty Ave per cent went to other Southern
markets than New Dreams. Estimating the
distribution of stocks shipped from other places
in the West, upon this basis, We approximate
the total Southern consumption as follows
Received at New Orleans, lbs, sS,622,976
Shipped from Cincinnati to other
Southern markets.. ............ 10,34S,4Sl
shipped from other Western mar
kets to other Southern ports,.... 22,430,734
Total supplies sent South, lbs, -. 12l ,302, 19l
Foreign exports from New Orleans, 1925 500
Left for Southern consumption. . 1895, 1871
These figures embrace the entire shipments
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In add-
ton, Eastern Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia and Alabama, received consider
able supplies through Baltimore. We have no
statistics showing the extent of this branch OF
the trade, and we can do no better than guess
at the figures. An estimate of this character
is not worth much, We are aware, but if our
readers are not satisfied, they can gness for
themselves. We put it at rs, 100000 lbs. The
net Southern consumption, then, stands as fol-
lowe:
South, from the West, lbs, lis, 97s, 1871
By way Of Baltimore, ............ 25,00o,0O0
Total, lbs, .lSS ,972, 39l
The reported hog crop, as shown by the pack
ing at the leading points in the West, last year.
was 2,l55, 72O head, which would yield in meats
S2S,S5s, 900 lbs. The actual number packed,
was of course greater than reported, as many
small points were not included in the returns;
but these omissions are probably offset by the
consumption of products in the West, so that
the crop as reported, may be taken as fair ba-
ais in calculating the exports and consumption
outside of the producing districts. We have
then:
Total production, lbs. 1923, 35S.SOo
Southern consumption, ios, Si2,o9i
Surplus, .lS4, 3S6, 40s
Thus surplus is shown of about lS4, 100000
lbs. for Eastern and foreign consumption. This
it is known, proved more than sufficient, fol-
Notwithstanding the demand created by th'
army, there lie a surplus in the North, at thi:
time, from last years products of 10000, 00t
lbs. The crop Of 1860, we find, was distributed
about as follows:
South, Observation-Disclosures. l3S, 972, 50
The East and foreign countries. l64 1856, 40
Surplus on hand, ............... 2O,OOo,oO
Total crop, ................ 32S, 90
n With crop of hogs this season equal to tina
&of ls6O-6l, and in the absence Of u Southern
xnarket, there mus, be largely increased cor
y sumption in the East and foreign countries i
order to absorb the stocks. 1t is not our pun
pose 10 speculate here to the extent of tn
incoming crop; but it will be profitable to glanc
at the probable foreign demand. What amour
was exported from last years crop?
The official report of the Treasury Department
for the last fiscal year, ending on the Both o
June, has not yet been published, and We ar
therefore unable to answer this last question &C
curately. But the exports were enormous--uI
precedently large. From the port ofNew Yor
alone there was shipped in eleven months, t
December LIST, of barrel pork and cut meat
64,260,74S lbs. We estimate other ports, e,
cept New Orleans, which we give exactly
New York. .6i ,2oo, "a
New Orleans. ',o-s,oN
Other ports. ..........' ...io'oVo'oo
Total in II months, lbs. SO, $50, %
The figures for the whole year would prcbab
reach loo, OOO, 900 lbs, as the total foreign G
ports from the product of the crop OF lS6
still larger trade is expected the ensuing yea
and it can hardly be doubted that this will
realized. The possible increase may be inferr.
from the progress OF the last three years. I'll
comparative exports from New York for eley'
months in each Of those years, were as follow
1859, lbs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30 ,2S2, il
1860, ." ............... .32, 3s2, O
1861, .o4 ,Zoo, q
The cost Of the article has great deal to
with foreign, as it has with domestic consun
ton but il affects the former more than q
latter. The average cost Of hogs in this mark
the last two years was as follows:
1859, per 100 lbs. net. ...............s6
1850. 50 9
Tho average price paid this season, so far,
about s. so. Freights are higher, however, /
allowing for this item, and the average CO
thus far will not exceed a 90, as compared "
last year.
If then, Europe took 100, ooo, 900 lbs. fr
last years crop, when the cost was high, VI
may be expected in 1862, prices ruling low, ,
the waits of England promising to be mi
greater than they we're in 1861 From
scale npon which provisions being prepa
At present in this market, end also on the y
ern seaboard, for the English market, it is
to estimate the increase for the current sea
At tfty per cent, This would give IN aggree
export Of 10000, 600 lbs. Large as this We
be compared with former years, it would.
make up for the loss Of the Southern trade.
the army consumption is alarge item-eetima
At equal to 4O,00O,O 900 lbs. for the year.
There will be falling off in domestic {
sumption growing out Of the prostration of
ming and some branches Of manufactures
Is an Offset to this, the shipping business is
tive and pro6table-and Low prices will enct
age more liberal use of meat, than the II
experienced under aAhigh currency. Gale
ting the hog crop the same as last yesr, an
il doubtful whether the packing at the Y
will be so large-but the Eastern seaboard
increase largely-and assuming that the So
ern markets will remain closed, We gather
the foregoing figures, the following estima
the years business: "a
Hog CROP 1bs. ...............S23 ,OOO
Surplus lbs. - 20 DOC
s-a Total supply. 1912. ~. s43 ,Oo(
East'n and foreign consumption, lbs 2l4 ,O0t
Army Consumption. ......... 40,00(
Total Consumption. ...,.. :. 254, 00
Supply. ............... ........ AS,O O
--
Surplus, lbs. .................sS,00
In the event, then, Of the Southern ma