, 1863-04-25

Tuesday, -ipril Elf the trade closed dull yes
teIday it opened duIlsr this moEning and prices
are not ot auy or te cose on sa ta1 wcr n &c
yards yesterday, hecause those who held them took
the alarm in the latter part Of the day. and crowded
them of at very large decline from the morning:
Int there was au asriyal Of over zoo head from
peIbFylranin, mostly good fat bullocks, which
will net sell for as much as they would yesterday
aae ? Il head hsys Is bua nG'sa
meal 1ea !. Pennsylvania, and fat, which are csti
mated by buyer Mt iGcwt. We saw bullocks sold
yesterday rnng g p Sl et as hsa I ~
Quick al 500 yesterday. Now only So is offered,
been s,eady decline inthis market from the open
week determined not TO pay spectators prices,
they will stop the advance, il they i1o not break
down hieh;priees They ,laye already seen that the
true. There were 5000 head Of good ones in this
market, and but very few Of the others were bad.
II is evident that there is no danger Of famine. It
for good fair Western stccrs has been speculative.
1t IL not legitmately owing to short supply. The
weather yesterday and to-day has been cool for
april, and decidedly favorable to the trade.
BUTCHERS co::yESrtoS,
The butchers Of the Eastern cities propose TO
hold general Convention in New York on May
20, "ior the purpose Of adopting Uniform system
for al the cities In purchasing live stock, and to
establish organizations to eradicate the crest i'm
IT,
lato!s OF midd1euen who now infcst every cit5 in
the Union; and who hare injured the butchers
business to auch an extent TINT it will scarcely af-
iold bare sHfteranee to those engaged in it, The
butchers, IN their call for the Convention, cay:
This system OF speculation is unnecessary and
ancalled ior- It imposes a tax upon our several
eommunities and upon those least able to bear il.
It tbeeoales onr duty to protect ourselves and our
people from the entertainments Of those uva,iciore
monsters who feed Oh the lifes blood Of the work
Ing masses. Let It not be said that We are note
.f1f1$ $rf 1.t@nt
have 10 regard for the rights of our patrons, the
people, who we see daily compelled to pay three
Gents per pound more for meats than they wonld
hare to pay were this internal system Of spccula-
tion brokcllu up; this uucalledfor advance neither
bcne6tng the butcher nor FEEDER
ThcE desire that suel measures may be adopted
chasing at stock where 1t legitimately belongs, be-
tween the butcher who prepares 1t for the consum-
cr and the grazier and feeder who prepares it for
simple business way Of accomplishing this . end.
abolish the credit system and bny your bu1ocks
on the seaeF, and Tou viii bring yourselves in rap
einces directly With you. Now they cannot. You
rcpel them, As business Ia conducted III New
York. farmer cannot afford to sell Ills own cattle
On each bullock, and then get more money than he
could ifhc sold them himself for cash. 1t Is the
butcher and consumer, and not the producer, who
which the money broker gives the butcher. It Is
Ter the brokers' interest 70 keep this. state Of
things. 1t ID also for the interest OF few poor,
honest butchers, who cannot pay cash. The prin-
cipal benefit however, Is derived By those who arc
not honest: who buy cattle on credit full for large
snlns, "compromisc,' and pay so cents on the dol
1ar and then get truste acan readily before.
This ie the system that honest butchers have to
contend with.
TIE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
was bid for last Saturday. The lowest bid byW.
Robins at $3.50 per cwt 1iyc weight. The other
general opinion Of d.sintercstcd parties that tue
new bidder cannot furnish sncl cattr as only will
be received without loss. w hope the loss will
be go apparent that he will not undertake the job,
because If lie does not: we rlalI be sure that the
soldier will get the bust beef that tie market at
fo:de that is. the best Of the class suitable for
systtm The cattle seeesed bs star r & Red Ills Ills
week average over II cWt. aud ART estimated to
have cost 1a555c per lb. net That shows what is
the quality.
TEE HOG MARKET.
Receipts this week, II, 400.
Qrora11ess-ssXGs5Ts per cwt for co:u-fed
Hoge. arc tho quotat.ons given By Henry D. Grant,
Superintendent Of the Market.
It fx arc au9Sia It. hf
fed Hogs is thst tho many ,yho rank In that class
are not corn. .tattcd if they arc corn-ftd.
ones, such Is sre only 1t for stock, are not whit
s1eet-fed Hogs, though selling at &c per pound,
Geo, ". Dorn'an gives the following as the
price Of hogs this week: -
Live VT Dead VT.
ssso1d soH; csaiity cofn:d i aSxs SsSs;z @3zs
First quality, small sizes. fat
and prime, for mtk't butch .-.
Large size stiiiifait9 stiiifsa i:t. S9Ss SS29ssSssc S2e SsG
Second quality stil-fed ,.....5c o Geo
Western mast~fed, fat $3.50. .4eGlH &c G51l
Light poor Hogs arc not salablc at any price.