Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-02-09
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aa.. -.a-aa ra. GAZETTE OFFICE
jrre. r.-.. g.. .-tsr.s lib. FRIDAY, Feb. 8. (
h The mark ct for wheat during the past week
has been weak and declining, and yesterday
this great staple received the unkindest cnt Of
all, suffering decline of 5 cents per bushel in
Chicago, and going as low as sll6l5 for No. /.
This has rather depressing tendency in this
vicinity, aud the fine and steady prices for the
past two weeks have had to succunb. Buyers
are paying from go to rs for shipping and IS to
80 for milling wheat. Taking 10 cents as the
expense for getting wheat to Chicago and SELL
ing IL, shippers have a very small margin, and
If wheat is not thoroughly graded here when
bought the shipper Is ont. there being 40 cents
difference between No. and No. 2. What the
future viii bring forth It's hard telling with
any degree ct satisfaction to buyer or seller.
b. DRESSED HOGS.-This great product Is
about done with for this season, the bulk Of
the pork being already i'm and shipped for
ward. The large receipts in Chicago have
dropped from II to 20 900 hogs daily To to 900.
The sudden falling of in receipts has caused
lively market and prices well sustainedat an
advance of Is to 30 cents per hundred since our
last We look for good prices from this on
during the packing season, which will contin-
ne for week or two yet-weather permitting.
The market here is quiet at s,O099,25, the de-
mand being mostly for home consumption
not enough coming in to make IL an object for
n shipper to purchase.
OATS-Steady al l56s20c 4tsg
CORN-Dull at 2Oa25c. en nsar E
RYE-But little in. 26ts0 being the average.
BARLEY-lj@85, as TO quality t-
HIDES-Steady at 41za5 for green, l00ilk
for dry.
WOOD-Our market has been glutted this
winter and prices in favor of the buyer. We
understand that one of our Beard of Trade IL
about To be appointed Wood Inspector, Gan Of
fice that has long been vacant,) and we feel
now that equity and justice viii be dispensed
There seemed TO be unanimous feeling
among the :. Board " that the gentleman above
referred to was the only member that was ca
pable of filling SO Important an Office. hence
the almost unanimous petition for his ap-
pointment. His large experience I'm inspect
ing Uood-pites for the benefit of the Board has
wonderfully fitted him for the position. The
Board will sustain great loss-one that they
can hardly afford-but their loss will be the
public gain, and loolki ing at 1t in this light the
Board will never complain. We all know how
well they look TO the public interest, especial
~ to the interest OF the Farmer. 1t has been
suggested that in honor of the appointments,
and to express the feelings of the Board in
particular and the public in general, that
there be no transactions ION 'change" to-
morrow, and that q /" Flag Of Truce be dis
played at the end Of the bridge Id order
to let the Farmers know that hostilities have
ceased, that the Board Of Trade Is auiet, at
least for one day, and that there be bonfires in
the evening on the street corners, and firing
Of guns, congregational singing, &c., &C., dur
ing the day. Fire crackers will be furnished
for. The more excitabie portion Of the Board
Refreshments at nine o'cloek--parched corn
and apples. In accordance with the above tits
more than likely there will be nothing in
mark ct tomorrow, and prices no doubt will
be web sustained
p. SITS understood that the Board will all
leave their lack knives" at home as acci-
dents might happen, aud no one can truly tell
the result.