Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-26
DAvENpomr noe TRADE.


rnc Grades. Prices mnd AN ks.
alsnnse Of ahe Amount Of
Buslnc.s for ahe Hensoa.
This is sn important branch Of the busi-
ness Of our city, Is the following figures |
Ril shew. Dealers ere buying principally !!
Tor shipping, there being, at present. only |
pns firm 10 the city engaged in packing, |
which will supply the home market. Ship
psrs commenced buying about ten days ago. |
The firm engaged il packing commenced
operations yesterday by slsughtsrins about
100 head. They we're delayed ssvsra; days
beyond the expected time Of commencing
on account Of the warm weather.
The following ere the firms engaged IN
the trade, and an estimate on the amount
of bu u.iness each will do during tie season.
They all ship to Chicsgo.
Thos. Scott, cars per day, or go hogs.
: u.,.h, q - I" 10 Z.
FAC. Haller 10
sch6ehting & 60. car 55 ~
tS11fSottbS - ~
One days business 10 cars, or $50 hogs
The average weight and prices are ~ fol-
lows:
Weighing 800 lbs. and over, t5.25 TO $3.50.
$50 !" 81 500" b.20.
900 I" 400" 40.
Average weight 26o lbs; average price SIC.
The season this year will be shorter than
the general sverage, on account Of the high
price Of corn, which makes il necessary for
farmers 10 feed as little Is possible. The
season generally commences about the 10Th
Of November, aud closes sometime in Janu-
arg but this year II will, 10 oil probability,
close about the last Of December, which will
give about forty days in which 70 do the
business Of the season. Taking the above
estimate Of $50 head for one dsy's business,
multiplied by forty, and We have $4,000
head very close estimate Of the plumber
to be shipped this season. This, il any
thing, is too low for the real number ban
died bv our shippers.
The tirm of Ruch, Corse l. nallsr. pack
ere, will handle for the home market about
5000 head, which, added to the above,
gives %. 900 head. Multiplying this num-
Der by st. the average price paid. We have
the handsome sum Of el3l. $50, the amount
invested by Ave firms in this trade this sea
son. This is . pretty good showing for the
place, and indicates greater activity in this
branch Of trade than many would At first
suppose. This sum, together with the large
amount paid for grain, being distributed
among the farmers Of the county, must in
crease their wealth aud enlarge their facili-
ties for greater productiveness. From these
facts it is safe to conclude that Turning
pays and is now and will hereafter be the
leading interest in our State
Tns FIRsr BRIDdE.-ln an extended ar
tics on the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific
Railroad, the Railroad Gazette says OF the
bridge which spans the Mississippi st Rock
Island and Davenport: The Rock Island
bridge was the frat TO span the Father Of
Wasers-the first TO establish the fact that
elow water carriage must yield to the swifter
and surer railway system that private in
tsscsts must become subordinate to great
public wants and necessities. II was the
test case, and not only Chicsgo. but the en-
tire west will ever ows debt Of gratitude
70 President Tracy for the patient energy
and unconquerable perseverance with hich
for years he fought, and at last overcame all
that ranecrcus opposition. tho ''tiver inter
est," backed by buil-headed prejudice and
millions Of capital could in.erpsse 70 csust
out this bold achievement 80 worthy
the progressive spi,i, Of the nineteenth cen.
tury.
4 good deal Of the "bull-hesded preju
Dice alluded 70 grew cut ofthe mislocatior
Of the bridge more than cut Of the fact that
the bridge was built. This We hope to see
rcmedied by the new and magnificent s,ruc.
| turs that is to span the Mississippi here.
TnEs AND Now. When the Gazette com
meaced writing mp towns along the line o!
the rsi'toe1 'as. summer, it began with
Wa,c1,t. That town WAS then nice little
village, with bright future in proc pect-
and the Gazette expected lots of subscrib-
ers theIoabouts. Bu; unfortunately the
GaseHe aud the itch are looked upon with
TIE same favor in that vicinity, end the
subscribers didn't come. 70 get even, its
correspondent repays that place, for the ne
elected complimsns,i in this mornings iss 90
| lie saws:
"Walco.t. situated among he best fields
in Iova-ficds which beyond controversy
produce more grain to the acre and more
cultivated acres to the section than the av.
erngc Of even Iowa townships-is sfter al
the shsbbyiss and most cheerless town eA
| the c., r. l. 1 +. r. X. Its hotel is an i'm
rnense bar-room With n bsli.foom attach
ment rs large as . country church. The
other place of public resort is n beer-housv
with extensive barn and stahling attach
ments. The arrangements Of comfort for
"man and beast being largely in favor OF
| the beast.
For correspondent uaabls y talk the
language Of the inhabitants, or to discourse
on the beauties cf Landscape and sky q
seen through the bottom Of = glass mug,
this il very dull place at which to while
away IN hour while waiting tof the train. y
Thus the Gssstts cheers on its "German
friends" Had ths residents Of Walcoti
been simple enough to let that journal lead
them politically, they would have been be-
slobbercd with praise. But as they choose
to have minds of their o~u. "tlleif arrange
mcnts Of comfort are largely in favor Of the
be ast.' Such Is tolerance snd magnanimi-
tyi 40, shame, where Is Thy blusar'.
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| by J. q. Holland; (Fourtssnth edtion)
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