The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-22

From Cincinnati Price Current, 2Oth.J
The prOcrastina-
ton of the packing season, by the unfa-
vOrable weather, will compel feeders to
continue. and this will make the hogs bet
ter than they otherwise would have been,
so that the quality of the pork put up here
will be good tor the season. and more than
very superior. and will add to the onaIftv
of the meat materially. In Western Mis-
souri,, Iowa and IN Kansas, the corn is
very good, and stock hOgS beng plenty,
and corn low. because of the incOnveni-
ence OF bringing IL to markei, the supply
OF hogs from thO~e sections will be better
than from any other locality. and this will
swell the mum Der packed en- the Upper.
Mis- ~isSippi points and at Chicago, greater
III proportion than elsewhere, but the
season win be shOrG, and the bushes at
no point will extend far into January.
These facts, together with the very linn
tied demand from the home markets for
old stuff are disturbing the calculations of
the trade, and rendering the future aspect
of the trade exceedingly unsatisfactory.
tt is true there is large demand from
England com pared with the two previous
Sc 3sonS. but how long this will continue is
somewhat uncertain, more especially in
view Of the 9ntinusd depression of trade
CONSIDERED BILE influence on this. The pros
poets of good demand from the cotton
States, viewed from the present stand
point is, to say The least, doubtful, because
of the low price of cotton and the large
losses consequent thereupOn sustained by
planters. L is true that the tax wi be
| do! b. ess tslten Oft, which viii be equiva-
lent-to Sc Is 10 advance to the owners, but
as has IS a Thing to take place in the fu-
ture, there is some uncertainty. Should
the action of Congress be calculated to II =
| store confidence in trade, the result Will be
marked. and, that it VIII, we think there
can not be a reasonable doubt.
At Louisville packers are buying freely,
and have their agents out through Kes-
lucky and indiana securing hogs. At st.
Louis all the hogs offered are taken, bur
| the quality is-light- At Chicago the re-
ceiptS have been the largest ever known,
/ and the demand has been active at S. IS TO
| them fiCt0.make mess PORK. At that point
| some think the packing will run up TO a
| high figure, bat we are informed that the
! prevailing beliefs that the season viii be
EshOrt and hrlSk.[The rates at st. Louis are
about the same as those current at Chica-
l go. and the average OF the hogs about the
/ same, but at this place and Louisville the
Il price is SOC higher, gross, because the
! hogs are so much better. The
4 farmers made a sa 1z- mistake last
l. hogs, which cost them SO UO to SO co. gross,
in August. 1t is true that they We're com
PEELED to do this to a great extent, owing
I TO the Inferior quality OF alarge portion of
\ the crop, but nevertheless it was a sad
| retrospect for them at the close of the
season, TO behold their labor and corn
/ such as it was, lost, and the character of
/ the agricultural community is prOverbiaI
| that is, when they are mistaken in one di-
| rection to run into the opposite extreme
| year, as regards the quality, but snort as
| regards quantity, and they part with it as
4 reluctantly as they would with their teeth.
! Pork is low, they say, and corn will be
! doubtless, corn will not be as good as pork
/ next Spring; but nothing can persuade
them into this opinion but the stern logic
of facts.