The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-05
FINANCE AND TRADE.
PORK PACKING AND PBOVI'
sIONS.
CINCINNATI.


lar of George w. Phillips, Jr., the pro-
vision market has improved in prices
both for new and old product, as we'll
as for hogs; yet there has, perhaps, never
been SO uncertain feeling manifested
as to the future, or what to do now, US
at present exists. Many think the price
of hogs too high and all concede that
the packing at this point will fall large
" short of last year, but that country
points will increase. Prices of hogs and
new products are relatively higher here
than at any other packing point in the
country. Yet our prices seem thus far
to draw the supply of htgs needed to
supply the slaughters. This may in
part be accounted for by the continued
unfavorable weather. Buyers are timid
for fear of spoiled meats and only buy
sparingly of the pieces. The weather
now is turning colder and business is
more animated than at any time this
week.
.HOGS-The receipts for the day were
1868 head and for the week 2O,37. The
market closed firmer at 6 40a7 90 gross
and at 50aS 80 net.
MILWAUKEE.
FROM the circular of George !. Jones
g. Co., of the 9th ult., we learn that
pork packing at that point commenced
about six weeks ago, and the cutting to
this time sums up in the neighborhood
of 1900. TO this date last year the
packing was about $4,000. The hogs
have been unusually light, not ayerag-
ing over 220 lbs gross er $50 lbs net,
which is about 81 lbs uxdcr last years
average, and, in consequence, very little
mess pork has been made. Fortunately
there has been a pretty coed demand for
middles, and large proportion OF the
cutting has been into English meats
and prime mess pork. The yield of lard
has been small compared with the past
two years, and is only about as large rs
that of the season of 1865. The impress
sion is that we are to have an increase
in the number over last year, and that
the figures may reach 10000. The gen
eral belief is that the season is to be
short, and is likely TO lie over by the 1st
to the 18th of January. The packers
seem to have much confidence in the
season proving profitable, but this belief
has scarcely been entertained by the
Eastern dealers generally, as but few
orders have thus far been sent here for
execution. The local demand and the
Lake Superior trade, however, earlier
in the season was quite large, and en-
sumed the products ofabout IL, 900 hogs.
The packing this year will he princi-
pally from city slaughtered hogs, and
the packers seem to think that the pre-
miums offered to the farmers to bring
in their live, by the relatively better
prices paid over dressed, will hereafter
induce n much smaller business i'll coun-
try slaughtered. The hogs now arriv-
ing are in rather better condition than
those received earlier in the season,
although there is not much increase i'll
the weight.
We quote live hogs steady at 5 50a
81. Receipts for the week $40. Dress
I'd hogs quite dull alto 5OaG 80. Receipts
for the week 455.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
The operations of the hog market on
the 2Sth and Doth are as follows: Wheat,
Fletcher s. Co., have killed 100 head,
and have 1000 more now in their pens.
They pay Is 25a6 80. j. G. Furguson has
killed 1850 head, and has 1000 still in
his pens. He pays from 6 II to 6 so.
The season will close from the 10th to
the 18th of December. The former firm
will pack about 900 head.
ALTON, ILL.
Pork packing is being pushed for
ward, says the Alton Telegraph of the
25th ult., ut the establishment of Messrs
Wade & Co., as vigorously as the wealth
er will permit. Hogs were packed last
week at the rate of $50 per day, except
on Friday and Saturday, when the
weather was too warm for successful OPP
erations. If the weather continues cool
er this week q larger lumber will be
packed per day than heretofore.
CHICAGO.
The Journal of Saturday evening says
The pork and beef packers of this city,
taking advantage of the cold weather,
are driving brisk business in the way
of killing and eating. The receipts are
moderate as yet, but the advices from
the interior indicate that by next week
the receipt of live and dressed hogs will
be very large, provided the favorable
weather continues