Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-03
Nashville Provision Market.

Stocks Of meats are about exhausted and conse-
quently our quotations must be regarded as nomi-
nal. The packing season opened last week by
Messrs. Hart & Hensley, who brought small lot
of swine to the block, but owing to the change in
the weather they were compelled to discontinue
operations until colder snap justifes them in re-
Stunning. The high opening figures for hogs are
now exciting the packing and also the consuming
portion Of the community 20 an unusual degree
and the trade look forward to rather an unsatsfac
tory season unless change for the better takes
place before the heavy operators are compelled to
MI up their cellars for the summer business. We
make the following extracts from the last circular
OF H. Melward Co., Chicago, who are regarded
as No. authority in matters pertaining to the
hog and its product:
"For the products of the first few thousand hogs
there was an active competitive demand and profits
were most encouraging, but the buyers who only
wanted little early meat, and had no intention Of
accommodating stock at these high prices were soon
satisfied, and now the packers find themselves the
anxious parties as they have either to stop packing
or commence Milling their cellars on their own ac-
count. IT seems to be pretty generally conceded
that such prices as have been talked of by the
farmers (y1z; TO loo gross according to the mod
esty OF thelr aspratonsl, can but enrich them and
pauperize the packers. Retrospective glance will
be sufficient to verify this theory. Last February
at the close Of the packing season. hogs were sell
ing at 10 and 12c gross. There had been healthy
and almost unprecedented demand for provision
products through the packing season. and the pros
pect for higher prices was most encouraging, and
| yet there was no money in the trade during the
| tory. There has not been large holder Of pro
visions but must say conscientiOusly, that he would
| have done much better to have sold out his stock
in February, at the then current prices Last veal
| at this time there existed a very large demand
| for England, which continued through thu
season amounting in the aggregate from the Is
Of October, 1885, to the 3Oth of September 1862 &c
459 800 lbs bacon % g95 barrels pork Is 5Ss l6(
lbs lard and equal to $4,000 hogs Of 200 lbs each
This year thus far there have been hardly any con-
| tracts entered into and the prospects are thai
at such prices the large buyers will stand aloof and
the trade be confined to the merest retail The in
| PRODUCTION of preserved mutton into England from
Australia, which Is selling at about Sc q b, has in
| terfered greatly with the bacon trade there, and
| will probably do so much more the coming year
| The experience of the past si1
| months has demonstrated to all that the cOnsump-
ton at these high prices is merely compulsory anC
that if a substitute for the hog products could be
| found it would be Immediately adopted How
then it can be expected that such prices be sus
tanned through the packing season, limiting con
| sumption and accommodating stock with the pros
| pect of hogs next summer, we are at a loss to de
| termine."
We quote:
| HOGS-The receipts for the past two days have
| been about 500 head and sales have been made al
| to &c gross for light to heavy averages.
| BULK MEATS-NOne. Stocks will be ready in
| Is or 20 days
| BACON-Clear sides scarce at Ig92Oc. Shoulders
| and hams, none.
| LARD-Tierces ISTCaI9c. Hart & Hensiey 8
| new in cans, zoe. Caddies 20kc.