, 1870-07-07

less than yestezday's prices, though New Yor,
Was quoted firm. But the fac, is that We har
to-day over $50, COO bu in store. with no hop
II being able to send them East before th
new crop comes in. The market for segula
delivery opened at Isle, and closed at he
ss2t@I49lsc. uycr the month at 50}S@5lc
ahd seller :,sigust At 47@171Sc. Casn sales
were: GOO ba (frsah teeeipts) at 50t9o; GOT
bu 40 at 491c q, 900 bu do 1T 400 !; 5000 bu
| DO At 1870; IS, ,00O bu at 4813c; 5000 bu
a. aSa+e; 500 bu at 4S, 5000 bu rejc-.ed 4.
aae; l,s00 bu do at 43e 400 bu do at Acc
6oo bu no grade at 2sc; CC0bu by sample at sic;
Go0 bu 10 At 5314c Total, l5G, 500.
f}e was very quiet at yesterdays prices.
Sales were limited to 500 bu No. 9 (fresh ro-
ceipts) at 19c 400 bu rejected st 72c aud 400
IN GO at Tic. Ine1o was more Offering, and
more wanted. bat holders 81 No. 2 GENERALLY
asked eDc, which buyers would not pay.
Barlev was unchanged nearly nominal and
almost uuquotable. Sales were $500 bu No. s
az 55c: and l2O bu, by sample at 45c. No. 2
was quoted at 95c and rejected at 45@47c !;
feller September is worth about 51.20 1900
bu barley malt sold at ;71.3l.
1he meeting held to-day, TO hear the report
rules OF tho provision trade, adopted tho re-
Ior'. With some few changes, which were for
the Letter. The mntter will come bcforo the
full Eoard Of Trade on the 18th instant,
Tho principal opposition to tho proposed
change is in the shape Of proposal to have
Prove and brand each barrel as it is packed,
instead ct making it tho duty Of the packer
to brand bis own barrels with the date Of
packing The proposition seems fair enough,
but the plan strikes us as involving mors Of
uncertainty than the method recommended
neglect OF duty on the Dart Of q
snb-inspector,. would involve subsequent
quarrel, in which the packer would disc1aim
the responsibility and the inspector could
not be held responsible for tho difference.
The consequence would be just such state Of
enced in the provision trade in this city. II,
On the contrary, every barrel carries with 1t
the means OF proof. IN a proper brand on tho
head, tie responsibility can always be brought
home to tho packer, who can be called upon
to make good the deficiency, it any exists. The
@ veT5 ki11ow!edge That this cheek can be- used
will make the packers more careful in the
selection OF the men who do their work. The
great difficulty probably lies not in the wish
OF any packer to cheat, but in the faet
tlst each barrel of pork must contain
3nst sixteen pieces, md woigh Just
pe ss ap pounds 4sp7 The .ua logs tho are xas9 slep
OF zach individual piece Of pork is mere mat
ter Of guesswork with the chopper. Tho con-
sequence is that the weigher will ofton az
perience considerable trouble in the selection
Of pieces to mako up Just the required weight.
He will be tempted to elur his work, and rest
sati: Fl ty coming within two or three pounds
Of tie mark not to save pork to his employer,
but to save labor to himself. Indeed, the COM
plant made this seasor, with regard to certain
excepted brands, wns not that they failed on
the Average, but that the weights were so ir-
regular that one barrel Woald be worth much
ltss than another out bf the same lot
II has been proposed that the barro1 OF pork
shall be made to weigh 200 lbs, or some other
definite weight, like barrel Of -four: This
would be all very well il the pork retained the
same weight for month together; but it does
not. It gains and loses out Of tho salt in
which it ia packed. little consideration will
show that the barrel Of pork which weighs 208
lbs IN February is worth just as much as when
it weighed 2l2 fbs in March, because there Is
Just the saraa quantity OF animal matter at
one time as anothcr: The better way is to
Htick to the old plan Of 1856 Tbs green meat, and
to Put the date Of packing on each barrel, 60
that the buyer can always know by the present
weight whether or not the pork was properly
packed in tho first instance.
LATER.
In The afternoon No. 9 spring wheat closed
Mt Sl.G2 cash; S1.04 was bid for and S1,04L
was asked for seller last half. No. corn
closed at 83c, spot and seller last half,
aud e5331lc seller August. No demand for oats.
l lroTisions aud lake freights were unmeu-
t;oucd.