The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-11-18
The Provision Prospect.

The Boston Globe of the 10th inst, has
the following from its Chicago cores
pendent:
"The total packing of the West last
season was larger in number and lighter
in weight of hogs. 1t opened immedi-
ately upon the severe financial pane;
Prices of products were low, and induced
a sharp foreign demand, which assisted
the reduction of the stocks early, to suCh
AN extent that the remainder easily
worked into strong hands, and was dis
posed of at comparatively high prices
during the summer; and although lGr-
cirn exports fell off by the middle OF the
season ON account of the advance Ill
values and although the high prices OF
winter stuff caused a large home demand
for summer ured,-which IN thls envy
was about $40, 900 hogs, against 24o,ooo
during the summer of 1873, We enter III
the season with lighter stock IN hrsI
hands than ever before
The question of the supply of hogs ana
uriccs Mt which it would be sale To take
hold for the present season, nave prsii
the subject of active speculation; the
damage to the corn crop by drought III
some sections, and drought and SrasShop-
nnrs combined in others, the "nilictInG
rcports on the probable yield Of the crop
and the advance in prices to about u"u"'''
those of one year ago, naturally ioSterli :
the interest in prospective values OF tn'
,,nu, ,r,Iuct. On November l, 1913,
nr;res of hogs were So 50(G4 90; at the
fIose of February, 1874, 81 629@o 49,
and during the summer fully 3Spcr cent.
b;rber still. The opening prices N"vem-
baT 1874, were So 40(G6 20. The Agri-
cultural Department, on January !, 1914,
ronor,ed n decrease of 1912 hogs, or
about 81 per cent. in the nine principal
Western packing States. w neither tue
number of available hogs Will De proper
tionately less is disputed. The impression
prevails that hogs will rule h'sh TINS
season and experience has shown that
b;gb rrices will bring out the crop
closer, also that it is generally unsafe TO
oneratc on short-crop prices early IN th''
sasson But admitting the number o.
bors TO be up to the last crop, the sum
mary of all information points to hSh'ef
| WEIGHTS. ana We w NV =,
wrong in predicting that the bulk o, INT
c,nn Will be marketed before Jan; LIST.
bu surroundings are favorable Tor
liberal demand to fill immediate wants o
The home trade. England and the Coh'i
nent-the latter steady buyer IN Eng
Tsb markets after English shippers nat
secured low-priced products early Ms
season-are ready takers at reasonable
figures. Money now Is abundant am
cheap here, several of onr city pack er
have enlarged their facilities; four ne"
houses have been started, all OF then
have faith in showing larger PscSin:
than ever known in this city, ana ther
i competition enough to give life to IN
trade But it will be well to conslde
tbst we must in every season rely on
liberal export movement-isst sesS s
about 50 per cent-of our surplus: VIVA
Is abundant and cheap; high prices o.
product, as a rule, eurtsil foreign an
nome consumption, and only moderat
nr;ces win attract healthy and sufiielen
axnort and home demand in time
work off our stocks steadily; ana on as
ye,onments in that direction the nns
outcome will depend.