, 1875-01-01

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tuaiions werc rather wide, but not 80 6oVoro, by
far, AZ might havo been exreetel. Indeed, IL
was ,urorainelv atcadv n,oat Of tl,a tina m to
~" So. n.., ,..,.s.S a's, ., ~ so "f w
'ao open'ng u lhe p1esont Packlug heAson.
Tho busineHh OF tho gear naturally dlvidea III.
summer or fall, instead Of in winter. which tx
t},c +;,ne nf +rpatnst actiritv 1enra t1,a uork
oa,anS.- ,.,. en- o,,tv ,a co,o,.rsk, s;.s,
"a sHo so'o"o". eAn en'' w. son,p1,ea naAn
anneaiss' ona nor a'Ha}s correctly. IN ,e'a ana
1874, the creator portion Of tho winters VOTE
WIS, howover thrown into tho months bf No.
vernler and December, 10 that the compasison
nav bo ro,aa ,noro c,,sc,r t,,,n r-,v;or,1,,
'A"' ~ "a"o n'o.. ''oo. - s""u p. .n"n
forced a1a an nnsa s ;, Of prorsous s III CONNIE.
| with otler produce. 30 low roint ns to u-
vito hearv srccu,ntiy ,nvcsnnonta aftor tba frat
11,ut u,a oycr .u, .,,o ,os,,1t ~ t,a ~. A. "a.
"'"'' "A' ~ a." "' ~ 4eetls VI An.e "os Au
sance "ich cuecke" tho cohau'nfsiFo demand
80 much towards tie close Of tho year that graSa
fears were entertained in regard to tho ability Of
hodera to cot rid Of thar Htocks ,1tho1,t seriousl
1n.s 1rt t,,n.. fo,r. w. nj ,,.t;fe1 1v 10.
1oe' ''us ~ s''''o As"A "e'' Ivy !'o.'"o. =, ''
event. Iha packing season had closea AZ
| 1nany poiuts By New Years Dag, md 1T
| Chicago was practically ended e,rIy in
| rohrr,rv II soon becomo onnaront tha,
..a.1,. a.a,,a ~ it,. .t,.s ,.S,.. ~ raa,t
ssoeAn "ou'o ~ ''sh''. 'uai' usual "''u = eoo"
demand for consumption sprung up, Which Waa
|
| year, ssvchs vera worked down to ar unuBua1-'
| il low nort l,y midsummer and we're tota1lx
cleared out, on :lost etealily advancing nricoa,
l,y tile opening Of the p.cscut rackiue season.
though Inc Buiumcr ,ackipr was iurcnrthan eyor
BEFORE This unprecedented condition Of things;
}oined to q general t,rlicf that there would be- a
material filling u1t in the cro1 Of l.orA, induced
a stroug feeling of confidence in tue future Of
| psees. Tho lard market WIS made tho subject
Ut -~v nucceseiul corner before tho sinter
p "on. Then the1e wa ~ regular epccu-.
a., ~, put the prices Ut botll hogs
" ~, ,.oipi, and led to an un-
Lean. H.,;t *; Tbe buying uf The
/ specnlati.> - 'l1puo on country
account, and Il. - ~, TRAITORS. The
hog dsoyers put tht- Eastern
parties dipped into ill., i./ T.. ,arinsly ~
several Of them had }oa. hea, ~: tho short
side earlier in tue year.
t. THE PEcu1IAaIr1Es or TIE MAnEE-
!, depended chiefly upon the expectation with re-
gatI to the character Of tho hog Bapply 1ha 3,
animals came in with unwou.ed ftocdum during
. tile summer, for tue double reason that prices
. . we1o nigh, both on hogs aud corn. Tho excite
,, men. III tho corn matkot made farmers moro
than usually anxlouH to send in their old corn in
:, | the berry. instead Of on tho loof, and tho old
crop VIVA well cleaned out By the end Of October.
Then tue very dry summer bad milltsted against
, fatted logs could not be mado on ne. corn.
Hence it waB estimated that tho number Of hogs
! III 70 make mess pork would be conapa!atise!J
small, and that the yield OF lard would be fsr
. below tho average. These expectations Layo
y been justified to some oxtent and tho whnt Of
: | flruness in the animal is shown in an unusual
a saihAee altet cutInR' aIoa1e loe. Ms.sut .'oio ~
! TaPl1ly Gu4u Hstt. auu GfEA lut FbtA pat Wy IL
October lost to T ibs per brl before the really
i. cold weather came on. but the quality improved
~ later, AMI tue yield Of pork and lard was much
II r,catar t,an 1,aT Ionr nuticjDntai3 The snacn.
n lstiye demand for pork was 10 great that the
y packers put every round Of meat into the pofk
u barrel tlat was it to 90 there, and delivered il
10 out on seller the yenr contracts, whence it Was
taken VI, by capitalists to carry against other op.
d. tons sold for Februa1y. As rule tie packeru
= carried no more product than they could help
u their po'!e, was to realize, and thus aroid tht
Ia - 'o0o ,,a ~ 0n1, ~. - S,t.E
has been tho least satisfactory TO operators
y They we're taken out very freely Tor Europea1