New-York tribune., 1878-11-23
5O,ls6.634
Total pounds. ..........


The stock Of hog products in Chicago Saturday as
bor Is 1877. pork. $3.50 barrels; lard 3,492 barrels
November Ij, 1878. pork, G3.624 barrels lard, 372sl
cago. The ON price quoted for cut meats there last
year wac 50 70 y hundrcd while to-day cut meats may
be bought 81 75 hundred. 1t s thought that there
will be slight decline even from this The price l0r
pork November last year at Chicago was from Sl3
10 rl3 30 barrel, while on the same date lhs year IL
~ ~ 3d. Lard selling at the same GATE
last At from ~ to Ss l22 hundred ana TINS year AZ
- S7l2 hundred. Lave hogs were quoted frOm u 20
to - hundred. and now they are selling at trOm %
to 50 p.
Corn, however, Ia said to have fallen below what was
expected. The reports from the West state that in l
nois there is scarcely than twothrd Of crop on
the area planted. As late AS July corn was planted
and some rcpantei. That which had q fair start
ma turcd and made good yield. The same conditions
existed In portion OF southeastern Iowa and large
portion OF eastern Missouri. The crops in western Mis-
souri, Nebraska and Kansas equal to those oformer
years. with the exception OF few places the growth
and the uality were good While Iowa planted half
million less acres a better or much larger crop was
never raised.
liberal trathc in provisions from the West through
viii not advance per cent above the present quota
tons ami tnLt ocean rcgntS Will not vary any, there
fore it seems not likely at theIe VIII be an advance ID
the prices ut the hog product Mr. Kent, OF r. A. Kent
4 CO., rad hc had been assured oy Mr NahdefDt mat
he would fight higher rates, ana ny MI Newer, o, tn9
Lake shore ROAD, tnat he should oppose any Talroad
n show the decline in four yesrs of the price OF mess
pork ON the Ncw-York markets. tie following figures
wrrr gwen: on November IS 1873. IT brought S22 80
"a barre. came date, 1876, Sl7; 1877, Sl4 20; lsls
- d. Prime lard brought on the same dates. 1870,
Sl2 80 1870 $ll O5 4; 1877, - 80; ISIS, 20 -.
There said have been large amount Of bacon eX-
pored lart which, mud market, has been re-
turned and H. selling as low as Dig cents "A pound.
Tie cheese market Is reported stagnant win larger
amount in store than was ever known before. Inc
markets abroad have been overstOcked consequently
there Is little or no demand for the supply on hand IL
estimated that there is stock oil 3OOOOO pac
in store IN this city, oue-thrd of which Is June cheese
which Tefr gerator cold storage ana at
one time could have been sold at fair price put u was
held for higher prices and the demand being only for
IRE stock there sale for II. said one merchant
Yesterday: England has always claimed that we could
not manufacture enough cheese Tor her consumption,
she would take all that we coud iurnIsny put
We nave proved otherwise by giving her more than
coud De got rid Of nOtwi ithsaHding that IL can De
bought lower than FOR IN past h en years Prime
ch cse j. quoted Il from 9 To GIG cents pound and
good che sig cents. It II surmlsed that holders
of cheese and the prUpretOrs of cheese factories, who
are Jointly Interested Will lose considerable money De-
fur. they can unload their stock
THE butter MAJ ket Is IN much better cOndltlOu SAID
n dealer within Il day or two, because We nave been
working Oh cheaper basis knowing that low prices for
dairy products must All" There Is tar stock OF
state butter IN the market and fine table article is
selling at from % 20 pound. Western butter,
when il considered "A second grade, Is quoted at from 10
TO cents pound, and thus good for ordinary family
use ana Germany IL SAID To nave been tax
ing derabe quantity of butter recently az nlch
lower prces than those quoted, aud last week 5000
exported TO that country ana 5000 pack
ages the week before. one merchant stated that there
was scarcely any sale for OeOmargarne or taOw Dut-
ter merchants found they could not use H. ana
another reason was that second grade butter, which
WAS superior 10 OeOmarguGne, could be bought at a
owsr nice The butter exports stated 10 be ncreas
ing dAy and the demand Will continue to grow So long
as low prices prevail.