The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-08


How Il Il Conducted Ia this CIiy-WhNt
" D6inE aud what viii be D0Hr IhIu
SERson -The Prizes I'Ald, dc.
Tie pork packing business Of Wheeling
is rapidly becoming one Of her important
branches Of trade, and Wheeling as hog
market Ia becoming more prOtentlous each
year Three large establishments are &c.
lively engaged in this industry, by which
thousands OF hogs are annually slaughter.
cd and their products distributed over
several States Indeed ono OF least Of
these firms Is doing a large business in
other States east and south Of this market
In their lIne Oicured meats. The hogs for
tlllS trade are TO q considerable extent
purchased In tho surrounding counties Of
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and West Wiz.
glnla, but large amounts Of green
meats are also purchased In Chicago
and Western markets, and cured In
this city or rather In Fulton, where
tho SlGughtGring and pork houses are
We have had occasion before to de.
scribe the workings Of these houses, aud
trace the hams and SHOULDERS cured from
the hog In the rough, and the process Is
therefore familiar to all, but yesterday We
called on several Of our packers 10 asccF.
tain the present condition and prospects
iorthe season Of Strengthening about TO 10.
GIN: -.
Mr. y. davenport, WIN y. U. LAST Jf.,
prUbaOIy me most extensive pager we
nave, anu VINO Ilas the largest I3reign
trade, was iouhu IN the ONCE oil the latter,
anu IN reply 70 our inquiries gave us sub
s'anM1lIy Tue following information:
MhAt ate you uolhH IN the way oil
packing pork?
well We have begun We have 0OC
hoRS III ihe pen lnat WIZ DO killed this
week, anu We VIII slaughter right along
PtoyiueuW w Cah get lh9 ho9S ID IbiS IDAT'
KY t q IetlaoIAnle tAte9.. a,
NJ nat Ky you PAYING ,,,
,,II m ~ W , tenb' i've WeiEh'
low 90 prices compare with those oil
'aSt year,
n1ouI cent per pound higher"
ri, M VIAL y ~ 1he prospect Tor the hog crop
ms season.
we thlnE INC crop VIII DO larger than
Gst year corn u abundant anu Of good
qHmal1y, Lhe hogs are wen leu Out, ana
VII ny ven III cent heavier ~ tAah last year
~ WA nat prices will IlKeIy w Paiu III the
heStI ,mv
AN an average OF " cents, 0r
MnM NUMBER Gld you pack last year.
we prefer 70 keep our statistics pn'
Ieteshng 70 we pnDIiG. You may say that
We VIZ , ale conslleraoIy Increasing the trade
, sIItleF W P0cElhsor oy curing green meats
W ne PIW1nuSt Is Ilstr'Outed throughout
p mSst Nmglnla, Eastern Ohio, Eastern
Iv sIsyIf TIh"' maryland anu part oil Old
The next place visited was Schenk 4
HoeckIer, also extensive butchers and
Pork'packers OF this city, who also operate
~ F9lton; Mr.. schenk, the senior part
mel, N teiererence to our inquiriry as to
WI" MY ~ was Golns tnis season salu:
well nearly nothing yet, from The
ny tna ~ We 20 not ,T, care to pay the prices
% W ior hoSs. Ihey arc much too high
we 10 not want 70 lake ne risk Of putting
EGWI! IaERe quantity oil bacon at such
niEn prices. ~
/ ~ you thinE a: mat they Will BIO lower?'
u MINK 80. Inc supply Of hogs In the
county tributary 70 thts market is not
nearly 10 large az last years supply was
put tne corn IS oil superior quality and The
hoss wiz 10 larger anu latter and the dill
.so INV ~ Melght VIII nearly make up loi
What do you think OF the prospects
lor prlCesT
well hardly know. Many OF the
hai ho SIe nolu.ng out '9r sly prices iol
thelr hoes, because they had their fingers
6urnt IN wheat, but Us for Inc | don't
Ihlhk y salo ior packers 70 pack meat at
over " cents per pound"
0,. LION W many hoSs DO you slaughter an
nuTly
'a' y SIlI Whs nat n an average year
wv We Mlieu oVerS,VOO hogs. we DO not
AI Un Mhnt VIZ VIII 10 TINS year"
mW Wow 10 you dispose o. your porkY
vi, most o. our pork IS CONSUMED at
l we sell luIe pork out oil the
S'tSI put Uur Sales are mostly local.
neotHe II: fAtks, Esq', was found at hia
ou M %nT We asKeI MN the prospects:
mslI' ne Degan, mo packing viii be
nsn. ~ 1ulS vicinity tnls season. Tor the
because hogs have been so low for the
i ,ass 1--WE seasons mat they sold early and
nav n1s Ieu Ihelr hogs Out, put run them
Out earlier IN the season anu as conse-
Henee iAe local crop Will DO short here.
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