, 1880-01-01

wero false, because eaci, was alike impos.
sible. There was too mitch for q corner, md
too much to De nbantl1ncd without a
.ian( in IN Ills Country wcro estl'natod to bo
nEnr1y 200, 600 tIerces greater than 4 year pre-
ylous, and recently tlio packers did mol trim
tiei! 'neats 50 closely as usual whlcll has
IIat thcrs is p!enty q IT, especially "a It eas
be mado in untold quantity II 4 demand b
found to exist for tho article.
The volume nf outst1o bpeenlatton was
muel, gre;ater last ycnr tim ln ls1 i vas.
tember, and son,o 10 to 10 per cent bigger nf-
terwaris Tho, great mass OF, tho, people
Iave been thinking about It, md not q faw
They reasoncs! that tho lowest price OF lard,
III times ot depression, was abont SIC per
pound; Tint lsHc for lartl md st5.oN51s.oL
psr brl fol- pork wers not unusual prices BE-;
to he oI specte blSts, and that o1Sc for ona
and $1,000 for the other must te clleap now.
t. was a,aitly sail X local antle,ttys
1Sw WfeK at feo re no Hss II n
inyest ut !lt!la be'ow present prices" It's
production Of pork lung after meats nra
f" to 20 ae tne eenrest to the Con-,
(say} St.D freight to distant consumers this
;' viii fG u sarqc;e SSf IS pSas the 1Ss f'ssPeSs
ss sse i ;s9s Fe{Y $hs sf1 s1ens i % 10 5R%si Rasfi
consideration; but there II nlso. the point
tint saltetl MEATS ara relishcd best by
the great mass OF consumers; It Is nlways u
ssso sfsSs pofk Ma' Il a Ill % soes 'a s swcss4 S:
What is left after the supply .of tue lumber
rrgiu1ls alut shp-,nesscs Il either taken out
aud smoked to 1w sold ~ strlps or shipped to
would lave called "other contagious ports,"
our EXPLOITS TO EUROPE
contlnne tn illcrenss;; but tho, ntlgn1cnt IS
cllictly IN the 1,rItlsi Isles. wflere the ollS
time prejudice Is gradually wearing nWny.1
The Continent Of Eirope has about held ltts
nwn r. tne sections formerly supplied. ai.a
iii t|le direction Of North md E,.st. Tile areE
partly Tel by American hog meat now ex-
tGn.ls some zoo miles from tho coast line.
prices now ruling, rs Tic cIief Recommending
tion to many In tic Interim llns been thai
hog meat was chcnper than fish. The sup.
ply Of Europe In 1878 WAS largely effected by
?I t" rstaIjers: t Iast % ysr III ltts Il tie specu-
lRtiyc spirit WIS npparcnt among European!
tradrrs, ntul some of tlgm bought quite freely
ahead, tl,ongh 1,la1iy Of the orders sent srero
erty .y from @ this siie. Thc hctfcr .ic,nan,l
there WINS due to tho advance here. \ lend
Ing operator remarked that tho usual talk
long NJ foreigners tllink 1t will III offered to-
them rs fast ns they want 1t they naturally,
hang l'ark: there II IN deMand. Bit, whcnf
speculation here starts prices upwards, them
| the foreigner wants to buy. Europe will
t2kn gladly all W. !,aye to spare II Europeans
Will beg for 1t II wc hold 1t aboyo their
| lpatls.''
The parties IT. this city who pushed tho
! trnsle lit Englnnd lost lElnlley, and n. great
deal Of It chiefly because Of The mental intlo>
lcncc of .the KritLsliers. The parties theret
wl,o handled (?l the meat would thrnw iE
1ntn Il cellar, and expect It to keep there.
without care, TIL wanted. A considerable
percentage of the meat spoiled under this
Exs1Is elmnte Wettsr cnrs s'ns II noy ke
| 0f tho property. The atmosphere Of the
Continent IL tlr!nr Md n,nrc favorable to
housekeeping than Is tint OF England.
PRICES on roTlK.
| Tic following table shows the monthly
ral,ge ind tile average price OF cash and
srller-the-lllottll mess pork throughout the