The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-01
PROVISIONS.

ro-DAY's QUOTATIONS.
ohcos-Long clear sides l7Sc short clear
use breakfast bacon lSAc
DRY sALr-Long clear sides. l6he; short clear,
HAXs-Plain. IKE.
LARD-Tierce &c, half barrel liasc; 4o-lb
cans, II &c; 2O.lb cans M l0-lbCans. l5C 5-lb
cans. la'sc: S-'h cans. l5Ac
The provision market in Chicago is down
again to-day, aud ~ the packing season for the
winter Is opening, She impression has gone forth
that prices viii be lower November mess pork
opened at sl9 p, and closed at Sl9lj, thirty
cents under the pIiccS Yesterday For the year
Y sold on first call at SIS and on last call al
els - twenty-five cents decline since last
evening.
The prices Tor mess pork in Chicago one year
| January, eli 20
The receipts Of hogs in Chicago one year ago
today We're HAAS
| The receipts OF hogs in Chicago were is OOo
! October 20
| Hogs have been mark eted more freely the
| mast week, and considering the lack of old corn
| iurmatur ng them an, they have generally M
| peatei to bc well conditioned for the season.
| There Is sull however complaint OF sickness
from various sections but We are not OF the opiu.
ION that there is an unusual degree Of this any
where. Prices of hogs have largely dociued
Hnd the provision market has been almost pan.
lcky az times, closing unsettled at considerable
| reduction compared with a week ago
The receipts of hogs AT Chicago the past
| week have slightly exceeded 100000 and fall
| only 5000 under the corresponding period last
| year, while the shipments have been rs much
smaller, so that the supply for packers shows a
number fully equal TO last year. The total pack.
| ing at all points for the week has been about
l1CW u $4,000 hogs, and since March reaches
| about 500 600 for October g. the number will
somewhat exceed 100000, against last years
total of i,rS},OOO for the eight summer months
Hogs are now selling at 6OH15 cents per 100
pounds higher than year ago; mess pork for
January delivery, NJ cents per barrel higher
lard ~ cents per 100 pounds lower and short
rib sides for November s. dj higher than last
year,
"When.we take up the statements from official
sources which have shown from year 10 year the
amount of American hog products that has
found market abroad. we learn that during u
period OF ten years. ending with October b.
1881, The average annual export has been 81 per
cent OF the production OF the western packing
houSes-about ~ per cent of the lard produced, ,
ana " per cent OF the meats, finding. such an
outlet We need go no further than these facts
to Illustrate the importance of the foreign de-
mand in maintaining this industry in our country
which IN la'e years has grown TO proportion 5
OF very great magnitude, cgdging the
capital and Sagacous attention Of the
highest order of business men. When we re-.
view the course of eventS of the past season. and
discover that the foreign exports have fallen
li5,OOQOO0 pounds below the preceding year.
loS'-Nl, and 59), 100000 pounds below 1880, or
falling on of 40 per cent and id per cent re-
spectiyely, we have the emphatic suggestion
that the question of price Of such food material
is an important factor in determining the extent
oil TINS foreign demand The export records
show that of the vast amount OF hog products
entaboroad for n market the United Kingdom
has received considerably over 80 per cent And
it is well known in the trade that the port of Lv-
erpool receives the bulk or nearly all of this
large quantity of hog product sent to the United
Kingdom"