The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-29
PROVISIONS.


DACoN-Loug clear SdCR iSalc; shor, clear
lic breakfast bacon l7c.
DRY sALT--Lons clear sides, i2Sc short oiaa.,
nlu.
HAas-plau, l6Sc
LARp-Tierco lSAaG half barrel, lSHc; 4o-lb
cans, l3to; 20-lh cans. lSo: l0lb cans. lie: 6-lb
cans, liiUc: G-.b cans. liAc
The provision market was strong In Chicago
to-day aud prices advanced. Mess pork for the
year sold In the morning at SIC 10, Iltten cents
above the figure last evening. For January II
opened ut Ii So, and closed at II 05, seventeen
aud half cents advance since yeGtcrd0y's CLOSE.
For May II sold on first call at II 3IA, and
brought the same price on last tall,
Mess pork sold IN Chicago one year ago to-day
as follows; For December, 1885, January, lGiO
The receipts ot hogs III Chicago to-day We're
10000 Last year at same date they were %, gg2,
and the shipments Ndl.
INV York Nov. 2G--rhcrc were rumOrs on
the commercial exchanges this afternoon that
the German government had formally prohib.
tied the importation OF American pork 'FRONT.'.
nent exporters nf provisions also received cable.
grams 10 the cloqt that no more pork would be
received tier this month, ThOugh the exports
OF this product have been very small for some
time the trade here regard the action of the
bundcSrAth MS very unfortunate, seeing that
pork will eventually be much lower IN price rs
well as plentiful, There is also n probability
that when once prohibition is adopted II will be
difficult to get II removed, The Frcurh decree
OF February Is, 1881, is u case In point
Tho Cincinnati Price Current says There has
been fair movement In hogs the past week,
showing considerable Increase on the preceding
week Tho weather has been more cncourag.
Ing, and shippers have undoubtedly been stinl'
ulatcd 10 hurry their stock forward 10 realize on
the sauc before prices get lower, MS the ten
dcncy has been steadily Downward, Our ~.
turns FOR ten leading poluts given below show
ut these places u total OF $4,000 hogs packed
since November ], against aS2oC0 ut CORES.
| ponding date last year. or u decrease
the packing at all points is Mt this time
about 70 per cent short Of u year ago
Tho Drovers' Journal says To show how
| closely the American export " cured meats |,
determined by the character of the Indian corr
Drop aud the price, II Is only necessary 10 refcl
10 the figures recently Issued by the Statistical
department. of the government OF the United
States, In lSsl.Ss tho exports of these article,
amounted 10 6iS<tL AS pounds, the production
OF Indian corn thatyear having been !, lqlG0 On
pounds, and the average price from 16i,c h
s0hc, In lSSo.sl tho exports amounted TO LUIS.
hS5,gUS pounds, the production OF Indian corr
havirg been L1lIiaL51 pounds, and tho pric,
62hc 10 6Shc. In lS7n.sp tho exports amoun,c,
IN l.elL 1856, 40 pounds the production of Indiai
corn having l,bi7, p0l, 40 pounds, and the pric
hsbo to 6ihc, II thus appears that the exports,
BILE surplus OF thesc articles has been this yea
only about Gl per cent OF what II was In lssO.Sl
| aud about "a per cent of whatit was In lsip.Sl
| the quantity following very closely the pfodut
| ton OF AMI ptlces for Indian corn. The grea
hulk OF these vast exports was consu med 4
England.