New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25
FEATURES OF TIE CHICAGO MARKETS.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE rnmUSE.l

CuIcAGo. March 2i-Corn still keeps on de-
cpipc ard this fact il influencing the feeling and con-
duct OF all the other crowds Tho receipts were appa-
reny larger than usual because the arrivals on Frday
we're included with the cars that came IN TINS morning
Although everybody Of this fact, the posting
OF 40 cars Of staggered buyers aud holders bo'h
Two hundred and twenty-sH clrs-moFe than hall the
reoeips-were graded No .. and this was the most do
pressing circumstance Of all II j. charged ana "ldey
believed that tho inspection Office here has adopted
new policy become liberal III liza selection
because the pressure OF the receivers ana elevator
men. This belief il held by the rich spectators
and makes them wary buying for fear Of being caught
with bot grain in warm weather. The fear OF hot corn
here I'm the summer has recently done much to depress
this grain. The principal - shorts now, ana the
heaviest sellers to-day, the crowd OF proyision
scaIpers made up OF NAT" Jones, G. j. singer ana
others who bearish provisions and VINO sei corn
as much as anything because they hope IT Will help de-
press pork March corn closed at 5lc May at Soc to-
night.
Wheat was strong all day, Notwithstanding the weak
nes. about the corn pit II under the influence Of tho
repors Of Gamagc 10 the winter wheat crop May "heS
was az nigh as 81 / ] -, but closed az III lO7a
Provisions very dull Pork declined lOc lard &C.
and short ribs The partly because there va niue
trading, aud partly because the corn market was ~
weak ..--,..-,..,..
me Sscoverv that The Ango-American Packing Com
many controlled by Fowler BrOthers not long ago de-
lyeied Armour & Co. 1000 bbls. ~ pork when was
sbort weight The delivery was made fast month. Ar
monr & Co. II seems reweighed the pork. and nowitn-
sandIng had marked regular by the Inspector.
found that each barrel "short" weight nbont I'VE
mounds The AngO-American Company immediately
paid Armour & CO. 40 cents barrel penalty, the value
Of the meat which should have been IN the barrels but
was not The company, II Il said, offered no explanation
OF suspicious crcums ance. Armour the hg2rleved
party made complaint 70 the Board OF Trade, because
wnng pork here, he did not want the scandal u
gel abroad and the product 20 get INTO dlscrcdit.
What chance does on cider stand III the provision
market anyway T. quercd the gentleman who told OF
This little February episode 90 Can Mr. Jones In New
York who may feel that pork Is pretty cheap, take the
Dork that 4. delivered 10 hin out ~ the barrels,
moce by piece, and weigh II to discover
whether il weighs 100 lS5 pounds Aud yet the dit
ference means good sized loss or handsome gain. Tho
Inspector course stands between the pubic and tho
hacker; but the inspector examines only i've OF
every $50 barrels and 10 IL matter TO mIsead
him."
the rules OF the Board OF Trade require that all
pork should packed 100 pounds OF meat 10 the barrel
and that the whole side should be used When the SAT-
aud brine put the meat II rapidly gains In weight
ork TWO years old will have gained ON the 40
pounds the barrel person need not belong 10 the
e.ocro pork packing cotero TO nat there quite
temptation to pack pork light" and let II swell"