Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
A SURVEY OF TRADE.
Good Goods Scarce and Active in
Country Produce Lines.
COMMON STUFF PLENTY AND SLOW.
4 Boom in Building Bricks, but Margins
We're Never Closer.
CEREALS STILL IN BUYERS FAVOR
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SATURDAY. August 10. 1889
The effect of absenteeism is felt in all
business circles. Many of the best Gus
toners are now consuming on the mountains
or sea shore and trades people are longing
for the homecoming
Country Produce.
The marked features of the past weeks
trade have been the advancing tendency of
butter, eggs and cheese. Butter is more active
than week ago at lc advance. Cheese is
higher both East and " est, but, according to
Pittsburg's habit, remains unchanged here.
Our merchants are apt to suffer at once from
decline, but do not promptly reap the benefit
of a rise Choice eggs are 17c in New York.
A leading jobber of eggs, who received a lot on
consignment few days ago to be sold at l5c. re-
ceived to-day telegram to forward stock TO
New York rather than sell under Ice. Commits
sion merchants complain that large quantities
OF fruit and vegetables are coming to market
OF poor grade and in bad shape. Said one who
has been familiar with the trade an entire gen.
GRAFTON: Our greatest trouble of late has been
as to quality of stuff coming to market. While
there has been abundance of everything sea-
sonaole there has been a scarcity of good
goods. Our customers demand better stuff
than we have been able to furnish of late. A
choice article in fruit and vegetable lines sells
itself without any trouble. i could easily sell
fancy apples at 81 so to So per barrel, but those
received are slow at 81 So
merchant said: so much stuff is
coming to market in poor shape
that trade is demoralized. There never
was time when the value of good arti-
Gle of fruit and vegetables was better appreci-
ated. While the choice goes of promptly the
common drags. and plenty of it spoils on our
hands" In response to the query as to the
prospect of the fall crop of fruit and vegetables
one well posted, and who has every facility for
gaining information. said; Peaches are not
in this section are much below average. The
same is true of apples Fall and winter apples
will be short through Pittsburg's territory.
AlreadV Spectators are buying up cider and
dried apples on the faith of the short crop. The
Jersey melon crop is large but prices are well
maintained for the time of the year. Home
vegetables were never more abundant and
markets are likely to be glutted in this line for
weeks to come. Tomatoes are coming in with
rush and prices have declined fully 81 per
bushel the past week"
Cereals.
New oats from Ohio put in their first appear
ance for the season this week New loose hay
also begins to show up, and the extraordinary
yield in both lines has depressing influence
on markets. All cereals are weaker than they
were week ago, with the exception of corn
Grain deals are mostly on the curb stones and
in offices, with, it is presumed, concessions to
buyers. A leading -four jobber said to- day:
while millers in the Northwest are trying
hard to hold prices a concession of lOc per bar
could no doubt, be had to-day" Thelyield in
winter wheat belts promises to be above aver
age. and in spring wheat belts up to last year
IN volume and far above it in grade. There is
no opening in sight for a bull movement on
breadstuifs at this date. The short crop of
wheat in Eastern Europe is offset by the full
crop in the Western portion.
Bricks Booming.
One OF our heaviest manufacturers of bricks
reports great activity in his line Said he, I'VE
are turning out 1900 bricks daily and are now
refusing orders. Last year we made over 4
00O,O bricks, and will fully reach the same
volume this year. The quantity Of bricks that
VIII be made and sold in this city this year will
not be below so, 100000. Our margins of profit
are, however, closer than they have ever been.
Common building brick have not been as low
Tor the past seven years as now, and yet we are |
paying the same WAGES to our men As. was paid 4
in war tfdres. Nssg should be lower or
orlcks higher to furnish reasonable profit on
our investment Of time, energy and money"