Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-13
THE TREND OF TRADE.
The Supply of Christmas Candy Falls
Short of the Demand.
ONE DEALER IS REFUSING ORDERS
Diamonds and Expensive Jewelry Are in
First-Class Demand.
WEEKS WORK AT TIE LIBERTY YARDS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
THURSDAY. December II, 1889.


A visit to the Reymer candy establishment
on Wood street will very soon convince the
visitor that Christmas is close at hand. All
hands are hustling, and orders for common
manufactured candy have been turned away
daily the past week for want of ability to
furnish the goods. The candy trade is now
at its best. Mr.. Philip Reymer the veteran
Pittsburg caterer in the line of Christmas stock
ing filings, said this afternoon:
Il do not know that business was ever more
lively with us than it is right now. Sunday
schools are sending in orders so lively that it
takes all hands to meet the demand. We have
been compelled in the past day or two to turn
away orders for common candy, as we did not
have the stock. Now the jobbing trade is at its
best
The Rush Soon to be Over.
after this week this trade will quiet down,
and the retail department will then boom till
the holidays are over. Our chief trouble is
lack of room. We could employ many more
hands if we had room for them. cannot re-
mem Der the time in Pittsburg when trade in
onr line was better than now, and from this
time till the close of the year we expect to be
as busy as bees"
between Fifth and Sixth avenues, at any time Of
the day will convince anyone that the candy
trade IS booming If this trade could be dis
tributed more through the year it would be
more satisfactory. As it is, all hands are
rushed at this season, and an unpleasant rest
ing time is sure to follow. A three-months
trade is condensed into one month by reason of
the Christmas anniversary.
Jewellers Lively.
One of our leading manufacturers Of jewelry,
who has been prominent in this line for almost
a generation. said to-day: "Our trade has not
F,,,- r1,a oc41 ic
There is a very strong demand for expensive
goods. Though diamonds are on the upward
drift. the demand for them was never better.
There is no better index TO the general pros
perity of the city than is furnished by our
trade. When times are dull and trade is de-
pressed. people are apt to deal lightly in our
goods. The signs of a healthy prosperity were
never more marked, so far as our trade is con-
cerned, than they have been the past few
weeks"
Liberty Live Stock.
The features of the market this week are the
drop in hogs and the big run of inferior cattle
Ii will be seen from the accompanying report
that the receipts and sales of hogs were more
than 10000 head greater than last week.
On Monday the sales footed up 10 sos head,
the largest on any one day for years past. The
price of provisions, for the first time in months
past is in harmony with hog prices; A year
ago at this time hogs were 81 ~ per 1OO pounds
higher than now. Hams were 1Zc higher
lard &c, shoulders PIC, and mess pork 81 per
barrel higher.
The grade Of cattle offered at Liberty this
week averaged lower than a. any time the past
year. There were no strictly prime beeves on
the market Light. smooth butcher stock, such
as our markets call for was in very small sup
ply. Much more Of this grade could have been
sold than was to be had.
Low grade stock, being in abundance, was
only sold at liberal concessions to the buyer.
Advices from the East proved damper to
sheep markets. and only the best stock held up
to prices of last week. Common and low grades
of sheep and lambs were dull at last weeks
prices.
The Weeks transactions.
Following is a report of the weeks transac-
tions at the East Liberty yards:
RECEIPTS.