Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-20
SURVEY OF TRADE.
Leading Features of Our Home Mar
ketS for the Week Past.
LOW GRADE CHEESE GOES SLOWLY.
The Sharp Drop in Hogs Fails to Affect
Provision Trade.
CEREALS AND HIDES IMPROVE NOT
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, ]
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OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH
SATURDAY. May is. 1889.
The marked features of the weeks trade in
produce lines were the activity of tropical
fruits and strawberries and the sharp de-
cline in butter Said a leading Liberty
street produce commission merchant: "There
were not less than 5000 bushels OF straw
berries consigned to this market since the be-
ginning of the week, mostly from Tennessee
Direct consignments of fruit from Tennessee
are new feature of our markets. Heretofore
we have received stuff from that quarter
mainly through middlemen at Chicago OF Gin
cinnati. Next week strawberries will be com
ing from Maryland. Our advices are that the
Maryland crop will be full average The
Tennessee crop was below the average because
of drought The home crop will be still further
below average by reason of sharp frosts in the
latter part of April.''
Reports from Belmont county, O.. indicate
that there will not be above half the straw
berry volume of last year. Similar reports
come from Beaver county. From Barnesville,
o., which last year sent out 25 600 bushels of
strawberries to the world S markets, and large
proportion of this to Pittsburg, the estimate
now is that the amount from that source this
season will not reach u 600 bushels.
Fruits md Dairy Products.
Dealers in tropical fruit report this as their
best week for this season. One firm reports
receipts of L carloads of bananas, and sales of
10 since Monday.
Butter markets are badly demoralized. Out
side of standard creameries butter prices are
merely nominal. A leading jobber of butter
eggs and cheese thus puts the situation: April
was the best month we ever had May has so
far been disappointing, and falls considerably
below the hrst half of last May. We have sold
more butter and eggs than for the same period
last year. but prices are so much lower that the
money value of our sales shows a decline.
Margins are closer than ever"
The demand for high grade cheese is active
but the poor stuff which last and former sea,
sons could pass muster in saloons now goes
begging for customers.
Hog Products.
The feature of the week was the big run of
hogs at Chicago amounting to 1900 TO IN OOo
daily for the tirst four days of the week. and
the sharp decline in prices. Receipts exceeded
expectations not less than IS per cent There
has been drop of IS cents in few days. A
light run is reported to-day and prices have
rallied to the extent of 10 to l5c. The range for
packing hogs as wired by Chicago agent to one
of our provision firms to-day is 81 20 to 81 as
Within week 81 rs to S4 so was the range
On Thursday of this week the best mixed
packing hogs sold in Chicago at 81 IL.
The provision market here has not so for
shown any sympathy with the drop in hogs
This has been due to light stocks in the hands
of our packers. Packers report no increase in
volume of trade this week over last Rains
have dampened expectations in this respect
The week however closed with a slight inn |
provement over the beginning and a few days
of such hot weather as we are now having will |
clean up the light stock on hand.
Grain and Hay.
All that operators can be brought to saw on |
situation is that it is not quite so blue as IL was
last week and for a few weeks before MANY
carloads of stuff are called at the Grain Ex- |
change. but very few are chosen. There is the |
daily complaint which has been heard all win |
ter that quality of grain and hay on the mar |
ket falls below the average. With all the de- |
preston of markets, a choice quality of osts |
would find ready buyers at outside Quotations
The same is in measure true of good hay
week
Hidea-CaIfskins.
There's are no signs of improVemr'at in trade !