Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
A SURVEY OF TRADE.
Rainy Weather Unfavornbly Affects the
Produce Trade-Butter, Cheese and
Eggs Are Active-Packers Get
Better Prices at Chicago
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OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATcH,l
SATURDAY, June l5, 1885, +
Daily rains have had depressing influence
on produce in a variety of ways First, the
gardener has had his difficulties in gathering
stuff. Next, the floods have delayed trains, SO
that products come to market more OF less de-
preclated in quality. And last. the buyer and
consumer have been kept at home by the unfa-
vorable condition of weather, and the total
outcome has been a slow market in produce
lines for the week. 1t is doubtful if o finer
quality of home-raised strawberries ever
showed up in Pittsburg markets than for the
past few days. Maryland strawberries are
close to their end, and between delayed trains
and rainy weather have been coming in in
rather poor shape. The choice home-raised
berry has found reader sale at 10 and
12c than the Maryland fruit at one-half
these figures. The first raspberries of the sea-
son have appeared within a day or two. An
other week will retire the strawberry and put
the raspberry on top. New potatoes and cab
bage have been steadily drifting toward a
lower level In the line of butter eggs and
cheese we have no changes to report in prices.
At Elgin there was drop of &c on creamery,
but the only effect here has been that markets
are a shade easier. Country butter is still in
supply above wants of trade, and holders are
compelled to make concessions in order to un-
load.
A leading jobber of butter, eggs and cheese
said to-day: II have had much better trade
this week than last and, in fact, better than
any week this spring. Ny books show larger
sales than for the corresponding week of last
year.
my chief trouble has been to procure enough
stock to meet demands. Everything goes out
as fast as it comes in. My cheese sales for the
week will reach 800 boxes and there have been
a number of days when more could have been
sold if they had been on hand"
The same dealer reports an active demand
for putter and eggs, but no advance in prices
somehow active movement of goods fails every
time this season to lift prices.
Cereals.
Supplies have been larger this week than last
Offerings are more than ample for wants of
trade. The result is that only the highest
grades find ready sale. AS the new crop ap-
proaches there is drift toward higher prices
Rejected oats and hay are very poor stock and
can only be sold at liberal concessions.
In fact 1t has been marked feature of our
markets all this season of abundance that
only good goods have much of a show. A low
grade article goes begging, and more and more
as the time for the new crop approaches.
Groceries.
The marked feature of the trade for the week
past has been the advances in sugar. Three
times during the week prices have been raised
Ic At the weeks windup sugars are as firm
as at the beginning, notwithstanding the adj
vances.
Coffees are practically unchanged, though
options are shade easier than they were a
week ago.
Flour stands as last Saturday in the quota
tions of wholesale grocers.
Jobbers, however, are doing some cutting If
not belied. and The DISPATCH commercial
editor is of the opinion that -four can be sold
below our quotations and still leave a reason
able profit. Carload lots of the best spring
patents can be laid down in Pittsburg shade
below S. so.
Pork packers are not all jubilant over the
situation. The suspension of traffic OIL the
Pennsylvania road for the past two weeks has
shut out one of the most important sections
for this traffic. One OF our leading packers
said to-day: 81 can see few bright features in
our trade for the week past. Orders and col
lections are far from being as good as they
should be at this time of the year. We look
for greatest activity when hot weather comes.
Weather has not been propitious TO our trade
this season SO far. Our firm sold $50 tierces of
sweet picked l6pound hams in Chicago last
Tuesday, which netted us Hc pound more
than they would have brought us in Pittsburg."
The range for mixed packing hogs at Chi
cago to-day being 81 25 to 81 so.
Select light packers sell there at 81 80.
PLATT's Chlorides is an odorless liquid disin-
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