Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-16
A REVIEW OF TRADE.
Jobbing Interests Are Quieting Down
Preparatory to the
REGULAR JANUARY SETTLEMENT,
Tropical Fruits Slow, Cranberries Advanced
by Trust.
IMPROVED TONE OF ALL CEREALS
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPAToH.l I
SATTRnAY Dacamhar IA lSS0.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
SATURDAY. December IA. 1889.
slThe jobbing trade the past week has been
quiet, and in most lines shows decline
from last week. This has been due in part
to the continued soft weather, but probably
as much to the fact that retailers at this
season Of the year are permitting their stocks
to run down to a minimum before the
striking of balance sheets. In produce
lines the week has developed very few marked
features. Potatoes are steadily growing firmer.
Creamery butter has been advanced since last
Saturday, and is steady at the advance. The
trade in butterine shows no falling of. Re-
pOrts are rife that the limitations Of butter are
freely sold in market places for the genuine by
women who affect the ways and apparel Of
farmers wives.
A Hundred Tons of II n Week.
With three or four carloads of butterine COM
ing to our markets every week, it is very evil
dent that consumers are using large quantities
of what they buy for butter, but which has no
claim to be the genuine article. The law is
practically dead letter, and only serves to
make the consumer paw butter prices for but
terine.
In the past few days there has been q strong
upward movement of cabbage, which has been
very scarce. A full supply is expected at the
beginning Of the week. One Liberty street
commission man reports that he will have
carload from New York and one from Ohio on
Monday morning.
Cranberry Trust Next.
Cranberries have advanced 50 per barrel since
last week. Cape Cod berries are mostly mar
keted, and Jerseys are out of the hands of
growers, and under the control of strong hands
who are able to hold the stock until they get
their own prices. 1t seems that among the
various trusts, for which the people pay so
dearly, we are now to have a Cranberry Trust.
Tropical fruits are moving very slowly, and
prices are weaker than last week. Commission
houses are stocked with Florida oranges, and
prices are lower than for years at this season OF
the year.
All kinds of game are in supply beyond de-
mand, and prices are merely nominal Indeed
1t has been many years since our markets were
so well stocked with wild meats Of every de-
scription. Large supplies and soft weather have
knocked out profits
Cereals Still Move Slowly.
Receipts continue light, and tone of markets
shows improvement over last week. Though
sales have been light at the Exchange, outside
deals are brisk and markets are stronger than
they have been any time this season. Oats are
higher and very firm. Old corn and choice are
steady at quotations. Flour is quiet and
promises to be the balance Of the year, for the
reason that jobbers are carrying heavy stocks
and retailers are disposed to allow them to bear
the burden until after January settlements.
For the same reason the jobbing grocery trade
had quieted down the past week. JObbers are
having much needed rest after the unusual
activity of October and November. Another
rise in package coffee is due. The movement
of coffee options has been steadily upward
and markets have recovered the ground lost IN
June last when there was decline by reason
of an attempted cornering of the market
Hogs and Hog Products.
For the first time this season, hogs reached
point, within few days, where provisions cor
responded in price. The predicto on that the
best selected hogs would drop to So so before
the season was out has been practically full
filed. Though quotations from Chicago to-day
are So 60 markets are slow. AT East Liberty
the run of hogs this week was the largest for
years and prices there were very little better
than at Chicago. Receipts at East Liberty on
Monday were above 10 600 head, and the total
received for the week was more than 10000
greater than last week.