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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
GETTING In GOOD SHAPE.
No New Features in Local Finances Other
Than STEADY Improvement.

Than Steady Improvement.
The local money market yesterday was un-
changed in all essential particulars. A small
amount of gilt-edged paper was accepted at 5
per cent, but the ruling rate was 6. Checking
was about up to the average of the past two
weeks, but depositing was light, owing to the
depression caused by the food, from which,
me exchanges were 81, $50 93S II and the bal
ances S424, ,e28 75 showing there is considerable
life in general trade.
Money ON call at New York yesterday was
easy at 2@3 per cent, last loan per cent:
closed offered at per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 1864. Sterling exchange dull. but
steady, at 81 81 for 60-day bills, and S4 SSs4 for
demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
Imported Port.

1928 Imperial 0porto Port, full quarts.S3 90
1869 Mackenzie Port, full quarts. 2 so
Fine Old White Port, full quarts. -. 2 90
London Dock Port, full quarts. ..... 2 90
Burgundy Port, full quarts. 80
Fine Old Spanish Port, full quarts. :. 90
For sale by G. w. Schmidt, 95 and 81
Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
To Talk Of Money.

At the new Universalist Church services
over the Pittsburg gas Office tomorrow morn
ing, Rev. W. s. williams will discourse on
"Counting of Cost" in the evening at 7:3O,
on "The Might of Dollar, The former
will be special service Reorganization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
A TRIPLE WEAKER.

Oil Moves in the Direction of a Lower
Level.
The oil market opened yesterday with weak
pulse at S55s, e below the close of Wednesday,
and gradually slumped off with a sale at S31z,
from which point it reacted and held around
S31l and SSss with sale just before the close at
S3A. The next sale, aminute later, was at S355ss.
The market then weakened and closed at SS155.
There were no special features and business
was light. The Exchange adopted, by a vote
of 70 to %, nine more than the requisite two
thirds majority, the amendments to the rules
and bylaws submitted by the Bradford con-
ference. By ruling out Titusville it is hoped to
secure majority for the scheme for trading in
futures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
Unmarried Wines.

All the leading brands of port, sherry,
madeira, claret, Rhein wines and cham
pagnes. Telephone 677.
SCHUETZ, RENZIEHAUsEN q Co.,
100 and 1O2 Market ST., cor. First ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
Dresaed Meaf.

Armour & Co. furnish the following prices on
dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450 to $50 lbs,
SIC; $50 to $50 s sc; $50 to 750 rs, 611c. Sheep,
Sc y n: Lambs, Sc q D. Hogs, GAc. Fresh
pork loins &c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

P:&w; R; pref. a1 p ..ix
Silverton Mining Co... .... ..:.
Westinghouse Electric 53S 5iA 53A d
Westing,se Air B. Co. III IFS ii7x 12o
sales at the morning call included 300 shares
of La Noria at 15A. 10 Philadelphia Gas at ~
and SO Central Traction at 32N. In the after
noon 200 shares of Electric sold at 5313, Phlla-
delphia Gas at 36A and so CHARTERS at 30.
Outside the exchange, Henry NJ. Long soid
200 shares of Electric at 531<. Morris q Co. sold
200 shares La Noria at N, Sproul & Lawrence
sold 100 shares Philadelphia Company at 81 and
so shares Central Traction at 3215. w. III. Watt
sold 10 shares Westinghouse Machine Company
at 30. This is the first sale of the stock re,
ported for many months. Andrew Caster sold
a block of Bank of Pittsburg at about 75z, :.
Major A. j. Pentecost sold 20 shares Conson-
dated Gas Company. city of Pittsburg, at 4O2s
per share. Andrew Caster was the purchaser
The total sales of stocks at New York yes
terday were 2T5. 234 shares including Atchison,
4.8S5; Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Il, ,292; Louisville and Nashville 3.460; Missouri
Pacific, 6.025; orthIestern, 4,s00; Northern
Pacific preferred. 4,095; Reading. 81, $40; Rich @
mond { West Point 5000; St. Paul, 2.sOO;
Union Pacific, S,425; Western Union, $3.50;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
Closing Bond Quotations.

NEW YORK - Clearings, Sill, ,573, $50; bal
ances, S. 162,90l.
BOSTON : Clearings, SIG, .7S9; balances
S1,562,5 5l4. Money 2 per cent.
BALTIMoRE-Clearings,s s1,776,626; balances,
S253, ,736.
PHnADELPHIA-Clearin S10S47, ,34l; bal
ances, 81, e9,034.
LoNDoN-The amount of bullion gone into
the Bank of England on balance to-day is
$4,000.
PARIs-Three per cent rentes s6f So1Sc for
the account.
CHIcAGo-Money unchanged. Bank clear
ings, SlO,640,0OO.
ST. LoU1s-Clearings, s3,569.14S; balances,
S524,4l6.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

AN ORDINANCE-LOCATIN DAHLEM
n alley, from Berlin street eastwardly to
Hitler street.
Section BE it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
center line of Dahlem alley be and the same is
hereby located as follows, to wit: The center
line of Dahlem alley shall begin at point sit
mated on the fivefeet line of Berlin street at
a distance of 1856 feet soutberly from the
south 5foot line OF FrankstOwn avenue; thence
DETECTING to the left $50 II for distance of
1854 feet to about the center line of Hitler
alley and said alley shall be of width of 20
feet.
Section 2-That any ordinance or part of or
dinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed,
SO far as the same affects this ordinance jel5
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Condition Of the Market at the East Liberty
Stock Yards.
OFFICE PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
EAST LIBERTY, June IA, lSS

EAST LIBERTY, June Il, 1889.
CATTLE-Receipts, 100 head; shipments, moth
ing; market, nothing doing; no cattle shipped
to New York to-day.
Hoes Receipts. 900 head: shipments, 800
head; market fair: all grades 81 5O94 so; no hogs
shipped to New York to-day.
SHEEP-Receipts. $500 head; shipments, l6O0
head; market slow and l0c to l5c off from yes
terday's prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
STOCKS FALL BACK.
The Market Weakens, Under Pressure Of
the Bears and Selling for the Long
Account - Rally ut the
Close, Which Averts
Material Losses.

NEW YORK, June A-The stock market de.
vsloped somewhat more animation to-day,
although it was almost entirely confined to less
than half dozen stocks. There was consider
able irregularity throughout the day. but the
general drift Of prices was downyard, and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

If YOU have not smoked the La Perla del
Fumar Kew West Cigar you have lost a
treat Sold 3 for 25e. G. W. SCHMIDT,
Nos. 95 and 81 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

SIx-YEAR old Gibson, Guckenheimer,
Finch or Overholt, at s. 90, or 81 90 tor each
quart, at Max Klein's. MWFs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

QTTI VVE talks in to-no7rolO's DIS
DILL ME PATCH, from the depths OF his
experience, on bow wrfters Wrtte, and gfues a
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Boston StOcks1
BRITISH IRON.

The Market Moderately Active and Prices
Stendy TO Firm.
Special Report by Cable for the American Manu-
facturer.
LONDON June 13
Scotch Pip-Rarelv steady market trade
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
ASKED,
PHILADELPHIA Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur
nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers, No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
change.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15

A BRAVE GlkL heroine Of mo novel ,si'l,y b.
Louise Stockton entitled MY Hearts DeIight,n
published entire IN to-nsorrotc's DISPATCH.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
OUTCAST LONDON sfskeis & as ;Es Ts

ter from England published in tO-morrol0's
DISPATCH, IN which he tells Of the scork Of
Ttch and educated young men in LODd0ns
slNnas
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-15
Features of the Market.

Refined, New York, 6.90c.
Refined, London, Sled.
Refined, Antwerp. Ef.
Refined. Liverpool 6Ad.
Carrying, New York fiat; oil City nat: Bradford
fiat: Pittsburg. 25c premium.
A. b. McGrew & Co. quote: Puts, SS1lc;
calls. S33<c,
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18
Practical Experience.

Editor Florida A AgTiculturist:
have recently had the opportunity of
reading your paper and must say that
consider it valuable acquisition for any
one engaged in agriculture or horti-
culture
A paper to be of value in this direction
must have information of practical
nature upon the subjects treated.
If the columns are thrown open to
every theoretical person who adopts an
idea as an accomplished fact, without
any warning or correction by the editor,
much blame is liable to follow by mis-
leading people who have not had expert
ence and are seeking for information. 1t
is well to try experiments in small way
but until such experiments are proved to
be practical success the beaten path
should befollowed. A.P. K. Stafford.
Tarpon Springs. Fla
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

pearance when opened up in the market.
The term sweating" is inappropriate
when applied to this process in the pack
ing house, for there is never any moisture
found on the orange in these bins unless
warm day follows cold night. Then
moisture ia condensed on the cold orange
like it is on pitcher of ice water. When
ready for packing take the oranges in
baskets to the sizer and roll them in.
They will fall from this in boxes from
which they should be packed without fur
ther handling The directions for pack
ing furnished by the Fruit Exchange are
very explicit and can be had by sending
to the manager. The sizer can be made
by any good carpenter for few dollars
and can be either single or double as de-
sired. The spaces are-2% inches for $50,
2& for 200, 2% for 176, 2 for 146 or 800
81 for 1913, 81 for 1875, 3K for 112, and
over four, SO.
In packing the speed is directly in pro-
portion to number of motions made in
wrapping and putting into the box, The
oranges should be to the left the box al
most in front to the right and the paper
on a board where most convenient to
the right hand. The paper is taken in
the right hand, the oranges in the Eleft,
and almost thrown upwards in the cen
ire of the paper, seizing it in the right
hand and giving it a twist as the left
catches thecorner of thepaper and brings
them together. 1t is then placed in it's
position in the box with the right hand.
There are two motions with the left hand
and three with the right. Some packers
always place the blossom end up. Ex-
perienced packers can pack from sixty to
eighty boxes per day. Inventions to
lessen the labor of wrapping and packing
are like those for wrapping and packing
cotton: they are necessarily SO compli-
Gated that they will never come inio gen
eral use.
In making the boxes the straps should
uO DuU dIOuuO DIS UlI0 UOA 10
mailing through straps and sides,
the straps should be brought around
over the top of box, half way down
the next side and tackled there
until box is filed and top is put on. The
oranges should be from one-half to
one inch higher when packed so that the
top will press them down right. In max
ing the boxes keep the top of the box
from you so that the dealer in opening
the box will have no doubt which side is
the top When the boxes are packed
lose no time in getting them into the
cars and out of the State as quickly as
the transportation lines can be induced
to push them; for most of the damage
done to oranges in transit is caused by
delays in Florida. In the colder weather
north they will not be injured so much
unless they freeze. S. P. SHEPHERD.
Lake Brantley, Altamonte. Fla.
Practical Exnerience.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTUR1sT
The Situation.
THE ORANGE MARKETING QUESTION: RE-
VIEW OF THE PAsT-AN ENCOURAGING
OUTLooK-WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE.

OUTLOOK-WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE.
Take up the handsome and substantial
volume just issued from the press, con
tanning the report of the Pathological
Congress held by the Florida Horti-
cultural and the American Pathological
Societies at the "Semi- Tropical" at Ocala
last February, and you will find over
sixty pages of the valuable work devoted
to sub-tropical horticulture, chiefly to
fruits and fruit growing, the various top
les under this head being treated by men
selected by the State Society for their
competence and ability to handle thesub-
jects assigned them. The results of their
efforts have been bound into this report
the most authoritive work of the kind
in America, and Florida has secured a
place, a merited and generally recognized
place, in the pomology of this great coun-
try; and we Florida fruit growers have a
basis, recognized basis, upon which to
rest future histories and future manuals OF
practice.
CITRUS POMOLOGY.
A large part of this sub-tropical section
in the report is devoted to citrus fruits
and particularly the orange. And no
pOmOlOgist, familiar with the culture and
the nomenclature of the apple, the peach
or the grape, reading these articles, not
ing the intelligence included in our State
Societies membership, listening to their
discussions, and more than all seeing the
societies exhibit of hundreds of varieties,
each with it's peculiarities and alIbrought
to degree of perfection iii appearance,
texture and flavor requiring the most
carefully applied and searching analytical
methods for distinguishing between excel
lent and excellence-but must conclude
that the culture ofcitrus fruits, here where
the species grow like native weed has
been reduced to perfection heretofore
unknown to the citrus growing regions OF
the globe If any are incredulous or dis
posed to think weexaggerate, they are in
vited to come and see for themselves, for
the society holds special meeting and
an annualeXhibitat at the Semi Tropical Ex-
position, Ocala, Fla, during the first
week i'll February next.
But it is not our purpose to recount the
successive steps of cultural progress
which have brought citri-culture up to it's
present degree of perfection. We shall
deal rather with the selling than with the
growing of the fruit But we wish to set
the ''get there" business qualities shown
at the growing end sharply in juxtaposi-
tion with the unbusiness like no-system
of the marketing end.
THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT.
In endeavoring to treat of the CONNER
cial aspect of orange growing we shalln
consider it in it's broadest source. This
has been well done by our State historian,
Hon. Geo. R. Fairbanks, in all able and
comprehensive paper on "the Orange In
dustry in the United States from a Com
mercial Standpoint" prepared for the
Ocala collection above referred to, and,
doubtless, familiar to the readers of the
FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT. And just here
the writer desires to express his indebted-
ness to the above paper for many of his
facts, for it is quite impossible to under
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

At the meeting of the Florida Fruit
Growers association held in Jacksonville
on February 4th, 1885, this matter en-
crossed the attention OF the society and
after adjournment it's members remained
to take some definite step toward the or
ganization of an institution for mutual
protection in marketing the orange crop.
The resultof this and adjourned meetings
WAS the
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18


on February 4th, 1885, this matter en-
crossed the attention of the society and
after adjournment it's members remained
to take some definite step toward the or
ganization of an institution for mutual
protection in marketing the orange crop.
The resultof this and adjourned meetings
was the
"FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE"
It's organic law was perfected and it's
plans and purposes were laid before those
growers throughout the State who had
not been present at the initial meeting,
sufficient stock was subscribed and it's
organization was perfected. 1t is not
necessary to give here it's charter and
bye-laws which are well known through
out the State and approved for their
breadth and strength; nor to enumerate
the persons who participated in it's or
ganization remaining to this day it's firm
friends and patrons-they embrace many
of the leading growers and most reliable
business men in the State.
At the outstart the enthusiasm over
the new agency received check, through
the bad faith of one of it's projectors, one
of the largest growers, piqued apparently
because his pet scheme was not adopted
as the line of action, he pulled out, say
ing it was just the thing for small grow
ers, but as for him he was a large enough
grower to take care of himself This nat
urally aroused suspicion. The small
grower thought if there were better fields
outside he would share them, at any rate
he did not propose to be gathered into
an institution so the large growers would
have better swing outside.
GETTING UNDER WAY.
But the Exchange was receiving good
ly amount of patronage ana was getting
along we'll when early in January, 1886,
the ''big freeze fell upon Florida and
her oranges were congealed into spheres
of ice for three days, and rendered worth
less. But in spite OF the Injunction of the
Exchange to the contrary thousands of
boxes we're sent forward, and as result
the Exchange lost outright over $4,000
representing ireights on frozen fruit. But
the Exchange did not give it up-its
stockholders put their hands in their
pockets and made up this deficit and
went on with the business.
During the next three seasons it con-
Quoted successful business, Judging by
ordinary business standards, it increased
it's patronage steadily, if slowly, and in
1889 declared dividend of ten per cent.
on it's stock Those who gave it a fair
trial found that they got more for their
fruit than in any other way and stuck to
it. In addition to this they were relieved
of annoyance from over-charge. shortage,
insurance, tracing and other details in
volving time, patience or money all this
the Exchange looked out for, returning
him all his fruit brought, full count and
not more than regular rates.
EXPECTATIONS DISAPPOINTED.
To be sure this was not all expected of
the new institution 1t set out for a home
market, but did not receive support
enough to undertake it. 1T set out to
concentrate at as few points as possible
and sell exclusive at auction, but in the
90 ,lvy WOO NC 0f ;+S - al -
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

ofS TO SonQ Unolr oranges TO market prof.
| itably.
THE ORANGE BOOM.
T; 1t was some years after the war, how
ever, before orange growing gavepromise
of becoming an industry of Importance.
After the "boom" started the progress
was rapid Glands which had once been
covered with wild orange groves and
/ cleared up for cotton planting, were re-
occupied by groves of this fruit. Nurser-
les were established, wild groves cleared
up and budded, and widespread inter-
est in orange growing pervaded all the
central and lower portions of Peninsular
| Florida. Capital came in from abroad,
wealthy men invested for profit and pleas
ure and the course of pioneer settlements
was reversed civilation and impromptu
improvements preceding the ruder modes
ofsettlementin the West. Handsome resi-
dences and elegant houses we're scattered
through the wilderness of flowers and vii
lagos grew up with amazing rapiditY."
FIRST ORANGES MARKETED
In few years a considerable output
began to go forward. At first sent to
friends and retail fruit merchants, it's in
creasing volume soon outgrew these
channels and larger consignments were
made to commission merchants-and the
commission system was fallen into with
out thought reconsideration. While the
growers fell into the way of consign;ng,
inadvertently as it were, the commission
merchant also lacked foresight, and ac-
cepted the 'Florida business as a small
matter little more ''truck'' to handle
making no adequate provision for CO.
operating among themselves and forcing
out channels of trade to the consumers
for the immense orange crop to be thrown
into their hands.
COMMISSION SYSTEM ADOPTED.
Substantial gooses" seemed incredu-
lous that the growers would, when the
crop reached any considerable volume
continue to consign. Some even went so
far as to erect packing houses prepara-
tory to buying. But the grower had
received five dollars a box for his first
shipments, while Florida oranges were a
rarity in market, and he insisted on con-
tinuing to cOnsign his fruit in the hope of
again receiving such fattering returns
ThiscrOwded out the would-be buyers who
could not compete with consigned fruit in
market Failing to make any concerted
attempt at sustaining prices and pushing
, for wider markets ''the trade" fell to
competing for the limited market they
had by bidding down the fruit in which
they had no financial interest, and the
result is familiar to alias the quantity
OF fruit increased the prices went down
"beared' by the active competition of
the cOnsigners in their frantic Efforts to
get rid of more than they had legitimate
market for, each trying to get ahead of
the other by slashing the price of the
fruit.
THE CRASH COMES.
Several hundred thousand boxes per
annum were disposed of with more or
less unsatisfactory result during the early
years of the eighties. The crisis came
with the season 1S84-5, when crop of
between half and three quarters of a
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-18

down to the years Immediately proceed
ing the civil war before we had steamboats,
and railroads affording sufficiently rapid
and cheap transportation to enable grow
ers to send their oranges to market prof
itably.
Crawford avalanche., 1889-05-02
Too Much Railroad Bui ding.

The great companies which did so
large share of the railway building
two and three years ago certainly do
not intend to add much mileage until
existing financial and political condi-
tons change The st. Paul, Mime
apolis, and Manitoba, which added sew
cral thousand miles to it's system in
couple of years, and which has further
extensions il mind, is evidently at
present out of the list of extensive
builders.
The suspension of competitive rail
way building is good thing, although
even this will not very long continue.
The same forces which make great rail
way systems also compel their continual
growth, and the greatest companies
will find themselves fo.csd to build an
extension here and branch there in
order TO hold their territory and keep
up with the development of the
country. Besides this, examination of
the map will show room for n great
number of local lines M d roads in new
regions, where they will not compete
with any existing systems, and so,
whatever action the great companies
may take, the addition of new railway
mileage will continue to go on. Those
who have gained the impression that
there will be little or no railway con-
struction in the United States during
the veis. 1889. will find themselves sur
prised before the year is ended.-Rdit-
lruU Ige.