Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-19
THE TREND OF TRADE
Active Demand for Butter, Eggs and
Cheese--Prices Firm.
swEITZER CHEESE MOVES FREELY.
Heavy Steer Hides Active--Light Weights
are Slow Stock.
HARNESS LEATHER IN GOOD DEMAND
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATCH,l
SATURDAY, August IL, 1889. !

SATURDAY, August II, 1889.
The marked features of the produce trade
for the week have been the steady upward
drift OF butter and eggs. Elgin creamery
has advanced from &c to Sc, and country
butter joins in the upward movement. A
leading dealer said to-day: ~ have sold more
than twice the amount this week that did
last, and some days was unable to I'LL orders"
At the beginning of the month country butter
was drug, while now it is at a premium, with
rates advanced. As pasturage was never bet
ter at this time of the year, it is not easy to ac-
count for the sharp advance and active demand
for all good grades of butter.
Eggs are fully &c per dozen higher than they
were week ago. Prices in New York to-day
are l7c to lSc, with markets active. Choice
eggs are active here at 16c.
The cheese market remains unchanged but
STOCK is moving out freely at quotations. The
low price of Sweitzer cheese has stimulated de-
mand of late. The difference between price of
Goshen and Sweitzer cheese was never so small
limbuIger cheese: Il have never known so
many tumbles in prices as during the past few
months. Manufacturers of hmburger cheese
must be losing heavily at this date, notwith-
standing the fact thar their contracts tor milk
were made lower than ever before. The con-
tracts, which are made in spring, are this sea-
son on a basis of Csc per 100 pounds Of milk.
Last year the ruling price was 75c. can re-
member when it was 81 20 In spite of the
present low prices there must be loss to
manufacturers of limburger cheese, Later on,
when cool weather lifts prices, they may be
able to recover losses, but at this date the out
look is blue for cheesemakers. We are hand
ling more stuff than we did at this time last
year, but this is due largely to low prices"
Cereals.
The feature of trade for the week most
marked is the heavy receipts and lowering
prices Of oats. More than 100 carloads of oats
were bulletinsd at the Grain Exchange since
Monday morning. Advices from all parts of
Pittsburg's territory are agreed that larger
crop of oats was never gathered. The truth of
these advices is attested by the abundant re-
ceipts.
Corn holds up well and is, in fact, the only
firm cereal on the market.
Flour In a jobbing way has been steadily on
the decline for q week or two past. Our quota
tions were reduced Csc per barrel during the
week, and the reduction is fully justified by
at Is to SOC below prices that prevailed 10 days
ago.
The trade for the week has been light Buy
ers appear to be pursuing the
in the hands Of jobbers here are reported un-
usuallylight.
Hides.
Markets rule very dull for all light stock and
calf skins.
a good demand for heavy steer hides Is re-
ported, and prices are firm but unchanged.
There has been q scarcity of heavy hides in
this market all season, owing to the fact that
our home butchers have been killing lighter
weight cattle than formerly. This Is due to the
sharp competition with dressed beef. The bulk
of the heavy hides worked up by our Allegheny
tanners now comes from Chicago.
Following are prices of hides as agreed on by
our leading dealers:
No rgreen salted steers, go pounds and over,
Tic; No. green salted cows all weights SC;
No. green salted hides, 40 to go pounds, Sc;
No green salted hides, Is to 40 pounds, SC;
No. green salted bulls. 411c: No. green salted
calfskins, SIC; No. green salted veal kips, 4c;
No. green salted runner kips, &c; No. green
steers, 80 pounds and over, &c; No. green
cows, all weights, 4c; No. green bulls, 4c; No.
hides, Is to 40 pounds 4c; No. green calfskins,
sc; No. green veal kips, 4c; No. green runner
kips, &c; sheepskins, Is to SOC; tallow, prime.
Reduction for No. stock 1Hc p pound on
steers and light hides, Nc on bulls and &c on
calfskins.
Harness Leather.
The output was never larger at this time Of
the year. Not less than 800 sides are sent out
every week by our Allegheny tanners Prices
are &c per pound lower than year ago all
around while hides and labor are the same.
Bark is a shade lower, owing to the fact Of new
territory being opened up in West Virginia by
railroads. There IS general complaint by tan
ners that bark this season is of generally poor
quality, owing to constant rains. The follow
ing prices of, of,harness leather are furnished by
James Gallery & Co.: No. l extra trace selec-
tion, weights 20 to q pounds, 33c; No. extra
trace selection, weights % to II pounds, SOC; No.
! medium selection, weights IL to "a pounds,
30c; No. B medium selection, weights IL to q
pounds zSc; No. 2, all weights 26c; black line
leather, made from stays, heads and bellies,