Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Stove Industry Booming and Coal
Taking the Place of Gas.
CREAMERY BUTTER SITUATION.
Live Stock Markets at East Liberty Yards
Demoralized.
DRIFT OF HOGS TO A LOWER LEVEL
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
THURSDAY, October "A. lSos.

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH !
THURSDAY. October "a ISes
A member of one of our leading stove
manufacturing firms reports as follows con-
cerning this important Pittsburg industry
''Our trade is fully 10 to 15 per cent better
this fall than last. The Exposition has been
q real benefit to our line of trade. In the
multitude of visitors unusually large num-
bers have ordered stoves for the coming win
ter. Heavy orders are coming in of late from
the far West.
mot long since we shipped a carload oi
stoves to Seattle, and orders are coming
in freely from Utah, Kansas and Col
orado. The advance in natural gas rates has
resulted in an extra demand for coal stoves.
We have sold more coal stoves this fall than
at any time for five years past"
Creamery Butter.
In the domestic market column of Wednes-
DAYS DISPATCH it was stated that Dundee
Elgin creamery had been sold this week in
Pittsburg, in a wholesale way, at 24c per
pound. A representative of the "Grocers
Supply and Storage Company" who claims
that this firm controls the entire output Of
the Dundee creamery, reports that none Of
this brand has been sold here this season under
&c per pound.
Upon INQUIRY it is discovered that creamery
butter has been consigned of late to Pitts
burg jobber from Chicago under the Dundee
brand. The first few conslgnments were fully
up to standard, and were sold at &c per pound.
A few DAYS ago, however, some of the same
brand was consigned. and, upon inspection, was
discovered to be held over as cold storage
stock, and was therefore not up TO standard.
The consignee sold this stock at 24c, as we re-
ported, but choice Dundee was sold mere 20
iobbers the same day at &c advance on this rate.
The price of the best brands Of creamery butter
at Elgin this week is 23c. The freight and
brokerage will bring the lay down price here 10
R.shade more than 2c. There should be a falr
margin of profit to jobbers at 26c per pound for
the best brands of creamery at this date. Last
week rates were lc above this figure.
The upward movement of butter few weeks
ago had the effect of drawing out reserves and
also bringing oleomargarine TO the front once
more, and the result has been dropping
tendency to markets for the pure stuff.
Live Stock.
Cattle markets have been very slow this
week, fact due as much as anything else to
the scarcity of prime stock, which for various
reasons has of late been withheld from our
markets Good cattle are drifting into strong
hands, who can afford to await better prices.
Though the run was large at Liberty this
week the great bulk of receipts was common
stock. and the result was mean markets Sheep
and lambs Join in the downward movement,
and prices are decidedly off from last week,
particularly for lambs.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago to-day were q 600
head and the range of prices was 81 1894 25 for
packing hogs. There were sales of choice as
low as &c per pound. In November, 1878, pack
ing hogs sold as low as s. SIS per 100 pounds,
and in December as low as 50 As. The highest
price reached in December of 1873 was So per
100 pounds In January, 1873 the range of
prices was 81 50lS 80 and in June of the same
year hogs sold in Chicago for s. 35 In Sep
tember, 1880, prices went up to S6 90. but in
October fell back to 81 Is.
There are not many signs in sight favorable
to bullish hog market The past week shows
steady decline. Corn and hogs are as plenty
in the lard as at any former period
The following table shows transactions for
the week past at the East Liberty yards:
RECEIPTS.