Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-18
A REVIEW OF TRADE.
Weeks Produce Trade Unfavorably
Affected by Rains.
DAIRY PRODUCTS DRIFT UPWARD.
Largest bog Receipts for Year Past and
Sharp Decline.
PROVISIONS ALREADY AT HARD PAN
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY, November Is, 1889.

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SATURDAY. November 16. 1889.
The weeks weather has been unfavorable
to any active movement in general produce
trade. Dairy products are shade frmer
than they were week ago, and the outlook
now is for higher prices. Cheese factories
are generally closing up for the season, and
an advance will very soon be due A Hc
advance in creamery butter at Elgin on
Monday brought no changes to our markets..
except that it stifened prices. Soft weather
has held eggs down to the prices which
ruled last week. As there is unusual
scarcity of a choice article, the advent of
sharp weather will no doubt send prices
upward.
Freights Too High.
Receipts oil potatoes from far estern points
have ceased. Freight bills spoiled profits
and the potatoes now coming to our markets
are in the main from Ohio Our nearby
crop would cut sorry figure in meeting
wants of trade. Many farmers of this sec
tion are now obtaining supplies from the
city. The quality of potatoes received shows
some improvement Of late and markets are
frmef.
Cabbage is very plenty and slow. Florida
oranges are in good supply and quiet. Lemons
are dull and lower.
Supply of game the past week has been
beyond demand and the movement has been
slow at concessions on rates of a week ago.
Soft weather has been the depressing influence
on game
The grape season is practically nearing its
end. Though still to be had, their movement
is slow. Very choice apples are in better de-
mand, but common give no signs of revival.
Groceries That Move.
The feature for the week in grocery lines has
been the upward movement Of sugar and
coffee. Roasted coffee has been on the verge
of a rise for week past. and its failure to 60
up until the Brazilian troubles came to a head
disappointed the calculation of our jobbers.
At the nc advance package coffee is relatively
too low as compared with the price Of the green
article. Soft weather, during the past week
does not appear to have curtailed the wholesale
grocery trade. The movement has been active
all along the line, and in the amount Of goods
handled the week has made one of the best re-
: cords of the season.
Cereals Are steadIer.
1t will be seen by reference to our domestic
market column that receipts in this line have
greatly declined. Against $50 carloads received
week before last but 90 loads were bulletined
at the Grain Exchange this week. AS result
markets are steadier, particularly for oats,
WH0db anu OOTn 10 scarce ana urm at q
shade higher prices than last Saturday. The
feeling is general among grain dealers that bot
tom prices have been reached, and that the
worst is past.
Northwestern mlllers advise their customers
here that flour orders cannot be duplicated on
last weeks prices. The time being near for
the closing of lake navigation, freight rates on
-four will be increased &c per barrel after the
10Th of November between Minneapolis and
Chicago. And between the latter point and
Pittsburg freight rise is also expected, in all
making the lay down price here about 10c per
barrel higher than heretofore.
Hog Products.
The total receipts of hogs in Chicago the past
week were in round numbers 10000 head. a
daily average of 10000 On one day 5000 head
were received. The weeks run has been the
largest for IL months or more. The outside
price at Chicago to-day was 50 80 to So IS. At
all live stock centers the run of hogs has been
big, and the drift of markets has been steadily
downward, amounting in the week to 25c to 800
per cwt. In spite of this decline provision mar
kets hold up well, as they had for some time
been down TO hard pan. There is no room for a
decline in hog products without loss to the