Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-20
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Fire Brick BOOms and Manufacturers
Have Sold Up to Spring.
TIE SEWER PIPETRUST COLLAPSE.
Demand for Poultry and Soft Weather
Against Live Stock.
WEEKS TRANSACTIONS AT LIBERTY
OFFICE OF PITrsBURG DISPATCH. [
THURSDAY. December 19, 1889.


THURSDAY. December 1s. 1889.
The great activity and advanced prices Of
iron and steel begin to count in the improved
demand for irebrick. While prices for the
latter have not materially advanced, mar
kets are very firm, and dealers report that it
is next to impossible to meet demands. An
advance in prices is only question of a short
time from the present outlook The situation
is no longer in the buyers favor, as it has been
for year or two past.
A leading manufacturer Of friedrich said to-
day: The market for our goods has not been
so bare for many years as it is now. doubt
If a half million frebrick :could be found in
stock the whole length Of the Ohio river.
An Enormous Production.
The concerns represent produce 5000 600
friedrich annually, and not only is our output
all sold, from now till spring, but could have
easily sold three times as much as our produc-
ton. The leading friedrich manufacturers of
New Cumberland. W. Va, have a capacity of
100000 year, and their product is all sold
ahead. In addition to the demand from fur
naces and iron works, there has been developed
Of late q very strong demand for hrebrlck TO
be used in paving Large quantities are shipped
TO Eastern cities for paving purposes. Ph1la-
delphia is looking to Pittsburg for its supplies
IN this line, and large trade has been devel-
oped with Pennsylvania metropolis of late
years.
Sewer Pipe Trust Terminated.
The Sewer Pipe Trust has been knocked into
smithereens during the past week. 1t seems
that the attempted combination Of sewer pipe
manufacturers was spoiled by dozen or more
failing to join the syndicate. The result has
been that the trust could not lit prices. Goods
have been selling all the season below the cost
of manufacture. One of our prominent dealers
in sewer pipe said to-day: THE trust is thing
Of the past. 1t is now every man for himself,
and the devil for us all as the present prices
of sewer pipe will not cover the cost OF produe-
ton"
Liberty Live Stock.
It will be seen by the accompanying report
that receipts of cattle, both through and local,
show heavy decline from last week The
quality of those offered for sale to the local
trade however was an improvement over last
week. There were more good cattle offered
than for some weeks past The best price real
lied was 81 40 for carload lots. This was lOc
better than the highest price realized week
ago, for the reason that the quality was fully
that much better Low grades were dull at a
shade lower prices than last week, and the
dregs were only cleaned up at buyers terms.
Soft weather and the demand for poultry at
this season have had depressing Influence on
everything in live stock lines. No revival is
looked for until after the holidays. Smooth
tidy butcher cattle, weighing LOO to l300
pounds, hold up well to the prices of week
ago--a fact due to the scarcity of this grade.
The report below shows thar receipts of hogs
this week were more than 10 600 head less than
last week. Notwithstanding this decline mar
kets are no stronger. The mild weather is
against hogs and all hog products.
Whnt n Pork Packer Says.
One of the leading pork packers said to-day:
"Our expenses for curing meats are very much
increased by the condition of weather. People
buy much less fresh pork this kind OF weather
than they do in cold weather, such as we look
for at this time of the year.
"Our margins of profit are at best very small
and with the increased expenses entailed by
mild weather, and light demand for fresh
meat all hog products find hard roads to travel
this season"
Sheep and lambs have Joined in the down.
ward movement and are reported slow at lower
prices than a week ago.
1t is evident that the old reliable meats are
forced to take q back seat in holiday times.
This is the uniform experience however, prior
TO Christmas. This year the quietness of live
stock has been intensified by atmospheric m
duences. s-
The Weeks Transnctionss %
Following is a report of the weeks transac-
tions at the East Liberty Stockyards: