Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-29
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Produce Situation viewedby Liberty
Street Merchant
HIDES SLOW, TALLOW MORE ACTIVE
Prospects Are Good for Tanners---StOck
Well Cleaned Up.
PROVISIONS CLOSE---TRADE ACTIVE
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY, July q, 1889,

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATCH,l
SATURDAY, July q. 1889. !
In most trade lines the evidences of mid
summers usual dullness are marked.
Country produce moved freely in the fore
part of the week, but for a couple of days
past has been quiet. One of our Liberty
street commission men, who has been rusti-
eating in Washington and Beaver counties
fol a week or two past, gives as the result of
his observations the following as his view Of
the situation: THE fruit crop this season is
below the average through the territory which
looks upon Pittsburg as its trade center. Last
season 1t was much above the average. Peaches
and early apples are almost failure Pears
and plums will not do much better. The best
advices can get are to the effect that we are
TO have a short apple crop throughout the
country this season.
ION the other hand, everything in the line of
vegetables and field crops promises to be un-
usually plenty in this section. Wheat has al
ready been safely gathered in larger quantity
than for many years past. Hay and oats are
nothing behind in the yield, and while corn had
a slow and unpromising start in the spring. 1t is
fast making up for lost time through the in
1uence of sunshine and timely showers and all
signs point to a season of plenty in the
line of substantials Potatoes promise larger
yield than have ever known. They are so
thick in the ground that they are pushing the
vines out.
MY observation leads me to the conclusion
that we are to have one of the most prolific
seasons on record in the lines most needed by
consumers"
Hides.
The market shows no new features the past
week. Said a leading dealer in hides: There
is no snap in our business, as there used to be,
but tanners are working up as much stock as
ever and we are buying and selling our usual
quantity. Local demand holds up better than
that from distant points. We sch great deal to
hat hos,
up to standard of late. Our home tanners are
putting the full quantity of raw material into
watts. Local demand for upper and calf skins
has improved In the past week. Tallow has
taken an upward turn and is one-fourth cent
better than last week The movement of tai
low has been better for few days past than
for couple of months"
Leather.
A representative of one of our largest ALE
gheny tanneries reports improved demand for
harness leather since the Ist of July Tanners
are sold up close to production, and while there
is no advance in prices and margins are close
the goods are moving out freely. The demand
for red sole leather is also reported good. Pros
poets are good for an active fall trade in
leather lines, and little stiffening up of prices
would bring bonanza to our tanners, as they
never had better opportunities to secure stock
at low prices than for the past year"
Horse Equipments.
A leading dealer in this line reports June and
July Iraoe iuIly up TO the corresponding
months of last year. Said he: I'VE do not
have dull seasons in our line as we used to
have. In former years, the three summer
months were our slack months, but of late
years trade runs uniformly the year through.
The first month of this year was the best month
we ever had in our line, and trade has held up
remarkably well. We have no doubt that our
volume of trade for 1889 will pass that of 1885,
with prices very much the same The drop on
harness leather since last year makes no differ
ence on price OF a first-class set of harness."
Provisions.
Prices are down to bedrock. but goods are
moving freely. The volume of trade this week
was fully up to last
A representative of one our leading pork
packing firms said today I'VE are as busy
as bees shipping out goods and handled as