Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Bears Now Have the Innings in the
Line of hog Products.
CORN PROSPECT GROWS BRIGHTER.
Chicago Dressed Beef and Canned Meats
Moving Freely.
AKEw BOOM AT THE EDGAR THOMSON
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY, August 20. 1889 4

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,1
TUESDAY, August 20 1889
A Pittsburger interested largely in the
provision trade returned yesterday from a
trip to Chicago. He reports trade there in
this line at its lowest ebb. On Change in
Chicago there is scarcely any trading in hog
products the past week. The range of hog
prices is 81 per cwt. lower than this day one
year ago. The range on the 18th of August,
1888, was SC 00@6 So. The range to yester-
day was IS 1904 20
The general average of smoked meats is 2
cents per pound below what it was at this time
last year. green hams being about the only ar
ticle in the provision line that holds up to last
years prices. Short ribbed sides are quoted
lower this morning in Chicago than for a num-
ber of years past. The situation and outlook
for hog products presents few features favora-
bic to bulls. Said member of one OF our lead
ing packing firms to-day: II believe that hogs
Will be lower the coming fall than they have
been for 10 or II years. From the best informa-
tion can get the corn crop Will be up to last
year taking the country over, unless nipped by
early frosts While it did not start out as well
as last year, it has been doing good work max
ing up for lost time the past month. The grain
and hay yield this year will break all former
records in volume produced, and the quality is
fully up to anything in the past"
Canned Meats
In the line of canned meats July is ordinarily
the best month for trade. August SO far, has
been the best month here this season, and in
volume of sales sold here is fully so per cent
larger than last August. There are not less
than ], 500 cases of canned meats sold weekly by
the Pittsburg representatives of Western
firms, or a total of $1,000 pounds. The trade
has been growing steadily year by year, with an
increase of not less than % per cent annually
the past five years. The months of July and
August for 1889 have made record that shows
no decline on this advancing movement The
representative of Armour & Co. was seen to-
day and reported sales Of l. ,OO0 cases of canned
meats weekly for July and August. Chip beef
in onepound boxes is having a great run this
season. Homemade beef extract is now fairly
in the field against the Llebig extract having
been introduced within the past year. and is
already having sufficient run 10 prove that it is
here to stay. The representatives of the dressed
beef industry report trade as satisfactory and
an improvement on any former season.
Edgar Thomson Furnaces.
The F furnace of the Edgar Thomson Steel
Works, Braddock, has within few days closed
its first blast, with yield of 225, 900 tons of
metal from the first lighting of the fires This
yield breaks all former records. The fur
mace has reached an output of 4l9 tons IN "a
hours. In England, which is generally sup
posed to have the lead in iron and steel manu-
featuring, so tons is considered a good yield in
"a hours for the largest furnaces. Improved
machinery has placed the Braddock steel
works on the top. When the blast of the F
furnace was closed a few days ago, the work
men placed on the top new broom, which,
under the circumstances, was more significant
than the American flag, as it gave notice to all
observers that all previous efforts in the line of
steel manufacture had been swept away clean
out of sight. The daily product of the Edgar
Thomson Works is more than 900 tons of steel
rails. and with this immense output the con-
Germ is months behind orders Two new fur
naces are under headway. and one is expected
to be finished the coming fall. The new fur
naces will no doubt, surpass in ability to turn
out metal anything that has gone before.