Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-19

OFFICE OF THE BITTSBURG DISPATCH,
TUESDAY, November Is 1890. I
Boot and Shoe Trade.
The iobbiug shoe trade, OF Pittsburg, was
never in 4 healthier condition than right
now. The advance in prices of 1Oc to 15c on
all articles Of loot wear, which was estab-
lished some months ago. is fully sustained in
some lines of goods. Jobbers are behind In
meeting orders. The demand for grain
leather goods is far below supply. Eastern
manufacturers OF grain leather shoes refuse
TO duplicate orders, of late, without an ad-
vance OF about 213c per pair over rates of a
month ago. New England manufacturers
OF shoes are working up to their full
capacity, and products are going out as fast
as they are ready for market. The upward
movement is greatest in the line of
cheap goods. Higher grades vary very
LITTLE fIom prices of 4 year ago. The advance
IN rubber goods from the jobber to the retailer
the past year mas been about II per cent. As
The ulde and leather market OF late has been
tending to lower prices, probabilities are that
our footwear viii be cheaper next year, but at
TINS time there Is a good demand tor all lines of
boots ami shoes al the advance established last
spring
Harness Leather.
One of our foremost manufacturers of horse
equipments said yesterday: Our business is
IN as healthy a condition as have ever known
it, and my knowledge of the trade in PitIsburC
almost covers half century. A few days ago
! placed an order with an Allegheny tanner for
90 sides OF the best harness leather per month.
Tor Il months to come, at present prices. The
high grade, Of harness leather seldom vary in
price. and, this Is the grade my custom calls
for. have no fears that prices will be any
lower from now Till 1892. The lower grades are
up and down. and are an uncertain quantity
The range Of prices now from low to high
grade harness leather is &c to 3Sc per pound.
Our best leather Is made from hides imported
from Germany.
..A single German hide cut up in nv estab-
li>hmenJ to-day weighed 81 pounds after it had
been through the Allegheny watts and finished
into harness leather. This was almost double
the average weight of harness leather produced
from American hides
Tricks of Trade.
There has been great scarcity of fresh
nearby eggs in our markets for a week or two
past and country peddlers have found a diff
Guilty in meeting the wants of their customers.
Necessity Is the mother of invention. Two
large wagons covered viii heavy canvas which
had ali The signs of travelling over Western
Pennsylvania roads, were seen lately in front
OF one of our commission houses loading up
with Western eggs. The 80 dozen cases were
being emptleu into the large chests of the
country wagons. partly filled with oats. and
were no doubt, retaI!ed out 10 retail grocers
and families of the city ana suburbs as freshly
gathered country eggs. The jobbIng prices OF
these eggs was PIC per dozen. and the price To
the victims was 2SC per dozen. An East End
LouSekeeper sald yesterday, that the peddler
on whom she relied for butter and eggs, reports
that il has been impossible to secure any fresh
eggs on his beat of late. He had not caught on
I" the tr!ck of gathering fresh country hen
fruit from the Pi;tsburg dealers who gather
tLeir supplies from as far West as Southern
Dakota.
There Is story of a preacher, who. after
bargaining Tor an organ Tor ms Sunday school,
and pncketinC $50 commission, said: Tricks
IN all trades but ours"
Evidently there are tricks in the egg trade.