Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-17
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Tanners and Hide Dealers Agree on
Lower Prices of Hides.
CALFSKINS WEAK BUT UNCHANGED
Country Butter Goes Begging for Buyers,
and 0Ieo Booming.
CANADA POTATOES TO THE FRONT

OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY. November Is. 1890.
The tanners and hide dealers of Pittsburg
and Allegheny have agreed on a new scale
of prices, to go into effect Oh Monday. No
vember II. There is drop all along the
line, with the exception of calfskins, which
are weak. Price of light hides is now within
1c of the lowest point reached year ago,
when hides were lower than they had been
since the war. Some dealers are of the opin-
ion tnat another drop may come. as mark
cts are weak at the decline. which has been in
practical operation for a week or two past.
Following is the classification of hides and
scale of prices as agreed on by tanners and
dealers of the two cities:
Green steer hides, trimmed, rs pounds and up,
Green steer hides, trimmed, 60 to rs pounds, IL
cents per pound.
Green steer hides, trimmed, under go pounds, D
cents per pound.
Green COW and heifer hides, trimmed, all
weights, cents per pound.
Green bull hides, trimmed. all weights, Al cents
per pound.
Green steer hides with one more grubs, ~
Green COW hides, with one or more grubs, IL
Green bull hides, with one or more grubs, l
cent per pound less.
Green calfsklns, cents per pound for No. !.
Green calfsklns, cents per pound 1or NO. z.
Harness Leather.
Trade in this line continues quiet. but there
is no more accumulation of stock in the hands
of tanners than is customary at this season of
the year. Prices of harness leather are not
changed but a new classification has been
adopted by the Allegheny tanners, which is
given below.
Prices of oak harness leather, taking effect No
vember IL, 1890 (ten sides to the rolD:
Extra heavy harness, 200
lbs and over ;; s5SS ss 90
Trace leather. ..........e.. NV y. - s6 o. SIW 49,.
Butter VS. Oleo.
The butter question is one of great perplex-
ity to a market editor at this date. Commits
sion men report that they can sell good article
of country butter at 15c per pound and
less, and find it heavy stock even at these
low figures. On the other hand, the retail gro
Ger reports that he cannot get such country
rolls as his customers want under 25c to 28c,
and consumers are CHARGED S5c per pound.
Jobbers of dairy products report that
they discourage shipments of country
butter because 1t is hard to sell
at any price. Said leading jobber to-day:
"Oleo is pushing out the creamery and country
butter trade in this city. Fully four-ftths of
all that is sold here is oleo. Our trade in
creamery butter has been steadily on the de-
cline of late and as to country butter, we caa
butter have the field in spite of the law. which
makes 1t criminal to manufacture or sell oleo
in Pennsylvania"
1t is one of the unexplainable features of
trade that country butter should 60 begging for
customers at l5c per pound. while fancy Elgn
creamery cannot now be laid down in Pttsburg
at less than 3lc per pound. In the past week
Elgin creamery has been advanced &c per
pound, and still jobbers of dairy products are
reluctant to accept shipments of country but
ter called good at less than half these figures.
Canada Potatoes.
By reference to domestic market column, it
will be seen that Canada potatoes are now COM
ing to Pittsburg. A commission merchant re-
ports receipts of three carloads from that
source. on which the duty was $500, or Is cents
per bushel. With freight added in 40 cents
per bushel was added to lay-do cost Cana
dian consumers are paying less than one-half
the Plttsburg prices of potatoes this season.
This, however, is an exception, and 1t Is
rare thing that this country needs to call on her
Northern neighbor for products of garden and
farm.