Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-16
FRUITS AND MEATS.
California che Only Section of the
United States That
YIELDS AN AVERAGE FRUIT CROP.
Canned Goods and Preserves Bound to be
High Next Fall.
DRESSED BEEF IN ACTIVE DEMAND
YIELDS AN AVERAGE FRUIT CROP.
DRESSED BEEF IN ACTIVE DEMAND
FnTrESnAV lulv IL 1890

OFFICE OF PTTTsBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY. July 10. 1880.
From almost every quarter Of the land
comes the report OF short frult crop
Michigan and New York were depended on
for an average apple crop, but late aovices
from those States indicate that there VIII
not be more than one-fourth the average
crop this season. This proves that the great
apple sections of the country will have very
little, if any, to spare for the outside world
In this section the fruit crop has been In the
main n failure. The small fruits, such as
berries and cherries, have in this section been
far below the average in yield. Fruit preservers
have discovered this fact by dear experience,
and have not been able to secure their usual
supplies.
Latest advices from Maryland and Delaware
are that the peach crop in that territory Is .
practical failure. Fruit packers In Maryland
advise their customers here that Their occupR
tion is gone for this year, aud that only very
small quantity Of pie peaches, when are on W
ferior quality will be packed this season. CAll'
fornia Il the only section Of the country where
the fruit crop will come mp TO tho average:
Supplies from that source viii fall Tar SNORT oi
meeting demands. A large number OF Calitnf'
mia fruit shippers have Withdrawn prices ioi
future delivery IN the past few week. ano
those that furnish prices are ~ 10 5bc pei
dozen higher IN their oilers IN the past on uayA
Pench Crop u Failure.
II ia about 40 certain M anything in the
future can be that canned fruits will be % pei
cent higher next fall than they were last sea
Son. A leading Wholesale grocer said to-day
'In my opinion tho price Of canned fruits the
coming fall will be at the very least 90 per cent
higher than they have been In the past tel
years"
In the same connection this representative Of
one OF our leading firms said: "Our midsum
mer trade IL fully up 10 what 10 was a year ago
About the only marked difference between
now and then is the lower price OF
sugar. During the first half OF last
year we made nice pronIs on on ShuRSI; hRs,,
losses 20 those who carried large stocks, SO that
the gains were offset by the losses And OF
late, the drift of markets has been In down.
ward direction, so that lobbers have realized
little or no profit IN the long run. The more
we sold the worse IL was for us. Big sugar sales
for the past half year or more only meant
heavy losses as we operated on declining
market. The handsome profits OF year age
have been about obliterated by recent losses
Ordinarily at this season OF the veal
sugar reaches its highest prices
While there has been an upward movement
the past week. It has been so slight that job
bers End very few crumbs of comfort IN thu
situation. The great scarcity OF fruit this sea
son has very much lessened the demand 70
sugar, and, as a proof. volume Of sales are be
low the average for this time Of the year. w
are not sorry over diminished volume of sales
as there is little in the sugar trade but work a
this time"
Demand For Dressed Mems.
A representative Of the Chicago dresse
beef industry, in an interview to-day said
AsThe total sales Of dressed beeVes IN this cit
will not be far fran 600 head per week. l an
confident that $40 Chicago dressed beeves ar
handled here every week. and the Herr's Is
and abattoir slaughrers from $50 to 200 head q
cattle every week Expensive ice this seasol
has forced many of the butchers who hereto
fore slaughtered their own cattle, to depend ol
dressed beef Our own establishment has beel
handling about rs head of Chicago dressed
beeves. and 100 head of sheep and lamb
weekly, of late, and we have little difficult
disposing of this amount of stock. Less grad
beeves, OF what are known in the trade a
grassers, have declined fully 81 per cent in tn
past few weeks, but choice grain fed stock ar
firm at old prices"
"Our ice expenses have trebled as compared
with last season. Last summer at this TIM
our expenses for ice were about 500 weekly
Now the expense is fully 5000 per week Oul
increased trade Is however, a fair offset to thi!
increased expense. Butchers who do a small
business are depending on dressed beef NOR,
than they ever did before. Hence there ART
more who handle dressed meat this season thai
at any time in the past" For the same rea
sons which help the dressed beef industr
canned meats are unusually active.
The picnic season is now at its height an
canned meats are in extraordinary demand
The increased expense of preserving fres
meats, owing to the high priced ice, has yer
much stimulated demand for all canned meat!
Dealers in this line report trade was never bel
ter. and that volume of business this seaso
will show an increase of at least 25 per cen
over last.