Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-08
CHEESE AND CHANGE.
An Expected Advance in the Product
Fails to Materialize.
GOOD POTATOES SCARCE AND FIRM.
Revival of the Dressed Beef and Canned
Meat Industries.
EEWRIVAL FOR LIEBIG'S BEEF EXTRACT
GOOD POTATOES SCARCE AND FIRM.
EEWRIVAL FOR LIEBIGS BEEF EXTRACT
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATCH,l I
TUESDAY. ,January z 1890.

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY, January Z, 1890
The expected advance in cheese has so far
failed to materialize. Good pastursge and
mild weather enable the factories to lay up
unusual supplies, and visible supply is much
larger than it was at this time a year ago.
While prices of domestic chese are 1xc per
pound lower than at this time last year, mar
kets are slow. The open winter has spoiled
many a nice laid plan of manufacturers and
dealers. Swiss cheeses of domestic make are
quiet at to &c lower prices than ruled at this
time last year. The imported article is lc
higher.
Said a leading jobber of sweitzer cheese to-
day: There was a general expectation of an
advance a month ago but so far we have been
disappointed. The failure of cheese markets
to advance is largely due to mild weather. Re
tailers laid in heavy supplies at the close OF the
last year in anticipation of a rise, which has
failed to putin an appearance. Hence 1Obbers
are having quiet time. Severely cold weather
would stimulate trade, but it Is now too late to
make up for lost time"
In Produce Lines.
It will be seen by reference to our domestic
market column that butter and eggs are drift
ing downward. The weather is no doubtlargely
responsible for this. 1t requires the very
choicest article in either line to command mar
ket prices. Commission men fervently pray
for a good old-fashioned blizzard to help mar
kets out of the slough of despond."
The quality Of vegetables on the market this
season is not up to standard. While potatoes
are seldom as low in price at this time OF the
year. the quality of those on the market makes
them expensive enough, when waste is taken
into consideration. The quality OF home-ralsed
cabbage is also below the average. Imported
cabbages begin TO come in freely, and readily
bring double the price of the homegrown ar
ticle.
said leading produce merchant this morn
ing: I'VE do not look for very active trade
now until March. A great deal of the stuff
which farmers and gardeners put up last fall is
now coming to the market in bad shape.
have found it next to impossible to obtain
drstclass quality OF potatoes or apples this sea-
son, and it is my opinion that the low grade of
offerings has as much to do with Quietness of
markets as big crops and the open winter"
Dressed Beef
new Chicago firm in this line opened up
yesterday here namely that of Nelson Morris,
on the corner of Liberty and Ferry streets.
There are now three houses in this city hand
ling dressed beef, and one in Allegheny. The
Armour's Swift's and S. W. Hill have been in
this field for some time. Said representative
of Armour's establishment: "When1 began to
work for this firm hVe years ago 10 cattle
week was the amount of our sales, and then we
we're alone. The number of cattle dispos ed Of
last week by the three firms operating in this
line was between OUU ana OUO nedQ-
THE same firms handled last week from 800
to 400 dressed sheep and lambs, nearly as
many dressed hogs. When we were alone in
this trade there was little life to it. The arrival
of representatives of competing houses has not
cuTtailed our trade but helped it. Competition
has proved TO be the life of the dressed beet
industry. The more the merrier. We are do
ing double the business we did yesr or two
ago and are glad TO know that the newcomers
are also doing very large business in our line.
Pittsburg is growing and our industry is keep
ing pace with the general growth"
Canned Meats.
This department of the meat trade is con-
trolled in this city by the Armour, Swift and
Fairbanks firms. An interview with a represen-
tatiTe of this industry developed the fact that
trade so far this month has been double that of
the corresponding period Of last month. When
the voice of the turkey was heard in the land,
canned meats were quiet. From now until
and according to all former experience, there
will be steady growth the next six months
The revival has already started, as shown by
the doubling up of trade in the past week or
two.
In connection with their canned meat indus
try the Armour firm. through their representa-
tive here have introduced. within the past SIX
months, their beef extract. which has already
found sufficient patronage to yield a sale Of 400
dozen tWo-ounce lars in the past month. This
extract is now fairly in the field here in compe-
ttion with that of Liebig, and has the backing of
some of our foremost physicians and druggists A
number of our leading saloons are also furnish
ing it over the counter at the same rates as the
best whisky, and there is little doubt that
the partakers of the extract will be better forti
fed against the ills of life than they who ad-
here to John Barleycorn,