Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-30
CANNED FRUIT RISE
Anticipated by Our Wholesale Deal
ers, by Reason of a Most
UNFAyeRABLE OUTLOOKFOR FRUIT
California Packers Refusing Orders for
Fall Delivery.
INTERESTING ITEMS AS TO CHEESE
OFFICE OF PITTsBURe DISPATCH
SATURDAY, June Is, 1890.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY. June Is. 1890.
In the wholesale grocery line volume Of
trade the past week shows some decline, as
compared with previous weeks. Sugars
have been weak at the lower prices. For
some time back refined sugars have been too
high as compared with the raw article.
Now the price of refined is about right in
comparison with raw sugar. While there
has been no change in coffee for few weeks
past, prices are barely steady. Markets
are not so strong as they were week ago.
Canned fruits are very firm and the drift of
prices is upward. The time for buying
canned fruits at reasonable prices is past.
Those who placed orders in this line a week
ago were lucky, as there has been a sharp
advance within a few days. Late advices
from Michigan and New York, where the
applecrop is big item, indicate great
falling of from general expectations. The
most favorable estimates may place the crop
for those States little above % per cent OF
the average.
From the Pacific slope comes the news that
the prune crop. which it was thought few
weeks would be large, will not be one-half that
OF last year. Estimates place the yield all the
way from 80 to so per cent of last years yield,
but no estimate goes beyond the last figure.
California fruit packers have withdrawn prices
The present outlook is that there will be great
scarcity of canned and evaporated fruits this
season. Old stock In the hands of our whole
sale grocers is well used up. and there is no
eagerness to place future orders at present
rates. Said leading jobber to-day: Il was
fortunate enough to place orders with Cal1fOr-
MIA fruit packers for 5000 cases a few weeks
ago. One-half of these goods are already sold
at a moderate profit. The other half expect
to yield much better profits, and within few
a hova IN anf nrda fOrf
deilveries 1t is about as certain as anything
future can be. that canned and evaporated
fruits will be higher the coming fall and winter
than they have been for many years"
sweitzer Cheese.
New Ohio cheese has been very abundant the
past week and prices are lower. New York
cheese has not beenNso plenty and prices Of
last week are fairly well maintained. Swiss
cheese is scarce and firm. Dealers report that
they are unable to obtain full supplies. That
there is plenty of stock in the hands of pro-
ducers admits of no doubt. The season has
been one exceedingly favorable to dairy pro-
ducts. Grazing was never better, and all re-
ports from the cheese producing sections of
Ohio and Wisconsin indicate large output.
But producers for some reason are Withholding
stock from markets Prices are higher than
they were a year ago, and buyers are disposed
to dem and concessions which producers are
til there will be plenty of domestic sweitzer on
the m arket as it is certain that stock is ac-
cumulating very fast in the hands of producers
When the break comes, as it must before long,
there will undoubtedly be sharp decline in
prices. The drop in all domestic cheese usually
comes in the early part of June. This season
has be en- exceptional in this respect.
Hides md Harness Leather.
The situation the past week is practically un-
changed. Trade is fairly active and better than
it usually is in midsummer weather. Prices of
hides and calf skins are well maintained and
movement is fairly active. The harness
leather tanners report good demand and no
accumulation of stock. At this season Of the
year if stock does not accumulate trade is re-
garded as entirely satisfactory. The capacity
of the harness leather tanneries of Allegheny
has been increased fully 25 per cent in the past
two or three years, and still demand 10 good for
the entire output at the dull season of the
year.