Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Regular Dealers in Produce Complain
of Outsiders Who
PAY no LICENSE OR BUSINESS TAX.
Sugar Trade Outlook From a Leading job
ber's Standpoint.
HIDES. ARE STEADY AT OLD PRICES
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY. Jan. IL.


SATURDAY. Jan. H. :
General Produce.
In the lines OF general produce the week
past has furnished few crumbs of com 'ort
to commission men. Trade has been very
quiet The testimony of commission men is
uniform that the week has been one of the
slowest on record. A quiet trade is ex-
pected on the heels OF holidays and January
settlements, but this season been more
so than for years past. Light money has no
doubt had much to do with the late quiet
ness. A leading Liberty street COM
mission merchant in an interview to-
day was very emphatic in his de-
nunciation of dealers who did land
office business in produce, without contribut-
ing their quota to the revenues:of the city.
SAID he: The regular commission men
have their rents. business tax, and mercantile
tax to pay, which furnish nice revenues 20
the city.
"But dealers from New York, Michigan and
Iowa come along with their few carloads of
stuff and are able to undersell US for the reason
that they pay no rents or license. or business
tax. They sleep in the cars and make the
wharves and tracks serve for warehouses.
There is city ordinance which requires these
outside dealers to pay license, but the ordi-
nance is not enforced and as a result of its nom
enforcement from $4,000 to Sl01.000 is lost to
the city, and the regular dealers who are re.
qulred to contribute, each from 500 TO SloO
the additional burden OF high rents. cost of
teams etc, are placed at great disadvantage"
Tea and Sugar.
Low grade Oolong teas have advanced &c to
&c per b in the past few weeks. and all teas
SNOW an upward tendency, result partially
due to the prospect of free coinage of silver.
1t will be seen by reference to domestic market
column that sugar has been advanced &c per
H. The following on tine sugar outlook is from
a representative of one of the leading whole
sale grocer firms of the city:
Mckinley Bill Once More on Sugars.
This letter from &c. Knight & Co., Philadel-
phia, explains the present position of sugars:
"The duty on sugar goes into effect April l.
1891. The Government has made provision to
protect the refiners for ore month. They can
manufacture sugars and place the same in
bond from March l to April !. This will
enable them to ruE the month of March and
hold their stock to dispose of April l, getting
benefit of duty off. Hence some re6ners will
work in March on duty-paid sugar and some
work on in bond sugar.
The trouble comes in II too many rehners
work in March on duty-paid sugars and some
refiners will work on in bond If too many
retiners work on bond stock, then refined for
March will be scarce. and higher prices will
prevail. On the other hand. if few work on
bond in March, refined will be scarce and high
in April. Refined sugar buyers will have to
prepare for contingency. As suggested some
speculative feeling has been abour, and we feel
it our duty to make some explanation OF pres
ent position"
The Hide Market.
Tanners have been buying more freely this
week than for some months past in the faith
| and hope that prices down to bed rock.
AS a consequence stocks of hides in hands of
| our dealers are unusually light. There is, how
ever, little danger of famine in this depart
ment of trade since receipts of cattle at all the
| leading stockyards of the country are very
heavy, and it only requires few days to fill up
supplies. Price of hides and calfskins remains
| as reported week ago. Following is scale of
prices which went into effect January -:
Green steer hides, trimmed, rs pounds and up,
Green steer hides trimmed, 60 to rs pounds, !
| cents per pound.
Green steer hides, trimmed. under 6opounds, AZ
! cents per pound.
| Green COW hides trimmed, all weights. ~ cents
Green bull hides, trimmed. all weights, AZ cents
J. per pound.
Green steer hides. with one more grubs, ~
| cents per pound less.
| Green cow hides. with one or more grubs, ~
| cents per pound less.
Green bull hides with more grubs,
| cent per pound less.
| Green calfskins, cents per pound for No. l.
Green calfskins; cents per pound for No;
hides, shall be ciassed as damaged and be subject
10 reduction of cents per pound from above
All hides. having one or more butt brands. will
| be received at reduction of l cent per pound
| from above figures.
| All hides, having side brands to be received al
reduction of cents per pound from above
| figures.
Cut or hair-slip calfskins to be classed as dam.
aged and received at cents per pound
| On all calfskins having the feet left in, de-
ducton of four pounds per set Of four feet shall bC
made from the weight.
| Above prices will be paid for stock. trimmed
| free of all skulls. horns, tail bones. siuews, meal
and Switches. (swltches cut OFF about 6nches from
| hlde) all such substances to be removed before
| hides are weighed and proper reduction made
| on wet stock.