Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-07
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Chicago Dressed Meat Growing in De-
mand in This Market
PROSPECT 0FNEW HOUSESOPENiNG
Effect of Court Decisions on Trade in 0leo-
margarine.
COUNTRY ROLL BUTTER GOES SLOW
PROSPECT OFNEW HOUSESOPENING
ROLL BUTTER GOES SLOW

OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DIsPATcH.l
TUESDAY, Jan. g.
Dressed Meat.
The Chicago dressed beef industry is now
1T its best in this city. There are four
houses here handling Chicago dressed meat,
against only one representative a couple of
years ago, and prospects are that two new
houses will fall into line at an early day. A
representative of the first house in the field,
in an interview yesterday, said: 'Our firm
is now handling 175 dressed beeves weekly,
and have handled as high as go in a single
week of late. Not less than $50 Chicago
dressed beeves are handled by Pitisburg firms
each week. We are now selling nos less
than 200 carcasses of hogs week, whereas our
sales in this line were not over 90 carcasses
year ago. There are fully $1,000 pounds of pork
loins and shoulders sold weekly here by the
firms which represent Chicago houses Since
the LIST OF January pork has been advanced &c
per mound" As an Illustration of the incrcas-
ing demand for dressed meat, there have been
recently opened new houses to represent this
industry at McKeesport Beaver Falls and MI
Pleasant; and one of our leading hrms has
opened a branch house in Allegheny, with pros
pect of another following suit.
A Change of Police.
Butchers of this city. who year ago refused
to handle dressed sheep and lambs, are falling
into line.
Following are prices of dressed meat: Beef
crassers, 51515c; native cattle. 619G9Hc-
Dressed hogs weighing Us pounds, Sac.
Sheep. &c per pound; lambs. &c. The drift OF
markets for the week past has been toward
higher prices in the line OF beef and pork. On
the other hand mutton has shown tendencies
toward lower prices.
Gardeners Prospects.
a Neville Island gardener reports as follows:
sETha x1nfer SO far has Dot hepn Orable q hot
house products. There has been too much
cloudy weather. What gardeners pray for in
the win;er time is that the sun will shine as
much as possible. The manure furnishes the
heat necessary underneath the plants, but we
want the sun on top. About the beginning of
the wear we sow our lettuce seed for the early
crop and a few weeks later SOW beet and radish
seed. One day of sunshine at this time of
the year is better for our trade than week of
cloudy weather. So far. the weather has not
heen favorable to early garden stuff, but we are
nos disposed to JON the army of croakers. be-
lievinC that in due time we will have the re-
ward Of our work"
Butter Versus Oleo.
Since it has become safe to sell limitations of
butter by the decision of Pennsylvania courts.
there has been a growing demand for oleomar-
garine. The amount sold by Pittsburg dealers
is close to eight car loads weekly. and the prod
uct is now generally sold for what it is, and not
as butter. The consumption of country butter
has been gradually on the decline tor year or
two past.
The masses seem to prefer the imitation. in
view of lower prices. Choice country butter
cannot now he sold iu this market much under
z0c per pound and when an article is offered at
zoe. winch fills the bill. the average consumer
takes to the lUwer-priced article. Moreover.
butter very soon becomes strong, while oleo
lasts for weeks, and, in spite OF legislation in
favor OF farmers. the latter has the call as
against the ordinary butter that comes to this
market. Within the past year or two the de-
cline for creamery and country butter has been
steadily on the decline, and is likely to be
more so in time to come by reason Of late court
decisions