Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
NEW CHEESE CENTER.
Chlcago Firms Are Gathering in All
the Available Stock
AND CAN CONTROL THE TRADE.
In Hardware Lines, business Is Fairly Good
for the Season.
THE MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR OUTPUT
AND CAN CONTROL THE TRADE.
THE MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR OUTPUT
OFFICE OF PITrsBURG DISPATCH,
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OFFICE OF PITrSBURG DISPATCH, ,
TUESDAY. December s.
A leading Liberty street commission mer-
chant who spent the greater part of the past
week in Chicago looking up dairy product
interests, had this to say in an interview
yesterday: Chicago is now the great
American center of the cheese trade. There
are some Is or 20 houses in that city, any
one of which claim to handle more cheese
than is handled in Pittsburg Representa-
tlyes of these houses have been buying up
all available stock in Missouri, Ohio and
New York cheese sections the past fall,
until now there is little doubt that the
Chicago firms have the trade under their
control While New York merchants were
at ease. Chicago houses have been gather
ing in the stuff. ard are able to fix prices.
Making all due allowance for wind and e1-
aggeTatior and reducing statements of Chi
ago blowers by one-half, there is little
doubt that the amount of cheese stocked
there is far above that of New York. Two
Chicago firms claimed to handle over 100,-
coo cheeses per month. When it is re-
membered that there are not more than To-
600 boxes handled in Pittsburg yearly, it is
evident that the Western metropolis is
largely in the cheese trade
In Hardware Lines.
Trade in this line might be better, but
volume is reported fully up TO what it was a
year ago. Prices are very close. and it is
difficult to see where profits come in TO the
manufacturer There has been no change
in the price of cut nails for the past few
months. In fact, there could not well be
any change for the worse as prices were
down to hard pan. With steel nails selling
at the Wheeling factories for 81 65 per keg,
as has been the situation all the past fall,
margins are about wiped our. ANY further
reduction would require the majority of fac
tories to cease operations or work for glory
Wire nails have Joined in the demand
movement, and are now selling at 81 so per
keg. Never since nails were made BY ma
chinery have prices been lower than now,
and wire nails are lower than ever before
4 year ago the card rates of wire nails were
60 10, or 30 cents above present prices.
The materials and labor are about as costly
now as then. 1t is only question of short
time when prices must advance materials
and labor must decline. Holiday hardware
is moving freely. such as plated ware. vases
ard fire-irons, but builders hardware goes
slowly, as is its custom at this time of the
year.
The Worlds Wool Yield.
According to Kuhlows of Berlin, the es- |
tmated production of wool in the world is |
Son,G00,0 600 Kilograms, valued at 5000, ,000,- |
600 francs. Australia and New Zealand /
possess 75,000,0 600 sheep and produce 10O,- |
10000 Kilograms of wool, in value 600, ,000,- |
000 francs. The Cape of Good Hope delivers |
15,00O,000 Kilograms, in value 2S0,o00, 900 |
francs. Since the United States of America |
only possess 50, ,000, 900 sheep. they are COM |
PEELED to cover their demand in Australia |
and La Plata. Europe numbers 200, ,000, 900 |
sheep, which render 200. 000 600 Kilograms |
of wool, in alue 800, 900, 600 francs The |
production of Morocco, Algiers and Tunis |
is estimated at something enormous. With |
regard to France, she has only %, ,000, 600 |
sheep, against 81, 900, 900 40 years ago. Rus |
sia takes the first place in Europe as the |
producer of sheep-wool goods, then comes |
England, Germany, France, Austria H un-
gary, Italy and Spain. Tht production of
India. Central Asia and China is estimated
at $50. .090, 600 Kilograms.
Minneapolis Flour Output.
The city selected as the place for the Re
publican National Convention of 1892 now
leads all Western cities in its -four output.
The daily output of -four at Minneapolis is
Al, 600 barrels This is equivalent to 500 |
carloads OF 125 barrels to the car. OF this
amount the Minnehaha Touring mills pro-
duce 10, 800 barrels daily, or more than one
fourth of the entire output. 1t is but few
wears since Minnehaha Falls were separated |
from Minneapolis by wide stretch of un-
occupied prairie. The falls of Minnehaha
were known only in poetry and romance a
score of years ago. Now they are furnish
ing large portion power wherewith to
feed the nation and the world.