Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
HIDES AND LEATHER.
Light Weights and Calfskins Still
Slow and Heavy.
SOME ARE FIRM AT QUOTATIONS,
Harness Leather Moving Freely, but Prices
Are Unchanged.
4 BOSTON VIEW OF THE OUTLOOK
OFFICE OF PITrsBURa DISPATCH, !

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY, July ii. :
There are about 1850 hides worked intc
watts weekly by Allegheny tanners. The
great bulk of these hides goes into harnes:
leather. There is but one tannery in Pitts
burg, and the product of this tannery con
sists of belt leather. Harness leather is AL
legheny's speciality. There are seven tan
neries devoted to this line of the leather
trade. In addition to these are two tan
neries which make speciality of collar
leather.
Said representative of one of the leading
harness leather tanneries: "Our trade has
very much improved in the past few weeks
In June our stock of harness leather had &c
cumulated to an uncomfortable extent. In
the past week or two demand has been sc
strong that our June accumulation has very
much declined and prospects are that we
will soon have nothing to sell. The great
crops in the West have had stimulating
effect on the harness leather market. When
the farmer is prosperous, demand for harness
leather is good, and already we feel the good
effects of the heavy crops in the increased
demand for harness leather"
The Boston Herald has this to say of the
leather situation: "The Fourth of July is
over and there is little more business in
boots and shoes. Manufacturers are running
on orders, and are getting some orders, and
1t is not saying too much to pronounce the
feeling better though trade is still dull, as
compared with former seasons. The thick
goods people are noting more trade with
some orders coming in. There is also some
thing doing in fall goods proper, with some
orders being taken. 1t is counted that
The Worst Milestone
has been passed; that the season about the
Fourth of July this year will have to pass
for the dullest period in the year in boots
and Shoes The number of buyers here at
the present time is small, bat some houses
are looking for buyers to put in an appear
ance very soon. The jobberS must have
more fall goods, and in order to get them in
season for the trade the goods must be or
dered very soon.
"The feeling here is that failures are about
over in the shoe and leather trade. There
begins to be something like restoration of
confidence in the credit of shoe and leather
people, and more boot and shoe paper is sell
ing than a couple of weeks ago, though the
banks are still short of money Among the
jobbers the feeling is rather on the mend
than otherwise, and collections are better
within q couple of weeks. The time is also
drawing near when these jobbers are to buy
goods, and trade is to be better. There is
one point that the jobbers may make note
of and that is that the market is about as
near down to the bottom on both shoes and
leather as it is going to be, and that boots
and shoes ordered at the present time will
be very likely to be on as low a basis of
prices as they will be at any other time this
season."
leather, as established by Allegheny tan
ners:
No. trace, Bic " n; B trace, a5c q II; No.
extra heavy, 100 lbs and over, Soc ~ b; B extra
heavy, 30c % h: No. extra heavy, 2sc % Il I;
No heavy, l3O to 160 ibs, Sic ~ n; B heavy,
29c p h; No. 2 heavy, &c q h; black line, CSC
p Il.
Hides and Calfskins.
Light hides and calf skins are still dull,
and heavy steer hides are fairly steady. We
do not change our quotations as markets are
practically the same as they were a week
ago Everything that pertains to fast wear
is weak and slow. The heavy failures of
Boston shoe firms of late have had demor-
aliZfng effect on all grades of light leather.
Following are prices paid by tanners and
hide dealerS for stock delivered here: