Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-01
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Low Price of Ohio Cheese a Source of
Worry to Makers.
BOTTOM PRICES SURELY REACHED.
Cereal Bulls Who Banked on July Grain
Are Now Mourning.
PLUMBERS GOODS AND FIREBRICK NOTES
BOTTOM PRICES SURELY REACHED.
PLUMBERS GOODS AND FIREBRICK NOTES
OEF1cR OF PI1TsBURG DISPATCH, I
TUESDAY, June 80.

OFFICE OF PITTSBCRG DlSPATCh,f
TUESDAY, June 80. !
The extremely low prices of Ohio cheese
Of late here resulted in bringing a number
nfsalesmen who represent Western Reserve
factories to our cities who have come to look
into things. Thomas II. Rose, of Cortland,
o. who represents ten factories of that sec
,tion; E. E Olin, who represents the Dolph
factory Of West Andover, and another repre-
sentative of Ohio cheesedom were in our
CITY to-day looking up their interests. 1t
seems that Pittsburg cheese markets are
relatively lower than at other trade centers
of late, and salesmcn are on the ground to
inquire into the wherefor.
New York cheese has held up better this
season than Ohio make. In former years
Canad", from which has come large Quanti-
ties OF cheese made on the New York style,
furnished large quantities for our markets.
The duty Of &c per pound on foreign cheese,
which the Mckinley bill established, has
markets. and while New York has been ben
Gifted by the tariff, so far there seems to be
no advantage to Ohio, from the measure of
her favorite son, so far as the cheese trade
is concerned.
dealers in dairy products are all agreed
that the bottom has been reached, and that
future changes must inevitably be toward
higher level of prices 1t win be seen by
reference to domestic market column that
choice grades of creamery butter are
shade higher than they were week ago.
1t is evident that the products of the dairy
have passed their lowest point, and that an
era OF advancing prices is at hand.
Cereals Fruits and Vegetables.
The bulls who month or two ago banked
on an upward movement of grain are richer
in experience and poorer in pocket at this
time There were sales of July corn in the
latter part OF April at SSc. Market price to-
day is a0c per bashel below this figure. July
oats were sold at the Grain Exchange as
high as SIC and prices to-day are little above
no mar hllGh hnl a 81
per bushel is recorded in our market column
To-day. July wheat is quoted in Chicago to-
day at aO1sc per bushel, drop of lOc within
the past month.
There has seldom been a brighter prospect
for good wheat crop at this season than
there Is to-day. Farmers in this section are
now in the midst of harvesting and the yield
promises to be larger this season than for
many years past The outlook in the North
west is also good, but the harvesting time
there is a month later than here.
4 Neville Island gardener, in an interview
to-day, had this TO say of the fruit and vege-
table situation and outlook: ssThe season is
three weeks behind the average season in
or line. The frosts of early May kept every
thing back: A year ago at this time home
Very little. Home raised potatoes have been
in the market for few days but they were
gathered before they had reached maturity
Tor the purpose OF catching the high market.
Home raised squash and green beans will be
on hand in the next few days.
The crop of cherries is unusually large,
are so loaded and prices so low that it hard
ly pays to pick the fruit. A month ago we
thought that the frost had knocked out the
cherries. Now. our chief trouble is to get
lid of the crop at decent prices"
Plumbers Goods and Fire Brick.
Plumbers supplies have not been in as
good demand this year last. The reason
for this is obvious. The strike of carpenters
which has now been on for more than tw o
months. has had the effect of curtailing
demand, and there is no longera a possibility
OF reaching last years volume of trade, no |
matter how favorable the situation may be |
FOR the remainder of the year.
Said a leading dealer in plumbers supplies: |
The strike has seriously affected our trade |
for this year. 1t is a good thing for us that
PittsDurg's strike troubles do not reach to
the whole country. If they did we might as
well shut up shop. Our trade, however, goes |
far beyond this city, and demand from afar |
is fully up to that of last season. Prices of /
lead and copper, which are the main ele-
ments OF plumbers goods vary very little |
from prices of year ago.
A year ago at this time manufacturers of |
fire brick were unable to fill orders, and
large concerns like the Edgar Thomson |
works were forced to wait. There is no |
longer any trouble 70 meet all demands |
The depressitn II of the iron trade together |
with the long deadlock between journey
men and contractors. has had the effect of |
cUrtuiling the demand for fire brick, so that |
the situation is the reverse of what it was a |
year ago. Prices are essentially the same as |
they were last year