Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
4 BOSTON VIEW OF FOOTWEAR TRADE
OFFICE OF TIE DISPATCH,

PT-TSEurG, SATURDAY, January 9.
Tho frst half of January is always quiet
,imo with tradesmen 1t has been devoted
iram time immemoral TO posting books and
taking stock. and little is expected in the
way Of orders In the line of country pro-
Guce, the week past has been one of the
ouietest for months past 1t was the gen.
cral expectation that sharp, frosty weather
world stimulate trade in this department:
hut tie cold wave has come and still trade
IS sluggish. Vegetables and fr uits have not
been so low for years at this season Of the
vca;.
4 year ago notatoes and apples were higher
l,- tNe husieI than they are now by the bar
rel. and trade was more likely at the higher
Ii.-Ures than it now is at the exceedingly low
rates Ordinarily at this time OF the year
fresh eggs are IN good demand at SOC per
Cuzea and moro. Now they arc slow at 24c
per tiozcn IN Job lots. As will be seen by ref
crenee 20 home market column, dairy pro-
ducts have gained somewhat in the week
17asr and choice creamery butter is lc per lb
higher than il WAS week ago. Poultry also
has been ON the gain since the
HOLIDAYS Der ers who laid in large sup
DiieS of nouitry the last week of fie year
had their plans upset by the soft weather
and large quantities were OF necessity held
over until tneir condition fell below par.
poultry has not been equal to demand, and
The result has been that prices have sharply
advanced.
In tropical frr,it lines we note an i'm
proved market for Florida oranges. with
prices 10 ner box higher than rates of -
week ago. sales were made below 81 90 per
box. and now markets are firm ut s. 40 lof
In Cereal Lines.
Receipts Of grain ard hay are unusually
light for tie week past, the total being 256
carloads In one week of December there
were received :94 carloads. Notwithstand-
ing reduced receipts, cereals have been
quiet all the week with a genera; drifl
toward lower prices. Wheat, corn and oats
are a shade below prices of a week ago
Oats are &c per bushel below the highest
point reached last month. Wheat has fallen
he!ow the dollar line and -four is dull Rye
f'.,ir has declined 25c per barrel.
Since the beginning of the week hay has
bc.'u steadily moving upward and prices are
8 % per tCn better than they were last Sat
uIday. The only fact of the week worthy of
note in grocery lines was the advance OF sc
in sugar. Other staples stand as they were
a week ago. The movement of groceries is
rcH0rted SOW since the beginning of the
ycar.
Iidas ard Leather.
Cur Allegheny harness leather tanners re-
aaIf an Improve demand for light weight
stock, Heavyweight goods have moved freely
have been accommodating. Fer the week past
all grade, are going cut as last as produced.
Collar and betting leather is active and sole
leather slow. The hide situation is rs il WAS
"a week ago. In the early part of the week
hUF hides cave signs OF hrlnness, but are
now hack III ine old rutS and are only
st,@Gy. Green caisfkins are in light supply
aUG good demand.
Boot rnd Shoe Trade.
Here i what the Boston Herald has to say
o: the outlook for footwear:
The volume of orders for boots and
shoes J. not We; satisfactory. 1t looks like a
wear Oi rather light trade again. The year
1871 Wa~ very fir FROM satisfactory as to the
volume Ut r:ade The boot and shoe ship
1ne;3;$ rom Boston and other New England
points have fallen on severely. and now il
j. feared that the trade OF 1892 is also to be
conservative. and light because 1T is con-
: .,N-stIr. Bur there is YET Il good deal of
the present season to be developed, and all
ui tho fail season to be gone through, and it
l. looking I91t!ser uDon the dark side in the
extreme 10 attempt to foretell the result of
the entire year. At present the principal
factories are huSN, but manufacturers are
sr,cneT anxious "a 10 how the men are to be
kept - work, provided that orders 90 not
come in faster than they are doing at pres
CHt.
AT tue same time tie labor element is
rather DISCONTINUED, and not inclined to sub
lai 20 she slightest reductions i'll wages or
the time that they shall be employed. Prom
j. rHr manula acturcrs complain of this state
o affairs and say tina: the short-sightedness
OF tac labor element is slowly but surely
driving the making of boots and shoes out
o. rhc Ola MaS-a chusettS boot and shoe
rowu~ ana inyo the West ana other parts of
country where labor is not quite difficult
70 satisfy. Boot and shoe values are easy,
IRON the igci that manufacturers are in
cii.tct &c make all the concessions possible,
tu: the sake oi :Iade, while the low prices of
"atEci Go ACT Islly admit of easier prices
goods thaa 4 year ago. Leather is moving
vciy slowly at any price, and the market
J., 0f course, in the buyers favor. The SELL
e. OF ;eavv finished leather note only a
small movement.