Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-01
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Poultry. Eggs and Dairy Products
Firm and Active of Late.
TROPICAL FRUIT WEAK ANDLOWER
Staple Groceries Are Practically the Same
as Week Ago..
GOOD ADVICE ON WEARING OUT SHOES
OFFICE OF THE DISPATCH,

| PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, january 30.
The features of the week worthy of men,
| t1on in general produce lines were the strong
| markets for poultry and eggs and choice
dairy products. Severe winter weather had
no doubt much to do with the activity in
these lines. Eggs are very firm at an ad-
vance of &c to &c per dozen over prices of a
week ago. Elgin creamery was advanced lc
per pound on Monday at Elgin, and at the
rise markets are firm. For several months
country butter has been a drug and prices
were merely nominal, the average consumer
giving the preference to oleo.
In the past week, however, a better de-
mand has developed and prices are better
than they have been all the winter. There
is also an improved demand for potatoes,
but no improvement so far rs other vege-
tables are concerned. Cabbage and sweet
potatoes have not been as dull and low for
many years as they are at this time Our
nearby gardeners report that it is not worth
While to bring cabbage to market as ex-
penses consume all profits.
Tropical Fruits Demoralized.
In the line of tropical fruits the event of
the week has been the heavy arrivals of
frosted bananas. Markets have been so
overstocked with damaged fruit that even
the good has suffered more or less as a
consequence. Florida oranges are re-
duceG almost SOC per box from the highest
price reached in the early part OF January.
Lemons are steady and fancy stock is a
ginning of the week. Malaga grapes
have also found higher level.
The advance since the beginning
of January has been equal to So per half
barrel. In grocery lines the advance of &c
on sugar proved to have a short lease of life.
After vain struggle of day or two prices
drifted back to where they were a week ago.
The strong factors in grocery lines are
canned goods, rice and fancy New Orleans
molasses. Canned tomatoes and corn are
particularly firm, and though prices have
been advanced in the past week or two,
prospects are for still further advances.
New Orleans advices are that the output of
open kettle molasses this season is little
more than half what it was last season, and
yet in face of this prices are no higher now
than they were year ago.
In the Cereal Lines.
1t will be seen by reference to home mar
ket column that receipts of grain and hay
were unusually large the past week, the
total being 1913 carloads. Receipts of wheat
alone were 81 carloads for the week. In
most cereal lines markets are weaker and
lower than they were last Saturday. Oats
and shell corn are decidedly lower as quo
tations will disclose. Millfeed of all kinds
is in excessive supply, and sales are only
made by liberal concessions on the part of
the holder. Wheat is off l to &c per bushel
In the past week, and flour quiet. No. red
day a 99c, with no takers. Ear corn is the
strong factor of cereal markets, fact due
to improving quality of offerings. Hay is
fairly steady at prices of week ago.
Wearing Out hoe Leather.
The following from the Youths Companion
must have been written with a view to help |
ing trade in footwear lines:
81 have but one maximum for you," said a |
and wealthy merchant to young |
man who went out of his employ to enter |
upon the study of a profession, ''and that is !
never to try to save your shoe leather, but |
always to be economical of the cloth that |
forms the seat of your trousers"
The young man pondered this bit of adj /
vice long time. but lie thinks that he never ;
fully understood it until he had been at /
work in his profession for several years.
He found, indeed that "worn out shoe |
leather was good investment. Il meant.
Tor one thing. keeping up with the tine by |
gaining information at first band. 1t he !:
leeded any facts bearing upon his profession.
he said to himself: 81 can buy them with
little shoe leather" and he went out and i
aw the men who had the facts to give hisn.
If he had waited for them to come to him
they would never have come. He |
'ould not buy the Information with panta-
oon material,