The herald., 1896-09-08
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Details OF the Hawaiian Trade With the
United States
Corn and Hogs-Ratio Of Value Between the
Two-ConsuI 0ermain Reports on the
French Prune Crop of the Year

The sugar shipping season is about over,
so far as the bulk of the crop is concerned,
but cargoes will be shipped throughout the
year. as some of the plantations grind all
the year round. The season just closing
produced 0000 tons of sugar. of which
$4,000 tons Is sent to New York by sailing
vessel under contract to the sugar trust.
The coming season promises WELL says
Bradstreets correspondent, if rain is not
too long coming. Just now the cane is
beginning to suffer for rain in some Sec
tions. Rice will probably aggregate 10000
bags for the year 1896, there being two crops
year here. Coffee is coming in well, and
the quality is improving with each crop.
There Will probably be between 5000 and 1000
bags produced this year. Pineapples are
becoming quite an item of export. the ship
ments for this year probably aMgregating
1000 crates averaging "a pines of fresh and
1000 or 5000 cases of canned fruit. OF BAN
anas there will be about 10000 punches
shipped.-Herald of Trade.
Corn is selling in Chicago at 19Q22c a
bushel This means to the farmer in Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas not over 106l2c
bushel, and this price is based on the pres
ent lie per hundred railroad rate from the
Mississippi river. Should the railroads ad-
vance their rates and there be not a corres-
ponding advance in corn, the farmer would,
II he sold, have to accept even less than
10Q12c. But If he feeds it to young hogs
and don't try to make them too fat and
heavy, he will receive much larger price
for his corn. hos, up to about $50 pounds
takes take 9n fat very fast and a bushe! of
day 25Q-pound hogs are selling at 1920 for
the pest. II there is a great deal Of feed
VIII remain at $3.50, but take 1c a pound
from $320 and the farmer will get &c a
pound for his hog. and figuring the gain
Of Il. he will be getting, "a cents. a bushel
for his corn instead of 10 or -. And aside
from feeding it there appears very little
chance for It's bringing him much more
than present price. There is at least 50
to 20 per cent of the 219O O0OO 900 crop of 1896
stu back x IN n first frs hands, and crop Of
With such showing 1t is reasonable to
suppose that there will be a great many
more hogs fed; and the supply of hogs must
Visions On the other side of the question
there is always the possibility of hog chol-
era; but it would have to be very extensive
TO have much influence on prices. Still
| another bear argument is the very low price
at which nearly everything we eat is sold.
can be bought in Chicago got today day at from ON
25 to 20 per cent less than in former years.
Such being the case we can hardly look for
% advance j to te' the M cusfomer f Would cur curta ali
our consumptive demand, which is none too
large now.-National Provisioner.
is United States consul at Zurich, Switzer-
land. in a report to the government. quotes
| French authority as to the prune crop
of France as follows:
| The writer has just returned from (des
pays du Midi southern parts of France,
where the main crops of ''prunes d'ente''
| are cured and packed. where / went in
guest Of information as to the, prospects
for the incoming prune crop. Judging from
| present appearances. the crop should be
good. the trees having well blossomed. The
| packers lost considerable money last year
owing to California competition. They
know this competition is formidable (re-
| dohbtable) and growing more so every
year. especially. so for large-sized fruits
| (our small fruit Is not In demand). and they
are trying to combine in order to purchase
the green French product at lower figures
| than heretofore Ito which scheme the pro-
ducers no doubt will seriously, objecO in
order to be able to drive out this unwel-
| come new California competitor. The i'm
portant matter is to ship the. California
| product in French cases and bill in French
weights lto facilitate ccaleulationl: The
| between the real French and the trans
oceanic article and buy 1t readily; but. like
| lats year. however. only good-sized clean
| fruit will be in demand.