New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENTS.

An extended report on the opportunity afforded
for the California fruit packers TO command the
markets of Germany has been sent to Washington
by the United States Consul General at Berlin He
mentions an instance OF dishonesty practised by
San Francisco firm whose name on package is
usually regarded as guarantee Of good quality The
first box Of this seasons crop Of dried aprcots
was opened in the Consul Generals presence On
top the fruit large. firm. transparent and OF
fine flavor But at the bottom OF the box II was
irregular in shape various in color and vastly IN
feri6r the rest Of the lot The importer pittery
remarked. If this Is what We get from Hrst Grass
packers what may we expect from the joboer VINO
ga Tiers up the miscellaneous product or small
packers" The Consul General declares that can
fornia fruit is selling abroad only on its own merits
and not because Of any ones far sighted manage
ment and If uniform quality and honesty are not
sustained the market will be lost. He mentions
hearing charge that frult su over ,s rom ron Ia, isD
fruit He recommends that dried fruit be put up IN
boxes containing eitteT twelve ana a i na G IN
favor IN Germany definite system 81 gFad ne
labelled so that the buyer can identity packer
grade and ba femnd IN sheets
Of Consular Reports for November Il.
London advices received by "Bennett's Weekly
indicate that at the December and January sales
Of wool in that city marked advance will be wit
messed in prices for low grade and crossbr
woods Inasmuch a. buyers OF cIoth mace lr ri
fine wool are reluctant 10 PAY me nsng inferIor
WOOL Hence. the call for inferior grades.
1.-THE Engineering and Mining Journal says that
the output of gold in the Transvaal up 10 October
500 was a scant SO 10000 and only ss5OOOOO less
than the yield for the whole Of 1895. But the d.
mnished production in South Africa will pc more
than made UP in other countries.
"rbe Manufacturer" (Pittsburg) says that the
production Of pig iron this year in this country will
realize the highest predictions that have been
made That periodical estimates the total al ABOUT
a t 900 tons The output in 1898 was H. 1884, tons
THE Iron Trade Review Cleveland, which has
been something OF bull insists that. as the pres
emf consumption Of pig is at the rate or nfteen
million tons year and as the furnaces are a ,,s
sUnniv ahead OF absolute exhaustion, the time for
weakening in prices is still distant
North Carolina has $50 cotton mills which is
more than any other State in the country except
Nrassacbusetts But South Carolina has fully as
many spindles In OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
80 brisk is the demand for brown sheetings and
drills for both domestic and export trade that de-
IIyeries cannot be secured before March and some
are now being promised as far ahead as july
so-,a ,ault has been found with the comparatively
rsw American Society rail- which is heavy
80 odanted 10 the severest traffic. In the
pouroad Gazette" last week a railmaker eN-
nlained the trouble complained or lnasmuch Do
cor and engine wheels have been worn shghtS .!
,rnng over the narrower rail for years past ohiy
t rort,on Of the tire just beyond the groove WI
nrna I'm contact with the head OF the ne" iaiI ~
an en- Thus an abnormal pressure ialiS5 uBBom d
.st,ad area and the metal OF the ran no t
nnli.eu " THIS IL only a temporary EVIL ana does
VI. I,vaiIdate the main argument IN FAVOR Oh nedcS
no MOI l"' NJ dudley has shown that the SUBSTITUTION
rams; Nhi. rsiis for So pound rails on the New
% XorT tCentral makes the track enough stnSSr 20
1orh Sa,waen Is and 100 horse power mile IN
s So operation OF the Chicago Limited.
poo.rt tests were made In London with yellow
,,too lumber for house partitions. to ascertain the
n@cocv ~ nreproohng materials used on the WOOD.
,rho ssverest test was the application OF name
-,roducine a temperature OF go degrees Fahrennelt
Pr st,een minutes The wood was cFaied Dut
Az not break into flame, nor even become mean
descent
Under the Spanish regime in Cuba the hre IN
.raros coupanies OF the United States were
ohl,yed 70 make a deposit OF $500 Since the
American occupation $4,000 has oeen demande1;
n6 IN spite OF a vigorous protest, the order sun
STANDS.
4 demand has been created in France for coke
,or hast furnaces that cannot be supplied al
home and the question has arisen how sheapy
American producers can afford 10 sell u LOT e@-
portauon.