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August 12 
WHAT AILS THE CABBAGES ? 
We have received the following letter : 
“ X have been engaged for many years In growing 
truck for shipment to the Western markets. For the 
past two years, I, as well as all others engaged In the 
same business here, have suffered considerable loss 
on our cabbages by reason of their poor keeping 
qualities The cabbages, when cut and packed in 
crates for shipment, are In good order, solid, Iresh- 
looking, etc., and nre on the road only two or three 
days. The reports lrom the commission merchants 
are always : ‘ Tour cabbage received In bad order, 
unsalable,' etc. Now, bow can one account for this? 
Is It caused by a disease of the cabbage? The same 
seed, lrom the same growers planted under the same 
conditions, with tne same fertilizers, etc., we have 
used for years, and only In the past two years have 
we had the trouble.” d. 
Mobile, Ala. 
We couldn’t account for It. so we submitted the 
letter to a number of commlsslonmen who deal In 
Southern produce. Here Is the substance of what 
they said: 
K U. Irost, of 8. U. & K. H. Frost, 100 Park P,ac^ 
—" I couldn t do anything more than guess at the 
cause. Tnere are so many things that might happen 
to truck dtrlng transportation. It might be lack of 
ventilation, or the cabbages might not have been 
mature enough when cut. Not enough particulars 
are given to make any answer a satisfactory one.” 
Job.i B. Page’s Son, 102 Park Place —” It might be 
any use of a thousand things that would cause such 
a condition, so tnat It is Impossible to ,ay what the 
trouble was. Lack of ventilation might have some¬ 
thing to do with It, although sometimes cabbages 
carry better in tight barrels. 1 have seen them 
come In In excellent condition In such pacnages when 
they had been packed in a cool atmosphere, and the 
cool air shut up with them as It were. It is useless 
to try to tell w.iat the trouble was without knowing 
more of the parti ulars.” 
P. Merseles, of P. Merseles & Co., 76 Dey Street — 
“ He’s probably been shipping to some of these 
‘ snide ’ dealers who are doing business on paper. 
Lots of them send out quotations above those of the 
regular dealers, and haven’t anything to back them 
up with. Every shipper should learn of the relia¬ 
bility of the consignee, and he can do tnls through 
his bank, or through a commercial agency. The old, 
reliable commission mercnants nave a reputation to 
sustain, and they can’t ulfoid 10 do anytnlng but 
their very test for their shippers. This man has 
probably been shipping to some of the unreliable 
class, because they have made big promises, and has 
lost in consequence.” 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray Street.—“ It Is im¬ 
possible to say. The cabbages may have been longer 
on the road than he thinks, and have suffered In con¬ 
sequence. Or they may not have been mature enough 
when cut. There Is a good deal In packing cabbages, 
too. They should be packed during the cool part of 
the day. and not when it is warm. But here comes 
C. L. Allen, an old seed grower. He knows all about 
cabbagts; let’s ask him ” Mr. Allen on being ques¬ 
tioned, said: ” 1 was talking only the other day with 
u gentleman fiom the South, and I think 1 can tell 
you just what the trouble Is. They have been pack¬ 
ing their cabbages differently of late years, and I 
think that Is largely responsible. They trim the 
heaos very closely, and don’t leave loose leaves 
enough on. Then they pack them too tightly with¬ 
out enough ventilation. Perhaps, too, they are put 
In too close cars lor shipment, as cabbages heat 
quickly when conlined in hot weather. I think that 
tnls is the whole troinle. It isn’t likely that there is 
any disease about them.” 
CROP AND MARKET NOTBS. 
Cheese is up. 
Butter Is down. 
Water-melons are dull. 
Kaspberiles are about tlnlslied. 
Dried fruits are extremely dull. 
Eggs show the effects of hot weather. 
Few water-melons from Georgia now. 
Scarcity of money makes dull markets. 
Most apples offered are of poor quality. 
Georgia peaches are practically out of market. 
A very few yellow sweet potatoes have arrived. 
Saturday Is bargain day In the wholesale market. 
Water-melons are coming from Virginia and trade 
is dull. 
Jersey musk-melo .s are said to be exceptionally 
good this year. 
Southern fruits are prolonging their season beyond 
ordinary years. 
A car-load of apples was received lrom Norfolk 
o te day this week. 
The army worm Is creating great havoc In some 
parts of Minnesota. 
Potato prospects ar. discouraging to consumers as 
well as to producers. 
The first lots of Jersey Lima beans came In a week 
ago, and sold for $3 to $3.50 per bag. 
Tnree car-loads of potatoes were received In sacks, 
a very poor way of shipping the early crop. 
Receipts of vegetables from Long Island and New 
Jersey are extremely short on account of drought. 
Maryland, Delaware and Jersey peaches promise 
to arrive nearly together this year. If they do, down 
goes the price. 
The exports of hay from Canada to Europe are in¬ 
creasing, and . ver 30,000 bales were shipped, the hay 
passing through New York In transit. 
Corn is now In a critical stage In the West, and, 
with a continuation of the extremely dry and hot 
weather recently prevailing, the crop will be largely 
curtal.ed. 
The Egyptian Secretary of Agriculture Is in this 
country, and intends making a thorough study of 
American cotton culture before returning to his 
native land. 
At Lampasas, Texas, 50,000 pounds of wool were 
sold on one day recently at prices varying from 10 
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to 13 cents, buyers offering 14 and 15 cents for the 
same wool a month ago. 
It Is said that the Souti ern peanut dealers are 
making an effort to combine to control the remaining 
stock on hand. The object Is to prevent a further 
decline In prices and to try to stiffen the market if 
possible. 
The Las Vegas Stock Grower says that the Cattle 
Raisers' Association of Texas Is a terror to the cattle 
thieves. It does Its work swiftly, surely, safely and 
without fuss and feathers. It corrals the thieves, 
rounds ’em up in jail, and the cattle raiser gets back 
the value of his property. 
Large numbers of Ohio farmers are feeding their 
wheat to the hogs, rather than sell at the prevailing 
low prices. They expect to realize $1 per bushel for 
It by this means. One case Is reported in which a 
farmer turned 150 head of hogs into hlB wheat field, 
not even taking the trouble to harvest It 
Reports from New Orleans say that all accounts 
agree In reporting the sugar crop to be In exception- 
ably fine condition and promising a yield above any¬ 
thing that has been experienced since the Civil War. 
Both the plant and stubble cane promise fine yields, 
and should there be a favorable harvesilng season 
there is every reason to expect a bumper yield. 
It Is said that packages of peaches selling lr. the 
Cleveland (Ohio) market last week ai $1. paid the 
commission mercnant 10 cents and the grower 3 
cents, while the balance went for transportation. 
Icing, crating and labor. A contemp .rary very sagely 
remarks that this Is evidently a case In which the 
raliroad charged “ what the traffic would bear.” 
Solicitor Hart, of the Internal Revenue Depart¬ 
ment, has decided that manufacturers of oleomar¬ 
garine may pack their product in one-pound, two- 
pound and tnree-pound packages, and pack these 
In wooden receptacles of not less than five pounds’ 
capacity each. Hitherto the size of the packages in 
which this article can be sold by the manufacturer 
has been limited to five pound firkins or buckets. 
“ What are the best varieties of grapes now In 
market? ” was aBked of a commission merchant who 
handles large quantities of fruit. ’’Moore’s Early 
and Delaware sell best. There would be a good de¬ 
mand for the Niagaras now when grapes are scarce, 
but they drop from the stems so badly that retailers 
do not care for them. This same trouble is experi¬ 
enced to some extent wLh the others mentioned, 
but to a less degree.” 
The wool growers of Utah met In Salt Lake City 
recently and decided to organize a Territorial wool 
growers’ association, the principal object of which 
will be to provide for the storage and shipment of 
the entire Utah wool clip next year. This means 
that in future Utah wool glowers, instead of Eastern 
wool buyers, will handle the product of the Terri¬ 
tory. This action was brougbt on by the unprece- 
dently low price at wh.ch wool Is sold this season. 
Tne beBt Utah clips, which sold last year for 17J4 
cents, find few buyers at cents now. 
From the Indian Territory comes the report that 
harvesting Is aDOut over with wheat making from 18 
to 25 bushels per acre and oats from 80 to GO bushels; 
but the low prices put tne farmers and the country 
generally In a very bad condition. It takes good 
No. 2 wheat to bring 40 cents per bushel and oats are 
going slowly at 20 cents. Largo quantities of grain are 
being stored in the elevators because the farmers 
refuse to sell for these prices. Corn Is short, although 
the valley crop will make from 30 to 40 bushels per 
acre, while the high or pratrte lands will make very 
little, owing to the early drought. Cotton is fine and 
meat of the crop is estimated at a bale per acre. 
Gov* Lewelllng, of Kansas, has announced that he 
will within a few days appoint a commission to visit 
Chicago to confer with representatives of European 
governments regarding his plan to ship the products 
of the Mississippi Valley to European countries via 
the Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico, and the At¬ 
lantic Ocean. The Governor has collected statistics 
to show that 74 per cent of the wheat raised in the 
United states is grown in this region, and that if 
producers and shippers would use the natural water¬ 
ways Instead of railroads to the Atlantic seaboard, 
they would save millions of dollars annually. Lie 
claims to have assurances that the representatives 
of European governments look with favor upon Ills 
plan. # 
The amount of grain passing eastward through the 
port of Buffalo during July very nearly equaled the 
same month last year, while tne total receipts since 
the opening of navigation show an increase of more 
than 3,000,10U bushels Estimating Hour as wheat, 
the receipts for July were 21.041,354 bushel 1 , as com¬ 
pared with 21,0 2,645 bushels In July, 1892. From the 
operlng of navigation to date the receipts were 
78,136,4(0 bushels, agalns 75,343,855 In the same period 
of 1892. The canal trade shows a large Increase. 
Tne shipments of grain by Erie Canal for July were 
6,835.502 bushels, again t 3,591,072 In the same month 
of 1892. From the opening of navigation to date the 
shipments were 19,161,304 bushels, against 11,089,697 
last year. The number of canal boats cleared since 
t v e canal opened was 3.133, against 2,0?0 In the same 
period of 1892. 
The total exports of farm produce from Canada 
were larger last year than ever before In spite of the 
fact that the markets of the United States are prac¬ 
tically closed to many of them. Canada has been 
working hard to find outlets In other directions, 
although these efforts have not always been success • 
ful. For the last fiscal year the aggregate exports 
were $118,687,600 and the aggregate Imports $128,000,- 
000, the total foreign trade being about $16,000,000 
greater than in 1892 and $37,000 000 greater than in 
1890. Since 1882 the exports have exceeded $100,000,- 
000 only In 1892 and 1893. These exports Include for¬ 
eign merchandise ; nd coin and bullion, but the 
domestic exports were $105,900,000, which is an in¬ 
crease of more than $20,000,000 over 1890. The Mon¬ 
treal Gazette believes that the increase of Imports, 
about $11,500,0 0 In 1893 over 1892, has occurred In 
the raw materials of domestic manufacture, and 
such manufactured goods as are not made in Canada. 
Last Tuesday Chicago witnessed the most remark¬ 
able collapse of the pork market that has ever 
startled even that sensational city. Last spring 
John Cudahy, an old employee and protegO of Phll_ 
D. Armour, contrary to the advice of the latter, 
tried to corner wheat, and the attempt cost him from 
$2,500,000 to $’.0.0,000, out he hi d still left from $15,- 
000,000 to $ 8,000,000 in his vast packing ventures In 
Chicago, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and 
Kansas and in funds ready for Investment In other 
enterprises. With a number of confederates he 
started corners tn pork and lard last March, with the 
avo ed intention of wresting from Armour the mil¬ 
lions the latter had just taken lrom him In the wheat 
deal. He and his clique ran the price of pork up to 
$2' per barrel and kept It therefor sometime: but 
finally It closed at $19 25 last Monday night. Next 
morning It started at $18.”5; when Armour's brokers 
began to dump It freely on the market and prices 
quickly dropped to $18, $.7. $16.50 and soon till, 39 
minutes alter the tap of the opening bell, the com¬ 
modity had reached $10.50 per barrel and Cudahy 
and his confederates were bankrupted. Then lor a 
few minutes It sold for $9 5’, but readly recovered, 
and sold at $12.50 before night. A great part of the 
pork held by the clique was bought at $;0ormore, 
and the slump ruined them utterly—for the time at 
any rate; but like other gamblers, these ” specula¬ 
tors ’ in produce, even when " dead broke ” bave a 
haolt of soon scraping enough money togetner to 
gamble again anu irequently regain a large part of 
tneir lost wealth. The atrst reports Bay Codabv 
and most of his confederates did not Invest a 1 their 
luuds in tned-ai; and tnat the first especially has 
still several mil ions with which he Is sure to "try 
again ” In sympatny witn pork, lard, wheat, cotton 
ato other products rapidly tell off in prtce, but when 
It was realized that the pork corner nad utterly col¬ 
lapsed and that prices In It had reached bottom, the 
other articles soon recovered and prices ot some 
rose even higher than at toe opening of the market. 
Tnose who naturaliv sympathize with gambling will 
alone feel any pity for the defeated ; peculators in 
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