1902 
5o5 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MARKET NOTES 
BIG ASIATIC CARGO.—The steamer 
Doric recently arrived at San Francisco 
from China having on board 2,600 tons of 
freight valued at $500,000. Two important 
items consisted of 33,210 pounds of opium, 
being the largest shipment ever received 
at that port, and 120,500 chests of tea. 
FIRE NOTES.—For the six months end¬ 
ing June 30, fire losses reported in the Uni¬ 
ted States and Canada amounted to $87,- 
105,850, a decrease of $1,120,000 from 1001, 
and $16,190,000 less than the previous year. 
During June there were 30 fires ranging 
from $100,000 to $372,000, the latter being 
lumber yards in Portland, Oregon; 82 be¬ 
tween $20,000 and $85,000, and 60 from $10,- 
000 to $18,000. In the property destroyed 
there were 32 mills and factories, 14 lumber 
plants, nine elevators and warehouses, 
eight stables and other farm buildings, five 
hotels, two breweries, one church and one 
college building. 
MIXING GRAIN.—It has been the cus¬ 
tom of some warehouse men to mix the 
stored grain of their, customers with their 
own of the same quality. This has always 
created dissatisfaction, but in 1897 it was 
made lawful by the Illinois Legislature by 
an amendment to the Warehouse act. The 
Illinois Supreme Court has now decided 
that this amendment is inoperative, and a 
fine has been imposed on the offender in 
the test ease. Of course where a man pays 
for the storage of any product he has a 
right to expect to receive just what he 
stores; but the chief objection has been 
that the storage man endangered the busi¬ 
ness of others by dealing in goods of which 
he was merely the custodian. It would 
be about as reasonable to pay storage on 
a wagon or bicycle, and have the storage 
man use it continually. 
MARKET REFORMS.—The Health De¬ 
partment of this city has undertaken a 
much-needed housecleaning job in the city 
markets that crowd out on the streets. 
A law which has been a dead letter for 
years says that no fish, meat or game shall 
be exposed for sale or uncovered outside 
any shop or store, or in any open door or 
window. No pure food provision is more 
necessary. Street cleaning as at present 
carried on in New York is a mere formal¬ 
ity, consisting of scraping off a little of 
the top crust and filling the air with dust. 
To have substances like meat or fish con¬ 
stantly exposed to this filth is an abomina¬ 
tion. A strict enforcement of this law will 
be something of a hardship to the crowded 
east side sections, where there are no ade¬ 
quate market buildings, and people depend 
on buying all provisions from street stands 
and push carts. If it had been the policy 
of the city government to use its money in 
such a manner as most to benefit the 
greatest number, a small portion of ex¬ 
travagance might have been spared in the 
construction of the Speedway and similar 
public works made solely for the pleasure 
of the wealthy and used to advantage in 
building suitable markets in the crowded 
districts, so that food offered for sale 
might be kept reasonably clean instead of, 
as at present, being exposed to the heat 
and filth of the streets. It would seem that 
the city has no right to permit people to 
crowd into certain districts like bees in a 
hive and make no proper provisions for 
public markets. 
WORK WANTED.—A young man in 
Pennsylvania wishes to get work in a city 
livery stable. Of course large numbers of 
young men are employed in the care of 
horses in New York, but we very much 
doubt whether any of this work would be 
satisfactory to a young man who has al¬ 
ways lived in the country and has a rea¬ 
sonably comfortable home, as we assume 
that our correspondent has from his letter. 
It is quite natural for an ambitious coun¬ 
try boy to feel that his outlook is very 
limited. He somehow feels that, if he 
could strike out and get away from the 
home surroundings, he would amount to 
more. This may or may not be true, de¬ 
pending on the boy and the work he gets 
into, but we should not care to recom¬ 
mend a city livery stable as a step in ad¬ 
vance for a competent farm hand, espe¬ 
cially while there is so great a scarcity of 
able farm labor. When living expenses in 
the city are considered the amount that a 
man doing unskilled manual labor can save 
is less than can be made by a fair farm 
hand, and the latter usually lives much 
the better of the two so far as food and 
home surroundings are concerned. If this 
young man wishes to devote himself en¬ 
tirely to horses it would be better for him 
to spend his spare time studying groom¬ 
ing and otherwise working at the farm 
animals until he knows much more about 
horses than the average farmer. A little 
extra grooming will not hurt the farm 
horses any; with a preparation of this sort 
he would be able to start in as assistant 
in the stables of some man who keeps a 
number of fine horses; and his advance¬ 
ment would depend on his ability and will¬ 
ingness to learn. This, we believe, would 
be better than to seek employment in a 
city livery stable. 
STEAMSHIP RIVALRY.—With the close 
of the war in South Africa ship companies 
have become greatly interested in trade 
prospects. While the war was going on 
they were not so anxious for business, as 
most of the steamers taking goods to that 
country had to come back in ballast, all 
industries producing goods for export be¬ 
ing paralyzed by the war. Now that it is 
not necessary to make these losing return 
trips, rival companies are making a strong 
bid for business. For a time the trade was 
in the hands of three companies working 
in harmony. The latter was an opponent 
for a while, but finally joined interests. On 
the plea of a losing business the combina¬ 
tion kept rates up to an abnormally high 
mark. Two strong opposing lines have 
started rate cutting, offering additional in¬ 
ducements to shippers. The reductions 
have been from 10 to as much as 50 per 
cent, and the fun promises to continue un¬ 
til one side gets tired or the rival joins 
the combine, a quite common ending of 
such affairs. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Peaches are plentiful, 
but not at all in excess of the demand. 
The varieties on hand at present are Moun¬ 
tain Rose, Belle of Georgia, Carman, El- 
berta and Tillotson. Elberta is bringing 
the highest price. In some cases $2.75 per 
carrier. Most of this variety that we have 
seen are small, showing the effects of the 
drought in Georgia, but they are well 
ripened, of excellent flavor, and appear to 
keep well. These things count with con¬ 
sumers. If the first lot that thev buy 
proves to be really worth eating, they at 
once want another dose, but if they are 
hard as rocks when they reach the retail¬ 
er, few buyers will care for more than one 
trial. Unlike pears and plums the peach 
should be as nearly ripe as possible be- 
for picking. Large numbers of California 
apricots are disposed of on the street fruit 
stands. They make a fine showing, but 
we know of no other fruit so utterly 
worthless so far as flavor goes. When well 
ripened on the tree the apricot stands very 
high as a fruit, but these are picked too 
green and have none of the delicate flavor 
of the small quantity of nearby apricots 
that are received. Cherries have not been 
plentiful, and prices of the better grades 
are quite satisfactory. Those who have a 
local market for raspberries can usually 
do better than by sending them here, as 
they need to be disposed of quickly, and a 
little standing around in the dust makes 
them look badly. There are still enough 
strawberries to warrant a quotation, but 
most of them are small. 
SHARP METHODS.—A central New 
York butter man writes: “I have had some 
dealing with-, commission mer¬ 
chants of New York. They agreed to give 
us lVz cent above New York market, less 
five per cent commission and transporta¬ 
tion. They lacked one-fourth cent per 
pound of doing this on the first shipment, 
and one cent on the next. I wrote them 
but have received no reply and presume 
that they intend to do nothing toward 
righting the matter.” 
The firm mentioned has a fair reputation, 
but they appear now to have joined the 
buncoites in sending out circulars promis¬ 
ing what they know they cannot give. So 
far as volume of business goes they cannot 
be classed with the large butter dealers of 
this city, and it is highly absurd to claim 
that for a staple like butter they can 
get V£ cent per pound more than dozens 
of other concerns of long experience 
in the trade, and doing five times as 
much business. It is necessary to warn 
readers against those who make such of¬ 
fers for an article like butter, the daily 
wholesale value of which remains about 
the same in all parts of this market. How 
can a small dealer afford to make a gen¬ 
eral offer of a cent or two in advance? He 
might do it for some special brand of but¬ 
ter, but this offer was general and uncon¬ 
ditional. Like measles, chickenpox and 
other mean diseases, such concerns usual¬ 
ly run their course and then die out or 
move to fresh territory. Those who have 
nothing to do with them usually have rea¬ 
son for self-congratulation when the smash 
finally comes. 
A GRAIN FLURRY.—Sensational and 
misleading reports have appeared in some 
newspapers with regard to the value of 
corn, which is said to have been selling 
higher than wheat. This was actually true 
in the Chicago market, but it should be 
made clear that this was an entirely tem¬ 
porary and artificial price caused by the 
efforts of certain shorts to fulfill their 
contracts, and not in any sense the actual 
value of the corn for feed or other com¬ 
mercial purposes. Shorts are dealers who 
have sold more than they own, running 
the risk of buying enough at a safe price 
in the open market to live up to their 
agreements. This they are usually able 
to do, and a great amount of business is 
done on this basis. If, however, as in the 
present instance of the Gates corn pool, 
somebody corners the market by getting 
hold of practically all of a certain product 
that is to be had, he can make things de¬ 
cidedly lively for the shorts. They have 
to pay whatever price he may ask or vio¬ 
late their agreements, and a bouse of good 
reputation and financial backing will stand 
severe loss rather than do the latter. 
Speculation of this type is a rough-and- 
tumble game, and no one who gets into It 
has a right to complain of hard treatment. 
The fact that a few speculators have been 
forced to pay 90 cents for corn in order to 
save their business reputation is no rea¬ 
son for speaking of that figure as the gen¬ 
eral market price of the commodity. Noth¬ 
ing above 70 cents was paid in the New 
York market on the day of this Chicago 
flurry. When a high figure is caused by a 
general demand and scarcity, all the great 
markets of this country and Europe keep 
close together, of course making due al 
lowances for transportation charges. If, 
without being forced by a corner, wheat 
jumps to $1 in Chicago, New York and, to 
a certain extent, foreign markets will keep 
pace with it, as it is then a o andard price 
formed by supply and do...,;, d. A flurry 
in one market, caused by the troubles of a 
few dealers who have sold themselves 
short, does not create any such interest in 
other markets, as it is recognized to be 
merely artificial and temporary. So long 
as there are those who must have the pro¬ 
duct in order to fill contracts, the man 
who has the corner can make them pay an 
extravagant price. But as soon as these 
must-haves are supplied the price must 
drop, and sometimes the man who made 
the corner drops with it, if he chances to 
have miscalculated seriously as to the 
strength of his position. The fact that 
corn has sold at 90 cents is of no special 
importance to the farmer except to show 
him how shrewd speculators are able to 
pocket millions through the manipulation 
of his own products. w. w. h. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page. 
OUR PATENTED 
Grooved Tired 
Metal Wheels 
Save: Spokes, the Brake, the 
Wheels. Farmers are using 
100,000 of them. Wo are the 
largest manufacturers of STEEL 
WHEELS and Low Truck Wagons in 
tho country. (Flat tires, also.) All , 
sizes; fit any skein. Write us 
about new wheels for the old wagon. 
METAL WHEEL CO., Havana, III 
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Special State Fair Prize. 
Governor Odell has offered a special prize 
of $150 for the best five-pound package of 
butter made at any time in a private dairy 
to be divided as follows: First prize, $75; 
second price, $50; third prize, $25. 
RULES. 
1. Entries close September 2. 
2. One entry only will be allowed each 
exhibitor 
3. The entrv fee in this department will 
be $1, and does not include an admission to 
the fair. Exhibitors desiring an admission 
ticket must remit $2. 
4. Entrance fee must be paid at time of 
making entry. 
5. Exhibitors in Private Dairy Class 1109 
will not be allowed to compete in this class. 
6. There shall be no marks or brands on 
packages to indicate the maker. 
7. All entries must be made on the regu¬ 
lar entry blank, which can be secured from 
the secretary of the State Fair Commis¬ 
sion, Albany, N. Y. 
8. The butter will be sold at the close of 
the Fair and the proceeds forwarded to 
each exhibitor. 
9. Upon receipt of entry the secretary 
will forward all necessary tags with ship¬ 
ping directions. 
10. Express charges must be prepaid. 
Full information will be furnished to all 
intending to compete by S. C. Shaver, Sec¬ 
retary, Geological Hall, Albany, N Y. 
PATRIOTISM 
The stomach is a larger factor in w life, 
liberty and the pursuit of happiness” 
than most people are aware. Patriotism 
can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. 
The confirmed dys¬ 
peptic M is fit for 
treason, stratagems 
and spoils.” The 
man who goes to the 
front for his country 
with a weak stomach 
will be a weak 
soldier, and a fault 
finder. 
A sound stomach 
makes for good citi¬ 
zenship as well as 
for health and happi¬ 
ness. 
Diseases of the 
Stomach and other 
organs of diges¬ 
tion and nutrition 
are promptly and 
E ermanently cured 
y the use of Dr 
Pierce’s Golden Med 
ical Discovery. It 
builds up the body 
with sound flesh and 
solid muscle. 
"After I received the 
advice which you gave me in regard to my 
treatment,* writes Geo. Dorner, Esq., of 1915 
Pulaski Street, Baltimore, Maryland, «I used 
your ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ according to 
directions. After using four bottles I considered 
myself cured, as I have not felt any symptoms 
since. Had tried almost all remedies that I 
heard of that were good for dyspepsia, but with¬ 
out relief. Finally, I became discouraged, and 
wrote to you for advice, with the above result." 
The dealer who offers a substitute for 
the w Discovery ” is only seeking to make 
the little more profit realized on the sale 
of less meritorious preparations. 
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical 
Adviser Is sent free on receipt of stamps 
to pay expense of mailing only. Send 
21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered 
book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound. 
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y. 
The 
New 
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Box 20 
“BLIZZARD" 
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Sold on full guarantee. 
Write for catalogue. 
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Agrlcull tiral Works, 
Cuutoii, Ohio. 
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27 Fargo Street, Batavia, 111., U. S. A. 
