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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
DEC. 20 
rotting badly. Shipments of potatoes are 
being made as fast as the markets will 
bear. The potatoes in the affected houses 
are being cleared cut first aid those that 
are keeping well will be held as long as 
possible. Many causes have been assigned 
for this early decay, and among them is 
the continued warm weather. The air is 
soft, balmy and spring like, producing a 
swelling of the fruit buds. 
Cheese seems in smaller supply than last 
year. The Utica Board of Trade closed its 
transactions of cheese last Monday with a 
total sale for the year of 885,631 boxes 
against 441,386 last year. The value was 
$1,948,207 81, against $2 294 500.98 last year, 
a falling off of $346,293 17. The general 
average price was a trifle less than that of 
last year. The last sales ruled at eight 
cents. The Little Falls market for the 
year aggregated 245,059 boxes, against 
265,224 last year, at a value of $1,181,836 65, 
against $1,337,776.38 last year. The sales 
are the smallest since 1886. In 10 years the 
sales have increased 25 per cent, and the 
value has fallen off about four per cent. 
The Department of Agriculture gives the 
average price of the present corn crop as 
50.1 cents p er bushel, against 28. 2 cents for 
the crop of 1889, arfTncrease of 77 per-centr- 
It is the highest December price of the de¬ 
cade except that of 18S1. The average price 
then rose to 63 6 cents, and that of the fol¬ 
lowing year was 48.4, with a better crop 
than the present. The next highest aver¬ 
age is 44.4 in 1887, following three years of 
large crops and cheap corn. The prices 
therefore depend upon the quantity grown 
in the year plus the reserves from the pre¬ 
ceding years. The present average shows 
that small crops are a sure cure for low 
prices, and that the law of demand is still 
the main factor in making prices and 
profits. The prices in the seven corn-sur¬ 
plus States are: Ohio 51 cents, Indiana 47, 
Illinois 43, Iowa 41, Missouri 44, Kansas 51, 
Nebraska 48. The average farm value of 
the wheat crop, as estimated, is 84 cents 
per bushel, against 69.8 cents for 1889, an 
increase of 20 per cent on the price of last 
year. The value of wheat is affected by 
the harvests of other countries, as corn is, 
imperceptibly, and therefore prices are not 
entirely governed ;by the size of the home¬ 
grown crop. For.example, the crop of 1885, 
though smaller than the present one, 
brought but 77 cents in December, while 
the crop of 1882, aggregating over 500,000,- 
000 bushels, the second largest ever grown, 
sold at 88 cents'at the same date. The av¬ 
erage price of oats is 42.2 cents, against 23 
cents last year. It is the highest reported 
since 1881. An examination of records shows 
that abundance or scarcity [of corn materi¬ 
ally affects the value of [this crop, the two 
grains being largely interchangeable in use. 
Rye averages 62 9 cents, and barley 64.8, the 
highest for each [since 1881. Buckwheat 
averages 57.7 cents, an advance over last 
year, though the crop is larger. The defi¬ 
ciency of the potato crop has caused an ad¬ 
vance in values in [all sections of the coun¬ 
try. The averagejs 77.7 cents, an increase 
of over 90 per cent over; the prices of the 
past two years. The[returns show slightly 
higher prices for tobacco than have pre¬ 
vailed since 1887. The average is reported 
at 7.7 cents per pound. Hay alone of all 
farm products records a decline from last 
year. The present.'price is $7.74 per ton and 
the slight falling off is due to the increased 
product. _ 
Bekcham’s Pills cure Costiveuess and Indigestion. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, December 15, 1890 
Beans have decllucd a trifle all around. Buyers 
take only enough for Immediate needs, hence trade 
is dull. Any heavy receipts would depress prices 
still further. 
Marrows—New, $2 008831)0; New Mediums choice 
$2 25; Pea, $2 25 ; Red Kidney, $3 85® $3 40; White 
Kidney, choice, $2 4l)@$2 50 ; Foreign Mediums. $1 75® 
$2 15; do Marrow, $2 65<g$2 85; Green Peas, $1 05®$1 10. 
Butter holds its own well under light receipts of 
the best grades. There is a moderate, steady demand 
for all the better qualities and some lines show a 
slight rise in prices. The top prices are obtainable 
only for fresh made butter and other lots will bring 
lower prices in proportion as they approach the 
fresh made in quality and condition. 
Creamery.— Elgin. best. 29&30C; State and Penn¬ 
sylvania, 2JS29C; Western, best, 29®29}<!C; do prime, 
26@27%c; do good, 24®26c ; do poor, 20®22c ; West¬ 
ern Imitation Creamery, prime, 22js25e: do fine, 
18®2lc ; do pocr, I3@15c. DAiRY.-State, best, 25@26c '; 
do prime, 22@23c; do good, 19®21c; do poor. I4®isc ; 
Western, prime, 19®21c ; do fair, 13®15c ; do poor. 1’. 
®.2c; do factory, best, 2l®23; do prime. 16®18 c; do 
good, 10813c. 
Cheese is unchanged in price and trade is quiet 
under limited demands. The export demand is 
small and home trade calls only for best grades. 
Goods must be choice to bring outside quotations. 
Some lots of fancy cheese went out last week to I ng- 
land for the Christmas trade. 
Fancy, Sept.,934®-c: line 9>4®9%c; good, S@8%; fair. 
7®T94c; light skims, fi%® 6-bo; skims, 2®2%c.; Ohio, 
Flat. 6%®9c. 
Egos have dropped from two to three cents pier 
dozen on different grades on account of heavy >e 
celpts for the season. TMs is unusual as the holiday 
trade generally tabes all lnerease. Any iong-eon- 
tinued cold weather will probably diminish receipts 
and restore prices. An exceptional shipment of 
90 eases of eggs to Glasgow was made at the close of 
last week. 
Near-by. fresh. 288—c: Canadian. —®—c; Southern. 
23@24c: Western, best. 56'27c; Ice house. 20@21c; 
Limed, 21%@22>tc ; Fall packed, 281123c. 
Fruits.—A pples have advanced 25 to 50 cents per 
barrel for best grades. The supply Is limited on ac¬ 
count of the unfavorable weather for shipping. The 
demand is necessaiily moderate, and any large In¬ 
crease of receipt b would tend to d' press prices. 
Grapes have dropped In price on account of a de¬ 
creased demand, and many of the receipts are poor 
in quality. Cranberries have advanced as the supply 
is moderate, and demands Increase for the holiday 
season. Florida oranges are plentiful, and t rices are 
a little easier. Other fruits show little change. 
Apples—N Spy. $3884 75 ; Snow, *3 50®$5 50; King, 
*4 00®$5f0; Ballwin, $2 50@$5 00: Green. 83 25»$5 50: 
Ben Davis, $4 ( 08 85 00: common to good, *1 00^83 25; 
Lemons, per box. $.8 fV)3$5 <X); Fears, Cooking, per 
bbl., $4 00®$5 00: Seckel. per keg, 84i®$5: Anjou, do, 
$2 25®$300; Duchess, per bbl., $5(®$6: Shrl’on per 
keg • Cranberries, Cape Cod, $ 10 50®813 per 
m rr- ' $ .4 III | U I I I'li lK— -I n Tf.r ,i nr . ft TS ? $3 SH p t r fl ( 
crate ; Grapes, Conccrd, 14®2 c e per basket. Catawba, 
14®58c per basket. Florida Oranges, $2 25® $3 25 per 
box. 
Dried Fruits.— California dried grapes and raisins 
are In large supply and prices have lowered materi¬ 
ally. 
Domestic. — Apples — Evaporated, good to fancy 
13t6®l6c; poor, 12® 12Vtfc; coarse cut, 8!^®9e; sliced, 
8@llc; do old. 3>^<aS$fc; Chopped, 4®4t4c; Coresand 
skins, 4®4‘4c. Cherries, new. 59®32c ; do, old, 8®10r. 
Raspberries, 27®3'>c; Blackberries, 8®9c; Huckle 
berries, new, 18®19c: Flums. new. 10@12e: Peaches, 
California peeled. 80®S3c; do unpeeled. 16® 19c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 6>4®7c; Apricots, California, 17®2Cc; 
Plums, Cal., 15®17c. 
Game— The demand Is good. Quail have been In 
moderate supply and sell readily. Some flue ones 
exceed our outside quotations. Partridges are scarce. 
Wild ducks of good quality are scarce. Rabbits are 
becoming more plentiful and sel 1 slowly. The holiday 
season Increases the demand for the best qualities of 
game. Venison Is quiet and sells moderately. 
Quail, prime, per doz, $1CU@$150; English suipe. 
fresh, per doz.. 81 25@$150; Goldelf plover, prime, 
per doz., 81 S5«81 50: Send snipe, per doz., 20®25e; 
Par’rldges, State, per pair, $1U0©$150; do Western, 
per pa'r. $1@81 25; Grouse, Western, per pair, 80o® 
81 CO; Woodcock, per pair, 60@"5e; Venlacn, fresh sad¬ 
dles, per lb, ll®14e;do frozen, 10814c; Wild Ducks, 
Western, Canvass, per pair, $3 0 ©85 Ot); do, do. Red¬ 
head, per pair, $1 50@$2 25; do. do. Mallard, per pair, CO 
@75c; do, do, Teal Blue wing, per pair. 40® 50c; do. do, 
common, per pair, 50®25c; Babbits, per pair, 20®30c. 
Hay is in moderate receipt for best qualities, and 
the market is firmer. Long rye straw has ad vane ed. 
and the supply is not large. 
Choice, 70@75c, Tlmotny, No. 1, 65®70c ; do No. 
2. 50®60c: shipping, 40«45c; Clover Mixed. 45®50c. 
Straw— No. 1 rye, 856.90?.; short rye, 45®55c; oat and 
wheat. 80®40c. 
Honey —California ext'actert dull at 664@7c. Comb 
honey quiet at 16818 c for white clover In l-lo boxis: 
15@Kc for 2-lb boxes; buckwheat quoted, ’.2@14c. 
Hops.— All grades have declined from 2 to 4 cents 
per pound. The unsettl'd financial condition which 
curtails all trading, especially export trade. Is largely 
responsible for this. Buyers refuse to purchase ex¬ 
cept at what they consider safe prices. 
State, ’90 crop, 33®40c; do, prime and choice, ’89, 26 
®28c; do good, 24®25c do common, 13®22c; do 1888, 
good anl prime, 166 20c; do do, common, 183 22c; 
Pacific Coast, 1889 crops, 18®26c; do, 1890 crop, 83®3tie. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 4>^®4^c, and farmers’ grades at 883-hc; 
Pecans, ll®12c; Chestnuts, $2 00®$5 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts, $1 75®$2 15 per bushel. 
Poultby.-t Prices have dec’ined slightly for live 
chickens, fowls ;and geese, but remain firm for tur¬ 
keys and ducks of good quality. Rect ipts have been 
large, but the/weather has been favorable and the 
demand good. Sales will continue good for the next 
two weeks, but as receipts are also likely to be large, 
no extreme prices need be expected except for fancy 
stock. Fine, young turkeys ate wanted. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.-On the spot there was a rise of ^ %e, 
closing strong The export business comprised No. 2 
Manitoba Spring at 9664® 97c spot and 95c c. f. and 1. 
Sales-Ungraded Winter Red at 95c881 10 No. 2 Red 
quoted, 8103% elevator, 81 0694 afloat: No. 1 Hard 
spring. Nominal, 81 18%: No. 1 Northern. 81 08%; No. 2 
December, 81 04%®$1 05: do January, 81 05%®«1 0594: 
do February. 8 ' 06®»1 (6%; do March, 8 ’ 07%®81 o:$fc 
do May. $! 069^8’ 0”%; do July, 81 0Ot4®81 00%. 
RYF,.—Had a slow demand. Western, in boat loads, 
quoted at 77®80c- Canada, 7S»74c: State. 78®80c. 
BARLEY.-Dull and somewhat nominal. Sales—No. 2 
Milwaukee, quoted at S2 ? 83e; Ung-aded Western, 
76®88c; No. 2 Canada. 87®88e; extra No 2 do. 90 91c: 
No. 1 Canada 95®96e. CORN.—Sales—Ungraded Mixed 
and White, 61W«66c ; No. 2 Mixed. 64c store and ele¬ 
vator, 65%c afloat; steamer yellow 6lVc to arrive 
No. 2 December, 6Sc; do January, 61 %a 6154c; do May, 
609<ffl6094e. OATS.-Merely followed corn How¬ 
ever. there was a fair business reported. Prices at 
the close showed a decline of about Me. Clearances 
were unimportant. Sales—No. 3 mixed. 48Vc elevator; 
No. 8 white, 4iMe elevator; No. 2 mixed. 49%c ele¬ 
vator: 50Mc afloat; No. 2 white, 50Qc elevator, No. 1 
White. 53c elevator: No. 2 Chicago. 50Mc. Ungraded 
mixed Western, 4T@5?c- do white. 5fi»57e: No. 2 Decent 
ber, 49We: do January. 50Me do May, 51%©5'%c; No. 2 
White December, 50940 ; do January, 51 Me: do Feb¬ 
ruary. 52Mc; do May, 58%c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES -The trading was moderately active, and 
prices were" full* sustained on prime beeves, but 
common to medium offerings ruled dml at a decline 
of 10c per IT pounds. Poore t to best native steers 
sold at 88 15«$5 1(1 per 100 pounds: bulls and dry cows 
$1 l~® $3 5Q_Dres'el beef steady at 6M®7Me per 
sugar instead of Importing it. Onr farm¬ 
ers cannot raise coffee, but we can raise it 
in Mexico. Reciprocity is a good plan. 
Onr tariff should be so low that foreign 
nations may send some of their goods here 
in exchange for onr farm products. If 
England should put a high tariff on our 
bread stuffs it would at once stimulate her 
agricultural prosperity. Mr. Gould believes 
in increasing our trade with the South 
American Republics, but would not like to 
build the proposed South American rail¬ 
road if he expected returns from it during 
his own lifetime. Profits from that enter¬ 
prise would be all in the future. 
It seems to Mr. Gould sometimes that 
we should have more elections or fewer of 
them. If we could turn down a Congres¬ 
sional majority without appealing to the 
people the effect would he quicker and 
cheaper. The whole people of the South, 
he says, shonld be left alone to handle the 
African problem. The Republican party 
was formed on the great issues of white 
labor, freedom in the Territories and free¬ 
dom generally, it was never intended that 
the African should be the sole or only 
representative of that party anywhere. 
The trend of railroad traffic in this 
country is from east to west. The north 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, [[per lb, 7®8c; 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 868%c, do Western, per lb, 
8@8%c; roosters, per lb, 5®6c; Turkeys, per lb, 9® 
10c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 50®75c; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, 90c 8$1 25. 
Poultry.—Dressed— Turkeys, mixed, per lb. 9® 
15c; Fowls, western, choice, 889c; do common to, 
good, 7®8c; Ducks, spring, good, 10®15; Squab; 
white, per dozen, 82 50@$2 75; do dark, do, $150; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia. 12®14c.; Western, 9 
®llc ; Fowls, near by, 10911c. 
Vegetables show a sharp [advance In prices of 
potatoes, onions and cabbages. The cold weather 
reduces receipts and as there are no large reserves 
on which to drawadecrease in supply quickly affects 
prices. It Is not to be expected that prices of pota¬ 
toes will go much higher. 'J hey have already reached 
a point where they are -luxuries for many consumers; 
then the foreign crop.is beginning to at tive freely and 
in a few weeks|at the outside the Betmudas, followed 
soon after by the crop from the South will form an 
important part of the supply. Norfolk Kale brings 
75 cents per barrel, and Splnucb, $1.25 to 82. Other 
vegetables quiet and unchanged. 
Potatoes-Long Islutid, per bbl. $310®$8 25: Jersey, 
per do., $1 IXJ@$2 75 ; State, do., $2 75813 ; Maine, do.! 
82 87®$310; Magnums, per 168 lb. sack, $2 75 ® 
$3 00: Sweets, do., $1 00®$3 50. Onlons-Western New 
York. $2758 8300, Connecticut Red, $2 15®$3 00 do 
White, $4 00®$5 00; do yellow. 43 00083 50; Western, 
$2 25842 50; Jersey, $2 25@$2 75; Cabbage, L. I., per 
100, $4 0il®$6 00; Squash, per bbl., 75c®$I 25; Turnips, 
per bbl. 85®90c, Egg Plant, per bbl., $1 50@$2 50, Caull'- 
lluwer, per bbl., $1@$3 30, Celery,‘per doz.. 15c®75c; 
String Beans, per crate, $2®$2 50; Cucumbers, Fla.,' 
per crate, $1 30®$l 75. 
pound for poor to prirre native steers. <-m i e and a onth lines can never be as prosperou s 
advices from London and Liverpool quote American 
steers firm at ’ 1 ® 12Me per pound, dressed weight, 
sinking the offal, and American refrigerated beef 
steady at scant “94c per pound 
CALVES —Very little trading and market nearly 
nominal. A car-load of Western calves sold at $3 
per 100 pounds. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS —Both sheep and lambs ruled 
active at a slight advance. Poorest to best sheep sold 
at $4®84 75 per if 0 pounds; common to fairly choke 
Iambs at $5 75®$8 40. Dressed mutton firm at 7%®9c 
per pound; dressed lambs steady at 8M«1 Ic. 
HOGS.—Nominally dull at $3408 8375per 100 pounds. 
Coughs. 
*• Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are 
used with advantage to alleviate Coughs, 
Sore Throat, Hoarseness, and Bronchial 
Affections. Twenty-five cents a box.— Adv. 
JAY GOULD TALKS. 
Every few years Jay Gould gives through 
a press “ interview ” his views on public 
affairs. The people are always glad to 
hear what Mr. Gould has to say. They 
have no great love for him, but there seems 
to be a general understanding that the 
business opinions of a man who has “ ac¬ 
cumulated ” at least $75,000,000, are well 
worth listening to. The following is a 
brief synopsis of the views expressed by 
Mr. Gould last week. The National Banks, 
he says, have served a good purpose. We 
have discharged so much of our debt that 
we have retired or abolished this vehicle for 
banking. By February the $30,000,000 of 
silver certificates we have commenced to 
put out will be felt in the money market. 
The United States and France, being bi¬ 
metallic countries, have now the power to 
bring about bi metallism. The French, 
with silver coinage, have been very saving. 
The Bank of France has been able to help 
both England and Germany. The French 
have great confidence in the government 
banks. Loans can be paid in silver and in 
time of a run on a bank payment in silver 
is slow and people frequently become cooler 
and stop the run. There is no such quick 
drain as when loans must he paid in gold 
or gold currency. The tendency of silver 
legislation is to go ahead and do too much 
of it instead of waiting for the slow results 
of a conservative policy. 
Mr. Gould thinks the McKinley Bill had 
something to do with the late election. 
Congress sat too long. No one knew what 
would be done until the tariff bill was sud¬ 
denly rushed through. There was a rush 
for money to import goods, merchants went 
in debt and felt overburdened or discour¬ 
aged, and this was imparted to others. 
There must always be a tariff, he says, not 
only to collect revenue but to afford a 
moderate degree of protection. Violent 
changes either way are to be deplored. A 
tariff change that interferes with business 
is never a proper thing. If Mr. Gould had 
his way he would put the tariff back on 
sugar and give a bounty on beet and cane 
sugars grown in this country. In a few 
years, he says, we would be exporting 
as those running east and west. He thinks 
the Inter-State Commerce Law will be 
modified or abandoned. The railroads, he 
says, pay a lower rate of interest to their 
owners than any other form of property. 
Texas, taken as a whole, is the finest 
State in the South, though parts of it are 
worthless. Louisiana is another wonderful 
State. New Orleans grows slowly. It is 
below the water line. If the Atchafalaya 
should ever become the true Mississippi, 
which is possible if the Red River should 
change its course, a new city would be 
made. The course of immigration still 
seems to be west and northwest though 
some of the finest and cheapest lands on 
the globe are to bo found in the Gulf 
States. 
The rush of well-to-do Americans to 
spend money in Europe each year is a great 
drain upon ns as a nation. Our own country 
is as interesting as any. Patriotic Ameri¬ 
cans should spend money here. Alaska is 
destined to become a great summer resort. 
The government should grant respect¬ 
able but not excessive subsidies to steam¬ 
ship lines—the ships to be suitable for war 
service if needed. Immigration should be 
restricted so as to keep out the low and 
vicious classes who will only become bur¬ 
dens upon our charities and corrections. 
Our colleges should adopt some new 
course. The average American does not 
need study on Greeks, Romans and 
Hebrews as he does on the possibilities of 
self-help at some useful employment. The 
classical courses of study should give way 
to mechanical and manual training depart¬ 
ments. 
Stoker : “If the soil, when plowed, is 
wet enough to be plastic, and particularly 
if it be a clayey soil, then the furrow will 
dry either to a hard mass, or to hard clods 
such as the harrow caunot break and the 
plowing will likely enough do more harm 
than good.” 
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