Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . es Markets Stiff and PackersMake Millions. The New York Commercial of July 13,commenting on the provision situation,says : Hogs reached the top rung ofthe quotation ladder to-day, registeringat the . mark. There they stayedwhile the market experts cried loudlythat the highest point of the year hadbeen reached. Hogs have been on therampage ever since March when scarcityof corn also sent the price of beef upsharplv. Gradually thcv advanced inprice from 4 cents a pound live weightuntil the top notch was reached, when100 pounds of hog brought $ Stocky
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . es Markets Stiff and PackersMake Millions. The New York Commercial of July 13,commenting on the provision situation,says : Hogs reached the top rung ofthe quotation ladder to-day, registeringat the . mark. There they stayedwhile the market experts cried loudlythat the highest point of the year hadbeen reached. Hogs have been on therampage ever since March when scarcityof corn also sent the price of beef upsharplv. Gradually thcv advanced inprice from 4 cents a pound live weightuntil the top notch was reached, when100 pounds of hog brought $ Stockyards packers who put in millions ofpounds of pork at 4 cents last winterhave made several million dollars out ofthe present market, experts say. Themarket ran ^ U) %1 last year, but thatwas an artificial figure, brought aboutby nursing and there was an almost im-mediate break to fO. This year, how-ever, experts declare, the figure willstay high and hogs will be few andhigh-priced for six months more. The UniformHigh Grade Quality of. will keep your customers and build up your tea extensive advertising will create and maintain asteady demand, a demand in which you should participate. CANADIAN OFFICE. VANCOUVER, , Agents Ricliardt & Brown, 34 Notre Dame Street, Winnipeg, Man. 48 THE CANADIAN GROCER Canadian CannedFruits and Vegetables Packers are now booking orders for canned goods under reserve as to the extentof the 1908 crop and without any guarantee as to delivery. We are, however, in a position to guarantee full delivery of any order given us andwe guarantee prices against decline to all who will send us orders before ten days. App/es TomatoesApricots p^^3 Cherries _ _ Peac/ies Green Beans Pears Asparagus Pine Apples q^^^ Prunes «*-«. Raspberries Spinach Strawberries Pumpliins The Ceiebrated Imported ^Soleil Brand Canned Fruits and Vegetables We are also booking orders for the always increasingly popular imported CannedGoods Soleil Brand whose quality is alway
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