Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1872, Page 6

6 THE CHICAGO DAILY. TRiIBUN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 872 HEXETARY AND COMMERCIAL. MONETARY. Frioay EVESTSG, Oct. 18, From figures shown us by a number of the harks, we arrive at the conclusion that the bank deposits in city have been reduced about 12 pe‘r cent during the two weeks up to about the 15thinstant. At the same time there was no ap- preciable reduction in the loans, and on the 15th tho banks in general were probably espanded at ast $3,000,000 mors than they were on the st of October. No further evidence than these figures s neceasary to show that money hae been exceedingly tight, tighter than it kss been for years. Tho first half of October always brings about as hard a rain for money 28 we esperience during the year. This time it has been more eevere than usual. But in view of 21l that is be- ing done here, the enormous amounts that are reguired for rebuilding the city, the require- meuts for capital to move large crops, to bold zartle, hogs, lnmber, etc., etc., in the country, s helping merchants to pay their maturing lLiai es to the East; doing_ all these things, notwithstanding the extreme difficulty of collect- ing in the country, it s a reassuring fact thatthe banks have had the firmness and discretion to as strong as they have. It seems probable that the turning point in the decrease of bank deposits has been reached. An inquiry made of half a dozen banks representing nearly ail branches of trade, was answered by their showing us their. books, in which we find that, in pearly all cases, deposits Pave increased perceptibly during the last threo or four days. The demand for accommodation is, of course, far shead of the ability of the ‘banks io meet yet, and plenty of good commer- cial paper, with two names, is forced into the open market, where money still commsands from 10 2 per cent per month, but, on the whole, wa believe the monetary situation in the market Les improved since the” beginning of the week. It has been remarked that more currency has been seut into the couniry from Chicago daring the last six weeks thsn during similar period in past years. This is prob- true, and the most noticesblo festurein 5 connection is, that so little of it has come Probably coneiderable of this currency Docn drawn off into the Southwest, and into Teszs, to pay_ for the large droves of tle thst have come from that quarter. The neressing receipts of cettle and hogs here, Tiowever, show that the capital is only coming back in ancther form, acd as the West, nor Texas, canuot eat nor wear greenbacks, they will soon bave to exchange them for articles tiut will anawer those requirements, and when they do, greecbacks and National Bank notes kecp new will be plenty ecnough in _ tho cities. Joney i5 oaly another Word for bank Luiences, or eschangesble value, znd by vhe receipt here and shipment eastwerd of livge amounts of hogs, cattle or produce money can become plenty without eny great return of <le currency. The most unfavorable festure in 1he monetary situstion in the West now, is the Jow price of grain in the country, caused by the extortionate freights eastward. ‘xchange{was sold between banks to-day at 50c to 75 cents per 1,000 diecount, THE PROPOSED INFLATION, timated in somse qusrters that anen- ;i be made to elicit through the Na- Bank Association an_ expression of National Banks regard- of the proposed Tbis dasvorw iozal opinions_ of the =dvieability jaste of 344,000,000 of greenbacks. We do mob Lmow where this “motion could origioate, or, in fact, whether there is any ground for the rumor, ‘but take the opportunity to show again that the policy wonldnot only ba foolish _but the schemo \rould be impracticable. The arguments in be- balf of the issue are the same a8 those used by Jay Gould £o excuse his great gamblein gold swhich calminated in Black Friday, viz: that it will canse an advance in the price of gold, snd g0 help to move the grain crops, upon which the railroads have laid their embargo of high freights. The arcument ia, however, in the interest of the railroads, who ees the pogsibility of having toput up the price of gold or else put down the rates of freight. But aside from all these arguments, the scheme is impracticable. Even if the Sec- vetary has the legal authority which he claims ‘to increase the volume of greenbacks, be could g:y them out for mothing but United States nds at per or Jess than pat in gold. Tke bids to the Treasury for the sale of bonda this week, +were 50 high that the Government could only buy a portion of the proposed £100,000,000. Norw, if it were known that the Secretary was_endeavor- ing to buy £44,000,000 more, it is quite certain e would not get them, without paying more ghzn par if gold which he is forbidden by laW to o THE FREIGHT TARIEES. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Of all the folly and shortsightedness con- nected with the freighting business, the action of the General Freight Agents of the railroadsis 2n exhibition of the mostconsummate stupidity. If there was war, instead of mutual interest, be- tween the shippers and the railrosd men, then we should expect to gee just such action s we ROW gee. at are the facts in the case? These freight agents hold a meeting,—a ‘‘convention,” —and en resolve to advanco rates 10c. This is done withont & word or note of warning to the shipper; and, consequently, in nine cases out of ten, he is caught with grain’ on band that has cost him more than he can get out of it un- der the mew teriff. He quietly pockets this loss (as every Western shipper did on last Sept. w&e and goes shead again, thinking it will be at least 3 month before an- otherrise. Sept. 15, another rige of 5¢ is an- nounced without warning, and tho shipper this time can probably get ont withunt loes, only -handling’ & few thousands each for nothing. Things go dlong quietly as usual. Farmers get scsred at the rapid advance in freights and hurry their corn to market. The dealers, tokeep their customers, have to take ail that comes. Cars get searce, and stocks accumulate. Shippers $re nervous, fearing a bombshell, but the freight 2gonte keep in ambush until the stocks get larga enoush, 2nd then, without over twenty- four hours’ notice, another rise is ancounced, 2nd 50 it ever is and hes been. If the railroad men would give notice, say, Aug.1, that & certain rate would be adopted Sept. 1, and again another at s later date, and €0 givo tho shipper a chance for his life, it would e as well for them, and enable shippers to avoid the breakers. The freight must go over the roads, acd it is not for the interest of the rail~ roads to break down the shippers. “Prohibition eeems to be the policy of the rail- roads. Instesd of building new cars and trying to encourage large shipments, freights are ad- venced, again_apd agein, as if the experiment o tried to find out justthe point of pronibiticn. When that is reached, these agents, {who ho!3 the prosperity of the country in their Nends, £nd only seem happy when everybody else is miserable), then quieuy retire into their shells and * winter over.” Bat for the water routes the western country would, in a few years, be impoverished by the railronds. One would suppose that sensible 2 men would eee that for railroads to pay they must be run through prosperous communities, and that their eystem of impoveriehing the country will re-act, and that sooper than they expect. Already the farmers are talking of let- ting their grounds next season remain unculti- vated, except what they can till with their own lsbor. The exorbitant rates now demanded have Teduced the prices of grain to 2 figure that the entire crop will not pay for the help that is hired toraise, harvest and market it—and, 8s & consequence, the lands cannot be rented or fabor bired to cultivate them. Grarx BUTER. Ope of the reasons that the railroad com- panies adhere so tenaciously to high rates of freight is that the roads must earn dividends not only on their actaal, coet, but on a vaet amount of water. But they are killing the goose that Lies laid the golden eggs, and tLe time wust come when raiiroad stocks will decline to prices com- mensurate with the legitimate eamnings of the rozds ai rates of freight and fares that will per~ mit people to live in the country. 5 TOCAT, STGCS AND POND MAREET. Preston & Kean quota stocks in :his market this afternoon as fol- Buying. Selling. 116 G. S, Gsof 81 5205 o1 T2 99 and int. 2:4@95 03X@11075 REAL ESTATE. %2 10Mlowing instruments were filed for re- cord on Friday, Oct.18: 5 ) CITY PROPERTY. AWood st, north of and near Bloomingdalerosd, e f, 241125 ft, dated Oct. 7 ; conelderation, $500. ‘Ridgeville road, n w corner of McBeynolds st, Lot 9, d=ted Oct. 10 ; consideration, $800. Lot 23. 1 Block 4 of Cushing’s Blocks 4 and 5, ot w| the 3ne X Secll, 9,13, dated Oct, 17; conslderation, 310, ‘Lots 66 to 65, in Walker's 6 3 of n w X Block 11, of © 3 Sec 31, 39, 14, dated 5% 3 !éausidmdon, 20,900, ‘Eact 65 £t of Lots 45 and 46, in Biock 1 of Hubbard" Lot 14, in Block 24, of 5 3¢ Seo 29, 39, 14, dated Oct, 14 consideration, §5,000, “Lot S1, in Block 14, Holstein, dated Oct.1; considers- % aont s, et Clay and Cent Fremont st, bet Clay anc nter sts, w{, 243125 {i dated July 17; consideration, g,ooo.u' . Y ‘Blue Isiand ov, bet Sixteenth and Evans ste, w1, 24 1t o alley, dated Oct, 8; consideration, 2,000, ‘Lot 11, {n Block 10, Union Park Addition, with im- provements, dated Oct. 16; consideration, §7,300. ‘Wallace sf, bet Thirty-seventh end Thisty-eighth sts, ef, 24 It to alley, dated Oct. 1; consideration, $650. ‘Howard et, 116 ft w of Loomis st, n f, 232124 ¢, dated Oct, 11; consideration, $320, ‘Blue Tsland av, 179 ft n e of Wocd st, &, 243100 £, dated Oct, 17; consideration, £1,800. “Harbine st, bet Western av and Oakley at, 61, 505124 1, duted Sept. 7; consideration, $1,50C0, t 84, in Block 13, Bec, 39, 14, dated Oct, 15; eon- slderntion, §1,000. » Dussoldst. betsveen Union and Haleted sts, n f, Lot 5. of Lote b and 6, with improvements, dsted Oct, 17; conslderation, §1,650. “North Wells at, between North sv snd_Oarl st, w1, Lot 2 of Lot 112, dated Sept. 17; consideration, $5,250. ‘McGrath st, between Hoyne and Leavitt ste, n f, Lot Hé 5:!!d‘?cL‘17szcnnsldeguon, $4,500, o olfax £t, 8 Of rty-third et, e f, 88, to alle; dated Sept. 26; conslderation, $3,000. e % Lot 5. ir Block 9, of D. S, Lee's Addirior, dated Oct. 17; consderation, §1,000. Union et, betwéen Sixteenth and Evanssts, e £, Lot 25, dated Dec. 7, 1870; consideration, $2,200, “Paylor et, w of and nesr Wood st, 1 {, Lot 42, dated Oct, 17; consideration, $800, Clagton et, 250 {t w of Paclina st, nf, 25x1251t, deted Oct. 4 ; consideraticn, $990. Lots 11 to 13in Block 3, of w 3 B w X Sec S0, 19, 14, dated Oct. 17 ; consideration, §1,800. ‘Huron st, bet State and Cads &3, & £, Lots 3 and 4, dated June 1 ; consideration, £10.009. Lots 9 and 10, of Lot 2 of Stinson's Lot G, in Block 95, Sec 29, 29, 14, dated Oct. 12;_consideration, $1,530. incennes av, 1 e cot of Thirty-seventh st, % 1, 132¢ 120 ft, dated Oct, 17 ; constderation, $15,000. Lot 33, in Block 13, Sea 7, 89, 14, Deted Oct, 103 con- sideration, $925. Michiganay, n of and nesr Twenty-ffth st, wf 13°102x112%¢” (1, dated Oct, 12; consideration, 000, West Adams st, between Hone and Seeley sts, s 1, 2BEI0 dest to alleg, anted Ot 13 consideration, ot 84 in Biock 50, Sec 19, 89, 14, dated Oct, 165 con- sidesation, £500. ; Lot 975 6 X Blocks 55 and 66, Sec 19, 39, 14, dated Sept. 8; consideration, £700, ‘Armour st, between Hubbard and Kinzlosts, ef, Tots 23 and 24, dated Oct. 167 consideration, §2,500. Blue Island ov, between Sixteenth and E7ans sts, w £,24 fect o alley, dated Sept, 23; coasideratios, Lot 12 in Block 52, Sec 33, 40, 14, dated Oct. 18; con- siderstior, £2,600. NORTH OF CITY LIMITA. West 3¢ north 2)¢ acres of Lot 8, in Hondleyse 3 8 € 3¢ Sec'17, 40, 14, dated Oct. 15; consideration, £8,000. Tot 5, in' Block 2, of s 3 9¢ X 0f & e X Sec 20, 40,14, dated July 6 coneidsration, $800, $0UTH OF CITY LINITS, Lot15and Lot 14 (except 8 40 ft), ull in Block 42, ‘Hyde Fark, dated Oct. 10; considerstion, $13,600. Lot 8, in Block 64, Hopkine' Addition to Hyde Park, pated Sept. 1€; consideration, €2,000, Lote23and 34 of Shaw's Lots 2 and 3, Forestville, Qated Oct. 18; coneideration, £2,400, . Lot 24 cf same, dated May 3; cousideration, §1,500. 0t7, in Block 4, of Clesvervilié, dated erstion, §6,000. COMMERCIAL. Fripay EvexiNg, Oct. 18, . The following were the receiptsard shipments of the leading articles of produce in this city during the past twenty-four houra; there were none reported for the corresponding time a year 2g0: Bt oet. 5; e BECELPT! | 1872, 1,181 SEIPMENTS, 1872 | 167L Flour, trls, 5,931]...... Whest, b Corn, bu. 025} Qats, bu. Rye, bu. Barley, b, Grass seed, fos.. Flax seed, Its. Broom corn, Ib Cured meats, 1bs. Live hogs, Cattle, No. Sheep, No, Withdrawn from store yesterdey for city con- sumption : 654 bu wheat ; 4,885 bu corn ; 4,821 bu oats ; 517 bu rye; 3,429 bu barley. The following grain has been inspected into store this morning, up to 10 o'clock : 235 cars wheat ; 23636 cars and 23,200 bucorn ; 52 cars oats; 103§ cars rye; 105 cars barley. Total, (649 cars) 217,000 bu. The leading produce markets were stronger o-day, with [a little more activity, though the session was marked by eeveral spells of languor, The firmer {feeling was principally & reaction from the weakness of the past few days, . which resulted in changing & greas deal of grain from weak hands to strong- erones. The receipts of produce wera less vo- luminous, than the average, but another advance in freights tended to a further hindrance to the shipping movement, and raised in msny & mind the conundrum, “What are we coming to?" Some slight falling off in the demand for dry goods was noticeable, but otherwise the market was without perceptible change. The stocks, though considerably reduced as compn.reci with their condition a month ago, are still in good working order, and our merchants are prepared to fill, and are filling, all orders with their accustomed promptness. Staplo cotton and woollen textiles are firmer, a8 sre also ail standard seasonable goods, whatever of weak- ness the market may exhibit being confined to goods notw out of season or out of style. Groce- jes were guoted %uiet, without material varia- tion in price ,Sugare, coffees, Syrups, and spices continue’ reasonably active, bat other goods in the list are in light xecfi:eut only. Cheese was in_good demand at full rates, the tendency in prime factory being upward. But- ter was also moving_on & liberal scale, the de- mand for the Lake Superior and lumber coun- tries, and for shipment East, being quite-active. The coal markaetwas active, with prices generally higher, the advance being most marked in Tilinois snd Indiana varieties, of which the market at present is nearly bare. The preva- lence of ague d other disesses in the mining _districts, it i3 stated, has Te- duced the production mnearly one-half, and prices were to-day advanced on all bituminous coal. Anthracite is also firmer, now being quoted at 310.00@10.50. ‘The fieh trade wns in a more satisfactory condition tban for some time past, the demand being active, and the supply much more liberal. Prices were withont change. Dried fruits remain quiet and steady as previously uoted. The. hay market was again weak. eceipts were heavy,—reaching about 30 cars,—and upder & lees active d~mand holders were willing to shade, prices a little, Hides continue dull'and unset- tled, the tendency being downward. In the oil market the only quotable change was a }¢c de- Cline in carbon: other desciptions ruled ateady. The tradein lumber was rather guiet to-day. There were no_changes in prices. The demand for all descriptions of ~ building materials continues good. Brick remains steady at $12.50 erm. Lime, cement, and other materizls firm. ron, tin, and nails are fairty active and prices unchanged. The demand for saltis increasing, and its scarcity produces an upward tendency in prices. The offerings of poultry and gamo wero excesgive to-day, and prices are wealt and lower. Potatoes are in aboub the same condition as yesterday, choice 1lots only being salable. Seeds were in fair request ; the offerings are light. and prices steady at yes- terday's ndvance. Apples are going off slowly in e retail way. Vinter varieties are ircreseing in supply, and most of the stock.is going into etore. Grapea are in good demand; cranberries in reasonable request at former prices;- other fruits salable. Highwines were eteady and quiet at the quo~ tation ruling for several days past. Sales were zeported of 150 brls at 88c per gallon. - ake freights were quiet, but strong, rates being about Ic higher than yesterday, at i8c for corn, 17c for barley, and 18§c for wheat by £ail to Buffalo. Carriers acked 20c on"wheat till near the close of the session, claiming that the wheat must be moved out, =s it cannot Do carried here, and that they could dic- tate terma. They finally conceded 1@13c, but reported the transaction on ‘¢ private terms.” The market closed with a very uneatisfactory Tecling on tho part of shippera. - A totel of 6iX charters was reported, which will carry out go,of'.a ‘b wheat, 58,000 bu corn, and 75,000 bu arley. . Provisions were quiet. and s2id to bs un- changed,—the reporter being obliged to trust operators, where they could not trace them, in reference to quotations. The few trades made in mess pork indicated s steady ‘market, in eympstby_ with the reporta from took ~Yards (“unchapged”). The | at’19%¢c; 8,400 bu do at 18c. ‘holders of the 100,000 lots of pork, more or less, now here, are firm at $14.50, and all who wan! to buy have to pay that price. It i8 considered gmhahh_z that they will dispose of something like alf of it to the lumbering regions and to Can- ada, before our new pork comes into active com- Eeumu with the balance. Itis now £2.00 per arrel above the price of new pork for Decem- ber delivery, and this enormous difference keeps dealers in a state of suspense, so that they do not care, or dare, to operate as in former years, and our proyision market is more dull than at the corresponding period in any for- mer_year for & long time past. Lard was dull and lower. Meats were quiet and irregular; the few green meate cut and not hitherto sold this geagon were R{ressed for eale, as the cutters do not care to keep them this warm weather. Hence they were weak., On the contrary, there was & better demand for English meats, and they were 8 ehade firmew The market closed nominal at the follow- ing range of prices: Mess pork, cash or geller October, 14.25@14.50; do, seller Decem- ber or January, $12.50; do, seller Feb- ruary, $12.623/@12.75; do seller March, 212.75@12.87%4. Lard, cash, 83/ @8}4c forround Tots of winter : do, seller December, 73 @8c; do, sellor Japuary, 154@8e; summer rendered, 7% @7¥%c for ordinary, and 8¢ for choice; dry ealted shoulders 6@63c; short ribs, 10@10%¢c; other deecriptions entirel; nominal. Sweet _pickled bams, nominal st 1134@18c, &nd green hams frm st 834@%0 ofor present delivery; 8@83c seller November; 73¢@Sc seller December. Green thoulders, 43¢@4}4c; do short ribs, 7c. Boxed shoulders, seller December, quoted at 44@43%c. English meats, for delivery in December and January, 65 @64¢c for Cumberlands ; 6%@63;c for short riba; 6%c for long clear; 7c for short clear; 8%c for long cut hams; break- fost bacon, 11@12c, and bacon hams, 16@18c, all packed. Mesa beef, £9.00: extra mess do, $10.00; beef hams, £25.00@26.00. City tallow, 8@8¥c; grease guotable at 53{@7c. Sales were reported of 225 brls mess pork at $14.50; 150 brls do at $14.40; 1,000 brls new do, seller De- cember at $12.503 100 tes new lard at 7%c; 60,000 fbs ehort ribs, 20 days in salt, eeller first balf November, at 835c; 2,400 pes groen hams at 8%4¢; 2,500 pes do at 83¢c; 50 tes west pick- Jed do at 13¢; 50 brls mess beef at{39.00; 50 bris extra mess do at 210.00; 120 brls beef bams at £25.00. Flour was quiet, the demand being almost wholly on local account, and that more for low grades than usual; thecity trado is generally in the better grades of flour. Shippers were notinthe market. Priceswereunchanged. Branwasfirm. Sales were reported of 75 brls white winter extras (Burke's) at $9.83; 25 brls at $9.25; 75 brls on private terms; 300 brls spring extras (Oriental) at $7.00; S00_ brls do at $6.75 5 50 brls do Red Rose at £6.37%; 100 brld do at £6.30; 100 bris doat$6.25; 200 brls do at £5.875% : 500 brls do at £6.75; 28 brls super- fines at £8.50 ; 100 brls rye flour at $4.10; 140 bris buckwheat flour at £7.50. Total, 1,958 bris. Also, 40 tons of bran at $10.00 on track, ‘Wheat waa more active, and averaged about 1@ 1c higher than yesterday, the greatest ndvince being on cash wheat, which was about (¢ sbove geller November. New York was quoted strong- e, but this was more than counter-balanced by {he higher freight rates by lako. The stronger feeling was principally due to the local fact that most of the wheat now here has changed hands within the past few dnys, the holdera being obliged to part with i, as they were not strong _ eoough to bear tho - tighter £queeze incident to s stringent money market, and ‘“dropped™ their load into the hands of others. In addition to this, the holders of wheat bought on Canadian account have sold out re- cently; not because they could not carry it, but because they were unable to find vesscls to carry it eastward from Montreal. With all the wheat now bere, and & great deal that was sold to arrive, pressing on the market at once, it is no wonder that prices should decline, irrespective of the tome of other markets; nor i8 it natonishing that they should be dragged down in sympathy. These changes bave now been made, and those who are still short for this month, now more than half over, find little offering, and are obliged to pay higher prices. The demand was principally _from this class to-day, the November option besigf quiet, and the shipping movement decidedly slow. There 18 & good deal of whest yet to go forward, and tho vessel-men were shrewd enongh to take advantage of this fact to-day ; but it has been bought already, and little was wanted to ship except & fow car loads to interior pointa. Coin No. 2 apring, or seller the month, opened 8t $1.113¢, declined to 81.11, advanced to 81113 2gain receded to $L.11, improved to 81.11%, an closed at $1.11. Seller Novembersold at 81.103%@ $1.11%, closing at $1.105¢. Sellerthe year soldat 81,1044@1.11}{. No.lepring closedat $1.16: No. 3§ do st S1.00%; and rejected do at 88ldc. Cash salea were reported of 11,200 bu No. 1 spring &t §1.16; 11,200 bu No. 2 spring at 24,500 bu do at 81.115%; 36,800 bu do at 3171134 ; 11,000 bu do at $1.115¢; 40,400 bu do at §1.11% ; 20,600 bu do at $1.11; 10,400 bu No. 3 ssring 461,015 14,800 bu doat $1.003; 800 bu do at £1.00; 400 bu rejected spring at 89c; 6,800 bu do at 88c. Total, 188,900 bu. Corn was moderately active, and quito steady, the average prices of to-day Being very nearly the outside quotations of yesterday. There was a good deal doing early, but the market was uiet and rather weak during 4he last half of the session. The trading was principally *spec~ ulative,” and the purchasers were mostly shorts, there being few new tredes made in options, and not much apparent _indication to buy for shipment. Neww York was quoted firm but quict, st 64%@63c, leaving less than 30c per bushel as the shipping price here, the Troight charges alone being 30c. ~The shipmonts of corn now being made are of grain already owned by the shippers; they prefer sending it forward to selling it here, and bresking down the market to & still lower point by the in- creased volume of theirofferings. Regular No. 2, or eeller the “month, o] ened at 3074c, ad- vanced to 31xc, and declined to’ 303c at the close. Seller November sold ot 3I5@3%c, closing 8t S136@31%c. Rejected cldded dull at 29c, though not in large supply. Gash sales wero raported of 13,200 bu’ No. 2 at STige; 10,000 bu do at S1%c; 26,000 bu do at 8137c; 24,600 budo at 8lc; 44,000 bu do at 30%c; 45,000 ba do at 303¢c; 10,000 bu do at 305¢c ; 5,000 bu do st 303¢c; 1600 bu refected at29)c; 800budo st29c; 22400 bu No. 2 afloat ab 82c; 16,800 bu do at 313c. Total, 919,400 bu. 5 Oats were more active, and 34 higher then yesterday, in sympathy with wheat, aud in con- Bequence of being reported decidedly stronger in New York. The demand was chiefly speculative, —2nd for this month, which was the strongest option for that renson. Seller the month gold at 213(@2134c, and solier November st 224@ 22%c; and seller December at 23%c, all closing with firm holders at the outeide prices paid. ~Strictly fresh receipts sold at 22@223e. Cash sales were reported of 6,600 bu No. 2 at 2234c; 4,800 bu do at 22c; 10,000 bu do at 313404 20,600 bu do at 213¢c; 5,000 bu rojeoted Total, 55,400. Rye was In better demand than yesterday, and about 3¢ higher, chiefly owing to lighter re- ceipts, which made operators hunt up the fact that we have not & large stock in etore. Cash sales were reported of 6,400 bu No. 2 at-bley 1,200 bu do at 5034c, and 400 bu rejected at d6ec. Total, 8,000 bu. Barley was in good demand, and strong at 340 advance, the decline of yesterdey having brought out several buyers, and the firmer feel- ing was increzsed by a diminution in the value of receipts, 48 indicated on the bulletin of grain inspected in this morning. No. 2 opened at 6354c, and closed firm at 64c ; No. 3 cloged firm 2t 480, Options were_very quiet; seller firet helf of November eold at 62%c, and geller the month was little better than nominal et 63}4@64c. Tho feeling for next month was weak. Cash sales were reported of 800 bu No. 2at G4}4c; 1.200 bn do at BiXfc 23,600 bu doat 64c ; 1,600 bu do at 633/c; 5,000 T do at 6334 ; 4,000 bu No, 3 at 483¢c ; 1,200 bu do at 483¢c ; 40,400 bu do at 48c ; 3,200 bu do at 47340 ; 4,500 byl do at 47c ; 8,500 bu rejected at 38¢-s 4,000 bu do at 373c ; 10,400 bu doat 87c; 800 b by sample at £3c 5 1,200 bu do at 8Uc; 400 bu do at T9¢ ; 800 bu do at T6¢ ; 400 bu do at T5c; 400 budo at70c; 400 bu do doat 68c; 1,600 bu do at 63¢ ; 1,200 bu doat Gic; 400 bu doat45c. Total, 120,600 bu. . THE PETEOLECM SUPPLT. The Pitteburgh Gazelle says : The movement of the producers to discontinue the production of oil for & limited time in order to. raise the price and work off their old stock, atill continues, 2nd with one or two exceptional cases, the wells have all kept their agreement to discontinme production. At the last meeting of the Producers’ Courcil, on Saturdey, at Titusville, the foliowing resolu- tions were adopted : WREREAS, False reports have been circalated in the Eastern market, to the effect that the producers intend Btarting their wells at once, Resolved, That the Council lnstract its executive officers to telegraph to come of theleading exgorters of New York City an emphatic denfal of £aid reports, and also the assurance that each district bas, thia day, upanimonsly decided not to resume pumping until the full 30 days hove expired; aleo, we will have $5 per barrel of 42 gallons, for our crude oil. That the Committee on Finance be instructed to take under consideration the Lest means of raisin funds to meet the wants, and provide for the genera expense in carrying out the plans sbout to be ub- zitted for the region, to report, if possible, ot our next ‘meetin; § _The great trouble with the Produacers’ Asso- cigtion, at Oil City, seeeme to be the eelf-flowing well that sends ous some 150 brls per day nolens wolens. There is some talk of l? the_well, as a warning to other refractory wells and per- -émm’ who egard the ukase of the oil-pro- ucers. . PACKING. The annual circular of Meesrs, Henry Milward & Co., dated yesterday, says : # As has been our custom for many years, we lay before our patrons the replies we have re- ccived from tho various packing points, as to the prospects of the coming hog orop. The answers 2re from 100 points, and from the very hesrt of the hog-growing regions. We have been some- what delayed in making Up OUr SUMMAry, Owing to tho tardiness of the replies. The following is the enmmary of the returns About More. Fewer. same, Tilinols 1 1 2 Indians. 1 4 1 Tows. 5 8 9 Missouri....... veee B 2 H Kansas and Nebraska.. 4 2 Totalscssssssssonisonsasiousio ) 800 80 “ e simply reproduce these supplies as they| are furnished, and we must sy they do not, on the whole, confirm the very generzl impression in regard to the coming crop. From personal investigation in the far regions of Kaneas and Nebraska, the largely incrensed smount of land that was this year placed under cultivation, with the hea: yield of the new corn crop, and the fact that the farmers of the present time are using their old corn for fuel, beside feeding it to the very heavy supply of hogs which appears all over theso States, together with the very low price for the old crop, almost warrant the belief that there ought to be more than last season.. On the other hend, it must be remembered there has been an immense summer supply, largely in ex- cess of any provious time. The receipts at_this goiut from the 1st of January to the 1st of Octo- er were 2,136,241, against 1,893,274 same timo last year, en_excoss of 743,970 head. The re- ceipts from March 1 (the close of the packing senson, to Oct. 1 were 1,506,071, Shipments, 1,240.773. Roceipts for same time, 1871, wero 953,246. Shipments same time, 743,426, an ex- cess of 552,826 head. “During almost the whole of tho last packing season, rivalry among packers forced the market, up to unressonable prices. The competition +was 80 extreme that all profit must, as usual for tho past two years, have gone into the ‘pockets of the farmers ; but to middle men, or after pur- chasers of the stock, the scason, taken altogeth- er, must have been a tolerably remunerative one, and prices have advanced o materially thal i;re:x danger to packers tho coming season is kely to ensue. e abundant nuppfy and com- paratively low price of English meats during the season brought out free buyers both for the English and the Continental ‘markets, and up to the middle of the summer dealers on the other side reported a prosperous trade. Abont the 1st of Au%mb]m’ge quantities of poor summer stuff from Boston began to arrive, and had to bo sold for what it would bring, and, 852 consequency, the regular product suffered for a long time; later, however, thero was a reaction, and the balance of the product sold at remunera- tive prices. So far_onlya few purchases have been made for the English markets for future delivery. Packers seem unwilling toname prices. The tone of our private ndvicds from tho other side is decidedly for low prices, notwithstanding there is a reported deficiency in the grain crop, and & partisl failure of tho potato crop, and o general spreading of the rinderpest and a consequent high price of fresh beef. Many argue that the artisans znd labor- ers of the United Kingdom are recoiving high gricaa for their labor, consequently they will uy mors freoly ; that is quite possible, et it must be naderstood that, on account of their eeeming prosperity, thed are more independent, and prefer to pay tho higher price for the homa curo than than the lower price for American bacon. The outlook, to say the least, is not at all flattering for Englich dealers. There has becn & fair Continental demand, and we hear of some contracts made during September st compars- tively low prices, but just now that cluss of buyers is entirely out of the market. 2 Becf-packing hero is going on in asmall way; at Ransas City, Mo., and other points west of the Mississippi, we understand that the busi- ness will be quite extensively prosecuted. The present price of cattle, such as aro used for Blnughturm%} is from 23.50 to £5.00 ¥ 100 bs groes, and the present price of product is 814.00 ®16.00 tierce for primo mess, and $17.00@ 19.00 for India mess. Beef hams, S25.00@26.00 Wbrl. Prime puckers' tallow, S3@8¥c. \ Tho gtock of old product on hand, as report- od by warchonsemon snd packors, is 110,000 brls of mees pork, 5,725 tes of lard, 900,000 by of shoulders, 230,000 1bs of short rib. We have no definite information in regard to the hog crop of the United Kingdom, bub understand there is considerablo increase in cattle and sheep.” STATISTICS OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION. Monthly Report No. 10, of the Bureau of Sta- tistics, i8 in press, and shows the statistics of our foreign trade for the month ended April 30, 1872, and for the ten months ended the eamo, compared with the_corresponding periods of the preceding year. Mr. E. B. Elliott, acting Chief of the Bureau, furnishes the following synopsis: Domestic ex- perts (specie Foreign. Prriods. TImports, = values.) ezports. Month ended April 30, 1872, 73,865,485 $42,703,319 $2,078,556 Month en 30, 1871.... 50,112,200 49,002,087 2,137,245 Ten months ended April 30, 1872....521,201,459 400,741,561 16,724,027 Ten months ended ‘April 30, 1871....434,740,688 423,820,610 24,164,779 It will be noticed that for the ten months ended April 80, 1872, the imports are in excess of the domestic and foreign exports combined to the amount of £93,005,871, or sbout 22 per cent, while for the corresponding period of 1871, {ho ‘exports predominated to the amount of $18,290,710, or about 3 per cent. 2 The relative amounts of the foregoing, which consistod of specie end bullion, and of merchan- dise, respectively, for the ten montbs ended April 30, 1872, as compared with the correspond- ing period of 1871, were 28 follows : G P expits, Tmports, ~ (spevaly Fornezp'la Specieand 1872 $11,932,368 $41,046,854 86,372,390 bullion., 11871 17,928,513 64,641,574 12,572,606 Mer'dse. .* {13’!2 509,219,001 *303,424,707 12,351,657 ++" 11871 416,815,175 1359,286,245 11,692,173 *0f this amount, §10,270,559 was from Pacific ports. 512,887,657 from Pacifc ports, The value of the foreign commodities remain- ing in warehouse April 30, 1872, was $90,058,406, as compared with $55,834,292, April 30, 1871, The following are tho amounts carried in American and foreign vossels, and in cars and other land vehicles, respectively : TEN MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 1872, LDomestic rx= porls, (miz'd Foreim values. exports, ,543 § 5,464,180 American vessels. $136,1 Forelgn vessels 207,578,205 10,663,534 Land vehicles.. 15,187,044 5,560,078 - 2,596,313 IEN MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 1871, Lomestic ez- ports, (miz'd Foreign Tmports, © vaities. exports, $126,151,108 $140,151,978 § 7,930,427 Forcign vesscls.... 206,200,641 311,917,101 14,204,641 Land vehicles...... 12,301,039 4225743 2,029,711 From these tables it appears that of the total amount of our foreign commerce carried in vessels during the ten months ended April 80, 1872, abont 71 per cent was in_foreign vessels, “d: for the sume period of 1871 nearly G9 per cent. The number and tonnage of vessels engagedin the foreign trade, which entered and cleared, during the twolve montbs ended April 30, 1872, were as followa: i American vessels, ENTERED, CLEARED. e S oot Tons. No. Tons. No, . American vessels,. 10,742 8,755,560 10,453 3,703,711 Foreign vessels... 19,066 7,084,475 18,910 6,871,680 Total 20,808~ 10,840,035 29,368 10,575,291 TWELVE MONTHS ENDED APBIL 30, 187, ENTERED. cLeATED. B No. Tons. No. Tons. American vessels..10,664 3,651,811 10,584 3,681,218 Foreign vessels... 19,282 5,973,000 1 Total..........00085 9,635,711 29,857 9,574,434 In sddition to the usnal monthly summaries, this report contains valuablb tebles, showing the tonnage of the country from 1820 to 1871, inclu- sive, by years, quinquennial periods, and de- cades, and exhibiting, not only the tonnage, but also the number of vessels and crewa. The report also conteins & table showing the value of the foreign trade of the United States, in gold dollars, by years and decades, for the germfl of fifty-one yeurs, from Oct. 1, 1820, to une 30,1871, inclusive. This is followed by statements ehowing the estimated reduction of customs receipts under the acts of May 1 and June§,1872, collections of internal revente for the first ten months of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872; public debt of the United States, Au- gust 1, 1872; reduction of the- public debt from March'1, 1869, to August 1, 1672; also_an anely- sis of the public debt of the United States, Ly quarters, according to receipts and expenditures, 1rom 1835 to 1872, In this number is embraced a catefully pre- pated table showing, for the calendar years 15C8, 1865, 1670, and 1871, the movement of commodi- ties in wareliouse, and their calculated mean duration of stay therein. The mean duration of etay, as_indicated by the data_foribe entire period, was about 89 days; the durationof stay commodities entered during the firet balf of the Tospectise calendar yoas averaging 8034 days, and during the latter Lalf of the years 975 days. In Philadelphia the mean stay iu warehouse is 5,805,218 abont 154 days; San Francisco, 149 days; in Boston, 116 dusfl; in New York, 109 days; in Baltimore, 69 days; and in New Orleans, 45 days. {n the ‘warehouses of the United States sthe stay is, in genersl, of shorter duration than in those of Great Britain or of France ; the stay in those of France being, in turn, generally of ghorter duration than in those of ‘Great Britain. A statement i8 given of the exports from the United States to Belgium during the calendar year 1870 ; also s table showing the earnings of Tailrozds in the United States from 1868 to 1871, both inclusive, together with reports in regardto the condition and manufacture of locomotives in the United States for April, 1872, An abstract of partial returns of the census of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-. 1and, taken April 3, with reference to the night of Sunday, April 2, 1871, follows. The popula- tion of the United Kingdom increased, during the decade from 1851 to 1861, at the decennial rate of 5.74 per cent, or at the annual rate of 0.56 per cent ; during the decade from 1861 to 1871, at the decennial rate of 8.60 per cent, or at the annual rate of 0.83 per cent. In England and Wales the decennial, rates of incroase for these periods were, respectively, 13 and 13 per cent. Inthe United States, the de- cennial rate of increass, from 1860 to 1870, was' 22.6 per cent. LATEST. In theaftarnoon wheatand corn were mod- erately active, prices remaining about _the same &8 at the close of ‘Change. No.2 spring wheat sold at $1.11@1.113/ seller the month (closing at 81.11), and $1.103¢ seller November. Corn was dull and steady at 80%@305¢c seller Octo- ber, closing at 80}c, and 31}4c seller November. Two charters were taken in the afternoon, one for Buffalo at 17c for corn, and carriers were asking 175¢c at the close; also ona for Edwards- ville at 21c for corn. Other grain was neglected. R B CHICAGO DAILY MARKET, FripAx EVENING, Oct, 18. ALCOHOL—Was in continued good démand and quotablo ot SLTAGLED for 0k per cent proof. BROOM CORN—Tho markot was unchanged. The stocks of old are ample, but the new crop is reported Tight and inferior, Choice green hurlis scarce and ices tend upward. W contizue to qdote: £40.00@ .00 per ton- for common; $10.00890.00 for fair; $100.00@120,00 for choice; and $150.00@150,00 for choice hurl, BEANS—There ia not much demand for beans. They are coming in quite freely, and the ‘market is easy with & declining tendency, guatable at §.50@2.25 for common to fair, Balcs compriso 80 bu navies at $2.50; 50 sacks medium at $1.75. BUTTER—With the exception of slightly increased activity in the demsnd for fair to good qualities for Shipment to Lake Superior and the lamber country, no new features were developed In conncction with this Imatket, Tho inquiry for shipment Esstand South, and to supply current local wants, continues stesdily {air, and notwithstanding the liberal ter of the Teccipts prices keep well up, and moy be gquoted stoady. We repeat our liat: Strictly choico aflry,as @280; fair to good grades, 18@22c; inferior to come | mon, T@14c, B {GGING—Grain bags remain quiet, but st the low rices now prevalent the market is strong, dealers re- using to fll orders at any concession from the quota- tions. 1In other goods coming under hesd fthere wes 5 fair movement at teady prices, We quote: Stark, 36)c; Ludlow, $5%c; Tewiston, 84c; American, 323 tter Creek, 34c} ‘Durlap bags, 4 50 6 bn, 30@233¢¢ ; gunnies, single, 18 @19¢; Qo double, 28c; Wool sacks, 63@10c, BUILDING MATERIALS—Tho demand continues good, although the recent strikes have caused » tomporary falling off in orders, The market is firmer at the following quotations; Stucco, ©50@275; New Yor stucco, £3.75@4. superfine do, L 503 sendale cement, $3.25@3.50; Utica $2.00 er brl; Louisville cement, .00 Akron_'cement, £2.00; marble .25 ; lime, in bulk, $L00@L10; lime, $1.25@1.35 brl; white sand, per_brl, $2.75@3.00; plastering ., per b, 10@5c ; fire brick, per 1,000, $40.00€90.00 ¢ buila, brick (commoz), §12.00814.00 ; Woodstock prweg range at $25.00G40.00 ; St. Lonis Hsdraulic presse @el; Milwsukee, $33.00, del; Racine, S0 ‘Hinsdole, $25.00, del; fire 'clay, per brl, .00@5.00, The following fa the list of prices per box ©of 50 feet, for domestic window glass, from which & reduction of 40 per cent is made by dealers First Doudle quality, strength. $5.75 $ 8,00 6.50 900 7.00 .50 7.50 11,00 €00 13,00 850 15,00 900 17.00 1030 18,50 2,00 20.00 3,00 00 4.00 21,00 5.00 26,00 6.00 21.00 A 26,00 . $4.00 35,00 40,00 ple, but thers are mnot. many orders coming in st present.. Prices are un- chauged, 08 follows: Pork barrels, $L50@ 1557 1ard tlerces, $1.80@1.85; Whiskey parn $2.1582.25; flour ' barrels, ; staves an 417.00820.00 for pork barrels; - flour ,50@7.00; cittle flour headings, B@! Q@ ety flour hoop poles, SIL00GIT.00 ‘B m; ‘pork ond tierce poles, $29.00G30.00 @ m ; whiskey bart rel staves, m@fl.flo&m CALIFORNIA FRUITS—Continuein good request, g pears selling from $3.50@4.50 § Mff accordin, quality, Grapes, $275. Bales include 20 boxes at $3,50@4.50, CHEESE—Was again active, with prices Srm at the advaace recently noted. Stocks of Western cheese are ample. New York factory is in reduced supply and sn advanceja talked of. We quote: New York factors, Lglee; Obio factory, 13@14}4¢; Western factory, o COAL—The arrivals of bituminons cosl have beea very light for s number of dsys past; and, underan active demand, stocks have become £0 much reduced that there are beginning to be fears of o * coal fam- ine.” Consequently dealers have determined upon & general zdvance, and our quotations aro to-dsy marked e SoaE 00 3 tonall Around. Hard cosl i also Lackawanna now being .quoted at $10.00@ fos0. Folloing ia the rovised list: Lenigh Jomp, 11.00; Lebigh prepared, $10.00@10.50; Lackawanns, 00@310.507 Erie, $10.60@10.50 ; Briar Hill, $10.008 3 Walnut Hill, $10.00810,50; Blossburg, $9.506 .00 Hocking Valley, .$.006 Migonk, $8.00; Wilmington, 6. EGOS—Tho markot Is etter supplied, nd, under o light demand, rules weaker, strictly fresh bringing 24 @75e. Sales include 140_cases st 24c; 100 doz ut Zic; 14 boxes nt 2Ic; 48 pkgs limed ot 20c. FEATHERS—Are in continued good demand, and quotable, from first hands, at W@7lc for prime live geese; jobbing price, T13c; mixed rauge from 208 Gac, according to quality, : FISH-A good businoss was doing in this depart~ ment to-day, aad prices wore sleady 4nd fem. Siocks ate improving, and dealors are agsin filling orders With somethiibg Hke their sccustomed promptness. There s atill a scarcity,of salmon, but the goods a6 en goute, and_the ' coming week will “see the Stocks of nearly all descriptions in good working order, We quote: No.1 whitefish, $5.25@5.50 3 No. 5, '$5.00@5.25; No, 1 trout, ‘$L15@5.00; No. Tanore mackerdl, $9.5060.15; Noi1 byy, $ES0GSTS; No. 2 bay mackerel, $1.00@1.25; No. 1, shore, kits, 1.70@1.80; bank codiish, $5.50@5.15; George' code fish, $6.50@0.75; box herring, No, 1, 30@33c; box Ler- ring, sealed, 06 4%c; Columbia Rlver sairioo, Bew, balf bris, $10.00@10.35. FRUITS—DRIED—A gradual improvement i3 no- ticeable in the condition of this market, the demand cxhibiting a steady increase, and prices ruling s trifle firm for most descriptions, ' Stocks are_not large, but are equal to all demands, We mske no change in our quotations, as follows: Dates, 8@%c; fgs, drums, 14@15c; figs, box, 18@1J0; Turkey prunes, 8@9¢; French do, 1i@11ic; raisins, iackberries, new, 11@12}4¢; Taspberriss, 35@ 55@28c; peaches, pared, 19@20c; ‘peaches, halves, 7@73c; do, quarters, 6X@Tc; Zente Currants, Ti@c; ~apples, Southern, 5@0x0; do, Wester! 16T c; Michizun. B @fe: GAME—There is on_over-supply, snd prices ste weak in consequence. Sales include $0 doz pralrie chickens at $3.50@3.75; 25 doz at $2.50@8.00; 40 doz mallard ducks at $2.50@2.75; 25 dozen small at $1.50 2,00, GREEN FRUITS—The offerings of apples aro Inrge, good winter varieties being in ‘some demand, other Finds go off slowly in s retail way, Cranberricsare in good request, at £10.00@11,00_per brl, for chaice culti- Jated. Grapes sell readily. Sales include 1 car choice applesat$§2.00; 1 car do at §2.25; 100 brls at $2.008 27203 150 brls do at $2,00; 2 cars del, at $1.95 ; 80 brls 3t$1.75; 60 brls at $1.50; 20 bu at 35c; 25 baskets at 1,007 45 brls wild cranberfies at £0.00; 10 brls good at 10,005 20 brls at €10.75 ; 100_brls extra at €11.50; 20 Daskots Catswbn grapes’ at 51.00; 65 cases (36 1bs) at $9.75@3.00; 25 cases Isabella at $2,50; 20 cases Tons at .50 40 Laskets Teabellz at 75@8Uc. GROCERIES—In the grocery market but slight clunge was noticeable, Trade was_only moderately 3ctive, and the prevalent feeling was not particularly Buoyant, though there was no matefal “softening ™ of prices of nuy article in the list. Suzars ate now in fair supply, and stocks generally arc fully equal to the Jemand. _We quote; % ‘CorrEEs—Mlochs, 30¢; 0. G, Java, 25@26¢; Java No, 2, 3314@%4c; fancy Rio, 23@23Xc ; choice do, 223 @2ic; prime Rio, 214@213¢c; good do, 0%@21c; common do, 19k@2lc; Singapore, RM@IKC; Costa Rico, 22X @28xc ; Maricaibo, 203 @25KC. CasDLES—Star, full weight, 20@20%¢; Stearine 15@l6e. . “Rice—Patns, 8X@8)c; -Rangoon, T@3s; Caro- Ting, S5 @Y4C. g - SUGARy—Patent cut loaf, H@I4XKc; mnd powdered, 13}%@13xc; granulated, 13@13%cs A, standard, 123;@12%c; do No. 2, 12@12%¢; 1 124@ 19%c; extra C, 12%@12)¢ ; C, -No. 2, L X@1ics yel- low G, 1114@113(¢; choice’ brown, 11@il3e; yrimo do, 10x@1ic; faie do, 10@10XcC; choice molasses Bugar, 1032@11c ; fair do, BX@C. SyRues—Diamond dripe, $1.30@1.35 5 eilver drips, extra fine, 12@15¢ ; good BUgar-Louso syrup, 45@S0c 3 extra do, 60@a5c; New Orleaus molasses, clioice, 5@ @80c; Forto Rico molasues, choice, 00@G5e ; common ‘molasees, 30@35e. Se10ES—Allspice, 17@18c; cloves, 25@30cs cassia, 10@42¢ ; pepper, S24@R)c; notmegs, SLIGLI; ginger, pirc, 28@4U¢ 3 do No. 1, 0@%5¢ 5 do No. 2,16 @20c, French mottled, 6X@63{c; German mottled, crusbied 7@7xc; Gulden West, €@GKC; White Lily, 6XG 6326 3 White Rose, Cy¢@63¢c: brown Windsor, £X(@ 43c ; palm, G@6: von Imperial, 6X@63{c. ¢ Sav Krancu—Glos, 9i@10c; corn, 9@1ic; laundry, 6 @S¢; commos. G@Ge. 3 HAY—The receipts to-day were large—unusually so —and this fuct in connection With some falling off in ihe demand had a tendency, and the opinion seemed to be pretty generally entertained that prices would sufter au early decline, Deslers wero still payiug the “Fleece, nnwash following prices, but sales at outside fgures were rars: - ON TrACE—New othy, beater pressed, :18.00@19.00; do loose ressed, $17.008 18.00; new fn\l.fle, pressed, $11.00@12.50. O WacoxN— ioose, $15.00@17.00; prairle, loosc, $10.00 17or delivery of pressed, $LOJ@LS0, accord- ing to distanice, HIDES—Inthe hide market thers was Do improve- ment to no'e, Buyers are still holding off, and small lots only wiire salable at the quoted prices. Should there be any material falling off in receipts a further decline may: posaibly be averted, but this is-an event l;lvu; hs;l!l'l! fl:‘r‘; Neilbzrl Inml’ nor Eastern tanners re willin Z to pay over 103(c for heavy, and 113(c for light bides, in round lots, 'We continue to quote: Qreen _botchers’, 7ic; green galted, cured, heavy, 1lc; do light, 12¢; part cured, 10X@11%c; een’ calf, 17c; green city veal kip, prime, Yde; dry sulted, '17c; dry kip, 23c7; dry calf, 27c; dry flint, 20@2lc; deacons, 50@60C; damaged, Bc; all other danaged ‘stock, two-thirds price; branded, 10 per cent of, ere are no changes to note to-day ; the de~ mand Is_excesdingly Night, and stocks hee. ample, zfilffi' rabge from 15@30c for Wisconsin, according to HONEY-—Fair grades of comb honey are in demsnd «nd bring from 22@3S0c ; strained is In light request at 18@20c. New York prime, 45c. Sales 1ncl|lfl3500 Ibs “ESEE STEEL—Trade continues active; werono yariationa in prices to noto to-day. W g tinus to quote: ‘Horse-shoe iron. rates rates rates rates rates Tates rates Rusaian iron, perfect.... Russlan iron, No, 1, stained. 31 Sheet iron....". sates Norway nafl rods. Bt rates r:'.:: HER—Prices range {losame as fc i ‘pist, and may bo Guoted steady aBa Sesa ss fellowss TEMLOCE. City harpess.. Gountry narcess @ ne, city, B 4L Eip, g 1o oa L1 K‘E VAl s en 80@ 115 Qityupper, No. 1, B1t ng 2, Qity upper, No. %, B 1t L ing o Country upper, No. 1. big 2% , B 1L, 1@ 22 Calf, city,. 1.20@ 140 Calf] country. 110G 1.25 ‘Rough upper, » 35 31 Bonghupper, beavy. NG ug 286 Baftilo Sisaghtar scls, be 5@ ] ‘Buffalo slaughter sole, No. e 3 @B, A" 800, erenrns. 08 - Calf....... 123G, 145 Kip, No. 1, mediom. 86) 1.10 Kip, No, 2, heavy. 563 80 Harbess....... 40(3 45 French caif, Jodot, 65.00¢385.00 French calf; Lemoine. 60.90390,00 calf) 24 to 26 1o 104 2.25 French calf] 26 to 30 Ibs.. 110G 230 French calfy 135@ 2.00 ‘French calf, 50 t0 200 1.00@ 1.50 LEMONS—-Are in & iy fair, e o continue to quote: $9.00G10.00 for Fr ‘snd 8.5 S tor sy .00 A S, METALS AND TINNERS' STOCE—Dnders good gteady demsnd pricss Fuled steady, raugiog s fol- Tr PraTe—IC, 10214, $16.00; do, 12x12, $16.50; o, 14320, $17.00; do,. mfl:'g, i 3 i 4 1;;;2'1:_‘1; ;&n“é\iks,u mx-'uhx?:’ m‘m Ie: 0—) 3 3 quantity, 12 3c; slab, Sc. 0 o o SERET IRON—No, 24, Tifc Tates, CoerEr—Copper bottoms, 48c; braziors, over 121, 450; tinned copper, 4 2 50d 9, 100; 10to 11, 1e; 12, Sc. WRE—t0 6. Bos'6, B, 12,11; c;xsmqu’,.lfic; 150nd 16, 14c; 17, 15c5 18, 16e; 19,1005 Bundie, 15 LR H dle, Del‘centd.lscom; NATLS—Are in continged good _demsnd and former prices are y sustained tinueto quote: 16d perkeg, $8.12%@6.25; 8d do $6.97%@6.65; 62 to 60d, do, so.sz?f%ms; 4d do $5.83%@7.00 84 do, 37.6256@7.75 3 do 34, fine, $9.08 9,122 ; 2d do, 9.37; 9,50 ; elin .50@8.62%. R rOREE S s T avana. s Ther were no'changes in prices to Dot to-dsy. We con- tinue to quota: rope, § b. 1, X OILS—Carbon wes cagy-at & ic decling ing flled st 27@273c. Lard oil continues quest, aid rules fitm at quotations, L and other descriptions were quoted quiet an steady, Following aro the prices current: Car- bom, . 21@20c; extra lard oil, strictly win- ter,’ 86c; do,. lco-pressed, 80c; do, current make, 7603 No.1,7Sc: No, 3, 63c; linseed, Taw, 85@8Tc; do Dotled, D@92¢ ;whale, 88c; sperm, $2.00G2.10; neats™ strictly pure, $1.10; do extra, $1.00; do No. 1,90@8ho; bankoil, 850; straits, 70c; elepbant ofl, 95c; turpentine, T2G73¢. - 8, COLOES, AND PUTTY—DBusiness wis oniy fairly active, and prices were steady und um- chonged. We quote: W Strictly pure. Fancy brands, crowded with orders. The rates to principal points ure as followa : = 25 lseadf |3 3, [3FLEIF |FS Cicaga to §5 [Fase® iz T2 1t 8 d 2 S ERQYE [ 3 iy lheaglT & HE I EE-EV Boston and New England..($.70 -doi70 | 80 New York.. o s;..50 £ 75 ‘Philadelphia, Harrisburg & | Baltimore. .60 1.20160 kol ‘Wilmington, Del.. .60 12060 k] Washington, D, ‘68 1739).. Alexandria, Va. .. 8 1.56/.. Pittsburgh, ~ Stenbenvile, p ‘Bridgeport, and Bellaire.[ .40 |- - .90 | 45 B EANE AL m:w It mxl 85(2735 | 82 own, an 40 sl | 45 il City, Corry, 4] .89 Norfolk, V: 69 1.38).. Wilmington, N, B | zesls Chatleston, 8. C. & 100 Savannaly, Ga... 8 -| -1.0f Petorsburg and Richmond.| 77 | . 1364 Ry 5 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. y Fumay Everiyo, Oct. 16, Thie receipts of live stock during the week, ug to this evening, were as follows: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Il 2,845 7 1804 1,118 Same_time Isst woek: 8hi pments were a3 follow: 867 ey 37 C1TTLE—A large business Was tran 0~ dag in this department of the market, but prices w-are in b:;ars' favor, the overwhelming receipts 15,268 head arrived) leaving holders no_ alterna- ti.ve but to accept such prices as buyers were g enerous enough to offer. The attendance was 8 bove the average, the shipping, feeding, pack- i ng, and butchering interasts all being liberally 3 epresented, and while individually their wants - vere fey, the aggregate of their purclisses made :1 good showing, some 3,000 head changing hands 1iuring the day. Whatever of activity the mar- * kot exhibited wos confinsd to Texas cattle, packs «2rs alone -taking between 800 and 900 hesd. ‘In addition to the démand from' that source, 13hippors, feeders, and city butchers-also pur~ \shasied freely of these foréign cattle, and, larga 48 was the supply, pricen averaged searcely an e lower than on yesterdey. The prevailing ‘prices were $2.10@8.00 for common rough thi togiood. fleshy through droves, and $3.25@8.75 for ¢:ommon to good northern-wintered, with a ‘majoority of the sales within the range of $2.50@ 8.621 4. For choice_smooth, well-fatted native steer '8 there was o fairinguiry, anda feshundred head of this sort, had they offered, wotld have foun d purchasers, but there were ‘ne choice steers in the yards, and ‘ir the abserice of sales - values ~mst be consi dered nominally - unchanged. . Common to m¢ 'dium natives were not wanted, andholders of su ch found it impossible to realize aveata furth er_ reduction; ' consequently, ' vay few chang ;ed hands, sellers generally prefering-to “holi 1 over,” or ship the cattle East ondwners' accon nt. The highest reported sale was 5 heed, avers ging 1,294 Ibs, at 35.65. A few cr-loads were disposed of at 35.25@5.50, ‘but mot of the day’s business was transacted at prices anging dowr? ward from £4.50. Stockers contino in de- mend , with but slight varistion in price; there ‘being: free buyers at $3.00@3.75 for commen to medram lots, and at §4.00@4.25 for prim. The Noartihweatern Distilling Company bouht two -droves of Texas cattie,—73 and 53 heac—aver- aging reapevtively 979 and 980 Ibs, at $3.5. The markle; closed quiet and weak, With may cattlo ‘unsol d mwards A cmatss an . yeeoaena Sk 2 Choice Toeves—Fine, faf, well formed § year 9 €05 year old steers, and averaging 1,200 01,80 . .. 3 g GoodBiesves el ers , avoragin, Mediun] Grades— Sging it 01,250 Ba. 1.0 Buiche: Stock—Common to medium e e aveoaging 89 o 1100 M, 925G slang Bter, o g 003 .. $5@LSO Stock ¢ Jattla—Common cattle, in dscent ‘egh ; averagiog 700 t0 1,030 1b8...ne--.. - Inferic r—Light and thin cows,- stegs , bulls, and scallswag steezs. Texas ( ‘attle—Through droves. .. Texsa lattle—Northern wintered.. "CATTLE SALES, quoaTIONs. - Extra—Graded steers aversging aA5@625 105@5.05 £3@5.00 No. ¥ 16 fled hy steers. Railroad colora. Rochelle ochre, English Ven. red. ‘English orange English red lea American red In pulk... In blaaders L 5 e POULTRYhere is an_ ovcossive supply of live chickens, and, under & moderate demand, the market ruled wenk and lower. Turkeys and in fair re- quest.’ We mote sales of 12 coops turkeys at ldo; 8 coopa old chickans st $3.50; 40 coop apring nad cld ‘mized at$2.50; 12 coops at $1.50@2.00; 300 fbs dressed turkeys at 14c; 1 coop ducks at $3.00 .. "ATOES—There was no visible change in the condition of the market to-dsy. Strictly choice varie- tiea exe insome demand on local consumptive and shipping sccount, Inferior and mixed lots are unsala- ble, - Bales tnclude 2 cars peachblow at 47c; 1 car do &t 43¢ on track; 1 car Early Rose at 40c del; S cars do 2t 580 del.; 1 car mixed ut 32c del.; 1car white nd 1 mixed at 30¢ on track, 3 SWEET POTATOES—Are In good request, priccs ranging from $3.00@3.75 for Southern Illinois; $3.75@ 4,00 for Jerseys, Sales include 25 brls at $3.60; 75 at $3.25; 100 0t $3.10, SEEDS—Were in fair demsnd; tha supply being 1ight, they remained]firm nt yesterday's duotstions. o Rots ales of G tacka holos imothy at 5105 205 sacks prime at $3.00 ; 5 sacks 5t $2.90; 8 sacks at $2.85; 3 w:E“l fair at $2.60 5 12 sacks fair clover at $5.35; 25 prime #£$5.55; 8 sacks do at $470;1 car flax at $1.52¢.; 12 sacks at $1. H, DOORS, 52, 8ASH, , AND BLINDS—The ugusl amount of busidess was {raussctad to-day, previous pricea bo- iug fully sustained. 'FOUR PANEL DOORS, RMSED PANELS BOTH SIDEG. Trckness Size. Pri Price per indow. 400 wi 10x14.. 13-8 in. . by 522 “Dlscount of 15@25 per cent from list. - SALT—There arc no chaoges to Dote to-day. In view of moderata stocks and a large and Increasing de- Joand, an adyance in prices soou is not improbable. e continue toquote: Saginaw, fine, §2.20; Onondaga, o6, 42.20; coarse Diamond C, $2.25; dairy, withont bagt $500; dowith bagm, $4.0; grolind solir, 2.5 Ashton daity, per bag, $5.00 3 ground alum, $2.75. TEAS—A good business was doing ' fn teas, and the markot was steady- &y pre- Viously quoted. We rcpest our list: Hyson, com- man to fair, 0@55¢ ; good, 65@75¢ 3 choico to éxtra, £1.05@1.20; superfine to fine old byson, §0c@SL00: | common imperial, .65@75¢; good Lo choice do, 80c@ $1.05; fine to good GUUPOW! 80c@3$1.05; choice $11081.20; extrs, $1.35@185; choice o extralea, Jupan, H0c@LU5 3 fair to good do, 60@90c; colorad ‘Datural leaf Japan, 55@65¢; common to fine Oolong, | 15@55c 3 good, BU@T3c; choice to extra, Hc@SLUS. TOBACCO—1Is firm, with Little or no variation In pri- ces, We quote: Guswina—Fine Cut—Extra, 75@80c; choice, 65@ 0c; common, 55@6Uc; poor, 40@5Uc. Showu—Extrs, 5@%c; medium, 30@32c; com- mon stems, 21@29c. Teaf, 75@80¢; half bright, 60@70c; Pruc—Natural ch, $12.005 uaple, ; hickory, §14.00; slabs, S sogao. ple, $13.00; Ty, § 3 WOOD—The wood market was firm at 60c per_cord advenco, The supply i Jight forthe season, aod the tendency Is still upward, We now quote: Recch, SI20GIZ50: minyle, $13,00@13.50; hickory, 140G .60 ; slaby, $8.00, WOOL—Another dull day was cxperienced in tho wool trade. Prices are irrcgular, but quotalle about as follows : ‘Tub, choice, extrs.. b, commou. .. Fleece, XX, good c 3 Fleeco, XX, Lad condition, beavy. Fleece, X, good condition, light. Fleece, X, bad condition, heavy.. Eloece, medium, good conditios, eecc, coarse, lIght, an 3 o Gawasbed, Ane.. Fleece, unwashed, coarse. ery firm, there be~ the demand for railroad transe ropds leading Esstward ate jng no abatement in wgmuwn' AR the 45 fles) 1y steers. 125 52 gooi1 steers. 35 gooc! steers. L. 33 good steers, 3u3 325 vals to-day were only abonl one-half a8 large es those of yesterdsy, bat, taken in connection with- the stale hogs, they swelled the supply to '?:E&, ortions, the nuber actually on sale falling little short of gz’n?fiq‘t I’:t.hs,:}mancoslog any congids as,l:!e de- & rom any class ers; save shi this supply ]frnvad le.rgal‘;y Blecilipel. s guly wero sallors uasble to gai -nbnédvmne on e low prices current yeste in many in« stances still further concessions . ware myui& ‘Trode, however, was ressonably active, and, a3 the accumulations of the past few days are now mainly worked off, the marketmay be expected o assume 5 healthier tone.. Thi'Tange of prices paid was 24.1234@4.65, though few sold below $4.40, and not many above 24.50. ‘The market cloked stesdy at 94.30@4.60: The following transactions fairly roflect the markst : i ;. HOG BALES. No. Av. PriceNo. Av. Price]No Price, 15 meew sl meia Y S 815 445 |43 307 4.40 [42 226 445 40 218 440 161 219 440 |56 256 450 568 258 440 |61 238 440 |45 302 4623 51 274 445 | 46 202 445 | ST 296 4.40 48 450 1120 A5 4.55 I 42 235 440 8 214 435 |5£ A 445 |50 228 440 53 241 4.40 |43 450 |50 289 43 268 440 |50 316 450 ;638 261 450 48 321 440 |4 297 430 l@ 39 440 44 300 Im_ 285 460 |51 250 & 40 2492 440 |G1° 235 450 |57 253 450 230 282 455 (163 200 4.50 |53 251 w40 20 279 4.60 |§2 843 4.60 58 224 450 58 263 420 (168 275 450 | 48 202 430 105 200 50 |20 237 4407 | 8% 263 44 47 203 440 ]m 299 4.50 {49 202 48 26 84 7 440 |43 255 450 |, . SHEEP—Continue in gooddemand, with it or no change in prices. Shippers and loca Dbutchers wers operating, and the few daoves ot sale were readily disposed of. We guoté) pricet firm at £3.50@5.00. ¥ —— . CHiCAGO LUMBER MARKET. : « Frioay Evesng, Ocd 18, Veasels were in active demand, and Tates nn-l‘ changed, as follows: . \ Graod R 0 The receipts and Bh)? kours, coding at 7 o'clock this morning were as follews: ipts. Shipments. Tumber, m 4,.'5\ s Shiugles, 165 2,42 Lath, m. aoee 8T 231 The arrivals of lumber and freights from the cast shore of Lake Michigan wore very large yesterday, and quito an active day was experienc- d on yesterday, the demand being considerably improved. Upward of 25 or more cargoes were « disposed of, city buyers being_the princfpal pur- chasers. A fair number of choice mili-tuu vas - goes changed haads, though the movement was argely confined to common strips and boards, joist, and scantling. - Trade dull at tho yards and prices unchanged = oS e ene $48.00@55.00 First and second clear. ... . Recond clear, 1 dach 03 iach,. - AT.00@50.0