Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1875, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1875. Committee contemplate x ayater of internal improve- | clung to with the qreatest tenacity, anainat the Judg~ mente ofa moat radical character, and in view of all | teat of hor most eniightaned ntateamen, anu others Past expenditares by the General Government of a | who are abte to comprenend the wound polcy of make Similar character, pertiapa it may bave proved startling | Ing thelr routes of (ranaportatton to conservative political economista, All expenditures AS PRE AS If POBSIDER, hy the Government on account of Western rivera, since | Quoting from the teports of the Auditor of the Now the adoption of the Fatoral Constitutton to June 30, | York Canal Hoard, the Senato Committeo atate tho rev- 187A, t# oRiclally #tated at €11,458,900, and allexpendt= | euues of the Erie Caual, from the timo of its complo- tureainald of public Improvements, including Gov- | tiou to the cluse of the fiacal year 1860, to havo beou as ernment buildings, harbor improvements, light- | follows: hones, mariie-hospitale, etc. at lesa than $39,000,000, | Recipts trom tolls with interest, 2181,823,604 Tt may well bo doubted if # portion of the works ) Total expenditures for conntru Withdrawn from atora on Saturday for city con~, sumptions 1,183 bu wheat, 11,910 bit corn, 2,471 bn oat, 1,869 Wt rye, 2,010 ba barley, 3 ‘Tho following grain wan snapected into store yeaterday morning: 2 cars No, 1 apring, 74 cara No, 3 tto, 12.eara No, 8 do, 11 cars rejected do (08 wheat) 5 1 car yellow corn, 21 cars highemixed do, 65 cara No. 2 do, 16-cara rejected do (03 corn) } 2cara No.2 wh! oat, 13 cara No,'2, tear rejectod do (iG carn oate) OUR BOARD OF TRADE. lamber ted to the organization of an asrcciation by « tho retail dealers, during the year, which fa atill maln falned, A very considerablé amount of Inmber is sold on {napection at the ered of shipment. MISCELLANEOUS, Beventeenth Annual Report by the | im to various minor productions of the farm a targely-incrensed bualnesn haa been tranracted, In Secretarye seas drticles the receipts havo been from 99 to 40 per cent larger than iu any previotts year, The markets have riled rteady and the Wtemanit equal to the mipply. Tho production of flax sced in Illinois has grown with- The Trade and Commerce of Obicago | isthe pat few yoara to gront magnitude, and Lax MONEY AND COMMERCE. FINANUSAL, ‘The Board of Trade and tho banka were cloned yeu tordsy, in observance of Washington's birtinda: Bolow wo print entire the text of the bill kutroduced into the Biate Legislature by Reprasentative Bogue to require State banking sescciations to make quarterly extra fine, 05706; good migat-howe alen) extra do, 63@6503 few orton ‘molarsea, egal] FO@TMe: do prime, G6@EGa; do common, soranse, Porto Rico mosses, S0a650; commun molassce, a atic. Mricxs—Allepice, 154/@16Ya% cloven,20@G85es soaaite: peprer, aie; nitmege, Nentcar ober Blager, African, 25u28¢7 do Calentia, Te0c, ~ et aie: Wile Taig, Steadise: Walls Romer agg ak oy White ih Ci ie Gib jturatene Bade One GEOG 1 F; Aeatn No.9 ryo} GC cara No. Qbarley: Qcar No. Ado | —MAY—Wan fi youd local requestand frm, ‘Timots, Travel 'a very" yrolabloNron to the farijer, The | avadestod Ly the Conualttcoats Nkoly to be of go ren~ | “tenance, and repr, with inten, 140,490,089 | roporte: (Beata Uatles), Total, 219 cara, oF 90,600 Lit, Tuapecte | mar watable wf the Stack Vala, but cnteldo orders fay 4 o eral publ 1 et 4 ro I. Prairie ul for ci in 1874, ’ einetpal siren of supply of tule weed fa in tho central ti sri ieuieeeary tre femoaetetions ran ol paaiita (a ua Stabe Farsient |4 ths for an et Feaulring banking asrocietions to ea ais ag a mbes ST bu corn, 16,748 bt | Quotations ot Sea a Act ely: semua, Tho organlzation of the Produce Exchange ovora | {nent among works of the doubtful character may be.| ‘Thinaum, which haa been connderably increased | Butt 1, Do it enacted by the tn of tho Btate | O86 1! ‘ye, 7,123 Lu barley. 16,50; mixed, $14.60; choice upland prairie, gtioge year niuco, lta mombers being compored. largely of | named the construction of «canal fram a paint on ett any ce ae eet panacrecd Goad otrest: | of iiliuole represented in the General Assensuly, that | ‘The Hoard of ‘Trade waa not in sension seaterday, | No 2 12,bica 13,00 ; No. 3, oF slough, $10. doeytion Valuable Statistics of the Pro. | iit inimasiinitn, rw aane le: fluenice of tho trade tn thore commuditins. | Co-operas duce Movement, tion ta retgonabe requlattons must areatly benef auy branch of business, snd none probably neated concert faction among dealers more than what 1s known in thie city as the general prodnce buniness, Discussion of the Important Prob- CANADIAN necIPRoctTY. 0. a, $1 x TUGHWINES—Satoa were ninde on Saturday at ging per gallon, Nothing waa reported yoaterday, THDES—Were in moderate reqiet at the pricey aubjoined: Green city butchers! 7405 green trons TaT30% green cured Ught, DAIYCT Uenvy do, Act et oneal, BY Q8AC0t gtven calf,1603 dey Mat 'uiler ip, sod call, 18@1003 dry aalted’ hides, jeaisct deacon ekins, 40gdsc3 shoop Delta, wool “ext = {ve an agent iu promoting polltical objects, ax well es in Weet Virgtala ta tide water navigation on the Jamew | rrileving the people of Heavy burdens, that {is eearoee River in Fastern Virginia, the esttinated cont of which | ly probable its continaed inflow will bo voluntarily is ptacad at $55,000,000, Undoultedty the construction | surrendered until the course of eventa more fully de~ of auch 9 work would render xvallable a vast area of | yelopm the fact that the business hithorto done by the territory in tho two States through which It woul | canal ie being lost to the people of the State by diver. Patt, that ia now, by reason of Ita lusecensibihity prac | sion to other channels, If, however, the tate will tically valucieen, and much of which, ting liberally | concede tla great source of trod, thet the ei of tua all asnuclationa now organized, or which may hereafter be organized, uncter the laws of this Btate for the pllre of Araitacting a tanking Lunes, either in buy~ Ing or relling bille of oxchange, receiving deposits, illscounting notes, recelving and paying intezeat ou suviogs or trum funds, or in avy other mannor dolng Luiness an bauklug institutious or savings banks, shall, aa required in Article XL, of tho Conatitntion of ‘but a few operators gathored in tho corridors of tho Chamber of Commerce and o ight busincas was transacted, eblefly in poviatons, whoat, antl corn, ‘The tatter were lower, and mess pork wat ® shade easter, ‘There was little or no change in other produce, Tho dry goods trade wae modorately active, and tho mated 3 a mon with | auppliod with Goal, trou, and other minerals, srould 1 Gov t (tit propriety and great nde } this State, take and publieh » ace f | Reucral market was buoyant, Prints, bleached and | ag washod, per Ib, s0m@(50; genhby Lidow are lem of Transporta aaa erat ot mercial orgentzationa of the | With proper facliltica for’ transportation, be dévetoped Sra totits cotntey ha, counutentiy extended to the | terty state, take and publish a full and accurate QUAE~ | Lown cottons, tle, dering, and other texting lines | as damaged, and briny two-tuitda price, clatned tion, country, haa repeatedly given expression to tts views Into arich and popnlous district, Hutasameane for | proper development of this highway of commercial ine | Bro, 2, Buch wialement Alinil be mado at the close of | of cotton goods, ato atiil working upward, In tho |, HOls—Were dull st W430 for Western, in dealery favoriig ® proper tociprocal treaty for the trade be- the tranaportation of the jee of the Northwest ¢ | torcourse, bosiness by such Association on the first Monday of and grocery market there wore no now features, ‘Trade was generally reported qtiist and prices range as bo- fore, No prico-changea were noted 1% tho butter and cheese = markets, Fish wera again fairly active, and wore firm at tho Tevleed quotations of Baturday, Nothing new of im- portance was noted in the leatlier, baggiug, coal, wool, ani pig-tron markets, Olle were moving falrly at well sustained prices, Tho dried-fruit trade wat quoted quiet, and prices range an before, Lumber again mot with a fair interlor demand, prices averaging the same as hitherto, Iron, bard- ware, naila, and building materisla were quiet, Little was done in wool, hops, hides, or seeds, Hay was firm, boing in good local requeat and acarce, Lotatoca wore alto ealable to rotailore, and firm, tho atdck in store being well reduced, Tho domandsfor poultry tween the Un{ted States and the Domlulon of The seventeenth annual report of O. Ran- Canasta, en proximity of the sertltory aes enptes two peoples, the fn! dolph, Eaq., Secratary of the Chicago banat Fiinerour’ railway. liner, atl the general tocesrary Trade, in unt inaued. Wo extract therefrom tho | course of trade,secining to demand that the commercit| Introductory statemonta, with the footings of re- | relations there should boas fow reatrictions a8 ponsl- ‘i Iie, From a Werlern staudpolnt,the moat prominent _ eelpte and ebipmente at this point during the teineee desired Ina commercial troaty with Canada past threo yoara, as follows: were tie frco no of the Catuadtany canals gal thelr ene ‘Tuo provious year teft commercial intererta some- | largement to the capacity of the largest lako craft, (he olalabpremedcrevulting from tie fuancial disturbs | abolition of the « on limber and ait, and, with see of the previous autatun; aud wislle (ue inunediate | rome, thu concersion to Canadian vessete of the right rete of the pante had, in large Tacashre, pues | to participate ia our enasting trade: for (hero, asne- away, there was a very marked feciing of tincertalnly clally the former, the West waa willing to yield the astothe future, and an unusually couscrvative ters | freodont of the markote of our Eaatorn States to Cania— Sency was appatent among the umdaes-men of the | dian products, | ‘The Fastorn Slates desired {he sellte, country, Expecially waa thia trus of those who wero ment by reciprocity of the long dlacurnod ant vexed pouensed of luauable capitst—oxtreme caution, In fiahertes question, the free importation of Canadian Prany instances, aupplantiug an extreme. fndiscretion, | coal, umber, and grain, and alnoau equitable exchange Trade however, hoped that. (he atorm had beou sitc- | of manufactured articles, expectally the coarser fabrice, fancatcoly probable that it would prove of auy pract!- | ‘The Oswego and Lake Champlain routes bocomte es- cal valuo, It{atrito the reported distance from, aay, | eontially valuable only with the enlargement of tho Rock Island, ou tho Misalsaipp: River, to tho | Wollaud Canal, This aubject bas already been alluded ocean, by ‘way of tho lakes, or by way of | to, Calro'and this line, shows only 34 miles in favor ofthe | During tho past sear the rates for transportation forimer, but {t munt bs Lorne in mind that the Virginia | eaxtward from Chicago have ruled unprecedeutedly low, ronte involves %XO miles of river navigation from | yory largo anouuta of grain ting moved licitce to Gale te the entrance tothe canal in West Virginia, | finales inke ct lew tian 3 ccna per buael, dai againat acitrrent at all times, and, in times of good | thence, by railway orcaual, to New York at 8 cente Fupply of water, a very awift curront, wbicls renders | per bushel, or fens, ‘The return to vesvel-onuers has {te navigation vastly more expensive than mith the cur- | been oxtremely inal}, and during even the midsummer rent, as for Instance down the Misaleuippl River; and, | monthe many veesele wero laid up rather than accept agaln, the ocean terminus of the route muat be ata | current rates, with an almost cortaluty of aluking point'at preseut having no trans-Atlantic commerce, | moucy by actively engamng in business, The larger aud cemote from the principal points of cousninptlon | clase of vessels have parhaps beld their own, bit the in the Eastern States of this country, to mako such © | reault of the season's bualnoss to ownore of mediuine point te terminus for Northwestern shipments of | ized crafe has bvon wore astisfoctory than for mauy produce {nvolves the necessity of reshipment to other + yoara, pointe whiera tho property fa needed for conatmptlon | Tye tNTRODUCTION OF ATEAS ON THE ENF CANAL or export, which must be ats heavy additional ex- |) tag produced remutite of » highly satisfactory charace LA UMMER—Trade ls improving, and prices denivable grades, the stocks of which arp wot, r,t are pretty steady, Shinglos on track are mocting wit more innulry: Firat clOar,sssisescessaeseases Second cloat, 1 inch io 2 ined, O09 50.00, ‘Vhird clear, Linch... = 37,03840.00 ‘oar loa, thick caccgeeeenes LODE jear flooring, Ist and 4d, ToUgH.. +s... 88,0004 Glene aiding, Ist and 2d... 20,00 a1. First common aiding. ea Plooring, frat coninion, drsated,...« Flooring, socond common, dressed, Tox boards, A aad Byers Aastock board: B stock boards, Fencing (16 ft.). begeen Common lumber, 15 ft and under,,,, Joist oud acantling, 18 to 24 fects, January, April, July, aud Cotobur fn each year, and ‘Suall be voritied Ly tho oath of the President or Vico Tronlent and Secretary, Treanurer, or Canller, an tue caae nay be, and in addition thereto by at least two of the Directors, and shall contain, first, the amount of capital atock actually paid in ald then remaiuing sa the capital stock of stich neavcintio: peconu, the amoutit of dobta of every kind due to banks or bank. era, ov other persons than regular depositor; third, the total amount dua deposttore, including {ime dejos- fis aud thoro payable on demand, specifying each; fourth, the amount subject to be drawn at ‘right then reanaltsing with nolvent banks or bankora of the cotntry; Afb, tho auount of gold, of ailver, or Lullloi and United Statoa and Natioual Dank notes and fr1 tiounl currenoy belonglug to tha ockation, and then on band at ite place of bustiiess and ofllce, ‘The amouut of checks on other bauks and bankers then on hand, and which had Ween taken in the regular cotirse of businers ; aixth, the amount of bills, bonda, nater, A ty th prudence in bnsl- | Iéhad been hoped that pouse ; in aburt, the proposed route would be au uu- | tor, and bas developed futo ® far more economical | mortgages, and other evilenoes of Wobt dixcounted oF Tath... 00a 2.95 Se eet nasi yt prudence ico In | A comMiNsION OF PRACTICAL REPRESRNTATIVES |} Batural and expensive cne, sud not at all Ukely to be | mode of promision tan tke old horsepower syrtem, | purchased by such Association, snd then belonging to byaricataeten al 9a. uonteys pee stone rere | A. shingles, s+ 3.0068 3.35 ae een erva entermites would roon ve Teailzed, | of the two Governmenta would have beou nppaiuted, aiopted for the movement of the products of the | pac, prowulalon ian (hs ot ver berorg, aud it ta | te same, apeaitzing particularly and scjoratoly the | Musil, and dealera peuerally insisted) on old Dritet A | Bite A quod d ne 2h 287 This expectation ban fas Tange degree proved well | whowhonld bo competent to understand the hole | Wertern Since, montd the Government iecide t0 said the steamers have made a, reanouably proftable | amount of United States and Htate bond {ho | teast for choice stock, Egge declined and closed weak | , 0) quod demi linseed, a0 1 ud for carbon, founded il feyitimate business during the year | question in all its bearings, and thus, by comparison avanon’s buskneea, The possibilities of steam canal | bonds of the county aud city where the bank is lo- but other lls, wore ‘mors fn consequence of largor offerings of fresh, turpentine wus teported, : ‘Lhe fmprovement of facilities between the dy th t a or lees neglected, Prices range a8 follows: Gi at closed—wLere no presning embarrasement axisted | of tho commercial needs on both sides of the border, navigation are beginning to be appreciated, and are | cated, tho amount loaned ou real -estate necurity, the 2 Car H tle Ronee in Meare ta bave produced reasun- | he able te present the outlines of a treaty that should | | NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTH ATLANTIO BTATES, something qulte surprising, Itisuald on apparently | amount considered doubtful or bad; soventh, tho PROVISIONS AND GRAIN. Ue dare e mute boils eg: test, MalaNes dG ably satisfactory results, heacceptable and af yalueto both, ‘The question ta | by meana of public improvernenta as suggented by the | good authority that the Haxtcr aloamers have, during | amount of all rcal or personal proporty hold by auch MEHB‘PONK—Waa i moderate apecalativa demand, | light ze eat hrepecay jie ioseat uo hod THE GENERAL MEROMANDIZE TRADE ono of great intricacy, aud, in viow of the necessities | Committee, if auch improveiente conld be accom | the past year, transported wheat from Buffalo ta Troy, | Association, and specifying exch; cighth, the amount zi — peculative demand | ead: Noo 1, Wot NO. 2, B00 Il ard ofl bated et many thoes Uuilebeen eacried on in | of avr own Government for larye rovenue, and s ro | Pulsed At & reasonable expense, would doubilors | without for, at 6 conts per bushel, out of which they | of undivided progts, i any, then on hand. - and about 2x0 lower for April, which was tho only | $1291.18 No. 1, sos No. Bde lnared ra nearly or quite its trish voluine, Eftorta Lave twen | contly-levsloped stroug tendancy Ln Canada toward | ure aaily promote the general provperity of bath ree- | paid a tritle over d conta per bushel tolls, 8x0, J, Buctistatemont, sworn to before woine Notas | option traded in, Soles wera reported of 200 bris sell 3 whale, 17@783; $2.52, 0; neatafoot oll, ‘mrictly pure, $05: 4 extra, 90005; do No, 1, 70ahdc ; bank oll, bes atralts, 600; plumbsgo oi}, W@T5c ; turpentine, 419, 45; naphtha, 63 gravity, 143@lSc; pupbths, ‘cay. mon, 12¥a@lic, PUTATUES—Continue in request, and firm, the © stocks in store being well reduced. Very choicy Poachblows havo been retailed at $1.20,fout this jnag { extrome price. Doaters look fur largor rece(pls soos} { Eaatern Voachblows, 95(4$1,05; Weatarn do, 85@%; Early Rose, 80@ 0c; mixed, 70@80c, Carlota of Eut { sercta wiistail eredite aud to rdnce expenies, geuet= | the doctrluo of protection to home manufactares,” tt ally: ith muarked nticcess; xo that sebinar an fair a | faono requiring an iulimate knowledge of the general thawing. Of not prouie hae been realized as in | drift of feeling among Loth the American people and moat of former scare, Manufacturing —futercats | the Canndiann, favo ‘been conducted, without eerous inter. | Darhig the last session of Congross the ropresenta~ ruphon, A few omtablirhmenta—mahily thore whose | tives uf the United States, tke Dominion of Canada, Froduet had Leen consimed 11 the coustrnetion of new | and of Grent Brita, ueld o protracted conference at iilwayu-have been obliged, for a portion of the year, | Waxiingtow and arranged the terms of a treaty, aul fo nusjeud operations, of rediico the number of operas | Jeet to ths approval of thair reapective Governments, Hives? but ne diatrosa Lua thereby reaulled to the ia- | Nodefulte netion wus taken by tha Benato of the Loring clases, United. States on the question of ratification of this Tuctumber trate Las deen but ttle lees in vol- | treaty, which wan subinitted by tha President late in ume than far tle past few years, This wan acarcely | tho session. ‘The Benate, however voted that it be expected in view of the alnort Untvarmal disposition | publinhed, and wots terins came to be fully known and toconilue oxycnditures within the least possible lm. | cauvassed durlug the summer, The discussious that {te Prices lave aversged somewhat Jowsr—a good | have occurred on the merite of thia contemplated are portion of which, howover, Ina teen mate up to the | rangement ave developed much opposition to its pro~ veunufacturer in tho latgely-reduced freight rates shat | visions, and, consldoting ths extensive demand for « 1 anid tend to foster the nataral. sud exceedingly | tint moat murprising fact developed weludute productions of Ine Boutheartern States, te- |, duringiue yeas, te troueporiation ag, Lack Gaeel cred sulting i the Increased production of those ataptes }' the exccedingly low rate of freigut from Buffalo to which are largely exportable cominodities. Tinto be | New York by rail, Theso rate at ous timc, and for hoped that sume feasible meana may be doviaed Ly | peveral weeks, werd reditced to 8 certa per bushel on which the abundant supplies of food, which ato pro: | wheat, 7 conth on carn, and 44 conte on oath; Includ- diced in the Northwest at mitch lese cost than olte- | iug tree lightorage iu” New York harbor, whlch the whioro, may ba transported with the Joast posntble ex- | oniclais of the Now York Central Ttailroad clatin costa penne to the cutton states, enubling planters, hy the ] them over 2 cents per busbel, Theeo ratem leave tho puri Haee of cheap supplies, to devats more attention | railway companies Ieee thao balf acent per ton por othe production of’ their pecniinr staple, | mite, asan average, on tha three qroing ; and wnicse tho thas turning the surplus commouities of buth | buriiess has been tone atann enormous lose, it deni- sections Into thelr most profitable channels, | onstrates the fact that all proviously-acceptod oatl- No branch of agricitural industry in this country | Mantes na to tho actual cost of transportation by rail poll leu 40 eoundany sated asthal of cottonrale | Mave eou abauirdls efroncous. Ing, aud.ite Hberal prosecution will moro than auy- yon tiie cine tend toreliove our, foreiga exchanges, and | THE OVEXING OF THE DALTONS. # OBO RATE enable the country to meet ite vast obligations “iold ry Public or Juatica of the Peace og reytirod in Sec, 3 shall be Immediately transmitted to tho Auditor of Htate and by Lim Qled in hls office, ant a tens copy thereof abalt be Immediately published by auch Asro~ ciation In sotne dally newspaper, and. if there be no dally, then ia some weekly newspaper, published in the pe where such Association is locuted, aud if thera eno newapaper printed it rtich plice, thon in somo nowspaper published in tho nearest place thereto. Bro. 4, Ivehall bathe duty of the Btate Auditor as offen sa once in each four months to appoint rome competent and tristworthy agent to make » pereounl examination of tho affairs af each Association, and make a full and accurate roport in writing of the con- dition of tho same to the said Auditor, which report din big office, Such compensation alia allowed such agent asthe Auditor may deem proper, not exceeding $10 per diem, ineluding, the nese er Aprit at $18.40@18.45, Tho market clored at §19.10 18,15 scller March, $19.40@ 18,424 neller April, $18,70 18.76 seller May, sud $18,05@18,10 cash, ‘LAUD—Was moderately active and stoady at Batur- day's closing prices, Sales were reported of 1,750 ten seller March at §19,40Q19.423¢, and 750 ecller April ot $13,00@19,624, Tole, 2,500 tea, The morket closed At SIR USAIN. S7I¢ cash, $1940@19.4255 for March, and $13,60@819.023¢ for April, MEATS—Tho offerings wore light, and the market quict, ‘There was some inquiry, aud a fow deacrip~ tloua were held frincr. Short ribs woro a shado easier, and short clear ridca were quoted stronger, The elipments were again reported large, Sales wore efn were quoter at vOc@05e, * POULTRY—Was la inodcrato roquest, ‘The offer ings ware light, especially of well-dressed chicken | and tarkoys, anitauch aold to the retail (rade str. cout prices: Turkey, dressed , 10@12¥c% chickens £ aed dressed, Uglic por 1b; ducks, 1249130 per lie her tt, AD to thie city, late In November, Ins snbjoct of much i reciprocal treaty, a most remarkably small share of fa- | SUroad. sani . h | fraveling exponses, whlch compensation shall in ail | limited to 100,000 itasuort ribs at 0240 seller April, | 8) Di—=Were quict, Timothy was quotable at 23) [i tae rT TRADE IN AQRICULTORAT. MODULTA vorsbio eniticlam, ariadae tn tie pene ofthe Se cea inl wirrie congratulation to those Latereate iu legltiniate omnes | cageg be pall by the Association #0 ssamiued, onthe | and boxes shurl rib bacon at Ose, Following ara 25; clover at $0.5046,60 ; millet, 0305; Lume cerlificato of the Auditor, Whenev Qurian, B50; Max, $2,00a2.10, and $2.20G4.25 for ase | mulasion of the report of any such a baa been only slightly Jess tu volte, altiough greater 1N TIE WESTERN STATES He in value, than {1 1870, Att estimate of the valie of | but iltle Interest is taken in the question of the ratifi- pon the wub- ae teS Tiinae markets: which, have Iiiuerlo abs | lino sects determtned to stand aloof from all *'enlan- ee tho Zquotations: 64@6%0 for grocu slouldors, 01; Pred eheen te musk bo conceded that whatis termed | #iind slllances,” and to, conduct its business on true (2X0 for do lony clear, 9Y@VAc do short rite, Rs. SALT—Wo continue to quote:, Onondsgs wt . " thatthe affairs of an Axsuviation are in ou unsound $4 Ns rhipmeuta from thia city of the products of the fara | cation or rejection of the proposition. Tt falls to seutire | by the Commilttes commercial principles, Thot ites many advantages Te inetieantc it aivall ba tho du Dic du short cioar, ‘and ON@0Z%0 do hams. | Saginaw, fine, $1.03; Canads do,” $1.70; ordlaiy imay Le vafoly made aa being fully 29 follows : toour, veoriean aivautayes of monient in the ques- | % “ ” over otliur Huca mitiut be conceded, Ita castern termi | Conilition, or that it Is inaolvont, Et als ha duty of | Sweat-sickled hama (1S the svoragu) at 10°@ | coarse, $7.00; coarsa ‘diamond, H Shipments of flour and grat, equal to Tae er eporfation not ciretly 40 process of belt nite? NORTHERN ROUES Sioienearer to Chiengo than any other prominent | the Auditor to furnish an abstract of euch report to re 8 salass; a vil out bags, $2755 cairy, with Lage, $400; Ashicg dairy, por sack, $4,094.25, VEAL—Cholce fat calves woro in good reqttest atoq 10u, but poor aud host carcasses were Bl Medinm sold at 8c, T 10%c, Bleata iu alt (part ourdd) quoted at Uy @iijo for shoulders, cach or seller Fob dc do acller March; 6%{@6%je do seller April; long clear, 0); cash’or seller February; douoller Marchi, Ojo" do soller April, 940; ‘short ibe, must be mainly relied upon. ‘The Improvemeng of Fe ee ge a ee rated’ atcwater vcamucetion || SesneaTe £1ly~ aad it bes stblblied © tcl disor araae belwern the Upper Minslesippt and the jaken, aia the | al facies of a high order, for Nid reper unl cca {mprovement of oxisting or the construction of new | nomic handling of Western prottuice, i itain olova- +$ 70,090,000 | carried forward by the Domlulou Government without + §4,50),000 | refercuce to Its provisions, Had tho treaty required 38,000, ‘on the part of the Dominion Government & speedy en~ lirgement of the Welland Canal to 14 fost depth of #4,010,ti01 Dushely, estimated valua, Tave stock, Frowuct of cattie aud hoge... tho public, Bro, & Any oMicer or person whose duty it shall be ‘such atatement or publication, as provided by who shall neglect or refuse to do ao, or who router to tide water, Two projecty are suggested for atern produces. ihe if ity the samo, auall be deomert quilty of amls- | gur@oie cash or aoller Fobruary: do ‘aller March he offerinye ware falr, water crrecpendiug area of Yok, the West cont | Connectiag te tovisipt asthe Tater aah inex | eiinsar fiom raf igocens veraljatarggnnatrcied | Ueminvon Aon, courielon tgzenh all be Pu, Bice dSaclier April Orsay nhurt Cases, Uiz01 Uoaciee | taiocy:” dood toy feime tubewaebed, tanks: far havo well afforded to arant all the coucestons calle | pensive, aul the Cunimitice rocin to think, not mate- | on the most approved principles.” Added to ita ample fohed Ly a fine of not ess than $200, nor more than | Rants: orcaaites lo nelle April, 1O'e. Woxod moata | tewood tupwwuslied, goqeze: Cine and mediamn wanted FeO ee esse al few adem vo care ante ate | Tally differiig in anticipated rosutte, facilities for the transaction. of business ia the at feast | $1,000, of by imprisonment not lens than wix months | 40 igher than foose, Long cut hams. 10 & Pree peta, tener terre rg eras Firat (besauea more northerly), the For and Wiacon- Mlocce, 47@30c; corres washed ficece, 40(a45e; mottos and coaraetinwashed, 36@370; fino unwashed, 7124} puiled wool, @dio, LIVE STOCK, curcAgo, OATTLE—Recelved since Haturday 2,880 head, Th supply was not ca large as is usually eeon in tho yeris Liye, Ba con meats quoted ot 12%(@t3¥Yo for pains, at for uboulders, 10:6 for short rile, and lo for short elears—all packed. Gnxasc—Was quict at 6@10¢, Bales were 100 pkga Y ellow nt Tze, BEEF PHODUGTS—Were quiet aud nominally un~ changer, at $8.35 for mess, 49.05 for oxtra niesdy an $21,00@222.00 for hams, fite, Iu Canada, a violent oppoaition baa been devel- oped toit, and, oven in Enginmd, able statentuen are ‘Tho samo estimate for 1873 was, arrayed againat it, It acema altogether probable that ‘Che general course of the trado in agricultural | the opposition of some and tae tndifferoace of others products nay be briefly noted as follows wilt finally reault in ita eutire rejection, Tt ts to FLOUD, be hoped, howaver, that in any case the Dominion ‘The receipta havo been lerger than Jn any previous | Government will ree it a0 much to the interevt of thelr car. Thory mantfacture hen Leen lesa than in 1873 | people to enlarge the Welland Canal to the require. niu Hivers, Improvement, connecting. the Mletleipnl eRe CTE at Prairie da Chien with the lakes at Green Day, ‘Thts | that’ enill leave to the credit of ita stock & datiafactory forte has long beens theme of publia discussion, aud | Wout wiite the same ratory, applied to some othor hs plieany: a coal Yetl ths. inilonemens oF tie orerne linen, would reault in profits, to be applied pro rate to ment first, by large appropriations of pnbllo lands in | Vw ‘stocknholde ie aid of it devstoyinent tnd later by ssaaming the work iia stockholilers, bo tsceeiingly ” folluitaniras! £9° ta Slroady In progress, and making appropriations for | “7 Meee mance’ iat the profes hee Foal TETIE will | cg Tay senate Comittee, from apparently relies oe nor more than five Tun in tha Ponitentlary. It shall be the duty of the Blate’s Attorney in cach county to comtnence procecdings on velulf of the State against tho partion who shall violate or neglect, to comply with tha provisions of this act, Bro, 6, If tho ofiicara of any Banking Associntion shall refuue to permit an examination of itn affairs by the Examiner appointed by the Auditor, it ahali be tho ‘Total... " ry (1 f much Exuminer to roport the fact to the Audi- v fame ag ¢ eatin a0 Latrela, Ono now. mill hiss been | ments of tie traio of tha Iker that, irrcapectita of : rt Ms ta, give the ‘apuregate’ capitalizatton, in stocks and | duty o ; ‘Tarrow—Quoted at B@BIe, A en targa as 2 siaually tenn rected ead Nin operation for & yortow of the yoar, | treaty mlnttations the, work ail Us gremed (oa | Zot ve dented by the unprejedicsd ; i tMraprove, | irate, of the foliowing-nnmed linos of allway, whit tor in writing, Tuo Autor shall immediately uno | YLOUN—The water waa iuatlreand nomlgally un. on the opening day of the week, but ju the abscnesd jwea Ui | speedy couchian 1 the trade has ruled dull nearly the whole of tho | proposed outer ¢ year, Ag heretofore, a very large amount of the flour | the work, owing tothe enlargad ciass of veanelu now Int Prreived aur sold {a thiscity baa heen sold on the | use on the upper lakes, will atand in practically the reputation of the brand, ad Liss not been exposed oa | name relations to the trade as the ola eaual has for tha the open taatket ; and jarge amouuts have {wen cou- | past ten yeara,—uarigablo only for vosaein that ore rigued through, Hot being wold fa this market at all, — ] willed to compete fur busiuess at decided disad- WHEAT. vantage, Inthia cereal the movement has been of unprecotent- MANSTONTATION, ETC. ed magnitude, the cocelpts belng about 3,500,C09 Vie Tho question of transportation, whieh, eis in excess of the large recelpte of 187), Theceop | pane, fran engaged the attention of the 7 harvested 40 1873 proved very much In excess of the } (jnited States for neveral years past, ba Lrgest accepled eatlimates in regard toit, the racothta | past yoar had many ray of {aut thrown. pes from it in this chy belug very nearly double thoxe | it, Firat may be notel the report of the Belect Cam- from any previous crop, Duritig tha Art ball of the | nittivo of tho United States Senate “on Transporta- year there waa x goxl export demand for wheat at | tion Routes to the Seaboard,” which was nubinitted With a depth of only 12 feet, se figared per mile fs an followe: present pyatem of eulargement, . anything moro than a moderate tocal or slipping de mand ft proved in every way ample, and (he relatirey low prices prevalling at the close of last week wet Varely suatatued, The offerings embraced a gouty ‘number of good to prime stcera, but vary fow that wen irlctly cotce, and, eave in = faw isolated tnstancy, thera wera no transfera at over $6.75, Seles wet chlelly at $3.50(@5,50 for common to good, Themis Kat closed quiet and steady, quarationn, Extra Beoves—Graded ateere, weighing 1,400 102,600 MS sererserecrsevnns reer ences sees $6ed Gholce Beovea—Fine, fat, well formed 3 year {oS year old. stcars, wolghing 1,250 to changed, ‘Tho quotations on Saturday at the clon were unfollowa: Choleo winter extras, $5.25@0.50; cornmen to good do, $1,255,003 choloe spring ox- tras, $4,254.60; fair do, xhipping praies, $1,007 6.26 5 patent spring, $9,0049,00; spring auperilues, 81.000 9,00; tye Hour, $3,25Q5.50; buckwheat do, $5,008 Buan—Ouoted at $20.50 on track, Coux-MrAt—Ooad was quotable st $3,40@3.60 per bri, and coarse at $14,003 24,60 per ton, MIDDLEINs—F2,00@4.60 per tou, free on boerd cars, WHEAT—Wan faitly activo in n speculative way, end advanced arly, but elosed dull and « ahade lower than on Saturday evening. No authentlo reports wero recelyed from other marxcts, and thero was little dle ment suggested by te Commaitteo, If both ara carried fen watta to completion, w jously queation jot the : teast atjosietin Wey York Central and Lake Bhore & Michigan TUE, WISCONSIN NOUTE fs the fact that {a lake tern:lnus isat a point whore there isno market, and to wlich the lake shipping must make trips with a view of competing solely for tne care riage of such property ax ia brought to thein by this Ike, ‘There are yo raflways commpoting for the busineaa east- | “yo, Jan an ere Gaviag the sass of surpeadad lave | , Jt Nillboseon ata glance that, ou tue abore cart. aaeee og rcen Bay Like Duluth, muxt romain con. | tkilzatlon, the dHalliniore & Oto hue Lave immensely paratively Inolated, goveral business cannot be axpect~ tbn advantage, and can afford to transport property at Bitvo centre thera with any grett rapliity, and. te co- ruck Jose. suleg Altan, 6. eomipetlions tar serous tablishment of tmarketa for property Vrougut theres | ba#luors, espucisily as, by a receut report, the operal Peete yk portion of the year oy tha proposed | 1% expénaes of that lino sre shown to to a lees per Attorney General, whoso duty it shail be to commouce suit in sy proper Corin of action In any court of com petont jurisdiction against puch Association to coin- pol ita oflicors to tho cxaminstion of ita affairs as re~ quired by this act,or to show cause why the same should not be done, ‘This Dil provides for unannounced examinations, quarterly, in addition to the atatements, In thia ro- spect It supplice an omission which renders the bill propared by the Chatrmen of the Banking Cotnmittoca fatally defoctive, As we showed tho ottier day, quar- terly statements without auch examinations are woras {han none. They glvo the public no protection, and second to that tho public uoad protection is sufficiently proved | positiun to trade, and nothiug was dane incash, Thi nm y Very sallatactury riven, aud a very unnenal moves rit, : 1 aS cveitage of grom earning than any of Ita competitors, poaition othing was done ineash, The | Goud Beores—Woil-fatiened ler onthe, . A moderate export demand has pre . Tt ots y arel te main interests are uniderstuod to be in the di- x 5 q 4 s—s lustig tho ister mantiny nt at consilershly 2e- See er ey en ROR ee trite y urate ee Staten shows thal the tendancy istosoll in| Feetion ‘of favoring tual polut aa a tariniisis for tte | Me, Hogue's bill might be tmproved tn one or two wero contradicted } aud antleipations that te nccumus | ing 2.100 to 1,150 Iba, juced pricoa, and comparative D oly little bas gone for- | concinsiona therein stated are well worthy of careful ward since tho closs of laka navigation, although | consideration ani study by all who feol an interest in trelghts by rail are only two-thirds tha rates ruling © | the wubject treated oy the Committee, It waa hoped a ear vince, Since tho last harveat, prices havo steals | and expected that the labors of this Committee woald lated receipts offered to-morrow woulil be likely to do- procs the anarkel, Seller Marels rauged fom 8514 B33(c, and clonad’ at 85%,.@85%¢e, Bal 3 at S7e, declined to 8%;c, and closed at BO%{0 taker. Butcbora’ Btock—Pvot common to chaite cows, for city welghing 890 to 1,100 Ibe, Stook Cattle—Cominon cat ipments, It has, howover, connectlons with pearl, sou bt fow are inclined to make conslgamebte from | All pruraiaent Hsslorhpolals and ix expeste io me pea retcntat transportation. facilities ta tuo aireo- | £27,100 setire competition for buxinaes to the leading Uoh of aiready-eatablished markets te more deatrabie | Se*t 8rd cities, particulars, If the regular quartorly statements could be made upon the call of the Auditor for a day puat, as the reports of the Nations! Banks sro made declined, with very small fluctuations; aud {t | rept in conveying to Gangresd and the people a mora Av PHICADELTOTA Gbrious advantages would be gained, ‘Thera is | Seller May nold at 20;414008ce, and seller Sun at Ol co, | | to 1,080 Da Brean alee” beyond Mao futae ner that | respect iotranaportstlon, ond thal wise 2nd pracitcal ‘Tho xecond Improvement suggested for connecting | Waninal facilities fur the Kauuling of Vetem | stitution to require that the reports be made | atrouger than on Saturday “cernoon, ‘Chere. were | Caltle“Tex , . a tik we ; ‘ eh in now ise pret kely cho crop of 1EFie dn tua svorchvwest, wan ma | "RWS for er Aine Ptgenilng 1d eulitee the magate | Ue SEiasleehpD itt tn et ity on the sliacionis produce, expecially grain tn atieracr bai dur. | om days fixed {a advance, Such reporte Jota much | but, fom operators present, aud ls, tapodtiee oe | une ot b a tudo of Bod - ferialy “fees tenn that of 1873, but the uvernont rou! ja city shows o Iné in receipts Kitvo Auge i au. compared with 1u73,_ of. ovar’ 0,250,00) THR INTERESTS INVOLVED, bushels, It te elucercly to bo hopeita materiel aud | 804 wome of the causes of complaint that exist, prow prea eut advance ia values maybe ‘realized, aa | cecle in an able argainent on the covstitutional power aarti con ‘ars eeutvely romungrativo to orireme | of Cangrras to regitiato commerce between the se forthweeturu produccrs, Who are obliged to pay high | States. This portion of the report, which ts not fully Fa tights inonter in since their preyesty at | cournired im by Menara, Conkllng, Norwood, Davis, polnte where it can bo marketed, avid Johueon, of the Committes, takes broad ground COBY. in favorof bath the power, and ie propriety offs ex: creise of 8 reasonable suporviston over these immense patie, ror of corm prostuced 4m 1873 way extimated to | interests on the part of the Natioual Government, and, EEO ee ae ery wa ene Dae | atbport of this proposition, efter numerous author~ Eisirge strpius of old corn remalaing tu farmers’ | Sor, Wa oF three of whicli {t may be.of {utereat to re- hand the two pruvious eaceast produce tn this lace, Rande from the two pruvious cacessire [roducyuut | | Dauiel Webster, in’ speaking of the eariier stepe ae Pe or ate evn thug a i0n.000 buahels be: | (2ken fr the formation of the Government of the galpte, dn thie cliy, aro lca tian, 2300,000 Luehele ber | Ainited states, sald’: The entire purpore far which early 2 perceut Ligher tian in 1873; thusrelimbutcaing | 2, Helogates assembled at Annspola, was to devisg the farmer very fully for ull the toes In yletd, Tho very | "tans for tho wolform weguletian of trade } they tatlfaclory values current havetendadio draw ilberale | (out NO means, Lut in» General Governinent, and fy on the supply in farmerw’ handy, and all indications | ‘Bey Fesommauiiled fiieole seein pecaa itah Chiat Polut {om probablitty that the Northweat ie at this tline | Pllepose. | Over whiatuver auher juteresta of, the coun Fee Te eee ay peti nante” | fy tho Government insy @iifusa itu Lenedte and tte Te ate Peck ese cparautly a fore one, oth ax | leasinga It will always Ve ‘ie, an matter of israrical to quantity and quality. "At tho cove of tho’ yoartau | fet, that it nd its orliin ta the necetsities, of tome Reet ae ear catout €g ceurs Ler bisholoa | ™merce, and for its iminesiiate object the tellef of thoxe neice that is. suppored to be ‘very Temunerative tu tue | peccealties by removing thelr cousos, and by establlahe lariner, Tuetradein corn during roveral imonitie of | $8 uolform and ataady system. Satur cling of 6@l6e thero was fair adtivity fu the demnd, Voth local packers suul shippers toking bold with cx siderable freedom, ‘Tha reduction was grestal it cojamon to tnediut Ugbt, and loast in extra grade, Balea were at $5,75(90,00 for at il@ boat lata noalawa: 6.¢0 for common to choice light ; and at 96. common to estra heavy, 00 sanes. No, Av, J'rice.| No, Av. Prit 5, 259 $4.80) 26 15 fal Av. Priced 380 $7.4 trade, The businoss was confined to uptious, nales of Mii did not probably exeeed 76,000G}100,000, bu, The recetpta wore larger, Beller Ap at G5@OS!;c, Seller Merch clusod at 10; woller May at T1@71%e, closing with gellora at Tic, Qish corn ‘was nominal, OATS—Wore very quist. Aside from afew trades in April nothing was done, Aa compared to Baturda Pifcea wore about ts of, closing at S5f{0 for April, and quotable at 63if¢ for March, WYE—Was inactive and nominal at 9914 @$1.00 for No, 2 freah, BARLEY—Was also neglected. Following are Bat- uurday's closing quotatioues Bellet March, $1,025 seller April, 1.07} regular No. 2, $1.09@1.003¢ ; do freab in spectal Houses, $1,121.20, GENERAL MARKETS, ALCOWOL—Was quotable at $2,03, DROOM COUN—Was frm under & fair order do- mend: Good to extra hurl, 12@130; brush that will work {iself {nto a choice hurl broom, 10/4@110; com- mon to fale do, 9@100; inferior brush, 8400; crooked, S4@TKC. BUTTEN—Choice butter comparatively ts scarce and the littlo arriving from day to day 1a quickly taken of thor value from the fact that the banks can prepare themsolves to inake favorable exbibite, The Natloual Banking act orlgually untned the dates for reports in ulvance, and the result was that the reports were easlly made what the Lanks wanted them tobe, Thotystem was subeoquently changed, ao that the Comptroller calle for reports on & past date, ; ‘Tho provision that the, Auditor shall make pub- te an abstract of the resulti{or the examina tion, when ft roveals unsonndnesn or {usni- yency in any tank, ta. good dovice for protect ing tho public, but the pubtlo would bo still bot- ter protectod if tho lay required abstracts of all the examinations tobe medo public. This would guard {hem both against bad banks, and against an Auditor who might not be wisa enough ar good enough to use his_discretion aright. ‘Tho Now York Jeurnat qf Commerce of Thuradey last saya : ‘The shock of the failure of Vyse & Co, yeutorday is soyeroly folt sinong torchanta qeuerally, and there are those who predict (rouble fu other quarters. There aro aa yet fcatlous of further divastars, Trade te lull for th oar, but ft should beromem- bered that the winter hes been unnanally severe, Itail- pi, to Honnepin, on the itnoia River, formin: chat a ati tg ho yaad year, with all the latent Improverient, New York nomew! ‘® controverny line arisen Wo present lillucts & Michiana Milaalseipol to | Webwoen the railway companies termiuatlug there sud Onicago, snd dlatsut only 180 miles, of which bat 6% tho recelvora of Wastern produce touching the quei- Chicago, and Watant only MM a Teontencled, Careful | tien of providing increased fwcilities for the handlin alee ee ch eatinawen of (ile pew lak, with's paviga- | Of conslynmenta ‘The custom bithwrto and at prenstt bia {coder 88 miles in lengtu from'Dizon, om Ttock | $0 Touue line Leon very unsativfactory to all soucerned, Rivor, to the suminit level, by which an ing supply | taf ing Artes Ahaha ata sect a publ Ne os tee of water for the purposes of navigation will ba ol- menta it would seem that many of the New Yor! Seen oe aha ‘entire cont ate about” $4,000,000, | Brerebants ate fully alive to the noceenitios of the case, ‘There’ ara no eugineering difficulties in tho way of sud ate urging the halting railway companies to a fu! the successful prosecution of tks work, ‘The seprectauion of. ane. duty aud fnvercet in the ockaye on the hew caual is, frora the Misaisaipp! { 1¢{s hoped au arly solution of the difereucw sstmlog Fea eo te mene Gavel, at Has cof 99, foot, by. | belwcen the partica may Loarrived at, and that the great Pe ee aera eres tuo liincls at Henaeyin | metrupolia, and hitherto centre of seaboard commer fn 207 fest, by 19 locks; the ascent again to Lake Mich. in Western. products, may apecdily slare in the a Mae etna present Iifinole k dlichigan Canal, U4 14s | Yanlages roculting from modern appliances for the fect.’ By the For and Wiaconin route the distance | ‘rsnsaction of thle vast business, from Prairly du Ohien to Green Day {4 278 miles; the ‘THE NECESSITY OF LMPHOVED FACIUITIED rive from the Missivsippl tothe divide is 169 fost, aud | for obtaining reliable statistics touching the general the deacent to Green May 290 feet, commercist interests of the country, aud more partios ‘THY GNEAT AND IMMEDIATE DEN! a [aterriah or calaraaetle, telat serioualy felt remulting from the construction of the Rock Teland & by who are upon to examine the aubjoct, Feaene, aust inust, bo conceded ‘by avery casual | While the Nationel Government syende large sums for seta oeaz the subject, ‘The production of grain | compiling statistics tn regart to the forelyn tradte of tn 1870, In tho 4 of BMinneesta and Lowa, the country, which are invaluable wo far ee they go, tooordig fo the. United Staten censta. returns, | {ere ia no provision made for obtaling any {uformia~ seo Oe a ie nud Lavery iargely | Hun felative to the domedtte, of ouch the larger, No. 83, patter, NEW YORK. ew Your, Fob, 92,—Baxvea—Arrivala, 9,800, mb j ing 7,600 for the weal, againat 7,100 last wook, Gu ity only fale; dumand inodyratyy prices about te i ‘nerce Fs t fully late prices, with occasionally a salo of fancy | Sale reported last week, with o Uttle frincr tt f ve ‘MH, JUMFICE BTONY BAYS ener ei seit tue aurpiue of grain pro, | Urauch of the couy'aerce of the country. The busiuews | road communication is greatly. interfereit with by tho | a ane dietary Sie baat ear uae Uecn in an, Hutiafactory couatlon. | stue power to regulate commerce Includes the | duced tn tore two Staten, which TA Sait atoanek of the countey hes now beeomg.aa varied, anit ram | Gutreme cali, "Tova ‘who can romain comfortably Atanadvanceorer te quoted prices. Common and | Sil Urmard tendency for goud callie: exec Ti dunstuer to rontrulnie market, not ouly itr this cltz, | Power to Feyilato navigation us connected with the | Jo some saye, was provably more tay 6,000,ci0 iientionatae extanelye, (UME 6 ene ecee sO a Hag, | muianl dosoy. The weatlee ta the felb ani) king tho‘) ‘smedlum geviey ere beg movies Uitte more freoly, | Tillnoleatuers, aY7 cw, at UG@llye; Bears, ar t4 | ‘but apparently througout thocountry, [tte notte be | Commerce of foreign nations aud among the States, } bushels; itis notciaimed that all of thie preduot will | Sond fo ercated through which the tite aby pee ‘winter has reanlted to the serious disadvantage of 8o¥- | and are firmly held, ' Choice to fancy yellow, 30G350; | cwt, at Ilo; é cary, av Of cwl, rate 3 Ses arty denied that Hiere opurations proved uf very great Leuc | It docs not stop at the me: boundary line of a State, [| sbare alike in the benafite to Inure frown the construc i cinwiedge Be teed raitude nm ‘a paths ‘ot eral mautifactneing inter which were wepondent | eainm to good mrades, 232250; Inferior to comi- | cw etic: Scary, ay 7H cwl, at 190} care at or : aah eon ; Recossary course of navi 0 extends to «i of the avoraye ; : rt » 16@ 20; , . they Here pare CH Teen dee Pea ue sastket beets left ite aval aud netic | seh ‘tela done ou land which interfora with, obstruct, | shaw by tho following comparative rates taken from of is arias SMUT Oe, each ee It tw hoped | with warmer weather ‘anda more cleerful feellug per- | CHEESE—The chocse trade was reasonably-cetivo | ewt,'at eiven re sae foue; scans course, OF provont the due exercisn of tha power tO regulata | the Sonata Commuttoo's report, viz, ¢ owas wil, AF ai early nye silage some mess | Yading the entire community, a good trademay reason- | on interior account, and former quotallous were unl- | 5X cwt, at 900; Beara, av Ol¢ cwh x1 11Nci | Us the attempt tocontrol the market on vo extenited | Souuinorve an wavigellin Taulaaio sing Os asthe aay REM, woly De aapecia’, formly well sustained, We ropeat our Wet, an fol- | card, ey 73 ant, iiweatio; Wears, wv Oy cmt aacele resulted ip disaster to tho projectors uf it, it ln | _ Chief Justies Taney, in speaking of tha commercial COMPARATIVE COST OF THANATORTATION, r eae i formly elise tar primo rolld factory, and Logisixe | 10W(@lL}(04 4 oare Usilo steure, avd ow 6 1149 Only a new davelopment uf an tt-rapeated expericnces | POWer Of Congress, saya: | Ts power is ae exten- | In cente, per Lushel of GO pounds, by the railway lines, ‘The following wero tho recelpte of the leadin REAL “STATE. for goods off "in flavor. : 1Hoy deat do, ay Bi owt, at IIQI9NO; 6 care Te and, it'no other eifect Is produced, ought to warn all | #veunon Isnd an tipon water, the Constitution makes ooby the proposed water line via tle Mixslasipn River, | articlos of produce for three years pat + CUAL--Since the weather moderated sales bayo | aul, av dy cwt, at B@8isc, new experimenters that the agrichltural productions | 2° distinction in that reapect." Other high authorities | ¥ Island 4d Hennepin, and [llinols & Michigan : 1874, 1873, 1872, fallon off somewhat, but the lossoned demand has not Burer—Necelpla Salenday andl to-day, 8,200, mstet Of the United States are alioxether too vast to Lo exti- | Sr8 cited in eupport af tho principle of the authority als t Flour, brie, Bert teary auto | Thefollowing instruments were Sled for record Mon- } Fottened prices, which are strong aa follows: Lacks. | 2390) for the weak, against 18,040, lant week, Sth mated with aly deqres of certalnty, aud the attempt to | Of the Geuoral Guyernment over all means and uppil- Tat Wheat, bu, 22 ooh 63 12,724,141 | day, Feb, 22: wanns, §10,00' canucl, $2,00@.00; Exie snd Walnut | guist and caster; 8 reduction of Ye; oxtreme res inonopolize and control them is opt tu proves heavler | BUces of commerce betwaun the several Btates of the tee, | water 'yaving | Gott Bas 4I2 47,3000 city paorenry, THU. $1.00; Lick Hus, $1,003 rocks, $7.00; Bloas- | 84@ée, with but few sold for leva than Gyo oF load then thele most earefully-oullated stutisticn lead | Unlon, rules, | Waler \aving | o.t4,"bu 415 YTEASTM 15,001'715 | Nosth Lasalle at, 39 ft n of Schitler at, 1 aiisa! Mocking Valley, $7.00; iudiane block, | than Tye, Balea tucludes 3 cars Tilinols abeep, si them to suppose. An fllustrativo of this fect, 1% may be ‘The Committes donot specifically recomment ¢! 3. | rates, Tye bas ceeee Tisu,aga 31991086 971g ft, dated Fol, 20, ino cree ee, * | tha, ot 6503 € cure, av 06 Ihe, at 6303 lear, BY oled that the receipta of corn, in Jun ere,with | adoption of a detailed supervision of the iutor-s Bt. Paul to Chicago,..-. S io.0 | Daa | Marley, bus22 412qu;399 6,251,750 | Eltth ay, 225 ft n of Hi 2p Virrels were quoted eater, | at 40; 2 cars Ohio, ay 313 Ibs, af Tix; 1 car, or! a ulngle exception; tho largest ever Kpowa in (ule city | Tsllway wervico of tho country, aud do not favor the | Wi.) cago. ‘ ——— | _ dated Fob, 9, and tlercos unchanged: Pork barrets, 81.05c@1,10; lard | tbs, at He; Lcar, av 109 bs, at O70 1 car, av WITS within any one mouth, Y | Granting of Governmental ald’ in the construction of | Wivous to Chicago, ae Bs,4u7,642 | Babee ae ere ate er berreley ai@gaaeswhueky | at{)co} J oar Indjaun, ay’ 110 thy, ab 7207 Lea Hf ‘Ths foreign demand for corn, has bean somewhat to | 23% Iinea to be controled wholly or iu part by corpor. | La Ororae tp Oicayo. +. 104 *Tanped | _ ft, dated Feb. 1 1,000 ol é Ui excess of 19’ saat te af — Tit at tho close of the year, owt ations, and ouly Indirectly favor any conatruction of ruling: in Gils cousttey, ibaa fallen to | Fallways by the Goverument tteelf. ‘they do, how. wa2.00 : pork tare rough, $15,003 role 118 Iba, ‘st 710 ; 1 car, av 130 Iba, mt 74; 18,00; ao bucked, $18,00822.00; four staves, $7.00 | 8 rib ipl lay and to- 1107 WINE eater Dubuque to Chicago. ing 91,800 for the wal, againat 24,090 lart we the Meh price Havannah to Chivago....cceccee(38e, | OG | 116 ‘Ths premises, No, 1280 Watash’ay, dated Feb, 19 13,000 wy ; ‘nealing, Ty@ues Y eek Yery moderate proportious, over, recorameutt in substance the following meas |) x ¢ ea No. 050 Tudians av, dated Fob, @B,60; circle four heading, Tx@io ; tglit polos, $25.00 Oneredalives Drewod’ nominally mu eainet uN Fulton to Chicago... TyET6 pga | ava 13,000 3 arbi fh OATH, ice 5 Rock Iuland to Ohicaga, 5, | 5.8 v2 se apenas, b ‘DRESSED MOGB—Ware reported quiet and easy, | Weatern; 84@87(0 for city. ‘The demand for oats bus Leen urgent during pearly Ph ron aneeziee aY Reet D op eae | ' nal mises, No, 2040 Wabash ay, dated Feb, 13,000 aha seceinta ‘were liber and some recelters. were n ‘BT. LO ey inte, 965 tn} the whole yoar, ‘ irat—That railway companies, or oller common soe ga ‘ ery ge 18 faavoring to sell, but ebippers Leld off, tho weather, oa—Ra cel 5 The wectiple bora ae o ue Ferny Pits Ree oarrlers, fram one late Into or through another, be is area Lark av, 24) 4-10 fo of Western ay, nf,,39 4-10 being soft and aatavaretle, ‘and live hogs wore report 4 2120 ft, dated Fob, 19... Sarin Morgan #t,210 ft n of Maxwell af, wf, 263100 ft, dated Fab, 1, 872isersseesses eos, AMelteyniolds at, 234 It © of North Wood ‘at, af, ‘Us xi0U ft, dated Feb, 20,... * Yorost ay, hear Thirty-fourth at, w f, 203x125 fh data FOD, Msssevssesseseseosssrertenee 7,600 NORTR OF CITY LIMITS, WITHIN A MADIOS OF JT MILKS YROM counT-HOOER, "The premises No, 24 Heminary ay, dated Fe Br, Lours, Feb, fo Yorkers, $5.00(a0.005 fair to extra packing, AIA “Chrrrtx—Receapts, 380; firm ; rood demendy Hie falr to ood native butchern's’ §4.25@5,00 5 come native, &,16@ 4,60; coumon through ‘Cosals 0d 8,95; Ae fecdora, $4,005.10, : TELEGRAPHIO MARKET REPORTS — FOREIGN MANKETS.8 Lownox, Feb, 22.—The amount of bullion thst bi gone into the Bank of England to-day 1s £14,0 Loxnow, Feb, 22.—Consols for money and wooo | 931; G00; "050, 10787; ‘WTe, 107}; 10-408, 100% HY | fan the previous year, The relatlvely high pri required to publish In detall thetr rate of freight and preveiling since the lust Lsrvest, producing only | fre and that such rates bo uct tucreased without mieclerato deliveries, aeein to indicate that the crop of | Feetonable notice to be prescribed by law, 1874 was not An abundant one, It ia calimated thatthe | Seoud—Tnat combinations and consolidation of supply of oll uta war wore nestly exhausted whoa | PSrallel or coropetinng nes be prolitited. the now crop began to appear iu market than foruany | | Taird—That railway compantes, or other common yeara past, ‘The murky iu thiaciy hat, with trifling | Carriers, transporting gralu from one State fiutu or excopiious, bec controlled by legitimate wupply aud through another, be required to roceiyt for quantity, Siabnd. auil ta deliver the satao at destination, eve Fourth That all tallway compauites, oF common 7 carriors, recelving freight In one State to be delivered ent jeigesl does Pott cit Led a: pinch: er arth In anuiher, be prolibited {rom charging more to @ eae ecalte takin cily £0 eCterat Seer Teak CRS: eee ant Ca any svar or lake Vista far’ apy greater receipts bave been fess than tu aby year wluce 181, | “gyth—The adoption of whatever measures that ma: ‘Muct the larger share of the recelpts have been con- | ye deevasd proper, and within the rauge of Satiowal ed sbout 100 tower, Sattrdayy cloving quotadons wera $7,70(a7,75 for light, and $8,00@8.12% for Leavy, EGUS—Were fairly active, but uusottled, The to- celpta were larger, abd sellers, belng anzious to Toale fze, were shading prices freely, tn anticipation of larger recatpta wont, Btrictly fre sold at 30@82c, and ploklel at 20@24c, ¥isii—Contiuue fairly activo at Armer rates. Wo Topeat one quotations of yesterday: No, 1 whitefvh, DE), $5,256.35 § No, 2 su, $1. 60 ;'No. { ahore mack fo, 1 bay, $6,75(67,00; }@8.60 ; family mackerel, 1 shore bith, $1.15@1.50; Lan! Gooryo’a codiish, $3.50@0.76; Tabra °, be coi ing basis, viz, The raileates are from tho freight tariffs of the railway lines for the e of opeu-rivor navigation in 1472. Tho water rate is bused upon the average charges on the Missisaippi Kiver, be- tween St, Louis and New Orlosns, during 187%, for the river portion of the lus, sud at 106-10 mills per ton Ter tnila for that portion of the line between the Bis- siaulppt River and Chicayo, that rate being the aqor~ talned average coat of transport on the Erle Vana! for 1872, which ts much above the rate for 1874, If tho average saving shown by the above table can bo secttred 01 60,600,000 Lusbels of grain per annucs i froin Minnesota aud Lowa, that BUIIMENTS, GAVING IN ONE YEAR 7 would mare Ui ge nc eatice eater the wakiane'| ote following wera the oorroeponding abip- COMMERCIAL, ‘The following wero the receipts and shipments of, Lt rls, $4,509.06; do. Url, §4.25@4.60 ; 3 x Central, 9; Esto, 25% FrHl sumed jn this city, Prices Lavy ruled very steady, but | authority, to prevent “atock wateringa” by rall Iudlis all? ta addluan to the benefls resulting to'Min- | Moulds ding artic Splits brie, SEDO E OTT tM ar coomktes doe dete, | Ste20d¢ New York Conteal, 035 Erle, 264) Fr for urarly te wile oar tue been resiively guer aan ver-darparaifons of common cacriere, 2 "7 | niesote aud fows tn the tranuportation of arity s larce | your, pele AMA a May. anette backeoe ia bell ger peersiradcnaern d Hoe diate weeded herrtuge ner box, 43@ito 5 Colt 4, einen currsa EN ibe tate Sisth—The adoption oF Histo lawa prohibiting oft- | portion of voth tinal and Wisgoaaln would share te | yn ae auseseT 1 18vue a a | Hiver*astinon, p-bri, $9,10¢410,00 ¢ ocean trout, 2doz | Heed Oil, 2s, Bplrite turpentine, 258 Cd, ea’ core of railwi 3 " S550 corapanies from ownsn; toter ‘Tho market for barley bas not been without Ite nsual | in ‘hou-bo-operative frelght ued, or car sorapanien, FF ie features of rajid fuctiatiou,—toix gealu, more than with which thi > eee ete nbieet es munipulidun, kadar Mees | cane coetede ativan Sti WiAEH ABUT 9p of DeAts of this route tas varying but very xrest exten! 4 wauiniteaides a connileraile quanlity of freiguia Near ptbe te SE eed ing Wout and northwestward, would recelve similar er iia 00,061 morning 5 and 4 doz per ciue, 5 Panu, Feb, %2.—Mtentes, 65. 60, wKOEIETS. BuIEALENTB, YRUITY AND N pt 'd—Only light improvement was | jivyxtpoot, Veb. 22—Hveniug,—Dreadstelts ¢ noticeable in the fruit trado, «ulet stilt prevailing all 34 3 luler, Denotita, ‘Tels not preaumed that in order to 6, ————|—_____ files a 1 | Coru, a4 sate bi, Bacon—Long alear, mil IiFteelek f Ucatr tu wialy connected. sssnmont of a Toreanof Com: | Hee inten ode complain o¢ ie 9 beoure BAoKNE 6,037,008 ret | teva, |] tens, | oer Ponciiespas peep nm, arog Seer Bat Splrite turpeuting, 284 60(@6e, -Pecroletim, 8 6 K eo beeu lene than since 1470, and uded in 7 oul 3 necessarily absorb the business a entire, or even oor ee ena aa gre ot PERRET RE ¢ runes, Wallies Ear FE a ce er ar trom Canada, | Tete tbe cargo with ue dy or cormtug che iae | very large, ebaudenmient of ralway faciitica,’but it ta 91,007,093 81,904,226 | Flour, bris.,, a ee Tare ne eee ee itera: “Ed dogs aut THE PRODUCE MARKETS, ‘There have tao teen considersule amouute recelvad | tefusl teade aud cominerce of the country, wud | claimed that if the ling wero completed It would 90 act o ee Wheat, bu. 90) se net gh os@k20% Valencia, 12atdiga; Yante NEW ORLEANE. toeal bo frow Callforula and Utali, frora both of which the ro- | clothod with authority to require af all railway or larges an toas- | Beefs BXGS. +++ reves es ete NE eee eee ene agiicoy eros, So@BIe? lean pest, 1eq | Naw Onueays, ¥eb, 32—Fuoue<Ouly Wt yy celpts have been of superior quality, alihougis lese de- | ther companies crgaged to Inter-State Uraueyoria= cure substantially the sare resulty eg if the businces ', Ibe. SUiboa,upilaag 943,000,021 265,949,404 i > Domesrid—Alden spplew, 16@va; higan ples, Y@a ¢ Indians and [liuoly, 7@80; Houth~ orn, 74@8o; peaches, halves, 14) Glos do pared, Wxass0; bia Faspbortios, a5cq loa pitied che SHiiberts, W@lios almonds, Naplea walnuts, 15¢¢100; Greno (aldose Brazile, 11@tL34 wis, ‘Texas, 15;91b0; Wilmlngton peanuts, 7@ 100; Tuuncasee peanuts, O@ 8a; African peanuts, S4cadc, ONLEN FRULLH—Were selling chietly to the city trade. Cholce apples wero quoted steady, bein: trade. while inferior fruit was. plentiful aad dull Choice Messina pnd Pajermojemons, $9.50¢10,00 per box ¢ Valoncis oranges, $4,50@ 10.00 per caso; Pal and Messin ao, Pe $2.00@2.50; cholce 11.00 par bri. GHOCELIES—& moderate volume of salee was 40- compiebed ut prices nut quotably differout from those current at the ciose of last week, Coffees aud sugare ware otey, | We repeat our tat 5 eat Ze jox—Patna, 40} Rangoon, Jo; Oarg- Una, TX@9K0} Yad jane, Taw. | be CorrEee—O. G, Java, 3593603 Java, No. 2, 1@ sirable by wany brewers than the home-grown barley; | tion, reporw of thelr mand supardiia,, $1.80; double $4.87) but tt &s raqadly gaining n favor, which it ts conducted, ! “ 12% ¢ choice, $5,751 bag ete ge At 00@08c, Cals 1m goed de mani at TI@T8O, t Meats, Ibe, news, and the manner ia | were doue wholly by the water live, No better illuse i Tratlon of the cate oan be had than the salutary etfecte | darts the of water communication Ly canal between Baffalo and Now York, on the charges fraposed for railway trans. portation between the waine poluts, during the past Seaaou, of, uearer Wome, in the caso of competition Detween the Ilinols & Alichigan Oana! and th railway 0 it, It ina well-established fact that in cases where wator competition estats the rail rates must mect it in reduc ed charges, oF lose the buaiuens, ‘TUL BULIECT OF TLANBLORTATION RASTWABD from Lake Michigeu engaged tho attention of the Committee, aud they recommend the enlargement and improvement, by the Guuersl Government, with the concurrence of the State of New York, of ous or more of ths following routes, viz. ¥rom Hufalo to any, vis the Erie Canal; from Oswego to Albany, via Lobe ond {ts canal copnoctions ; from Lake Champlain to the Hudson Iver, and ite northern connection with the Bt, Lawrence, by co-operation with the Domlufon of Canada, ‘The first of these propositions would, if carried to successful completion on the acale recomuneuded, rene der the liue fruia tue lakes to the ocean a very desira- ‘200/637 8,847,080 BO,O44 785 6,020,1W0 12N51,903 11,497,607 42 TI1 92,715,453 37,720,099 O31 30,125,408 23,959,204 2h 23,9035 OU LIVE-RTOCK, ‘The Committee favor the opluton that water-routes, ‘Tho receipte of cattio have been atill larger than ever | when properly located, uot only afford tho cheapest Defuse, Of hoge, the rucuipta chow a trifling failing off | aud beat kuown ineane of trausport for hesvy, bulky, ay compared with 1873, Lrices for caille Baye Uoen | or cheap cominoiditics, but arg alo the natural come somewhat higher than last year; that of hoge bas been | petitere and must elfoctivs regulatora of railway Soatertally Liyler, but porhape hot se much higher na portation; and, in view of the remarkable 7 the fucressed value of cor would sccin to warrayt. | adaptation of aur country for chesp and nope 61 ‘The packing of hoge in the weason of 1u7é-'d | cowmuuication, they racommend the fuprovemsut, in this clly amountod to 1,581,090 head, belng | by tho Natloual’Governunt, of the following uained much 1m excess of any previvus ‘seston, aud more | routes, in case Congress stall take avy action un the than the aggregate packing of tle same seuson of Ciu- : (—Tho Mississippi River, einuatl, Loulaville, St. Lonis, wait Sliwaukee cot bined, During the last packing sdason soveral hous: af eared continuous water Ine of adequate capac~ were estsbiiatied here fur the purposo of curing | tty from the Mississippi ver tothe City of New York, Siesta eapecially Oted for the Euylst aud Seivb amare | Maho Northern lakes, kota, Our Jocal packers not seemlug to accuminadate | T'huru—A route, sdeyuale to the wants of commerce, cullar cuts aud curce {u demand 4 Htivor via the Obto and Kanawha Livers, aud theuce by caual god slack water, or by » Duriag tle curreut season theso ealatlislineuts wie | frelgat railwuy, a tide water in thestste of Varuuila, Fourth—A route from the Alssiasipp) River, via the at prices buw current, {6 11 : Oblo aud ‘Teanesios Rivers, and thence by a canal and The trade tu pork pr slack water, or by # frelght rallway, to the ocean, fouthern tates of this country ts rapidly inceussing, ( The Cominittes estimate ‘erragons, 24(@ 250; @ welnule, now, 13 Be, tt ania one Lard, mea $ Tya@tkoy 9 guy elites in Feuat ers, packare’ do j ret b a. ry LON 0 Spcerieetbugerlrit, Inferior, 6405 Com xc; feleto fully far, GkcsTtZ0; prime to Chet Bice Molascce fa fair domend; ' stock diminahy? fermenting, 450} prime fernieutlag, 46@ 132}, HS ee eto fee quiet 5 ir primo, (4 Winey Dull sod momitahy Looulins, OE Wastern, $1.09, ‘Cony-bicaL—Firmw, at 1,10, - ‘yr. Lows. Br Jour, web, 7,—FLaye—Quiet, 604 bs changed, rT Gnaim—Wheat firmer; No, 2 zed wintet,, Perey; 1th No, 3d, $104p,@103. “Oorn searce 104 Ey 168,660), 1,815], ‘Also the following, withous comparuonat Dr fd . parle Piisescbeicbhoes aan} choice to fahey WG, BsseA2i ot good ta prine | No. 3, 63yj@sse, Osta ‘Arraor ut 64 AST and, tn fact, the Hontp is now largely supplied wit THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ‘Le ous, and at the wate time retala the course of bus i! Kind of produce, ‘Recaiwed.| Shipped. So, pHs ‘chenii0n; Rgtlya be rowan i: dulland eee oeed, eran at §1.04@ 1,05 Provisions purchesed in this market, sugqeated by them as follows 3 fucsu iu It acctistomod channels, an wud of no sual Ses] Blugspure the pier Wutsax—Lower at 123,776 102,478 77,.983 preg Bald one of Trit0n’s lawyers, 'Trvton will he | wall out of tho court-room acloared man." Band ‘The pork-packing of the preuent season promises to ‘Tue Missieuipp) Iver, $19,000,000, The Fox ani be very nearly or quile equal to that cf last year, | Wisconsin River ituprovements, the Rock Island & though somewhat less to thisdate, More cattle were | Heonepiu Canal. sid Loprovemonty withiu the Htate of paged ibis tat i ie season of sid law eluce | Now York, (19,000,009, The improveiaent of the Oblo 306-0, but this brench of business is not pressed to | and Kanowha itivers, and a couucclion thence to the | sate slugs 8, 26260; Coste 9 Buganv—Patent cus loaf, 1 YQi13;0; crusbed and powdered, UG@NNo; granulated, 11@ilot A, Handard, 1WWe; do, Mo, 4, 1o@loio} Hi, Vs @100! axira 0, arradicos © No, 2, v4iGev(a} yallow, importance, ‘The plan auggeated, bh - utes tis atadloumene by tue Bale oe site he flab : is ‘aw Xurk, of the” Liye revenue” bith tolls on —— $1.08, : Tuoviainna—Pork quiet ct $18.60 for cash & al Moreh Wut meats ang bacon, webani! Jobling trade, Lard dull at $19.25. PHILADELPHIA. viva} Xe Tuntapenrurty Feb, 91— UTTER Sta ary som erto realized = fromthe Dusiuess of the Erte Causal, aut, in view of the past, greed exter’ re s be doabted if y onvol Bexcusn’s lawyerd, * Bezcuxs will watk (oe SN i yellow, 310 MOT CEL omaie. a OO BN neue ta theraceae aa oe ey eas Qagplof that tate will | out of tho court-roum acleared man." ‘Theanly |: pane dn tabiot tee “Urowins Hraiaeriet Car to | oe snl Bradford Oaunly axtraty £00, cay Gtocke at the close of the year are larger than a | $55.tix),00) to 510,000,000, A grand total of $120,000,000 | revoune feature of their canale (or rather those of the | Wey this can be receuctled ia by the supposition: Inolaases sugar, 8((390} comnou “ois do, Saeabe: do rolls, 2UAa2TC, * yer some difereuves of views between carge | to 9155,W-,000, Erin, forall athera are sources of toes ta them) the | that both lewyers vere speaking Ansncially,~- tora ta dulce, Tae, ‘Ongeee—Firm j Now York fanoy, 10KQIE ‘allege and loos) Gealass Lu regard t2 the inepection of |. 35 wis be confeased thab tbe suggestions of the | pepla aud auall polliclana of Bum Xork bare, qrar Worcester Prean 7 “ Seer sing | Westara, s1gs0h 2 1, O. ace ee eae iand aiipe, Gisgt.ae allver dsipe 7.