Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1877, Page 10

MONDAY. JANUARY i, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. botn reduced since J-nnnur!, pig{ly by consoll- | about $24.00 per ton, the present prico of No, 1 [ it does not include the capital invested In other clatmed by London dealers that the supply q ' - THE 'CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1876 REVIEWED. < 3 Ruron ports, focreased vompetition from minor DURING THE TAST YEAR, de&, Commerce, and Manufac- distributing Poru along the lako shore, aud the | A8 compared with 1873, thesales of generathard- 2 [y lnmber stock of 187 was thrown upon | Of these sfxty-savon eatablishments, only twen Chdearra exporters of beef rej able year, maintaining that thelr product has | the lumber region to Chicago freights have TIl12, TIE OLDEST, DEPARTMENT of manufacturing Industry of the city, oxcept Lak X et Inces, as New York and the Junber regfons, in | there of Ainerlvan meats has Leen much larirer veat" t. Anoth stacle which | ty-six wero | i? X dn,}lhzg s’f%’e’;‘vfinfl" é\'flz’o do s 10, ake Superior being $26.00 per ton Blkces,n New Yoricand the lumber gions, ""\l,:l'g?‘e":]pm;r:dhl;"l: the same, mud that coneid- C|.x‘u¥.':ninm.mreu el Mook (gl exlstenca previous to Taco, 000 fect Icss than in 1855, in vonsequence of the HARDWARE. e e e 1 LIl Inone iy o cantra, | teud with was the unjust discrimination agatust | OTIIER METALS THAN IRON. reduced production, smallor receipts from fake | - MANUFACTURES. Ty I e e, T ronts | this ety fn tho matter of rall frelghts. From 4 £ Chi for the convetslan ol agood deal of stock futa dels for | ware fetf off about 10 per cent, Thebad weather | The manufacsures of the yenr would show a | found n‘rw!.v mnrkx" ug{mfl- at prices afford- | never been so luw since tho season of 1850, Yet | packing, has Leen unprofitavlo Guring the st ures ol LCHR0 the English market. hte, | Interferci with trads in the first quartar of the | materfal falling off, but for the Incrosscd act- | In@ 8 (RIS MBS iy conremen from the Northern Misslssippt weat they lova | year, ‘The margin of profit reallzed by brass- Past Year. d;{:‘;,’;’fl;’;”:fifi“{‘:‘:m::“;(“,'nfi',,’,'e‘:?{{,‘;“pj, vear, but this Toss was mora than compensated | Ivity In the important Industey in which Cht- . 2 ruled atil Jower. Consequently, consdersble | founders and manufacturers fs, at best, come and packed bers in 1670 wera supplied from . . 5 ot thire ndvantages mope probably al: | fof by the busincss of the late spring and sum- | cago has long led the world,~the packing of e oar and Teses. " Tho nusmber | lumber from this district and also from the " s A from the Beventh Page.) most offset by the .1¢pr3|§:[nn In the value of | mer, Tho fall tradewas lightor thap usual, | pork and beef products. As it is, the valuoof | of natlve beeves annually packed Iu Chl- | Lake Micligan pinerics has been diveried from t5a. lContiane aventh Page) | T operty) miachinpry, vessele, etc., and ab [ the partinl fallure of tha crops, excitemont | our agaretato production s §201,867,000, which | cago 18 yearly deercasing. In fact, OWF | ite regular cliannel of transportation throngh ~Borthwest, ‘and as far as Tetns (n tho eouth many puints the coatol thelogs was enliaiuelby | over the Preadential election, and the Centen- s an Inerease of 4.8 percont on that of 1835 | b teguiar, RRRORIENE L 180G on with | Chleako, Tho ~quantity of =~ raw lum- ¢ Yt dlrgetlon, l““.(?h“mn fl.h‘}?::e;r: “lcll’n‘l”dl’yflc!llmwlfih}dichllln I the winter of | Dfalyalt eombining to diminish the volume of notwithetandiug n great shrinkage i the cost al | peiiornrafit nearer the baseof supply,—furtner | ber utilized by onr manufactures during ‘;nlaw]%u&%%gr :;F}fd?fs u‘ré"»‘r"f;v&'. than that of | 187576, “The cost of lnke transportation was | business fn the autumn. The year was only the raw materfal In most departments, and In | \West, In the canning bushuess our packers do | the last twelve months was 10 per cent greater New paratively emall; and they aro obliged to pursue a conservalive poliey, This was especially necessary Inst year. The large quantities of braas which were thrown upon the market soon after the great fire are now entirely exhausted, and manufacturers are working on now metal, robnbly not 3/000,000, which fs much loss | moderately profitable, The shrinkage (n vatucs | the price of the abor wiiich has effected that | not staughter on thelr uwn account, but are sup- | than that of the previous year, and mnearly | but the tendency to overproduction still exats, = I aw Sorkq.andyof tours, oxceeda that of avy | propey o orer KyC s saved many | waa leas than in 197 tho markel was atendior, | roquied converson o form. Wages base | pied by the leading wholcse, wirkets of, the | thren times an largo ns | e Ll ¢ Throughoat, the sear the leading establish. | shippers IeomECIOn, ) ppary | and dealers generally carrled smaller stocks, | fallen off a Hittlo more than 11 per cent, and the | (17 D St stert WEL BY BS SUAEURC | unusual competition — expericnced ~ depresscd | material Bas been somewhat lower, although ?fi:",‘,‘e‘.‘:fim‘%‘g‘,g:‘{‘.fgfim‘g .'5',?5,'{7.’,‘.0'.‘&'3 for the English matitct was a new departure for | thus averting much of the loss, Prices were5 | number of workers Is somewhat less than for guckm are enbled o purchase tho beefat a | the selling price fully 10 per cat, o that the | the clement of competition lasnot pluyed so 3 ihe Lake Michizan lumbermen, and proved to | @l0per cent Jower, the most severe decling the previous year. In this respect | heayydiscount on the regular market price, and | two extremes balanced each other. .’:I:h.r '.‘::;‘v';n %’.fflz%?f“m%‘fli“gi:&i?f‘é?rfié‘l be quue-h:}nlnum for some of The mannfacs heing fn metats. Hardwaro has ruled lower | the situation s a gloomy one, | at n:n "fi"‘."'."fi f“,c,'"f, u‘l;l srlw: & ?‘Ir::él‘lyntl"l THE PLANING-MILLS 4 erence o s mado at ny fnstant to dbso, | turcen, | The Torelgn contracks called forabout | thau sinco tho War: and tin plates lower than | cepeclally this = winter, o e thero are [ et A e htoring with (s of packing. | 18 tho northwestern section of the city stiil * hately thue time, and permite’ the tegulation of | F0 00 e and short Juality of 1073 ares, | atany timo In tue history of the trade. The | probably many mora hands In the city out | 'byring the lnst yaar thers hns been only one continuo to mongpolize the bulk of the country chronometers with a precislon that la possible | o e importers Wonhs ool though many of | decling in goods Is attributed to the hard times, [ Of employment thatiever before, It Is small | gem engaged In thie regular packing buslness, | trade, and the North Side mills i out tha only fu a few other citles in the world. The shipnicnis gave ‘satisfaction tn England, the | large production, and comnpetition with Esatern | consolation to know that the other principal | The averaze price of cattle hias been fully &) majorlty of Tocal orders. Tho city demand hns i i business was ot altogether pr,_,um,fi, to' the | and Western citles. The productlon Is largely | citfes of the Unfon have fared worse than Chi- | lower per 100 pounds thian the presiotis year g“?xn h“i %\Ll_nhgy!u:“fit in:w\sa( ove} :l’\e LEATHER AND TINDINGS, | Dncss s mot oogeor b ecmancn | Increased by tho exicnsivo employmont | cagain the almost utter prostration of many | The Northwestern lumber regfons and lake | faures o 195 Wanote the suspensian of Jue active & part In this branch ss elsewhero. Tho country trade has been moderately active, and, In consequence of the dec- velopment of Western trade, the aggregate of business has fallen but little be- low the fgures of 1875, and no material incresso has occurred. The prico of labor has fuled it lower than in 1875, Bome o e % | of machinery nstead of hand Iabor, and a com: Tasiers ave largely supplicd with beef packed | only shingle-factory fu operation during 1875, ( About per cent f the s T INT S MOKIE e | o e Wittern e, Sevefl Yestlt | b o soods tarm ot mow un | Lemdng Urance o ey ok et recorerd | . e et v ol talt | dnouticirers, uve, ety fonnl et | Bt ol e amplopes, "whI oo St ¢ " W wi om th e ti 1 n “ 3,4 ’, + conditton. The supply, though less oppressiva fl}}:}‘figauf{‘,',‘,,",‘;‘,h(‘,‘,‘;‘{,";}h','.{f“f"fln&'“{{,’;“:L’. e B ad tomandy pertection T ais yoare " | *Tho manutacturing fadustries of Chlcago are | againt 302,500 n 1573, and of the produict Dearer the bato “of supplyi tho cost ot Ul Tarcey b opked duly Skt Hours than at the beginuing of 1875, was largely in | (s o vho wholesalemarket were about equal THNRE PAILURES OCCURRED somany and sovaried that one can scarcely | including packages and salt, fully $,473,000. | O transportation directly west = from | % Si% . emelting at this point hins provén an of the demand, and up to the beginnin, } in the city, duc_vartly to losscs incurred in the The branch employed 200 paics of hande, the | miore northern pointa being less than through e e Bl 2.‘:&':";?.;1‘,,‘,'::.,3{?,":,‘,‘;,—‘;&{.:;;;‘.'; Sentemten, | I e ol Theso. non sasraea | Hove to cover tho whole ground fn & statfatieal | 4.0 5 \ynom weto about the snune as (n 1875, | this polnt, Figures recei®td from plcture-framo unprofitable businesa. It Is thought that the Sowsward. Prices reached s lower point than | of many mills having et up thelr stock of loga | businces, and tho other will probably do like- | o 1t Is bolleved, however, that the follow- | Tl following 1s & summary of the packing | manufacturers do not waterinily differ from metal can be smeited with less cost at tho 4 Ines. During the past yearvery little sinclt- t wise, Several small houses in the country | Ing suinmary is complete enough to give a gen- | business: those noted fn_our last review. 'Tho fact that | I had been known for twenty years, and the trada | SErher [Uae Heunl od Gt e etond abots | Were forced to the wall. Tho year tloted with | erally closs idea of the magaltude of our oper- - expenses have been met, and » small margin on | i1 lias Leou dono In Chicsgo, anil tho brospects was In a badly demornlized state. Tho extreme | 43" h of December, the trade in & healthier conition, The hard- | 4tiong and the relative mportance of the items 1875, | the cred|t sida of the ledger renlized, has acemed s Lusincsa aro low prices prevalent during the summer months Tlece atufl opened at $9.00, and sold doswn to | Ware Intereat of Chicago s firnly ostablished, o attracted tho attention of exporters, and with £r.00eTa0 |;..fi|°| unider contluious beary re. | 8 the bisincss ',';thé;‘om\,v-;: and ga"'??&ifii’ Intdgmnditonal ceipts, and througl ho efforts of & combination ba tho spriaeing Up of Aeaere domand from | o7 ivers tn migaummar. Lnto i August tha | hendwaro whd fouf metal houses, the sggregute | PORK AND DEEF PACKING. lino tha Insreassd eoniul anid decroaacy st source the market began to change | . "rogq 1o 3,00, which Induced lfberal re- tal of which Is about £3,000,000, and the Tit13 IMPORTANT IXDUSTAY Capll 800000 8% 400,000 | fmurket prlces wers wot proportional, Wille for tho better. The reaction was Very | Gaipts, and tho market agaln broke, rullng fre | ® es for 1876 about $10,000,000, . again exhibits & large increasc in the result of Valie of pi 4 , 325,000 $17,830.000 :}y':n'.‘ffx"":'r‘.lu“:flx‘n',?él'“r'x“cfnfln."r"'.“‘n"{xlf"’;r :?f- wlow at first, but ns the acason wore | regular afterwards, closing at mmf’rm Tl | A A e e A ireing | the year's work, and In too preponderanccof | Tho increaso in wages, compared with no | CEEE, U A0 it 'n,,mgfl!}’ S away the improvement became more pro | average price for 8 months was about $7.7U. o o 2 fitheloea belnd | Chicago as packlog point. Fifteen years ago | BURment In tne mumber of (winter) hands ! i T X principally in the fall, and small profits on the . rough materlal, has receded to botton - nouneed, and the course of the market during | Lourds and strips scld, aflact ab, SEUMGRL0 IO | acuson's Dasiness. Tilo four carriae haniwar | It was our Loast that we had at Just dlstanced {cplalueiliy ik fack of preater sctlvity Quribg | fizotee “and tho manufacturer fn many 2.2;3,% to sutisfy this clnss of artificers. The furniture rather dublous. The value of the D%mznlu .200 | trade has not proven quite as profitable as was . production will scarcely foot up $100, TYPE AND ELECTROTIPS FOUNDERS report o decrense in thelr aggregate annual suies of 10 per cent. Wo noted fu our last ros view that Chiengo manuofactured 10 per cent mora type than fa mado fn New York. If we suppose that Netr York founders have experl- enced no relmsirelslun In thelr line of busine: the quantity of type metal turned out In bof 17'-‘]l anticipated by the majority of dealers, In this 100000 870,000 lino tha Increased consumption and decreased it (ties last year wifl havo been equal. Both o the closing montha of the year has been all that | et @20 Iine il Cierings of good lumber | OF sadlery liousea ropresent a total eapital of | Cinclnnat! fn the race, by cutting up 970,204 e — cases hos lost money. Dealers wwevo also burs | S0 1OV FERE ) “the most oxacting could require, Tho dircet | gnerEradet, ol g oeal thtoughoos | 890,000, and. tho catimatcd saios were $800,000. | 1ioge in one season. Bineo then Chiengo has nok IRON AND STEEL dened last your wili 8 conelderabla amount of | 16Tal, R2C, Japer Tero Jorer and the seing featuro of | tho seazon, ‘Tho four cabinet hardware concerns have 8 capi- it B . paper. i poselble_to do a8 sxportation of leathor fs nota new featuro of tal of $500,000, with sales of $1,250,000. only lield her own as against Clncinnati, but hos 2B MANUPACTURING INON TRADE business on an_exclusively cash bosis, Several | 50D With tho igures of 1876, The following the market, the two previous years having witd TORA0CAL TARD DEALERS i Ly, o yearly increased hor advantago till now sbo has : 2 failures have oceurred Iu this branch, Ladder | 18 8 have probably como out a lttle ahead. They Al 4 was much less active than In 1875—here as well WERSARTE ~meased considerable shipments to Europe; but | uoge 1 o ralhier better market to buy on than | 8ome-houtes report a decreas and others an | Susolutely no comptitor, Vo arcnobable (o | gy glsowhere. Tho tron interests of tho whole andwoodenmire inaulfabures, have fallen off | iser metate, Koo Cupltal, Workers. Product. durlng the past six months s Tummbes allont cpanei Tower and | Increase In tho sales of nuila. ‘Tilo trade wos | abtain, at this date, tho statlstics of packing all | Tota'h Sl ring extreme depresslon as acou- | uiastaces have gimed sbout 5 er cont: Boma | Fiver e skt © o 30 * koo . TNR EXPORT MOVEMERT ruled steadier nfterwards; aud although tho ;‘.‘:L‘rel"rg vn"l'"““:&:‘:‘l“ ‘l‘“":"_’“‘l‘i‘{‘ g ":‘]“ ‘D‘I'l over tho West for tho calondar year 18763 VUL | goovones of the panle, which was ftself chlefly | 1,500 I CLatats Woe tuEriod otls 1sst sear, D8 and clectrotype has attatned large dimensions, and has assumed | yard stock ls tho heavlest wyor earried Lirourh Oiengo: bt acombination of manufacturers in | thero {8 little doubt that 0 wo bad | gy regyltof thovery speculation that mado f Which fs a slight ncrensc, "] waniiERt 8 @ MW a permanent character. Nesrly all of the | 5 " ooy e Toated " Butore the spring aquallcedithiristes for- thia Wiiferaut them at command our city would be found 10 | 4 bysiness abnormally active and unhealthily JUB TALIBINTL Non oo 8 prominent tanners of this city now havo n regu- | B0t it o oderate profit. - The trado of | Wstributing polnts, making them permancnt, | have nctually killed very ncatly half of the en- | gyrong for twoor threa years proglous, Tho fi’m’“"r :sa;$u ;.;mvv‘mlu cgm‘“"‘lwml the 5,00 i far and lexitimate trade with Europe, whilo the | the yards has been smaller than in | B afterwards Chicago revovered much of Lh | tire number of hogs that ylelded at the pout of [ e 0na furnaces which wera called Inta exlst- e O e s fiok tioe il aesential ‘;’ Pl'.mél"; w0 W - | the previous year; pactly on account of the bad | Jost trade, A good inany of tho orders are flll- | 4, f ho twelva Wi States, W A a6 nrestign 18 Ok LU OvcaNey SiL-DIginglik Of o entiro product of zomo of the Western tan- | th prevlous years pactly on account of tho bad | (Fgirect from the factories, stnca tho eomplc. | L0 knifo 1n the tweive Wostern Males, e | ence to supply that speculative demand for rafl- | gxcollenco and _ durability of o plano. o oerles goes abrond, nnd at as satisfac- :'lf:cr);rl"un:i‘ nfi;"ficc“":m T hhtmured | tion of tha cross railronds in tha interfor, sothat | BOW Kill ono hog for overy 16 persons In tho | roiay are now fdle, their product mot being | They — arc graduslly " becoming © con- o 57 fory prices as could bo obtelnod st home. | compciiiion from the Missiselppt River fumber- | {ho tonnage shipoed frum Chicagto s probably | population of tho United Statos ailt Tarrlioflon | wanted. Itnow scems probublo to tho trade Sl Olef dne o, mallees or- tons o oy H nquiry for American : 3 . Tl : _aow ey T erentuany thia brane of | mens who had o largor-stockc than herctofore, | iataben o PEETONS seadgnn, Liigen Bhetiod b The buslineas has grown so much that the Placo | 41,0y ¢yfs depression will continuc for somogears, | and do, turn out Mstruments which aro ot ex: snd drew o good deal of the Western trade where the packing s done forms no small 4,000 a1 S T 01§24 2,974, ' usiness may beeone one of the preatest in tho il i e o4 larre orders, and the combination rato of the | 4 5 and that a decade honce the requirements of the | cclled Ly any manufactured inthe About 8,000 1,338 $3,512, 500 conntry. | Our tanters have an ‘shundnace of | {fom Chlcago being favored it lower frelchts, | 0o (PCER (ol an 83 por ke, ety ot fsclf; and the Uusloess s altracted | otry will bo ecarcely up to the prescut pro- | 75 blanos have beon inanufuctutod, neniost 001 | o azpregata amount of waged pald o $350~ 7B+ Darkal hand,and arosaid to possess some ac- | oo PoorPone S and Cthat, with the striie MBRCHANDISE INON. 80 tnuch capital that the majority of our pack- | gy eapacity. In 1875, The m;&fi of Inbor fu this dunnrtmcn‘tr, om‘ n?ulnn 970,000 In 1870, 81,035,030 in 157), S f] '+ cretsin thelr frade not zenerally kuown abroad, [ 142 beet Fery Tlast, GRE MHAL, 0 Eh e | . In fron and heayy hardware the volume of | ers aro obliged to work at only about onc-half | gy auyfuring centro for fron and atcol aa In wiost otbers, shows o swall falling off. | and £1,301,000 in'1873. Of these esfablishments, . Mhich enablo them to make first qualityleather § ot o the syatem of drummiug up couu. | business was fully a3 large os in tho previous | of thelr full capacity,—the hozs not comiog in | g, g o ) | ‘The following 1s 5 onlly sfx wore In existence previous to 1600, 1¢ n less timeo nud at less cost than 1t can Do pro- | ¢o'trade, have kopt prices so low as 10 nllow | year. Prices declined about 10 por cent, YCt | fast enough to meet the demaud. Chlcago holds a leading position, Philadeiphit, |, e ricood o 8 at, Workers, protuce. | FUI b obscrved that the projortion of capltal i3 - GucedIn. forelgn countrics. Sinco the opening | /T Do SISy Trall pront for haudling o | the seaton was moderatcly profituble to fob- o TikE FOEE s New York, and other Eastern citfes, havo until | fianisy mil 43'55,000,000 3,700 810,500,000 | t0 annual production fa thls department 18 ex- ¢ pfthe fall trade prices of most kinds of Ieather | yyge'quautity of lumuer. In tho early spring | Ders, who, generally avolded careying heavy ceptionally large. have ndvanced fully 25 per eent, and the begin- market. Tlio salus aro | are now engaged In the work of packing pork R Furnlt very recently Jooked upon fron as a legitimate ( Furnitur 90° 2,800,000 2,650 4,800,000 Jarge abipments wera msio to tho Est, thelow | 8tocks oo the ded Fastern product. The tables ara now complete- g{-n xfi; tll':x‘fl nfr‘«'ng::«:u:‘ "3;,“}5'3,,,:" "'fi'fib'c",,': lnghu ‘making it possible to compete with tho c;‘%l'%l “o $4. ->01 , on a capital of about | products. About one-fourth of the number 1y turned. The West has demonstrated u.p..m". 10 500,000 457 1,000,000 BRICK AND STONE. healthy and proserons condition. , Jobbers | gy furnund Cariadian productin Boston andoth. | $L500,00. Ons fallure oceutred, 'Tho lron | Luy dressed hogs, or have thelr hoga killed fur | ¢y ¢, undersell tho East fn oll bronchos of tho | Jfacturcnci.coiis: 3 H000 135 135,000 EXCERRJNOLY UNPROFITAOLE, G ek 5 pe tnge ot Toather, but this was | «j\rfllt)!u.‘u rfig]lf::{‘ul'lll‘mlgcvl?Ibcltgln':“g'gglfll‘yig"'%. ;l‘:l'l‘;"’,rh‘;' m:figfif:";‘:"‘; ‘L';'gt:vf,:u:;"'gzk‘e"',? them on_cominisston, or buy green meats for | 1 Peiuiee ™ Although the trade for tho past | PRasket afil iy | 3 tooco | 18the general verdict returned by tho jury o . made euod by an inercaacd buniness fn fudings. | At o YOG MGENTREEICUE S il | nd common tron sold bera at a lower pricg | curing. ‘The other threc-fourtlis have large es- | conr hag nyt heen conducted on an active gcale, | Packing-box cxperts who havo patlently canvassed tho re- The capltal remaliis_about the samo as fn 1830, | PVFAERGE 00 o Ao Ry ey at 8,{’,“,@ than since the War. Early fn March the manu- | tablislinents n which the proceses of KIHng, | 40 qocveasc fn the aggregato valuo of the ane | coma maifaciisrs, 1 o A turns of thiclr own buslucss i tho manulacturs . 13,00, declining in April to 810,600912.00, and fn | facturers formed & combiaation, aud agreed to | cutting, and curing are carrled un slwultancous- | g product haa been less than w ted | T00D-paR ? MM | of brick 1n 1870, The opllon fs prevafling that COAL. te summer o $0.0KLI050, closi; ot 80.00q | Adboro to certan rates, thus :?-d Ing tharulnous | 1y, and with a rapldlly that can scarcely be con- e anibailtar T Atssonss far 16 1 2 8000 | bk making hos censed to be a legitima.s busl QF ANTHRACITE COAL }|1|;!D(l’ilc gl:! l;:flg[fi ::flt‘?:.rl!:‘l’rll:)nwkgugfll%gg%- Tade thelr contracts, ‘{“‘ ‘altor fimm”“( sbowt, | ceived withon belng witucssed, The capacity | eutira year fs reported at 8 pee cent. O tho @ &1 180,000 | yess in this city, aud not a few manufacturcrs the recelpts by lake'wero less than !or 1875, but O e 1 the atock of Tamber at the u'uy yn{nxi two dull months the Assoctaton, finding its | of the houses rauges from 10,000 hogs THN DEASEMER BTERI-WONKA 4 200 200, talk of withdrawling thelr capital from the trade, the quantity actunlly handled by Chifengo deal- | (0o i 804,455 fect, azalnst 432,578,439 feet un | eorts fruitices, abandoned tho attumpt, and | dafly ond downwards. Several additions | in the United States, tiwo aro located in Chicago, : o and favesting it In moro profitable operatlons. ers was larger, maoy hundred tous havieg been | Jau. 1, 1830, * s the warket subsequontly declined to a lowor | were made during the past year to previously | ani of the 201,000 tous Bessemer steel vulls | Ghir B 8 i A fow, who worked under great dlscourugement. Srinipalone by dlrect 1o th ' OB figure thausinco1873, Bevoral faflures oceurred 7 munufucturcd in the country last year, 85,000 | Pano inanufac 3 T ¥ L) Y5 hifpped from the mives by rail direct thelr THE PRODUCTION OF LATH among manufacturers. ‘The deprectation i the cxlsfln% cstabllshments, and one new finn has tons, or nearly oue-thin of the entife quantlty, | Organ manutacture 1n Boroon | 1n 1875, have already taken this course. Tho customers n Towa, Wiscansin, Minneeots, and | was much waller than in 1555, Prices opened | THUOE PSRl s, St RRRCoTIv S0 | entered the busivss, maklng the total wworklng | wory made fn”this clty, The decrenso fn the | fump manutacturesss 3 35 136,009 | eyll of overproductlon cannot be advanced as at $1.50 afluat, and dropped down to ¥1.13 Y ¥ capacity 51,850 nogs per duy. 'Thir, Lowever, I3 Clgursbox Jib the Interlor of this State. ‘This mode of sup- | 5 B1E0, S0th SRS CrORECy, FORE, 10 Plond | enormous. - Many of tho mills are closed, amd e motuc 2 000 New by 'the chasturup | Yalite of the lron manufacture of 1870 is much P ¢ som | having been influential in causing the weakness v plylng thelr country trade they hiave never pre- | ¢uo'wasta of tie lugs, tnstead of belng cut into | Vthers aro now runnio single in pluce of double g( ‘th hoitse of yCulbertaon, Dlale & Co., that | HOF purccpl‘lblu‘lfin l]lo‘l‘l‘\hw;‘lirn.ltluht‘l‘ mn!“»'{‘ Ghonenids o 30 @7 16500 | of tho past year's warket. Tho ten- viously adopted becaus of the igh rallfrelghts. | luthy was used a8 fuel, The average: prico of | Hifiey some of them only ot orders: 80 Mt it Is | e avcing dissalved partership, This leavea | Mo vabuo wf xoluins pIaCLls, IS, | corce ] 60 00000 | dency las been to manufacture only Uptothe collapse of the Eastern anthracite | lath ailont wus §1.231 The stock at the yards thought that the present production doea not a capacity of nearly iy e 5 . | greatly exceed the dommd, The eapacity for hut the seale of prices hna Leen 8o rulnously Totaln,.e.... for immediate demand, there mnot manovoly, which occurred In August, the busl- %gf&.}, \;:{Ji"fll:}%d,;)sogo .mcm, against 47,038~ | BEOLY o irior ts 80 larwe, Noweyer, & ol S :‘:J.fi‘i:;l-",:?.i,’:c"‘iflin"u‘&}’fi:;m. em- | 1ow that sules on fofr profits liuvo been out of | Totals fur 1675, ..o 000 belng more thau 20,000,000 brick on the market ness was dull and unsatisfactory. Tha high e trade i shingles was emaller than tn | market that would yleld o profit would oyed during the fonr winter meuths—Noven- | 8¢ quustion. ‘The cost of lnbor (s ahout b per l"‘hu negregate mlmmlv« zes pald (884,013,630, | g thio proscut date. Tho trouble reats Iu the prices to the consumer, resulting from the ex- | 1675, the receipta falilng short 43,000,000, and llld :lluunl u:lninfli un,“lIm{ wun‘uvupr:um;fi; 1, December, January, and February, If enough :.'wul'xuuflv:':&rstmalluclg‘.&o lu%l’l:«ll‘lng‘:h&;';llelffflt :mfifi&:.{uflim n 1875, $6,677,880 In 1874, and | 40hniey of the Lulldor to pay cash for bis pur- erl- b o 4 X T ¥ “ and dealers antlcipate ¢ fmprovement in the o : 7 ) ), 00y 3 o ene iy " seqnstunprion: ol Lan i J other vatlons for the forelyn trade. This will 2 1OROL] prie S fng-miils. - About 80,000 tons of steet ralls were | TRON AND WOOD COMBINED, | of more buildings was nearly s great in 1870 s toal, snd during tho first half of | the business. The recelpts wero largest fromn Iy be posaibls wwhon the prics of skilled lnb they employ about 4,50 men, fuchiding clerks | g, 0000 ont in 1876, agatnst 75,000 In 1875, The * | in 1873, but the scarcity of tnoncy amony real- v Michlgan. At some of the Green Hay ports the | 9By e possible when the prico of skifled \aB0r | op foremen, but ot all on 1ull time, ‘The ag- i ) Ll IT 13 GRATICYING A i ¢ 5 the year the trade languished, Tho clure fa U fl I 1,‘ f pine | au bo reduced. All efforta In that dircctlon 4 Kly v I elzhborkood | demand for stecl ot It years Las been a grow: estato holders forved tho price of Lricks down " opening prices woro $0.5010.00 for Lacka- | he e e e e imaistod, Db ralirouds | Lu¥e thus far been unsnccossfal, areguted wookly wages s 1 the nolebburliood | fug oe. Tie substitutlul of stocl rails for Iron | o be ablo to repart.a Jargo Inercuso fo this de- | to bottom figures, and during o portion of the aving been nearly exbuusted, ‘e’ rallrouds | B8 CH ORI P ITIENG (antes at the | OF 8XD00 fur the above four months, Tho wages | ¢yeq fy aach year belug accomplished at a rate | partment, whito £o mauy have fullen back, The | scason cven obliged the manufacturer to scll mu;m:;m ::l f;;o\l‘:"e \:xlllfiriltle:rm;zm: ?1?;" ifiifi,f.': s fnntions '-lni;'&ur:(c"i{:. " mor avg | close of 1870 and 1675 wero ss folluwa: :2‘.‘;‘.‘&’3:""."::‘5‘}5&1.”3.’.i?&fl"?.‘.‘e‘.?h‘ii‘u’!x‘:,‘é';f,‘:.f; that will lnaitra tho rémoval, In the very near | valus of the product was 18% per cont greater | utider cost. 1n the falut hopa that better times " otgdper B O e ere wan s further rodue, | als6 vperatedd {o divert the Western tradd from | 1870, 1875 | Cont Icas than then, whilo thiero bas been little future, of the lnat fron track from ull ouf | than o 187, Tho Contennlal yeor hos beou o wera nearal lind, imtkers cuntitie ,J,{‘,",,’.‘.‘,',‘,E e conter tie, malce. receding to 87,00 | i vity. ‘Tho winter trudo fn track suiniles | THCPIACS - o redction In thy prive of low-grado Inbor, With- | Princinal, xativoade. e GGEc poy-ie . o | rerular harvest season for the manufacturcrs of | fhat things were s gloomy 08 ever.” Burdened T e e oo sincs 16tg | s oty izut, The fiee ordinanco cutolf | fiifron: ¢ a7 (i the pasttweor thive yeurs the work Lus | 69,700,000 In 1875, Ol SHU0000% ncainet | gcultural finplements, tie farming world | with receponsiple febtors, fmpalred capital, aud Dorlng the satume months tho market ad- | gt declinid aitor tho opentue of tnvigation to | oy’ SO0 D00 | B e ety e busimoes .o | £0al afe dally consumned 1" tho process of rall | nving found t nccessarg to renew onalargo | the prospeck uf s fooreasl 1y the Quintt g8 buildin to be_ accomplished ~in 1877, re. A small quantity of | g . .y seale the stock which had become worn out dur- | IS 4 Ceo Wireary oue. | A continuation ¢ e Sy e on 0 | “rpy”snerezate. sales of shelf, cabinet, car- | BUI ini and pig-iron manaf vanced to $7.50€3.0, aud those ure the quota- | RLUKZLED g ers siely ot Phle SRS | sinze, and eayy hardware, lrow, 'metale, "nalls, | Tesg ey D e oty | Vessauicr rails wero seut nto Canadi, bt thio 1 3 ing two or three ycars of hard times, The de- " v tions st the close of the year, The last three ¥ , b cutlery, aud ‘stoves, which latter were not exportation duty prevents any development of of the present state of ultairs will fnevitably re- e stock tu 4ho city yards on Dee, 1'was 16 counted in lust year's report, bably exceed | Of 1870, or an _uveraze of mioro than 6,000 for | voia 0 this diraetion. . mand for new and hinproved farming tools bas [ pult tn’ tho bankrupley of all but two or three of - :‘r::;l;o :f. fl:::x l{::.r’,w:’l.'n’ngx-&l“ m:r:‘;:h:‘ Tl’n‘: ‘&w shingles, sgaiust 83,200,760 on Jan, ; 350,“.'5‘0,0‘»." year's report, probably excee Ig’,r’:.;.n::gkmg duy, giving ¢mployment to 1,150 A - ox mli.vnn}:s o llm:, unusually l;n:wi[m dznrlmqucncc; Muu: :,";I,“rfi; m,.‘l‘::]r;h‘:,;: xil‘,m "1‘5’{;’?”03’" 5}‘:}: moment is in a bealthier condition than ot any THE JMMEDIATE PROSVECT . “Tho Indicatlons nmow are that ere long the | ave decreased fo tho valug of annual prod ucts | focturers aro not Inclined, however, to rega 9. un L u oilks previous period shice the panie, In for tho trade ennnot be, said to be encouraglng. BUILDING MATERIALS. work of hog packing will be uistributed nearly | 8 per cent. The amount of repalslig work | (his demand as spasnodic. They look for even totat MANUPACTURE OF BRICK Jast vear s estlmated at 150,000,000,—a decrease of 50,000,000 from the product of 1873, The usual nuinber of bricks have been farnishied the city by the Bridewell fmmatea. The averags market price wus fully 75 centa lower than la o hich bos passed through the huuds of fron- DITUMINOUS COALS Ilie senson closes with a much smaller stock THE TRADE IN BUILDING MATERIALS cqually aver the entire year, except, porhaps, o b S =t more extonded draughts upon thelr resources thio busluces Jua assited Iarger proportions | Chan Weut At mANGMitariv polais, but thy | was smalier than In tho previous year, aud ua- | fow Wieks of tho hotisst veather.” Ji coma | feicrats tuont ths sane te, It B JA0 { s tho countey fe brought miore”aud more ua- than ever before, bug thie year wus not as profit- | supply at thu distributing ceotres Is large, and | rumunerative. Tho productfon” of comnion | sbuut 5o pur e more to kil In summer thun | o ‘“onsidorably. - Car-wheel works oxbibit o | der subjection to tho hand of man, and Increas- sUle as sumo that huve preceded it, owing | the coming ceop of lugs, If the wiuter contfuca [ [N 8 BERERCOR O TORVIRS | In wintor, all other things boing equaly as It re- | Wi e tie Y owlug tu | the general | fng competition renders It necessary to sow and to the prevalence of extromely low prices. | favorable, promises to beoneof thegreatestever e < quircs 200 Ibs of fco to each to Keep tho temper- | Loy of' the - Western raflroads £ comp! rang cessary to sow ant Erle conl'sold duwn as fow 13 §5 per ton, de- | sccured. *The Inmberinen, besides belng hooe- from last scason, and coupetition between | uture sullicfeutly fow whilo curing. Dub thisis | fROWPeERy G o H1 o GG REY | 0 TORCEE ] gather the products of the farm as cheaply as t‘:}'"f""""'”{'-'}" ]u per ton Il:l.ll'fln\!l' than | ful, claiin that 1t 18 necessury to produce largoly sellers bore prices down to o figure which left { fally made up i the preference now glven for | 1uzg waa almost exclusively Western, as the possible. Bome of our manufacturers are ro- le'. ow“ ll";_ ”"‘-Lflu?{nfs’m':f’ t'tn her bvnudn”o( in urder to Lcn.;nl 'llhu' "lll"“ and wachivery fi | 1ittlo 1 any profit to the manufocturcr, ‘Tho | frosh curedl aneut over thut which has been salt- | jirgads Jeading to the Gast, although they | ported to bo already canvasslog the propricty of B tho pear L0, heo ekl doms Sueaitity as el 'z‘mll‘nfiu";fi’,m&lf.l, rabilly | Jow pricos attracted outslde orders, aud Jarge | Sl tnny uontlis, to say nothing of tha cost 08 | hyo carrled an unusually large’ number'of pas- | establishing brancl factorles furthier West, that 1o 87, tho loweat potut previousty reached since | imber Gistrices, deprived of clalaymont waul | Guantitics of brick wera shipped for tho firat | Gyl 1% ysed to | bo objected tuat | genkers aud wgraat deal of relsht, havo Tutt | tho buse of supplics may bo nearer to tha sceno 183 wan 89, Ty the winter Of 1565 Erlo coai | bo lorecd Lo lcava tho' country. Chers 1 liitle | time to Peorla and other fnland towns and to | summerui meats shrank too much wiiou | Loey on secoutls of Sruced Faten WOEE 440 | of demand, The reported growth in the aprl- % :;Jll‘;l‘l'nz.ll:{'seznz‘rsul at $17. The price of authra- l‘mpe rognrch:u::;e urln.ll thu A;nlolnnu:lu [y ncu%: Michigan, Tue declive in summer caused tho nm:}ccll:fl :-‘) the ".'1’011“"” v{ouen, butlevfin llmi she continued dullness of the hotel business. cultural department of monufacturo )8 nearly 9 i e, or manufacturing {3 malerlally reduced, aud | manufacturers to run thelr yards not over half | objection fs now dying out, as people do no 1875, ‘I'he aggregate annual product of STONE-CUTTENS shows a falllng off of fully 10 per cent. As stated in our building statlsties” in another place, the bulldiogs erected hero last year wero of o less costly clase, In all cises where It was prasticoblo brlck was used fustead T ¢ q t in thocapital employed, and 12 per cent | of stune. Our city contractors still con- TIE NECEIPTS UF COAL the plne forests bezin to show slzns of exliaus- | g % g £ Care. for Dacon Whin ey cah. obtain freah | 10 following ftomized statement wil prova | per et Id ik . . Shie for tho pust thrce years buvo bech as followe: | Lon ot least: oot 10, tare mccesaitle rincams, | thelr capaity, sud s tho full tho etock proved | & (Glos Ui Tha vear rount and so. conaume | OF luterest tothoteade: | la_aggregato aunual sales, ‘Tho total num- | e to discrimiuate ngalust Chleago o tho ; 2u70, | 1414 estiumated that tho supply of stnding ping | t0 bo much less than ugal, and prices gradually | yudy Jess of amoked meat than they used to it 103 i ber of reapera tumed out of tho workshops | Tl (B N ande pf convict, stone i Tons, | it the Northwest is sufllcient. to last twelve to | advanced, and dealers hope to make a smail | do, Whole number of completed blast-far- o | guring the past senson {s estimated at 25,000, LGz 07,757 | Lventy.ilvo years; but I 18 annually decreasing, | profiv o the stock carrled over, Ol brick suld THE BNOLISH MARKET Auyal' capacity of ail tho furnaces, in belng an {ncresso of 25 per cent over the total A eveesees | and pine lutds are steadily becombug more vali eurly at $7.00 per m, deelined soon to 86.25, and | I8 more than over the objective point of thie neLtonk. e .o, wanufacture of any previous scason. PLOW MANUFACTURERS ableyund nre now considered & [ret-class - | summer prices for new brick were $123@1.50, | Chicago packers, In former yesrs tha South | Wholo nuniber of roiling-u report an Incrense of fully 53¢ per cent n tho entters at Jolict, Chicago cutters baye {n this way lost the contract of cuttlug for the nuew Court-llonse at Rockford. The stone for the great Tabernacls was also cut at Jollet, aud It s pretty well understood that Chleago laborera wili be *lett " on the new Court-Ifouss work, {u the rough-stone Jine prices have beon a shade ower, s S R oy TIHE WAQGES BCALD shows a slight decrease as compared with the figures of 1875, As will Le scen in the append- o, UB 5000 1000 ovs | Yestment by some of the strongest firms fu the | clusing at $0.25356.50, has purchnsed Jargely of our mivats, and opera- | 380,000 000n Freizhts ruled '.':;‘:l :lu}&ufir :,u,m;, O | rude, . 5 LIME WAS LOWER, lur-I in Cinclnnutl und Loulsvillo ‘bought our | Whole nnm:o:xr ol!dl‘nuv puddiing-fa Butfals uutil lato fn {l fall }“ ot "”5" TIE PRODUCTION AND STOCK and the sales were less than in 1875, The busl- | pork and fard, belng Interested {n keeping up ;’;:” ‘llf‘x‘: oy urnaco counting 4474 quantity of raw materlal consumed; 66,000 Vanced 16 e, snd u‘r“m" s l‘“" “}fyl - | of logs and Tumber left over for theseasons giv- | nes was not very profitable, but it {4 now con- [ quotations hero sv that they could ~obtain | o}y n';‘f.-.lfl;’“ h plows, as nearly 88 can bo estimated, having Srted Suet, € f}'or ";‘," o o Cpartart wre ey | eu, us shown by the reporta of the Northwetern | contrated th few hauds, nad the outlook fsmore | guod prices for their own products at home. | §iaBRed fron: Rt 1oms, oes '4,180,700 | Lcen manufactured, against 50,000 1n 1875, and B s vt O mpvigatton ot | Luberman, to date, were a3 foflows: cncouraging. One finh vetired ewrly, lewving [ But they have lost heavily, and the | Aunuatcapacity of ail the railmtiis in 25,000 tn 1674, With 1.4l Toad ui i aming ho fack that kg ber Lumier 2eny Len | sixtu tnotrade, The yeor alter s liro there | Southwest s now ralaing hogs cnutigh to supply | *heavy ralls, net (ons, vres «35v1, 040,000, | SRV B, hrespect to leas com- were fifteen or twenty rma. Lime sold at 60@ | a great purt of her own necessitics, o that the Z\'!;:l_!:lerulll wemer stoci works, Jan. 1, plicated farm finplements, the demand has e frelghits have ruled unusually low, taking Into sceonnt the extrs expensy of handling, coal Tudde, e 7: sier. A 473, In7. o5 s . : cd statistics, the aggregate of wages pald In 1 & could be lud down hero about as cheaply by 70 oiidio ainss o | U5¢perbridu bulk packers dn the Oblo aro mow turain; theleaitul- | 1471 proved fully equal to thet experienced in the | §x70 (s less than 1 oty of the three preceding L. # Tatl aa by lake, whils the Interior irads can be Fe 1L DU L) THN G0 35800 There was little change in cements, The | tiun to the European markets to compele w I Annusl capas i Tending braneh of the department, The expor- | years, Blate-roofers have not dune a profitable T ¢ e et ar 6 Joss con. Tt Duttale Wwaalq ;j O sy 380 | volume of trado was lighter fn tho city, and tho | us. The great bulk of our meats produced | Jumberof fessemer conye tation of farmlng Inploments 1s yearly hevom. | business. . Ty report,a decroase n aunual i s fho trade of the Lo Michizas porte 5,100 «s.aso | country ubout kept up to the wverugo of the | during the past year bas gone to Eugland, mucly | Ny <f_tpenh s T 1 o 7 | product of 10 pér cent. Tho sggregate unnuul i ah t reduce tho expensa of handig, and Mana £:42 | Droviais season. Prices wers lower. ranging | of tho lazd Loing taken by the Contliont af | \atbftGreiiedris furiace 33 [ inz o wore important factar in the general | Boiyeion fn the entira departicut cxhilits u 1 e '"rd' o g fld Stete i of e AN AW 234U | from $1.5X32.00 for domestlc cements, the | Europe. Our meats haveaviraped less than 6, | 005 | trade, and tho Garden City has thus far [ BOS oL O e ik Tollowlog 13 o i ;n& lo:p m:n"égrg“w:fllhtx:" lo rcrficm:l‘g. 17,50 3.3%0 | gvarago price belng $1.50401.75. {"’ pound laid down In the *shop® of the monopolized the bulk of this business. Nearly MMARY L & dulu.l uP nhuw“m i ):.I\ l:l i :!mm l;,l'“"f a3 om0 338,370 | 'Thio total sales of the nrticles Included under | English retailer, and the price ia low enough Lo 80 [ 8,500 heavy farm-wagons nud trucks have Capttat, Workers Product. H At all Liold the trade ot the 20T 89,30 116,773 | this head approxkmate $1,250,000, call out an enorinoualy increased consumption, been bullt, agulust 3,000 fn 1875, and 2 .00 81001 $1,080 08 Lake Blchigan ports, no matter b el 8} PP fatd . ) : : lu: 3' ndu‘“u thl?::x"i.“f. ;xlm ter u}v‘ n?ur.!slw ——- Sty The dewnunds of English consumers for meat 108,250 | yn 1874, Currlage-bullders report & decrease of "‘1‘1"'&":; .e‘g:u um% L vars 34N, Niva opunidl bor ares o the| OLLS, PAINTS, AND GLASS. WINES AND LIQUORS. v recently ctested quite a rovalutlon | Of wiieh ! 43,000 | aUouL Bper cout fn aunual saics. Tliey have peniro] o 7 {:fiml can’ glie hope 1o retuln the Western | have little reason to coroplaln of the course of | of 1870, fu wines and liquors, hus not been 88 act- | English nocount,—chiofly Jard and meats,—and ooms direct frum the ore, Jam 1, g0 | foreed to muks considerable concysslous In tho 3 ) | 2 ln;dn 21:::-11.' the xnl-l-! year, /‘\llllhuuuh fihu ivaor profitableas In 1875 In sympathy with vunlnl:wrdlzoui‘ud:.lu mlxeld Inulnu‘n, pu=‘- Wy of lon “:r“ ifld}" The trade ‘.,ml,.‘,l,],., e e P 1 valuy of the goods sold was somethiug less thon g some to direct onler, aud some for sale 68,450 | finer branch of the dupartuient, fs cssentially 4 : Y LUMBER. Tor 1035, the sroantity Qistributed cohibited a tin dlatiliing bestncesy {he madicton Sl o | pide. While this “new feature™ miay seem to | Nimber A | B tranolian, tho (OuntEy demand Lo un s | TOgIelor BiSeeiriin daudueo Gt oizun -l TR RECEIPTS AND BIIFMENTS Wying: increase, und, while th e slightly, Tue dewnand has aluo been lighter than |} vu' redured our trading on the Clicago mar- | making bloona for plg-iro S sorbies 40 [ fmportant tem {n the ceilerul aggrécute, This u bgerecate sunual waices pald fs 83,515, " B of lumber, ete., at Chicsgo forthepast und next | STOUIYINK fncrease, und, while the profita wero | wag expected by many dealers. Beveral jobbera | kt, it bas enormiously fucreased the fmportance | Annual capacity ta Ligois, net tony, 00,500 | T e e, CMAGE catse o anation 1t gulnst $3,013.453 In 133, $4,003,78 fu 076, ayi 1874, oud 3,718,008 I 1873, Of these 83 eatab- Y small, the results of the year's business have ceding of this city attribute the shrinksge to the fact | of this vity as o manifacturing polut, uud tenda The following Is n summary slowing the | the carrlage business, i . L - . iy | orecedlug year, R B e b e b mareruat's | ot been altogether unsatisfactory. No fafl- | tuat e e et o shoten dia | 50 itk oura o matket for the sale of the prod. | mumber of establishments dovated 1o ron | ™** “GUFxb binos masveactonens Yahieata, valy 20 e I3 exlsteics pretious to : AnGEe CXCEDt thu AIpMLnts of 30vD, w ures fve taken place, and the trade at the | thne of credit on all salis, sud conduet thelp | Uct packed In thecouutry, The wmore south. | works In lis differont departuients, the pum- | Yiavo thrived remarkably well durlni tho year i al mdudumnnl--hipmznh‘, l\yereum‘l‘rf" Dresent. time fs fn 8 sounder coudition than st | Lusiness, as far as pulsiblc. g sl gn lmltxbl cunnot {mw lwnl[u:lu \th (,‘hlqu;ui ber oflu-ort‘;lcuueug;uunllé;yd the value of the cnns!dc{llm: tlul:_l pn.-vnlllsug u;umma ol BUILDING 7 S e LU < - ur {co cure {8 cheaper, ccause of | aunual production for B i ctitfon, 'The " n C! car- & : "? U Lamberm (i i e By | auy previous perlod for a number of yeurs, | uasts, Jobbers lave been obliged to pay | lower temperature, and '00F winter meats are B e uilhers ‘hus bech awguented. by tho Tes TN APPENDED TABULAN BTATEMENT SR omben ot LD BN AR %443 | Beyond the nddition of the profits uccrulng | cash for the greater purt of thelr year' | free from the rust whicl too often ailects mieata Worke D e I v | eonkatin tho statietica 62 bullding 1o sone aad The recelpts from the principal lake ports | from the Lusiness, there hos been no fucrease | gtocls, and In consequence have bought closely, | stored i the South, There s & good urmpm \[ron manufuctures, No. Caplial, ers. Product. | o g rollfnir-stock company, 0perullm:unncuy- brlck in Chicazo durlne 1870, together with . were us follows: of capital, Prices of olls, with one or two ox- | and have in theie turn found llmmu.'fi’uu obliged | fornmuch greater {ncreuso In our packiug the | turnaces, . 4 97.000,00 15,410%13.000.000 | tal of §5,000,000, and which contemplates the i for prevl cears; &} N e + i ‘ 8 5 itls Tespect coming year, sa an abundant corn crop will offer | Pouudsle L2 YTEER 147 Y5 8000 | cmplovinent of 500 workmen, The trausfer wug | Comparléous for previous years; also an exhibi sou suprLY. ceptions, have ruled lower thau during the pre- | to sdopt striugent regulations with respect. to ] ! Fetiar e fo Minnm Mhd “atuan ¥ 3 T T d ACES OF SUPPLY, P N hatandiier the stight | foducenients to fatten late, and the growlog | & n ey 200 made “last Juoe. The new company fntend | of the grand aggregation of buildiug accom Zumber, Shin | vious scason. Tho most marked Instunces wero | e, FAFECOLL auremate bustuess transactad, | preforence tor sumuer-cured weats will 1empt | LAE et 4 Bome wa ol | ORI forca from. ths opeult of this | plished dunug tho lust three yeara. As will ve yadts " lan | linseed and turpenting, both of which reached | hy o antity of chiolsa wints and whisklca which | {armers to bold back for suwimer, especlally s | floltandserew Wirid 0 edon w3 year. ‘Tho South Stde City Rafiway Compauy | percelved, the total smount of bullding in 187¢ a5 | (o toweat prices known for muny years, If ever | has passed thraugh the fands of our jobbers | by subplyiug huge in u lelsurcly way they wil | L o §opovan 4 6N | v constructed abont ff0y-five box gnd Upeh | Conelderably excecds that of tho previous year, 68 15,748 10 | before; the former dectining 10 45c und tho | and ininor dealers fs very great, ‘The damaging ( probably be sbls to conuiaud better prices thau § dmoe mi won | carduringtho past scason, which will bo Bt | 5 00q bermite haviug been fssued for the eroc 000 64,850 40,010 | 134400 1o 30c all effect of the temperauca crusada to the Nquor | A8 all were rushied forward duringa fuw wieks 3 1304% A9 1mon ) on the track varly this year, The bridge-bulld- | permits lavig been ] e 11,878 277,000 10, 0ys | [UCE 10 L06 per Lo trade of 1874 has entlrely disappeared, It s th | Of cold weather, N wE3 Saioo 40 70 | g business of this eity has assumed largo pro- | tlon of 3,641 bulldiugs. Yet, owing to the gen- mn..m; b;.lil! 21,880 CARDOX LAS AVERAGED MUCH LIGHEH lack of monty, and not of au (uclnation to buy, NUMUER OF KOOS PACKED. Kleam-healing worké 4 600 @30 2,000 | portions within the past few years, necessitatiog | eral ehiriukege in the cost of all classes of build, 83 2858 8,500 | than tor 1875, Opening at 18}¢c lor 130 test, | which hes apcrated {n briuging about the pres- During _the twelve muntbs ending with )Im{nm, uwianufuc- considerable aggregation ‘wf capital cuupled | g material, the total cost of bLullding s mate- the price steadlly worked upward until the end | eut state of trade March i&,lflth there wero cut and packed fn thia | kol N s000 69 IR0 | il gystemutle: Greunizatlou, ‘The Neld of | yidiccidiol, Were It not for this reduction, of the year, when it stood at S134@5c. The TUE DECREASE I THE ANNUAL BALES clty 316 hogi, Of these, 1,605,005 were | e, «Q00 7 710,000 | operations entered fitw by Chicago bridge-bulld- £yl fsestimated at 8 per cent, the flzures beln killed urlny the winter sason. "Lhe product | slaceiliia ers comprlses nearly tho entlre territory of the | an fucrease in the azgregats cost might be re- greatest advanc was In July and August, val- [ 18 eemaiod st B bz Soul She SRS PSIRE | of the sewsows work 1s reported by the Eo orl ‘ s 203 7o | Gountry, englucerini structures being by thew | corded. 'Wbe charscter of last season’s bullding uea apprectating 100 per cent durloigthat period. | 300000 h 1874 ‘The eholcer brands of Keutucky | tary of the Purk Pa “Assuciation as 2,400 | Jos-bedsiead works won mdnwa | TR RO Chetrction tn. fiftec” States | diflered soicirbiat from that of 1835; the more Notwlthstanding the high cost of carbon, the | wdskicstand wiucs ore each year looked upon | brid pork, 134,673 tes lurd, and uboub 120,100 | - worke 100000 in the Unfun, i;\vlug cmployment 1o more than | uasslve "u"' nfldll“’l\tflre‘bfulfsg e, gxcep- quantity bandlcd bere wasiu excess of the pro- | with fucreased favor in the Chicugo market. [ neats. The pumber cut durlug thotwo | fron xorky dnbo 1,000 meu. 'iey have coustructed an approxi- | Hou "“"“'I‘ o o tottred TAs Bal the vious year, the sales laving Leen 03,000 Lrls, | Expericnce is teaching the wing growers of this alendar years L about as follows: Printiog-press worki 4 4OA00) mats agrezute of 230,000 lueal feet, or | BMONUL O UL st cliotly against 91,000 brls for 1875, and 81,450 brls for | ouutey how to make wuperlor wiiee: aud the | Suader o o S i 1 Yo O P iy oL ralld und, ighway | el e O Tur s dutire scas wa. v celyi 1 2 al eaeien e ¢o thelr foc ol A 1noBI o, Duslstale SellvLY, Jud Temarkably steadicss. | iy wgo an fiportant onc. The rubge of prices | No% 10 ee. 31 syun struction of @ lurgs nutiber of lron beidyes aud Tislollowing s 45,410 3 | 4 =4 i) © | for the year becu lower thau fu 1873, o “ws s, viadues for the Cincinnatl SBouthern 50 e B O R R ey T S 5 o S ean | sl ! W idgeat Lacra 1257 ediads | Diorks Guloiown. T sales wore” less tha | TOTAL WIOLESALE SALES, | jsluectlor 0T A ISR BOR ST | el hango frm ihe eares of 1575, Lebor 23 o i Value of product L. 54,830,000 44,720, o 4. 201 ! FRTE materlal ¢change fram the tigures of 1875. Labor 10,418 61700 | fur 1575, The glass trado was not very satls- TUS GRAND AGOHRAATN. The Instoxiaed valug Intludes salband paeks | * o 57 14345600 D02 3310900 | g peon o slude lower, and the price of mate- 2,080 400357 | factory, the deniand beiog ratier light during | Tho total sales reported sbove, under the [ ggeo® 22 valuo lacluded walt and pack- | ‘fhe sgerezaty wunual wogos pald fe 81200 | 1l tias ruled conaidirably Tiehter, whilg the .08 mast of the sedson, with Values uncetiled wd | peag” of wholesale, lucluding estimates in many | “5°* BERV-PACKING. 0, pzalist ES00857 10T ASEN.80 | selltug price was propurtioniately 1w, Tha total 2 « 08 Huctuatinz, Prices averazed 10615 per cont | coo S AR TR IR o orer | The year just past Ao beon an excecalugly | 137 80l $T,204050 dn 1573, Of those IT3es | walu of 13 per ceut f6 very satlafuctaty In view of 1 xum DEeRESSION OF TON LUMBER Jxpustoy | DIRLer than fur the previous scason. clvs gures, foot up o Frand totsl of §233,000,- | profitabls unt to a particular branch of the T Dieviois 10 1500, Yy y- ke ex ¢ | the retrogression whick hus taken place fu otber Total, threeyears... 2,80 HLUE § % | continues, and the past ycar was mot very re- o : 000, agalnst $204,000,000 fn 1575, This 1s & de. | PACKINR interest of this diy. The number of de ;r‘mwmi_-‘ % ‘Tho annual ropor of the Bullding Inspectur ¥ mugerative. The proquction, though smuller PIG IRON. e Rt Gaction vl et the guntle packced dn I3 was sailmsted &t 5,20 | \rANUFACTURES OF WOOD O i ves fizrea whicl difer 1a some respeeta frum S CONCENUNING THN COUNYS OF THE MARKET ractl [be total number osed o lust year was & 1l 01 | clan fo the precedivg scason, togothor with the | g0, (ron during the past year, the most that | money actually recelved a4 the frat cost of 5.000,an lucreuse ot 50 vercomun?umynw\l A DECHEASE OF 7 PEu CENT Jromandesod com: o Cpital. Workers. Product, Tutul number of bulldiogs crected on the fargo stock carried over, proved to Le fu excess | ., Y6'cnid Is that the dullucss u‘,,,_‘ depression goods bandled. As above noted thesa figures | With the flyuru Orst noted. The quality of last | n the aunual production, snd about the same (u Y od Southi 8ide, 3103 feot irontago of the sawe, 0 $1,200,000 1,300 § 3,067,010 831, .10 @.300,000 1,330 1. 0 3 SA%N Mk NI B e erected on the 5023: cost, $1834,700; buildi North Eide, 437; feet froutage, 11,0053 cost, 2,5%0,600; bullnflu(xl crected on West S, 819} strees’ frontoge, S3,714 foets cost, 6,008,500, The total feet frontagy of new bulldings fu the whole vity, 48,52; cost, SEUT0,U0 tuiad num- ber o uildings, 1,50, e nuwber of vuee story $ud one-story amd baremcet bulldings built amounted 10 %503 two-storles, 575 thice- storics, 4027 fourstories, 1055 Uye-stories, 75 sevensatorley, 2. Of the uew bulldiogs 713 bave brick froute} of requirements, and prices decllned @10 per | yoro not greater than for the scagon of 1675, | 40 1ot represent the relativo volume of yearsprod if cont, leaving listle 1€ oy proflt o conulguore, | Norces pas oo wo gucl:.\e:ul ittt m;': oods bandled; sod 1t s fmportant to notico fixl;fi“::m}.z"fl Beary lucreasa | &?ffl'l‘fi':"d'fifl though the general demsud bas lucreased, co d | 10d but & moderate one for the retail manufac- | [hers M0 beoen B0 ECRORE RV BL AR | (hat the selling totalu are compared ou a psper | 56 tho beei trads In. tanneid ey | vectally from the country trade, Iuteuse com- B ) surers, yard deslers, aod loggers. A few fall | 4y \egt of pig fron baw increased bug slighy- | basts, If both were reduced to the spects | canning busluessf tlis clty has withiu the pagt | petitiou bas cut down prives to the lowest polat, '!! ares resulting from the prolvoged depression dyifatall. Conscauently, with an inereased staudard, which {8 the ouly true wode of reck- | two years developed wonderfully. Fully i sud the trado bas sulfered severcly from the d of the fudustry aud outslde cumplications have onlug values, the two sets of Jigares would by | tenthis of the becf packed here i3 put up fuc ell-knowa sud oft-told tendency of the North- Seiimen o Tha" Aty waa” wanaticturing dh | Production 1o contend with, tho trade Las not | Liure early equal. e B whien eamned b ready for ihuediate b e s e $10.60,00 %10 § - Ve lumbermen to overproduction. The U Batd N tricts, but the lumberinen, ns a class, ore as | Leen nus prosperous o conditlon s could be TUR CAFITAL RNFLOYZD sumption. The principal packing fsm of this Jestom : 00 a3k Soun] Baanciilly 48 us of e Dutiness tmen, | Qosired ATurier shribako 10 values, cqual | fo the conduct of the aDu¥s busyaess is sbout mygmmunmmpum;fw ad of vattle | total cut of lumber in 1870 wus, hoyever,a | i having ducceadcd generally fu preserving thde | to ¥3.0) per Log, v sulfered during the zw,wo,ow' or ‘somo 23 per cens of the sales, | per diew, and Jorgely supply the Loudon uud | sbade less thau that of the previous year, owlug | ‘The nrgreuate atnual wuges patd (s $2,617.710, sazital Intwt, FPhe swaber of Jucal vaada bas | vear, which sigics a total dectiue sluce 1378 of t toursc this fucludes borrowed capitaly but fivemoo‘ warkets with thele product. It s | to the fact that & cousiderable quantity of | sgaiust 32,51%,13) tu 1575, oud g2, uw,wdlmm e e e s s e A A e s uct was tunlld'.mmr superlor tothat | the capitsl employed, is noted futhisdepartinent, f Asslcultural i s, 20 0RUM 2w