Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1881, Page 12

GCABU ‘PICMUINI a ; baa wi SATURDAY, JANUARY 1881—T'W. PY PAGES, 080 to 350 Ly M 6 the shipments aro mado on through bills | take hold of new weed till somes Tae es No Liverpool and Glasgow direct, {fing defint was known about it Wwherg tho goods ara sold.on their merils, It | The crop of 1880, however, has proved to bo 38 only a few years since the New sork alizht one, sone estimates placing it at not ourninis gave special quotations for Western | over one-third, and the receipts so far denote bitter and cheese, the samo being quoted an Snfertor quality of seed. ‘The clover roots from 3@3¢ per pound below the "York | were winter-killed, As soonns the charac. State" articles but that sort of thing has all | ter of the new crop became known the pros- passed away, In fact, the order has been re- | pect for clover Improved, and prime offer. voracal, at least so far ns butter Is concerned, | Ings have sold promptly, at a considerable for thore may now bu scen In the New York | advance in price sluco November, ‘The out. commerelal” papers quotations of Elahy | look hing created a speculative feeling, and creatnery tit yarns per pound above the best | the stock of old clover is firmly held in ane Blate butter. A recent lasue of tho Bulletin | tleipatton that it will all be wanted to supply contained the following in its market report: | the deticleney in the new crop. A Inrge to- For really choice perfect flavored creamery | iestle demand Is expected, nud tho axport thero Is n sharp dem nd from local sources | trade ins recently started up, and will prob- Rud nt full rates, Western has now taken | ably continue If aved suitable for the foreign full precedence, and the best jots command | Market can be obtained, ‘Tho first aamples 860 readily, with an oceastonal squeeze up to | Of the naw clover that were sent to England Sic, while Stato rarely does better than Se, | «ld not proveky any admiration, and only and this ts an exceptional figure on most of | few orders have. been received Fst. It Is tho affering. But there ts danger that tho | hoped that the late thrastings will bring to prestige which ‘our dairymen linye achieved | Wht some good seed. ‘The stock now on at tho expense of so much the and money hand here Is estimated nt 15,000 bags, will be much more speedily destroyed, ‘The | Lelees for prime were £6.25@5.40 in Jane adulteration of cheese and the manufnettire | Wary, fell off to $3.06 in March, roso to $4.05 of oleowargarine and Inrd-butter which haya | in May, to $450 In duly, to $0.00 in August, deen carried an qulta extenstyely during the | then receded to $4.75 In September, $4.00 tn past year threaten to seriously Impatr the October, 24,50 In November, and recovered to reputation of Western dairy products. It $5.25 in December, closing, nt S4,80@4.00, enn seareely result otherwise unless the The average price of prime for tho past year manufacture and gnlo of the spurious article | Was $445, against &4.16 in 1870, is restricted by Legislative enactment. There TUB TRADING IN FLAXSEED is no room for doubt that the unusual duil- | wag larger in 1880 than In any previous yenr, fibtols Ue ial nities ‘elite prodeint tho York, Lenn ailvanta, Olio, and Now Enalond { January at ae, : hesteorn in this State, tha campetttion be- | were renorted shor tho demand from tho | fell of with wool, recht yer Ib in the | ihe business fs not grow a Ory YENT | yy, r 7 4 tyeen Eastern and Western Wuyers was so | Atlantic coast has continued ever since, In spring, ait recovering she ently to H@ Aevers have ta look Fraaher West and Nore Wout is uence au shaty jane abana! keen that prices were relatively hh her than daly and August old hny was so xearce that | lie, “the bulk of tho gualsklos were acnt | for supplles, ‘The past season has been a | OUSnCES Fe pring, y they were for tho same grades I this mar- | dealers were not able to fill all tho orders, and } Some of the fanners here tanned a | rathershort onebut gatistactory on the whole, | expenses will- necessarily keep’ pneo with, eet Sieh cron eamunforavard Teoaly bat iegs THRE NEW SEASON OPENED fos ly having been sitecessf i, Will probae ‘Tho reeeipts fr bitcons Jy the spring ate them, for both principals pind Cle WUE 8 is fis vag recelvud, 0 h 1 with bly ake arrangements to annox this de- | about 180,000 live birds, and a taree anantity: | have to pay more for hotse rent to mect tho there Is not now a larue stock hers, ‘The Hast Soph i au Yall ie mnerehantable ot hay partment to thelr tanning interests the opens | of dead ones. ‘The ive averaged $0.00 per | rug ty tr aelte of realestate, ‘Cho rush for ¢ took broom-corn much faster than usial and | ty moyen little eartler than ust and the | Huzsenson, “Tho Yustness in dry pelts and | doz ‘Thy cateh In Michigan was smaller Wit} oes tn which to do business {8 all tho 7 the quantity remalning in the, West 1s be | market tlatt 1 some In September under | soatskins ta capable of much SUE Aa usual. Pratrio chickens, which used to bo | Pinees In which to do busine iJ Hever to be rather befow thohyerage, All | fhe Increasing supplies, birt auon reaetet, the | ald (twill grow, as both dealers and tanners | the leading item, werg seurce; and are yearly | Kreator, us Eastern morehanta have discov= through the fall priees ranged fron 260.004 | demand being netlye without intarnifssions | Ate anxious fo secure the trata. Decoumue more so. They are protected by | ered that they cannot siny where they aro 190,00 per ton, ‘The receipts since Sept. | andi the fall thera was a good deal of coms | Domestio steep pelts felt tho boom tn | tho law of Ullnola ntter Dee. 1 whlel shuts | and eompete with Chieazo men for the trator were about 4,660 tons, chiefly new broom | petition hetween bityers for tha lumber and | Wool, selling at Ge for tha estimated wool in | out the best part of the season for shipping | of the Groat West. They find that the Weate com. Mining regions aud Enstern shlppara, ‘The | {eearly spring down to 83@¢ se, and Inter at | Most of the grouse now shot west of tha Lyi here hi d of gol The crop was tlaaraby: poor. Itwascstl | inter have botght continously since, nt | 3@i0e per 1b. Missottel, and many ar® shipped around ug | erm buyer now comes hore instead of going , mated that the nereage in the West was tu | prices have been sustamed in the face of arise ——— to the Ensturn States, ‘The priee of protrty | to the seaboard ng ho used todo, and will not, ereased 10@15 per cent, but the crow wis \ Enstorn freighits of $1.00 por ton an Noy. 23 SALT. chickens was $3.60 por doz carly In the fall, | even patronize tho Enstorn druminer to on aha He by draughts atniied bs ral ane Tho shipments of timothy hay tho wast tall TR BALES OF RALT uid $0.00 Inter. Quail were searcn Iu Novent- | oxtent sufflelent to matntatn tint ones Ime Tho yield {9 estimated at one tonto five aeres. are mall to have axcuauat Hose uf any fort: | wore much larger than in 187, ‘Tho ship- Het etal atuntten Th Sides aw por doz, | Portant and still expensiveindividual, Hence in 389, tigulnst ono ton to threg “neres In | taeger tf the'ralitoads hat boon oie botuce ments show an Inereaso of nearly 18 per | Wild ducks of all kinds were plenty inthe | they are flocking hure ‘as doves to their wine 1809, (inois may have slight! ¥ dows.” ‘They lave satistied themselves that gained inthe | nist adequate trnuspartatlan facllitles, ‘The | cent, and the local consumption was heavier, | spring nnd fall nt S1.00@.00 per doz. Ve pumber of neres, But the sete was ight, an quantity Me timothy ert back fs thought to | Agreatdeal of salt is now slipped from | ison ag calla Nigher Man for Pevernl sone the mountafn will not go to Matiomet, ond lulled by deourht and atatned in the entiing | 0e,less than usial ut this date, and the farm | Michigan around Chleago, but the bulk of | Si acon and Nostharn Wiseonslin. & {iia | concluded that tho next best thing is for Mor| -acagon by Talis, ‘The Tlnoly Central. alse ens toluctant to sull, us they fear a long | tho Western bnsluess passes through the Alinnesofe ang Nora and ately’ decttinnds homot to xo to the mountain, ‘Tha reputas) triet produced the best average crop in the The sveriun stice of No, 1 timothy in 1880 local commission-honses, ‘Tho past season | owing to tierensed offerings, to 8@0e por Ib, | tlon of Chiengo agin place in which. to buy Cinta, 2 Banani hawt aie abutllest- and poorest ns HABLe cueinst SUO.8T in ISHN GldeNo, £ | Mas beon a satisfactory ono to the trie, | Partridges were searca. Othor gaine was in | is now so well established that the drumme iso raiieed an iiterlor arades thonste in thnothy sold at $14.50 in January, down to | Hluesalt has teen considerably lower than juoderty STUDI. xe ecules of game | fing been dispensed with in nota fow lines,. The falter Slate some of the late felts are | $1150 in Moreh, and at $15.00 in duly, Now | 10 1879, but tho cost of making it has been go | fom He Atountaly Aven aiantls and Jn those cases where hels rotalned hi sald to have turned out better than “they. mal it SUF BO H.00 An Sever bee Ae ee much reduced by tho use of pan and steam ¥ 4 ¥ " n' 4 OU. NALS “4 were expeated ke dp. seals, cron of allasoutl Upland averaged sist, against 8840 in ie7p, | Diocks that it lins been sold at profitabla h andthen | The local requirements are al sive. fon any terms, It now looks na if there principal competition comes from partics ia : VALUE OF RECEIPTS, the same trade in this clty, is, 4 + THE FINST BILLING VALUE cy f f . ness eharneterizing the trade dutlig Octo- | ‘The crop hag been increasing in inngnitude | Wishing some of the best broom-corn in the Qld Upland was lowest In March, selling at pret Ae ae Frade have nat shauned of tho receipts of produce in this clty during the ares: of the lortttory evipplled! tiv. thoy ber nud November was loruely, a butable } every senson, renebing {ts maximnny. tn the Ngst, An Increnso fn nerenge was reported, See ea ee Se in duly. “Che ee i ia price Ua ie a rac or gular | oso ails nently.as follow: sy iotasals: rata ot . ely. ‘ nk aanctly o the presence in the market of Intge quan- The Hd States | VUtdry weather cut down the ylekd, ‘Tho | PSs StO.AKEIA DO, , o & xt A tites ct oieomarearine ad Inrd-butter, and Ie vstimated at Slooabo bu ne Gaited ates production of New York is reparted to be | 4 The hee timothy of the Northwest was es- | ‘Tho reeelpts approximated 1,655,000: brls, ena 8 700 forms uiarge part of the other, We reach cheese In the manufacture of which antl | ity. ‘Tho reported receipts wore over 2,050,- | fr, and Liat of Ohto small and poor, Wen a ree neath ee tee eld es Including the bulk salt received here and at | Alcohol, eto... SD "yaonoo | eastward Into Ohfo and Pennsylvgnin, tak Tut ind een employed. The use of Hrs | vod bu, nnd the shinments about 2680) bt 5 j light, tho rains falling’ too Inte to inako-n | fe Stock-Yards, an Incrense of 115¢ per | Provisions, tiiovr rind 6, 1, 100100 | ing In, of course, Michlean and“ Indiana, abandoned,—not, we fear, fron conseten- tending downward the Hig fiat Priees werd SA out borin: “Ene -mualtty,,; However, | gentiver hnshuf 18m. “hie creceluls Of for i , : ha Tho “Solld South” fs supplied from thiscl Yeeds, potatoes, salt, and DB. 10,780,000 Ha Ht to wen so for asita trade ts desirable; but the promp THE WOOL MARKET HAS NERN ACTIVE was excellent, and the hay was | elgn were 206,558 sacks, Tiny, poultry, appl and Irregular, In the first six months of tho | Well clired, which fet enabled pressmen Michlann furnishes now nearly all tho fine | Miscetlunceus... Liona motives, but becanse it has been temon- pal. early,—the average price for February HS, CIO... r atrated that it cannot be used profitably. In | being 81.6394, the highest for any ono month, tho cheese trade of this elt; ‘year the trad hanclltng ald wook, whieh | 19.4 ele ct eee eee atl an at nt $s hand! N q diniveratity ndopted by Boutin inser and , the cheese trade of this city During the winter and ently spring sowin, year Tade were handing old wool, which | yy ( SiGe Nigit, | Sub that is handled In the Northwest, and 4 universally adopted by Southern buyers, and. $500,000 ANE EMPLOYED, flax was in active demand, whit Ke rene | adyaneed to the highest figure since 187) ane pecelpts Gt pralro tay have bean must " Do tierce He . » The higher prices it has com- | controls the market, keeping priees ata point under a widespread oplafon that the world | manded this yeur have given farmers and | that bars out competition, ‘lhe Michigan Hous was he of supplles, the cuneitinelen of drenlits In doyn ant Soutlicn Alinnesale ah manufacturers have adopted new methods | “te increngy fro who ara poor pay. Texas ns much en=| wool wns u ¥ WA ct eduet . Y ‘f = pi ahh Faint ata au Dae ne profits ‘The prairie hay received: from these of inaking the articte, and reduced the cost on}¢ per cent, Jarged her trade with Chicago. with tho ralt- States is far superior to tho wild | Of tt to 44@co cents per bel. ‘They increased | “Gig value uf the reeelpts of lumber, cont, | 79! extenstons In progress there, and will of domestle wool. and stoeks in tho great } hay ralsed on tho tow lands of IMtnols. ‘Tho | the production Inst year 30 per cent, yet the y bts Nancie sai >} make itmtteh greater If she cas find here inarkets Enst wera sinallor than they ind | Western pralric. Is zonuine upland, Itsex- | trady has required so-much that It ly claimed and fish are not Included tn the above, being a mmaré for her been in January for years proviously, ‘Mun- | cellent quality and eleapness, xg compared | the stoek now on hand ts not anuch in excess | Incorporated tn tho following statlstles of | oi, dei He peel there Ws sig wfacturers wero free buyers, and speculators with timothy, have secured for ita prompt of that ay rico, ‘Thore seems to bo no | wholesale sales, fi pee t Colornd: P M thought toy enw aillions tneite” “The | £2l¢,to local ednsuiners aud even to shippers, | Limit to the ability to produce, Wells have | ‘The total welght of the farm produco re- Browing Wants of Colorado and Arizona. Eurly In the season, proparations were made | been sink in various parts of Michigan, and ai * : $e 3 devolves prinelpally ttpon Chicago men, | market advanced rapidly, reaching 13 cniutl- | weatof the Missourt liver to ship wild hay | 2 good fow of being obtalned, — The produc cefved in this clty during tha yent 1880 was f z i he amar —oxelusively so in some leading” wating polnt early In April, ‘Lhe bulge } here, but lt did not come, the nining regions | lng torritory of tho State is Ineransing so rnp- Anhout 4,635,000 fons, ngalnst 6,745,000 tons In #s ss : brought ‘ool fo. this todntrs tin all pats oiforlng a better murkel for tho crop of Kane | Wwly that tho tara “Saginaw suit” wil saan | 1850. The gain dn Welght ls80,000 tons; but Lake fe rigated with Chiengo in ed of the world, Before the month had paseed | 04 aud Nebraska thin Chicago, bo ainignomer. Asie from supplying thy | this was lurgely owlng to the great in- tt Hed "i 1 nero tari ta nedala tama to think thoy had been tApelle West, the Saul, iim tiraceriniks have | crease of our receipts of corn, | SM ae Aone. pol SRD y Eero TU Footed. “Ie wna, found on alay 1 that to 00,: HOPS. opened upa trade with the South, chietly whith {sn low-priced grain, ‘This through California and Oregon into Dakotad nee th y th “ " (000@260,000,000 Iby of furelgn saul dlonestic THIS CROP AR SOLD ealkeoeuhe Klvar, by, unudorsalltng tho explains tho partial ngéeement between | Minnesota, and the British Dominions, taking ; at fatrly remunerative prices, ‘he trade of | tor, and the tine salt had heen found a tood | the augments In weight and selling value, In all the intervening territory, It would: sul at bolt In tho muubnad mint tls elty fs gulning in volume with the cone | substitute there for tho Euuilsh datry. athe while prices averaged considerably Teher for seein that our growth in tho future must bo- ot ithe “now-ollp Fenn anil * manutuet: stant growth:of tho West ‘Lhe States and | fw prices have shut out the Onondaga fino | Inst year than for 1879, Wo note that the re- | accomplished rather byinerenso in ground, ee a aie | i] sult, which fy now marketed Enst tomuch | celptsof Lumber, shingles, coal, lend. and pla- | already occupied than by finding of new ter—d urers hod long before stopped buying Territories weat of us depenct on Chicago for | putter advantage than it could bo handlud at | fron would swell the above tofal to 12,850,000 2 H puoy ‘i $ : i safe) Supplies, wud the consumption in Lllnois 43 | here, tons; or nearly 34,000 tors for ench of the 368 ritory. ‘Hoin, . . eavllsy fiting he HL Re TALE now about 10,500 bales, of whieh Chlengo New York provides tho butk of tho solar dns in the year. fhe t Fallow figures pra jimtended i stocks Were beginning to nccumuinte in tho | 2008 G0 bales tho past year,—nearly all be- SALT USED BY PACKERS, ho Hist value nt the whole era) pact whenty Mia 0 the wholesale trade only. ‘They Ine takers" hand: ct vist elateln Apri, | 2g,tsed ft tho manufacture of malt ators, | and this fsa large ftem, Saelunw does nat Cor Rul oftss sno xelurnetl by tus Appa clude totalling. only {n a few minor casos is ‘Thyerash enme Inteln April, | shay market has uot Leen subject to many | make much of this kind. “But even the 000 Lie TES. guise St 107 000,000 in ion, where it was impossible to separate the two. at onic ae ns fut here of et fluctuntions, ‘The crop of 18i0 was sold in | grou solur has been superseded to a tariza + 0 sel oid) ™. | They cover only the first selling cost of the "i ve Tad 1] ob y 5 oF % a ent by the fine Michignu, which the pack- "The force of the brenk was more severely the early part of tho year to home consumers a woods: sold here; second sales not beim 130 Hn large quantitics for bulking meats, THE ESALE TR. sounted, oven whe felt East than ‘West, though considerable | S¢48 average price of about ise, which was | because the Hhrovess of euring, thowgh yo WHOLESALE ADE. counted, even when tante by jobbors. no e 1 ‘ "Di ‘ high enough ty prevent free exportation, | perhaps so good as tho old one, is much wot Wea elet here ot Ua ane ane local though the foreign shipments of. this erop quicker ways ‘The Syracuse solar salt. was a braneh pees Gustaana’ oe iene GROCERIES. atock on Jan, 1 was estimated at $00,000 1% | ory extensive tho proyious fall. When | Spld extens vely East this season, belng which fs generally Included under the hen THE WHOLESALE GROCERY TRADE of whieh u Jarger quantity than ustial was |} ue P aL Suite 1, th ‘4 cheaper thin the foreln; and, a3 It brought | of “wholesalg” shows a marked linprove- | hns becn netive and generally satisfactory. | foreign or Eastern wool, whieh had been | Be 2SW crop-year opened, Sept. 1, the stock | relatively more there than here, the local,te- | ment In nearly every department, A gain in | ‘Tho aggregate of sales hos Increased abouts . ‘ of yearlings was nearly exhausted, but | celpts haye not ineressed materially. New | ¢} ey handled and th re brought here to make good the defietency 1 | t45 juarkot soon weakonod under Iboral | York seams to be gottlng possession of tho the nmount of moncy handled and the volume | 12 per cent, belng estimated at $73,600,000, tho Western supply, Wool had been for- EApEHUY at wots Hires tands tid gears natty Eastern market, to compensate for her loss | of goods sold has become a matter of course, | ngalnst $65,000,000 In 1879, and $58,000,000 fit wardod so fast in tho Jast halt of i870 that | 1,5 past four months -was tat far: front of grip in the Western, The demand, for | and “goes without saying.” But we have | isis, ‘rhe capital employed In the business. there was a nf a to keep the my " dairy salt has ugmented in volume fully 25 | also to chronicle n more satisfactory time for 7 7 Western zoe enous Hale hae the keep tle Me. ‘The crop of 1850 sokt at 20@2ic ner cents and [tins not been an ensy matter shows but a slight Inerense, being about ar Delors tt a 1 cine Into market; henee dealers bad to ob- | for Enstern, 12{@2c. for Western, and | to supply it, ‘The receipts of Canadian salt the trade than ever before—cortainly more | $7,250,000, ngalnst $7,000,000 in 187, Thcras the threats of " BoycottIng” Northern mere * and the annual sates now reach 20,000,000 tbs, | Stock on hand, the crop of 1870 having been chants are ridicutous when made by men{ 000 valued ot $2,000,000, Tho trade lg rapidly | closely sold up in the fall of that season, In rowing {n all directlons, and there can be | March prices weakened, and declined gradu- fittie doubt that Ina very fow years Chicago | ally in tho following months, averaging $1.19 will rank aa the largest cheéso market fu | for duly. Business was light at the Ume and this country, Next to tho oxport prices were governed by crop reports, which trade, which within tha past — two | Indicated a heavy Inerense in nereage and cars. =o ins shown =— a wonderrnl | yield. Lato in July flaxseed, was freely sold evelopment, the demand from the South | for August and September delivery, startin exhibits the grentest Increase, thoigh there | At Si1e@1.20 and selling down to Sll2, Is nsteady and rapidly growing trade with There was g reaction Inter, ant cash rose to tha far West. Prices have averaged inuch | to $1.23 in October, with a heavy call from higher than for 1870, At the opening of the short sellers who were disappointed in nut season the markets of this country and of | ettlng seed, the rains dolaying thrashing Europo were bare of sheese, and up to tho | and injuring tho crop. Dbeginniug of October manufacturers had | ‘The market soon receded, nnd hing been found a qutek market for their product at | very steady since the close of navigation at hlahily remunerative prices. Sineo the mids | $1.15, with light recelpts, ‘ho average prico die of October trade has ruled dull, ‘The | of the year was $1.53, against $1.80 In 180), ‘fall make was unprecedentedly large, andas | The avernge of seed fandled on the pire buyers wero disinclined to “stock up?” at | basis, siuco Aug. 1, was $1.19. Considerable tho Drovalling high priecs the year closes | flaxseed Is pupposed to bo yet in farmers’ with unusually lnrge stocks in dirst hands, | hands, which 1s held above the present price, and we F moanenk of a dull aul tunsettied THE NEW SEED IAS SOLD market throughout the winter. Tho year aly, ! ae ON at tea He | Naty frets, 1 eel te daly reelpleang and before the close of January advanced to | {9 be a plice for all that came, although the 14 aie, where it remained until March, } market staggered frequently under the When It dropped fc. Tm-April 1 advanced | Weight of the offerings. “All tho crushers at to I@Ihi¢e, fell oil to 1U¢@lic in, May, dnd | the United States have used native seed. Its to T@8c in June, which was tho lowest | abundance nnd cheapness have given It tho point ronched, Tho market began to ad- | preference over Cateuttns Iuseed, nnd vance in July, and it continued to work’ the imports of the Intter. hayo ‘erent. upward until the Inst of September, when | ly deereased. The Eastern - demand it was’ quoted nt 123;@13%4c, Karly in No-| was very active throughout ‘the fail, and vember the price decitned to 12@18340, where Enstern crushers were well supplied at the ft has remained comparatively steady sincs. | end of the Inke season, The Western con- ‘Tho lowest price for part skim goods wos | sumptive demand was heavy, too, Western reached,the Intter part of July—G@isye, ertishers, as usual, fonned seed to farmers In THE RECKIUTS OF BUTTE the spring, stipulating that thoy should re- amounted to 33,795 tons, as against27,312tons | celve the crovat the contract price, which for 1879,—on {nerense of 0,483 tons. Not- | thoy were sorry for afterwards, and probably withstanding a lar; aly increleel! production, | Won't do songain, The shippers did not prices of tha staple have averaged higher | ind the sensun very profitable, considering than for 187, ‘They were subjected to fewer | the voluno of business thoy did. ‘They sold 2 “ % ket wi . than for any previous year since tho War. | nye about forty firms in the wholesaleand and less violent fluctuations, and the year | shend freely, expceting the market would bo | tain the material elsewhere, 2@Me for Callfornla samples, ‘Lhe local | Weresmall, The high frelghts and duty kept ao Hy nre about forty ilrms in the wholesaleand job" will be remembered as 0 moro than ordiiari- | swamped with seed, but it: turned against fEW ChU“YEAT < zs ies Tha | ibniway. Our merchants have not mado “heaps of | bing line here, being the samo asa year ago.* iy prospersits one both to producers nnd | them, for reasons given above, Competition THE NEW CLU“YEAR OPENED and country brewers are supposed to bo a dealers “Ine x J a 45 money,” asa rule, becaus: ition amo i 1 , Manufaet- | fairly stocked. ‘fhe exports from New re neaHiMte Guened tn Jamuary ab & Fy InOHEY: ile, beeauso computitionamong | Enrly tn the year there waa a slow reaction. i themselves Is suflclently close to keep protits |. ¢, the b fi fT which ‘ked th urers hit plenty of wool in stock, and plenty | ¥¢ Ky 1 were over 20,0 5 $1.00. '2 2) Le roin the boom in prices which marl io, iory of fore nibows, witch they | ales te Bagi, Lie tovshen comand tit | (ne tie Inst clalonontia, iil Desesd when | Cowu #9 8 rensonablo poluty—In fact te A | Iatter part of 1819; ard business was trans~ could get ng fast ay they wanted It; couse- | not advanced prices much, Dut helped to {it was ralsed to $1.05, [envy contracts for much smaller porcentage than satisiies the | acted on a deellning basis, which Involved nm quently they were In no haste to enter the | sustain them, Saghaw fine wera made with the packers wholesale trade in most other cities, But | inaterinl loss on some descriptions of goods, jearkit seats ere deel bat eoyers NEW YOUK AND TIE PACIFIC 75 per ton in bulk, ‘delivored at tho | their business has generally yielded n fale} pnd somo parties indulged in gloomy for at $5. Stock-¥: 4 3 $0.25. fit, and tho 1 have been exeeptlonally | bodings of «saster to one or t 1 wee rat Oye 7 ra. | Const have furnished the finest hops, and tho Stock-Yards, and tho present prieo is profit, and tho losses have been exceptionally | bodings of disaster to one or two enterprise4 Aha ihe siuddig' ches of ouerntnts Were ALK bulk of the Chicngo business has’ been in | Solar salt satel carly at $0.2x@7,00 por ton In | fey, ‘They have made colfections mors | {ng firms, Butachange came in the spring. 4 4 ‘ us few Ve bulk, and now at $8,010.00. 4 The! 1 a " : eae {rune to do, foarte to yay tho, prices Barnes Cro eines Eo Seat aera Mie recelpis of foreign were moro than in | Promptly than, over before, and fewer bail ane ‘prices aiimners rd areas maker AU Mos could ect pole fromm crop was lurge, the wield cxccuillng that of | the previous year, A largo part of it, mostly debts, while there has been little inerense In | Aig extent. ‘The | business of the Inst a a ees ae cilpy tee raat, 1879 Cully 25 per cent. Lhe Partie district JaAvarpoal tlic, Is consigned direct ta tho | the cast of transacting business, though rents | cight months (exeepting October) nw ae ie heat natkcted cowie Shades | nearly doubled the product of tho previous | packers of English meats, Wrlecs have wot | have advaneed in sono cases, and clerk-hiro | been unusiially netive, and cash returns ver, the market was nt no period de- | Was sharp, and the business was conducted | with 9 dull outlook for farmers, pressed-by large aecumufations of stock, and, | oN slender margins, The Last got tho benefit, excepting thy period between May {and duly | . (Phe Increase in ncrenge was chiefly in tho 15, there was no time when chvice butter | West. ‘Thero was a Inrge gain west of the would not command fram 23%. During | Missouri ver. ‘Che yleld was abont one~ June and the first hale of July the best but- | third larger than in any former year, except ter sold at from 1@0e, ‘The highest prico | in Lowa, Indiana, and Ohio, where it was | was $8e, In February, and tho average price | than ustal, Town produced the best quati for creamery was about We. Although wa | but tho crop near the boundary Ine of Towa stilt reeelve a grentidenl of very poor butter, | aud Minnesota was damaged 10@15 por cent the quantity is annually decreasing. Oleo- | in August by rains, ‘To the farmer tax has. iirgurine and lard-butterare dangerougeam- | proved a profitable crop. In the new West it petitors for the low grades, but producers | Wag sown on the newly-broken prairie and of choiee grades have nothing to fear from | ylelded 8@13 bu to the nere, the producers, in I xe, tite stirens evinev year, Wisconsin and Michigan dil not ave | Yirled much, Liverpool ground sold at St has tended upward. prompt, with fewer had debts than usual. {few sult ea abbatanl, therefore, yin j Inatinecs, potting enough out of It to toatieaty oy need a drow on tO. ae iis Buell unre (tha half of the grep of val Eb, rau aie brawn gigi at SLL “ The Rone or prices has been sntlatnetory: Mia uinber of, falhures in tig country trade ” e Evel Ns H . ‘ el . . i) re q * preces is 8 c yone-third jess than a I mubetitutlon of efeomarenrineani| Inrd-butter | If the cultivation of flax continues to -in- Jyh Tit oo retnetenty Hine Woo may Ue ant year was not far from 20 por fle Bigcedtng | foredgn salt sold at $0.500014,00 per ton, during about two-thirds of the tlme, The | 300, thom were reduecd aven iore,be ot wes, ‘They have probably titic crop wasn fine one, grading high in | =pLhe, production of Michigan was larger.) boom of November and December, 1879, car- | cause tho business had generally been done orth, ties tga romaity. Comma ane every respect, Windle, lds tad Insvels Than in any pievious year, ie Anapentur’a ried quotations on most Ines of goods higher | on shorter thie. the fring The dealers, however, have hand. | damaged 4 lures portion of the New York | poporty date Nov. 20,, mayo the prolune o | than they could be sustained, ,Tho result}. ‘The oxpenses of tho business havo. ro Ted the clip on a very narrow quargin, and | fey, and it was only the suporior knowlege. | Fy iors DES. Aen nse cts TEER URL Bias thor widespread king down of | Mined about’ tha suing as tho provious year, Hee eee ee ety Pear MRT ad | of the growers. that saved W parbof Ite Wis | ¢temanufactire uC Now 8 orl silt th tee | ae ant eee some use. but. a’ considerable inereaso Is looked for commiisston, dethers seemed to be no chanee | cousis produced a hop of poor quality, and tt | SOU is cathinted nt 8,000,000 bu, nminst | prieca, which caused some loss, o8 mony | during the coming spring, with higher rents of making Inoney by purchasing (i auteleht, | hts beon quoted tow all the fall. "The choice Se bit tie fess palore.| The, sul of houses Yere carrying full stocks, some of | on all new leases. ‘Cha tendency to widen More wool was handled here than In sve in | sumaples were seeuredd early by Wisconsin A yCraEL LrleG ot the Saginaw 000 bau. THO | thom Inyjng innesrlyat thetopof themarkot. | the difference between buylng and sollings net, Chicago ts growing In importance every } brewers, nnd probably few of them have been | ae der bri and the frelsht to Chicago | But prices had settled down to a stable foun- | Hzures will perhaps be somewhat checked the duiry Hos in the hunds | crease at the present rate, there will son be of the huttermakers themselves, ‘They must | @ surplus for export, At $1.10 per bu it could prouce a superior quality If they wontd not | have been exported this past scason, have the value of thelr goods deprecinted hy | It is believed that tho cultivation of flax is coming In competition with the spurious | now so well established Jn this country that artlele, it will not be necessary to foster the business ‘The American Dairyman gives the some henceforth iby ndyances of sowing seed to what slartling Information that the datry In- | farmers, ‘Tho Intter.can save it themsulves, dustry of the United States represenis an }| and obtain machinery for properly cloaning investinent of over $1,300,000,000, and an an- | it ata moderate outlay, < nual production of butter and’chcese of over THE NEW chor SEE EEC ANOLE ATEe ie UNaik hiv fide net Hinmett tor noulaving. ekon Uelior eareoe | 240 Hor bri, dation by April, of even before then, nnd the | UY the fact oF preater, compe lan, ag aO OFF 2350, ane tn value, which 13 $50,000,000 | was handled on a pure baals, and satistactorl- | vigus yonry and also higher on the new elip, | {ie Vines, and for the unskitlful way tn whieh Por ES. spring trade was generally conducted on % | nave here from interior polnts. They. have} miro tian the wheat grep ot the COUNLEY, y inspected by au inspector appoluted by | Hie way nasi HORE ALT: Hvis aA Wrices | the crop was pieked, cured, and sacked, “Pha OTATOES, paylmug basis, During the Inte sttmmer and | found ft uphill work to sell goods from othe Hivos moro than the ont crop: onedited more ing Baad of trae. hg iratelfect of uss | gradually aulvancet but fell Git’ in August | farmers appeur to inck facliities for landline THY QUANTITY HECEIVED the autumn thore wasa general advance In | Places, as the current of Western trade | ‘+ than the cotton crop, and but one-fitth less Hinder the rather Jarge stocks, and manufaet- | the hop. ‘They need more kilns, should bleach | and shipped was less than in 1879, buttho | prices, ‘This was especiully marked in setting In towirds this city more strong, ving secure the sainples ‘to o yellowish thnge, mixing | re . than ever belore. ‘The only sorious difficult: Who Hsing nected Runuiied fo heal then till they rat even, nnd press into bales | MTHS near the elty are belloyed to have | woolun and cotton goods, stavle groceries, | in tho way of controlling It is found in th i rat Wi of 190@200 Ibs enen, ‘The demand for hops ig | Tels and murketed more than they ever dit | and leathor manufactures; but it obtained 11 | recent searelty” of freight-room, which hn: tanner ieee Teateniat bs ele Peressin aNd there ts no apparcnt reason | before. Potatoes wero low in the early Host other departments,” and was accon- | made It Impossible tofill nl orders as promp! very foul seed, but the deaters ruled that than the corn crop. Over 850,000,000 pounds 4 sherey of cheese nnd 1,000, they should take off 4c por bu for every 8 000,000 pounds of butter | percent of dirt over 74, Which netion soon are made annually, improved tha condition of the receipts, the Average test afterwards running S@8 per | wero ‘tixed tho quantlty ‘sok and | Why the West should not again tind tho cultl- | months of the year, the crop of 187 having | panted by some diMleulty In filling orders In | ly 48 heretofore, = SEEDS. cent ‘list. the terms of sale. Ter Yana Presl- Yation of them a source of much proilt, been an unusually largo oue everywhere, and T yDrAl lines. ‘The spindles and looms, tho TNE TRADE IN BUGATS . TIMOTHY SEED foqllipplig In bulls was oqntinuedl ina ratty dential cletlon was declued for the Ru- it was nn ensy matter to keep tho markets | foundries and tanning-vats, cte., many of |.Wns done at sn average advance ovor 1870 o} Byornget hin ee er Boule sllenet,“ thin ig this past reat by reeelying In pu kK a fan Y Py tt marcos Doty Bast and West. inne THE BY. Pitts Ee candid pe eee wero figeae bes by iv tha which had been tals In 1870, sate up Into, fey staan A but youn niluneed 4 1s : » ne prices of prime cash seed’) portion of the now crop, aud all the raflroads eu a Iv er. ‘L' st Hg sida sist trees montlis,, - an fell OF | netivity, and the domestic production was | 10}, : " were $2,00 In January and $2.00 in August. Fe exmentanl to carry Raxaeed in this Way since been fairly accdve and. firmer, ‘he h Ys Pl IMge, At the close of Jnnuary it had de- London nuetion sales, begun Nov. i, suse | &Stecessful ono by hide denlers, The re [jn tho, spring to 25@30e per bu tamed the nonin “prices except on law | Ccelpts were about 25 per cent Jnrger than in] Early inthe suinmor Southern potatoes ar- | tutions of goods, But the demand scomed Atlee partof May, when it was quoted ab: rides, with Ute woo! purchased for Amer- | 1879. ‘The Inereasa has been ehielly In dry | siyed freely, bul the seagon was soon short | to widen out even more rapidly than: the Oe, there was but slight variation In, the, Fees pace ee amine ie Wiles ariel glare eopne forward ie fee ened by the appearances of the farmers from | mercuso m supplies; and the dimeulty was’ | Soar, Tact cae wore.tie to west prices Of thy While tere is cunldorable stock ‘here? | Tom the Territories and the South, ‘This | tho suburbs with new supplies, ‘ho Iatter | qugmented recently by a pronounced Inck of | Into 'n combination through whieh thoy werot Washed fleeces are not so abundant hore aa | {ade has been guined at tho expense of othor | furnished the elty during tho Iate summer | yoftitics for transportation by rail, ‘Chis has | enabled to completely control the: market., ‘ & yenr EO. whilo Aur saae woot aro ntore atl EArt pera eonsulias ince ites pan fall and contr fate und sland oe Alnele ronlly been tho prinelpal grievance of tho ‘They ‘Hstted production ta" iy rulaintin and a0, Medium: grades hive moved Into corte | In the manufacture of leather than any other S nt 3 i ] et " pushed up prices, pus starving the trade and atnuers' lands rastr than other kinds, aud | point in the eauntry, and perhaps in ttho farmers sold nt s0@40e per bu, and had. the | wholesale trade, ns it hus affected other de~ i tt u leeding it at thesnine tine, while their own x v8 ber . HGR market to themselves, these thrures being be- | partments of our business, AM through the vera. el y'Inere! eens and ary granting vopilaetaaion | NEM. | ‘Lhly Tack alone draws Immense } low “a Ehipplng wnatgine ‘the new crop | 9 ot vats ere enormity meron eee vi tal iu io ei? having decreed in taver of finer goots, Pls iusntiticg of lve to aus lly, aie necesah proved to ls. a parti fatinrs, in, the, Weel, Sart ions roe oe babel here have had erent, ent fn obtaining ‘i si ° i urgent necessities of thelr customers; whilo fare the Mansions wools frst, medium next, | business at the Stock-Yards also furnishes fuigeoe, and closing at 6v@7e por bu for car- | equally tinpossible to ship goods as fast ns | ine’ cost to the consumer was kept K@ls per aud cour last, ‘ A tho market with a biglot of hides, Five mit FALE necEIrTA ‘ required by intertor merchants, This was | pound nbove ita legitimate value. From f y “= ¢ 203 Tho average price of tho year was about | hereafter, ‘Cho Inko shipments in 1880 were helped by an Increase In the forelgn impor- } clfued to O4@s' $240, ogninet $1.67 it 1870, In the first 247.000 bit. Shipping by lnko lings brought ho business to tis elty, where 1 will stay, rnonths of the yoar tiinothy was strong, with | ay thy crop cannot bu ove any elenper bs tho promlso of much higher prices thon ob- | other routes, Eastern buyers have found this tained. ‘The stock of the country was sup- | out, and censedl to purchase in the country, posed to bo below tho average, the crop of | Elevators In the Interior take the seed, and Teno belng ight and tno. quantlty held hero | Qo uguea att EAT Lan, wn ‘was chiefly controlled by a crowd of ardent ost of It ig passed throtigh private Wware- spirits, or speculators, But tho trade dil} houses, not open so briskly ns many thonght it THE TRADE IN WUNGATIANS would, and tho Inte thrashings were con- | was falr Jat sprite nt stead prices, but they siderable. Prices gratually weakened ng | Wenkened toward the ent of the sowing sex- ul considerable see vn eo! evel fo oft, Tuo naract ying tHe pe wnt Sales were made at BOG@We early, from T@ From that date until the! pyr 5 We Se ye 5 vere on the luinber and coal ine | 01¢@0%e, tha prices current before th = in the spring, cupgclally iitien, 16,0006 eed etn ny ein "i jew erop i iitposed of the Northwest tho quantity of swont | ears nBS the trade tn dry stock was Inslz- | sore much below the average, and tho stock: NY ‘vas Innnuly due to the SG Laurie i Nag the SNERCEAWLS eal eee phi HO peat ut ry & A Ss to bo a modernte one, atfil Inferlor in quality, | sheared wis. probably about tho sante nsf ulficant, but the tanniimy Interests that haye | hers, hus not been heayy, but suillclont, 4 Jovi % - vg | advanced until the beginning of Soptember, Fee eee thar neises ae Hotei yent | grown up within a few years ave created a] Mang cxuected potatoes wanld rule much | Iereaso in the November movement of live | Win it stood at 103,Ga103¢0, Tho decreased, y Anite 4 ested 1 7 N , Mero etieutacel ta Inerense tie igekas hue | luge demand for hls elase of inktes, and | Mave LH Housel pwamontnetian thes have) | 808k Tet tovarton Into price of coal (Saag a NeaeERE atte WRENS the farmers were also enconraged to sow | Chicago 1s now absorbing the trade tat was consumption eaoOW Ane and the mild d Vet t that Leam-power was suspend od celine woes ae ue to ¢@O%%e In October, whent, which thoy did at, tho expense of | formerly one of the boasts of St. Louls, | weather i December permitted the farmers ppedrete ovata i peel, | Le reacted (0. H@Ie ‘In November, aud Iie. yield iy ADDOAT Larnety Ad Reams: | 18 done wich to enlarge tho volume of of- | the retallers, | ‘ho shipments, from Cilcazo | places the world beel-root, cane, and maple) is qntonce of the fact that the old way of wash- foringa., he extension of the Atchison, To- | the past autumn were Might, but the shi by a return to the old-time practices of burn | about jvc million, fona. Bor 1878-80 the crop ing the won} on tho whoop'a pneks $3 falling Re ts : y, “| Millet was more plenty than Tungarlany Ele cooits easton buyers chary, and they | tit on tiie account lower In proportion ¢ sate each mde Fife ry Ahan usual thelr awe | tho intior seed, the two selling nt about the stock, leaving thom with practlenlly no seed | same range, Uotush at tines millet was 6@ on hond When the now crop camo in. tho | yoe the lowest, Millet solid at ox@We, | 5 “ shee ators loaded up with the | German inflict was se largo a_erop that it previous fall was peddled out, snd towards | has ceased to bo a faueyarticts, and sold ae Just ale ain ein Meauwhilg the out | rather under tho*common variety, Kansas ron ene sand pee the old Pos went ite it heavily, Not titel is known nearly exhausted, This fact and the theory about the new crop of inilets. ‘Pho produc. s nta FS Ratlroud Into New Mexico | ments from Interior points to Southern Wl- | fg corn, was catinted as follows; "y ut g 4 T d Indiana were extensive, ‘Tis ace | png grentor abund: ff cash hi a f info disuse. People are Geginiiug. ta think | Bag oponed a rich Held. Dry ides, sheep | vols nnd ext 6 Tho greator abundance of cash has onuse Tons. "i a Hon of German Is supposed to be large, and | X | pits, and goat skins, wit of which wero in | counts for the sinatlor receipts here the past , é 1,005,050 Sreatir Ind to sincl mora preustae tent that of thy eauun warty thei Hn. Tee for ie trou takers in ei Te Mrely | fornibr sents carted aéross tho gountry- to tho Lio atiouthe. the suele Heres tia reeetpts tho attends As Gators ‘tho ereatt eoeert ATT O ing than usual for forward dellvery.—chivily garlan and nilllet closo firin at 6o@r0e, ‘Lho | "Sheep husbandry is inereasing In going of | Coast aud shilpped by sea to Eastern elties, | moderate one, ‘The quality of i for August and September, ‘These futures sules ot red-top were larger than usual, the States wert of the Migalasiypl dtiver, | 2ave been conlng this way sines the rall- wits fair, A good juny putatocs wart frozen | system is not extinguished; In fact, it fy the- sold at $1.8502.00, the avorage prics being Tatal,.. oe 4,800,600, Missourl und Kanyas, aud also Noprnsin, roads penetrated the new El Dorado, ‘This | in Novembor, the loss In some sections on | oretically the same us before, Our merchants Following 1s-tha eatfninted” production of, Wf a + ei ’ % trade fy following the fron-horse, and Is even | this account bemg severe, g ws 2 beet-root suxur fur the years named: nok far Aro rite and minuy of the Pid BROOM-CORN, Towa and the Tarrltay ot Dae, Hie kee | now working down into Old ‘Moxleo, ‘The | ‘Che November report af the Department. SULT Heh ah SOE OO Gaye nes A ; tera, Wore subsequent ly ott ed atin os, the re- UNOOM-CONN AVERAGED tho provious winter di. fale order, aunt die | States of the North and West hnye furnished | of Agriculture shows au, tierease bn tho But tho dt ¥ Franco. ‘ Soa nid aoe oft eats ud prin ensh | considerably Migher than It did in tho yenr condition of tho elip of 1880 was fully up to thelr usual quota, and alse tho Indian reserva | acrenge of tho country ot only 3 por cent, | discount forcash. But the discount Is now Germany see low Q 1870, ‘The season was a much more satis: | tho average, ‘The staplo had mora strongth, | Hons along tha Uppor Missouri River, Chie | und n decided fulling off ne the crop, one much mora freauently made than In 167% | Austrincdiu 1,00 THE NEW TIMOTHY fnetory one, though the outlook was nut} ‘Thoclipat the United States in 1880 Ines: | AHO 18 the lending market for domestla pleut Dur nara YET GL Of bee auminst, in | Very inany buyers profor to * yay cash, and | Itnssia-Toland 215,000 TEEYale Wemand ws uetive, hang Ingzeny | Yer bright during the first eleht months wt eNO tollowwtaye tabtO"shiows tho i ees un Couns oY TINE MAWEET tho anly status that. report. ant ingrense Tit jaye oon te alot tax are able to dGy Netheriuids aid Gitee Garis 28000 ; u i year, 'T' r % oo! | ys tho course 0 Picea . A vield. RY wy enuso tholr enstomurs je more on the ete fromm tte: Tpeuiar trade, eastern dolore hes uleder en pas te ne irfces in fale aircet qua daurattons for tho | fins, been ¥ URN RG hr tH ita states espe ila wid alae, ‘whore | onsh bale lian formerly, Thorest mostly pre- | Totalsssssseeveseseess sree oTo830,000° 1,872,600 \. a ye at inte In the tall. The nover heavy In tha spring nut early summer, | oP Statin eine Pinoune | Vious fall oxtended: Into the winter months, drought dit the damage, fer short time, ‘Lhoro Is thus less money on | A very striking faut fs that tho Enst Indicg ee Loses W stock esthintedt 1 & the broom-corn year proper not beginning Fe esc ree a ee Bulle at. Sbleh ta ual ti Sept 1. In January broom-corn sold at In.tho future of thnothy. §$80,00@150,00 ver ton, and, In’ the spring It Tn tho East the stack of timothy Isreportent | ndvanced to $100,00@160,00, the stock to be light, and the fall sowing ling not been | of corm In the West, belng smaller : ; | and collapsed In February, prices, running = tho books, nnd neh lessdangerof bad debts, | Brodued 1,450,000 tous, or double the crop of uae saan washed down to the lowest rangeln Stareh, Tho mini POULTRY AND GAME, which pormlts the percentage of profit on tho | Zabm and alost equal to that of fhe wHola Gi | MGT fet broke, in common with fenboura inure TUR TRADE IN POULTRY, Individual trananctions to bo pared down eenetta meres is elven tp to auBae. sulle 2 y € Ure 4 4 m al o xg FE ee ete en eS ar oe i Seakinr | Wad active during the first ten months of the | moro closoly withant diminishing tho profit | vation, nnd tho average production por crow Anns ‘Apri thy are arty mons = Brat | trom all parts of the world, ‘Then tho sea- } Year, aut rather unsatlefactory since, ‘The. ) jn tho aggregate, And unier this the coun | Js about 834 cwls, sie very auicecastuls hency a fulr prospect for the | than in tha previous. spring, and AEN AGM Be | yon for poor hides came on, anit green stoel | slipping movement last winter wns exten- } try querchant {3 moro prosperous than of ‘Tho course of tho markot for or timothy during the years Gu onesie in fow hinnds, only a comparatively WAY. nag facta presse cured ry ee Fe a tur aatecat BA yore, Ibis true tae some oe of shit” has. not been weep auttatncto the years e f ? genttere | * i A rH, y Wi tte a velyi iz A v! y rk fali has been wry buslness haying been tone at 4 Hat dit not sell readily after better stock be: | Ylously, ‘The tiarket tho past 4 butin nearly every enso the Joss was ate | jes ale erat i the Uuatieese Dried camo plenty. dn slurel tho market settled, | dragging and low. ‘Tho strode was ovor | tributabio to operntions outshla tho line ot | nt The. cuatis sIieiabes was. AMcege nt lonst 20 por cont—than, over botoere, but pI fadually turned upward, and | stocked with poor poultry on ‘Thanksgiving rae ay ‘ slither the jine averaged fully oo per cent higher than In " ‘ling the sunimer inonthe: and regular business, ‘Tho spirit of specuiation | It may well be doubted that elther tho lin y fall] Duy, and did nob recover ull the holiday , - | porter or the jobber has any substantial gain 1871); and tho Mietuations were withinamuch | thes "anv nol vurled Igo elther was. | season opened, when trade Improved, aid line oe welt at alt an vata to show tue Jou year's transuetions, . Dire narrower range, ‘Tie West had fair sup. | ‘Phere fins heen an Gxeufiont demand for nrices advanced about s@2h por cent, “he | 3" ry * yee ing much of the year the market was kept in lies, and aimarket for her strphig inthe all kinds of stock, whieh hus kept thamarkes | 2 & In November d tho bust- | Mouey. on the turn of tho market Jn | 9 foverish state by the munipulations of the Tests gata Did Inthe | elenr, aud -tanners have often compluned { cold weather In November injured tho busl- | socks and produce; untold millions of money | New York Coffes Syndicate, of which Are East and South, Owlng to the open winter | that the competition hus kopt prices 4o high | ness, freezing a large quantity of stock White) pays beon gained and lost in the aggregate | Nold & Co, were the hend and front, Durin tho consumption In the ‘West was amaller Wins they have uot had a wide nnudehy quar | in transit, aud the fowls were poor In condi. | by potting on prices, and some have: gona | He snuaner and fall values wero thus arti Chan usual, and the farmers snarketed thelr | ft to work on, thoitxl In this respect the | tion, Phe miliness of December cause ficlally sustained in the fuco. of larga hay freely, Phe Southern demand was rather LS Rise TERRI atT gt eA CE furthor dopression. The shipping imoye- Fe eee ee dealin Sib tena boportatlons fad a ult atten : ally ‘ih whet . Pe is SIME i ti she wee! ct M4 ca the calli ol 8 ynilleat sel Ne LA wenen pheattta aubpllea of fufortor hides rlegs weakened [h Deevinber, le tn dlrecatu Bical oH Daal six yeuhy Hn ind many of ous leaduye businessmen are | curly in December, tho market. ns been acts russ mt ho! ecko vere here und at the seaboard, een legs than usual ‘Tho E a markets | Cronuly of the optuton tat a bankrupt Inw, | ve. At-the reduced prices Inunadiately tole southward, ‘Tho market wenkened In the In Janunty green anid Nght lides were 10c, | wore supplied from other sectlony, the frog from tho glaring errors of the old on lowing the failure of the big coffee firms at second and third months, under increasing | decliuiug the uext month to Kasse, udvane- | South sending freely to Now York, Can- ed enterop would yee ly result Jn ralsing | avery brisk aemand. Buyers did not seen prices (ou point that would at once prevent | Inellned to take an actlys part in the “boon shipments. Ing” movement. But the acreage Inst spring The crop Is undoubtedly a moderate one, | was incrensed somewhat asa consequence, Not above an average, and w argo percentage | ‘Lhe market was dull durlag the summer, of It proves ta he foul seod. ‘The farmors are | t hough prices wore sustalned apparently til probably to blame for tho deterioration in { duly, when favorable crop returns made quality, Many of them have marketed thelr | holders uneasy, aud they lowered prices best see year after year, and reserved tho | $25,005.00 por ton hoping thereby to reduce: “tailings” for sowing, ant Hus have neg: | stocks, Buyers, however, did not respond lected ta take prover care of the elds and to | very freely, and soon nfworwards the naws secure the svod ina clean condition, vame that the much-lalked-of “big crop” IN CLOVER BRED ds Lien sorlously hyfured by drought mud the season has provera disippointment, Tho | Chineh-bigd | ton thecinilrinationad these + export movement, wiel uysumed auch mame | Tevarts thoy market stifened ty, atid the Dioth proportions tn the previous yeur, fell | Stack Of old broun-corn that dealers ul off over t7 percent, ‘Che forelen a pnients | Veetearrying through tho season did not r the East there aprang Up 2 large demand, ‘ Init | ing aftorwerds to 10@lOd¢e, whlch’ was the is highly déstrable,—uny, will soon bo secog* | and the market alieply wivanced.. Opening 3 . 5 + after all prove to be h whito etephant, recelpts, and much of the hay arrived ie sunimery and early fail,” vers have taken sealawag stock, but |), ty, . 7 " Sere conaldernble early {nh tea, Dut au ‘The ph etal year proper Dyencll Sept, | heated, having been pressed In damp range In m ea une aa sa yi tholr purchases wore nob go heavy na Iu some nized as an imperative necessity figures for common to choice Rio styiva ‘The 1. At this date about 8,000 tong less of old corn was jn the West thun althe same thie Hn 1570, atu Aa Geta tons less dn Chifengo, estern stock was helt here, / mand has been below the average, trouble apenrs tae been tog my he ver, ‘Pho crop oO} Was tha Jarges! 3 country every produced and the speculative | ‘fhe bull of tho ¥ craze of the fall of thut year, which sent | At the . ‘priews Wo the clouds, seamed to draw from OVENING OF THK NEW SEASON farmers all they had. ‘Tho smorkots of | Eastern manufacturers and dealers appeared be country, both Kast and West, wore soon | inthe West ready to buy, They purchased heavily stocked, and the foreign demand | freely both here and fn the growlng districts, stopped, tho Britishers ulso being fillet up | Thonew ero was two to tires weeks exrller with purchases, and consignments, thongh | in coming forward than it was in the previ- they bought slowly tHl July. Jt was estl | ous year, but the quality was so poor tit ated ut the close of the season tata good | the trading was chilly in old bruom-corn, burt of an ordinary crop of clover was left | the slock of which was rapidly reduced. over jn this country. Under these ciroum- | Pricos ranged nearly alike for the good ~stapees Hite disposition was shows tol eradesataldand now broom-corn. In the [ Where Is, however, decited tond were 16}4@18c, but tho murket steadily ree eather, —'L " 3 ther seasons, and pedillurs have frequently |: js, however, n decide tondoncy : Ta aaa at iy coming oronwatl ie Qetnner, then mallet ea ea AoE NE proved to. De thee ualvutlon of the-street, (towards Increasing tho margin of profit on | ceded UML Agri, when iicaloyze werg tha { aL wl ruling prices.“ In duly Eastern speouintors out. of condition throughout the winter, | ured’ fides for the year was dae, aguluat | £29 boltday trado has boon furnished with [handling goods, Jn nota fow cases tthasboen | Toreedi'an udvaneo of 26 per ib, whieh was 5, ; are | Ste 879, - % i poultry that shows much {inprovement In |reduced to the lowest poss!blo notch by | sustained durlug August. In’ September Ce Ae tay Bere vanuaty ab ste beget: eran A conditlon Svar io ret ee ente vigorous competition... Thera has .rocently | prices resumed thelr downward course, carly ju dune, tho absencu of eoplous rains for heavy, and rosein the autumn to lse, poultry, capeclailly chlekens, 19 marketed been almostas much of this in regard to | Which was continucd until L¢@Isifo was “4 . 2 anual y P reached In Decembor, the lowest prices ever == + in the apring haying shurtened the pasturaze {lene Biaslcune sold, it Sia. Inv January, olf hin formerly, which Indicates that Western | location asin the matter of selling guods. known, ‘Tho year closed at 19! ' (@I8ho for Bi States. "Phe. ys heop ekinaig:| farmers ary changing breeds, and giving | ‘There are so many firms anxious to open out } common to cholee, ‘Tho United States ts {i vere te Pein arte etary en ret He ER ean y ont aunt, ahi) inides ie Hien auonton, to poultry raising than they! or to Increase thelr accommodations as to | the largest cotfee-consuming country in tha tleipation of a large Western crop, but ad | New Moxico and Arizona, Many of the dr; 8 few years Ugo, rer rt minke room scarce, Partics wha haye boon | World, taking about two-thirds of all Brazil yanced raplily fia duly under scant supplies | sheepskins are tanned Into glove stock, nn THE CHICAGO THADE IN GAME, obliged to move within the past few months | Produces, besides « considerable percentago und the reeelpt of news that the hay crap of | used: here in making anittens, the wiaune | amounts to about $500,000 per, year. This Wt and that: ronta have already atlifened | °f the tlld coffe, “fhe consumption the Enstern Stites bordering on tho ceean {| facture of which In this clty is: im- alarge distributing markot, the buslness being} markedly, and somo bave found {t dif- of coffea, of all kinds in tha had beeacnearly rulned by drought, New | portant. Prices of pelts varied In sympathy | made up prineipally of orders from all par! ys -] United States for tho «year 187m Jersey, Deluware, Muryland, paris of New {with wool, Mexteau dry shvcpskius sold in | of tho East, tho border Slates, aud Canada| fculb to obtain the desired. facilities | was 180,01 tons, which Is ‘equivalene Fo tet