The New York herald., 1844-07-20
e. dividend.


The return of one of the Illinois State Commissioners
with the terms which the loan contracted has,
yet had very favorable influence the stock in this
market The loan negotiated is for 00O of which
$6DO 600 to be paid once and the balance when.
ever the State shall pass a tax Law providing for
the interest the public debt. II is not stipu.
lated that the tax shall be large enough to pay
the whole annual interest-for that would be impos.
sible The bond holders require the passage of q
tax law to pay much of the annual interest az
the Of the State WILL any way allow The
5000 900 to be advanced before the Legislature con-
but should that body refuse ray the contract
made by the Commissioner and pass the law requr
ed the Canal property falls into the hands OF the bond
holders and the whole matter drops, through. This is
ihe only movement making among all the delinquent
States to do justice to their credors whether this will
sesut in anything advantageous to either party, few
months will determine We wish the movement success
with all heart only for the interest the people of
Illinois have in it, but example to Others older and
wiser States who aber but less disposed to meet
their liabilities.
The condition of export trade, Is at this moment
creating great deal of enquiry. The of exchanges
the very large mportaons for the first six months Of
this year. and the prospects that the imports for the
six will exceed those of the first six make any esti
mate founded good data giving the extent Of the ex-
ports for the year. this time very interesting
from omcla returns tnat the imports INTO TINS port from
Jan ls to July ls 1884, valued at $35 1862 In the
absence of official returns from other ports have made
estimate, allowing the imports into this port be
three hs OF the total impoatons into the country
tmating frsm this data-we find the total value of
imports into the country for the first six months of 1874
to be $644666o5, making for the calendar year. provi.
ding for the importation the last six months total
Of 320. We also find from official returns that
the exports from this port for the first six months Of
ls44, are valued at l7ll9os4 dollars To double this
amount for the year. should find the value of
exports from this port aone for the year. to be $s4
2Ss56s The greatest exporting port in this country is
New Orleans The principal agricultural productions of
the country 60 forward from that port which takes about
the same place in relation to exports that New York
in relation to imports. That is threeths of the ex-
ports of the country 60 from New Orleans one-ffth
from New York. and the other fifth from all the remain.
ing ports of the country The exports from the port
New York generally much larger during the first six
months of the year. the produce from the interior
comes market in the spring and goes abroad once
Navigation between this port and the interior closes
fore the crops ready for market supplies
are kept back until spring The port of New Orleans is
open the year through produce is continually coming
In from the interior and going abroad The exports from
New Orleans are generally very heavy during the
part OF the fall and in the early winter months Nearly
onehal Of the cotton exported from the United States to
foreign ports goes from New Orleans Large shipments
Of tobacco, -four provisions corn ead &c. 20 from that
to foreign ports With the very limited means we have
to form estimates on, at this time it is very difficult to
make avery near approach to correctness We have an
nexed table giving estimate of the exports OF agr
cultural productions Of the United States for six months
ending July lst, 1874 =
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES