The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-11
rhe Opening - the spra.s Trade.

THE Opening - tho erranS Trade
fssoennsnosns,sssf We spring trade n always looked
iorwarI v VIII mseh ntsr. By The commercial popu.
lsson Of shs CITY. ms year ~ advent Aailed with
more han oonnon ssst account q We long and
we're bayTioads 70 which oomnunioatiea has been slb
jsotsd.
1hs Zoe King extended his donmisn over The wsAsn Of
The Chesapeake, and checked receipts nom baltimore,
Norfolk, Pttssburg, Fredericksburg and 8eorsetown,
nom whioh considerable supplies q produce arc
usually drawn at al Seasons Of the year. Tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad western freight u large extent
forwarded 70 New York ior . Market bong conveyed
htAer BY light craft Of sailing vessels and regular tT
weekly line Of steam propelers four Of which have
NAMED ready loaded for New York isr some time
bound Baltimore. Ali this has been cut Oh by VOC
and the freight Ion 10 accumulate IN Haaumore.
Those shipping goods 70 ths interior, and especially 70
the South and West have been mach pesplexed how
70 forward them through We have direct railroad
munoauos with n. Louis and the upper hssispp and
yet every vessel up for New OYiean he's loaded rapidly
this winter, and II good rates Of eshs with packages
Of goods consigned for 81 Louis and all the towns the
upper Mississippi high - GAlena In Illinois b. Louis
has, next New Orleans become Of tho largest ds
ributi.s points for goods 70 growing States Of tho
West 10 be found n the valley Of the Mississippi Ohioa
20 being next 10 H. and sxrpass In the mild months
Of lake navigation.
Seeing the embargo long imposed on business
the advent Of the spring trade must b viewed with do
light by all Glasses. February hes reached us and We
have had first and second thaw with the prospect Of
speedy communication BY land and water In every d.
rection.
The spring trade must open with unusual animation. In
the cotton trade, sbatng some fluctuations, We expect
continuance Of high prices 70 The end Of the season.
Owing 70 the probability Of . short crop, which be-
Aor a. q Haloa ~
the present high rates. averaging about sixty dollars per
bale, will bring money INTO the country than the
large supply Of 800 600 bales did last yeAr-a. sxty
dollars per bale, the present crop would be worth, in
round sum, $3.50 oeo But the average Of SHY five
dollars per bse which the prices Of the whole
will probably sustain win give $685. 100000 Last wear
the average prices did not exceed from forty forty Eve
dollars per bale; hence will DO tina, this years.
supply though likely to be SEQ cO bales less than last
year, will exceed in value.
The spring trade in dry goods expected TO BIO large,
and in staple goods, both domestic and foreign,
teral abatement IN prices anticipated. The large pub.
lie sales yet announced. small sale took place
yesterday.
In the Wholesale grocery trade the business pected
to he active the stocks in the interior supposed to
be much reduced
The trade In br sadstuns " expected 70 be active; but
whether prices TO advance recede win depend
very much upoa the receipts and the European demand
which supposed will be moro or less maintained unit!
the next harvest. Owing 70 the reduced stocks In the
Atlantic ports and the reported reduction In the amount
cured at the West compared with the previous year.
s likely that provisions will, abating some naotua.iens
In the main rule high. Tobacco, Also u expected in
measure TO maintain remunerative prices. Rice, =
likely, not active, viii not rscede much below present
prcss.
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spring business nearly oil branches CT trade are quite
onoourAeng.