Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-14
COMMERCIAL.
Hreaasluffs and Provisions in the west


Hreadstuffs and Provisions in the West.
From tn. Annual Statement the of Oincuasti Duh
.e the Cincinnati Price current Of 18th ins copy the
following ia regard to Breadstuns and Provisions.
FLOUR.
From the time VII ct harvest Of 1859 gathered, until
ne os pA o. E1slap5 d1S peeS a-To opsnsiy bread
the United Saes and hat consequently prices
sss oey ia Flour Aocordnsy speculation in It began in
September, realizing in purchases heing made side
cumuaed and price duay advanced revealing the exports
from me up Icing a. aEsS a they ud h1 ~ been, had
mand 'eaiued prettv sns during the fail months AID to
much, feing less fsvorab aspects in foreign mar
ke there We mis- Wings but As saeso the hoarei stock
could have been without ncurng they
Ell hoping hat the falling receipts shich
the spring Of the article from the ives
The streng Irish Pc prices advance durin the rst
months Of the iss bu ncre g u stoeks s We on
q about the middle q Nay matters asunei hopeless
aspect and regular ale commenced which was not
Dunn july it wa found that the heavy stock ching lOO
wv bills tn in this markets. was to great extent unseA les
,eslor quality, and Il vas diPped 70 the fa't: very
heavy sustained partly consequent tie Diner
IOns storage &c &c There were many instances in which
Flour bought in ssPtenbe at "A Is per Dbl was ea until last
July, upon oh &c ched 81 ibl,
nsEng the cost sc Is, and ws finally sold at - p to
The question naturally arises what gave rise impress
sion tn lar demand would exist FIR ng and when as the
facts show, there abundant there To this We re-
ply tn t It wa the erroneous representa- ny English
agricultural pa ers ard rsssed and re ehoed by the papers
with US; chiefly By York fer TIE purpO eOf Gle
waiting hopes and bankers, aid ncreas
ing conhde the proT i've wealth Of the unity and
posed Of the largest crop ever The United
staes and The extensive wants Of England owing to her
proved the false and of the
largely Increased Now that the result is noW al admit that
the wine crop Of 1859 conides below aud
prices not been forced owe legitimate level specu
atve referred then much larger quantity would
proved unJTunate and this consisted the great
staEe Of the trade The fluctuations in prices were Slow
though quite large VIII esnge for scpene being 81 IS to
sb there of those spasmod advances declines
dsrd OF Flour in this city, has become very low and Irregular
producing much confusion and complaints during the past year.
much that the Inspectors brand has to great extent
regarced guarantee Of the quality and deal
generally governed by the ner brsnd IN connec
ton Wihpersonsl examination, in buying
The crop Of this article harvested 1852 average
review and the result has
city higher previous year which b. sriOu
ted the ct that the wheat sold in this market Of
making family -FOUR the which existed
all the year until May which kept prices above Their gmae
cnt the Of the country, notwithstanding the
partial failure OF the crops consequent upon the frost IN
Tae crop year lisa fair one in States north OF Ten
though in places winter killed. but spring
excellent the vie in northern Illinois,
Iowa Wisconsin, The winter wheat in portions
Indiana and this State did not fully In Tennessee
1eCrg and Asoama the crop proved almost an entire failure
imported into those States that, whilst spring is very good
The wheat those States north Of Tennessee but
moderate and all nth Of Kentucky almost total failure
Having under the head Of four elaborated the leading fea
indicates for wheat great extent will repeat
remarks under this head, though that wheat general
mixing with inferior grades BY Northern mes and also, by
mles in making fancy brands OF -four, which
nands generally, fancy prices.
The crop Of this article planted in
tudes which referred in last annual review but there
marks for last namely killing frost from the second week
and as 9e corn vas late owing 70 tne PACK et
last this September frost seriously injured it, and made
considerably shorter than would have been that
yield though than that Of 1885, below
il various sections The the WHOLE however
BEFORE though those Of ls578 1856 The
versge would lower however not for the fact
nder the impression that the crop less than real the
a and the prices ruled higher than The crop Woe have JUST
hold frml to higher prices About the tue the neg
mSured dsers made contracts for it at 4c bushe,
nd purchases made at N b1 during December
I'd January prizes advanced and At one time pre-
very generally still higher prices would be realized
uring the spring and summer.
however the indications became strong that the
Of the present year would Re god one farmers sold more
ey and The receipts were very heavy at s. Louis an Chc
indicating beyond aduot tha te crop OF o was sh one
nd prices decn gradually until they reached J3sc n the
sc Of August
The stock old Corn in try very large
nd it clear that large sup will go over the next sea
The srowns crop in the grearp riOn Of Kenturky, all
|
Isa, WIS aud Michigan, IL very good, and 10
(Aus 2s) u nth for Sarie- than i. as last
ut in Southern Ws-tern Kentucky, nsse Orgs, Ala
sspp Louis rrxA', Arkanas, AID the srsater
rtion Of Missouri the crop TAI and wilt Be
rd average owning drouth and extreme h
duri toe summer months In the great carn ion Of TIE
however, the crop good, districts
aid forward that nothing Will probably tsAe place
seriously iDjureit-
the speculative movements hogs
ID their duct 1859 and the large stocks hand IN the
Il Il 1852 produced great carlton the Of da-rs gen
ally with refer cont acts for the succeeding
and there was in Ills Way during the fall m his
1859 than several previous years. hut he
airy, very determine ef made to depress
be enabled purchase hogs pce which would eDa'e the
tn feel atey aud tiNt seemed to he IS
It. and this feeling continued to tn time tn king eason
% uSe seeming determined not to Kermit Themselves
be taken in badly they the previous But
is holding back made restless and god zeal aes-
ork being q BY and Tiers h' tell we'd in lo~ Prc'
Sl3 I375 out the latter part October Dean er ~
very who the buyers those ntTac feeling
their interest to put the prize OF hogs so asst MAJ
contracts rig entered the field, and aoLt the
dde OF November it became manifest tina contracts hogs
made pretty generally throughout Ire interior and to
be fore part OF November for packin 30 that
ny little done this sy tn first tw wees Of tat month
the Hh the weather Suddenly changed and became quite
I'D, Nh=n the uly opensdst s. 75 and 5000
ad, which had accumulated in the zen sold Wit in few
From this the first of December the market ruled
quite exctsd in DECEMBER aud prices the st
eek Of month to So u.s. but fe hack again TO SO ri
the middle Of The rth under the nfuenc. Of large
ps and the market fucIaIe' during Dsce6e and up to
2tH Of January when the closed III. basis
Oh they in the main after saizei was imposed OF
rseY fcient equal to $50 600 head and good demand
England and from hone consumers There has been COED
mand from England for Bac and Lard and good demand
the consuming districts at home but the deficiency in the
much less than expected and not enough suSisn
prices paid so hat the season proved gsher uhluta0
hogs having than realized for the production
whole number Of hos packed in this city last season
49, which 673 head that toe previous and
much larger lumber han had been expected but the induce
bring hogs this market srong owing the
On the g0 Of February the Price Current published the usual