Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-05

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fseSfd, SSS Vbt 81 ytss Igo, ~hen the t.
tai amount was bat assassv st1As bushels. =
quantity -sbich, apy psir OF horsss might
have drashf It vl6sd. In the psst year he
shpant0 SsslzhSa 40.O08.e btSh<i6
which amount4yvb have los4ea !. 900, 900
wagonh OF covered the court housc, square
Of thft si\0ks tbe depth Of ,Ave hssdred
fsjA1 ID lSs6, { siAsls family .nishs have
consumed it, exports Of bresdstuds; in
1896, Is stsl4SlJds &ipested sSa,d have
furnished bsssA v 5000, 900 souls. From
ts@ g Iuf pSssslAion, " hs,e cSrsfouy
compiled tEl hliDvise sase,atpf ship
ments since 1883 :.
wA1N ~. ...ss.s ~. a.. l71Jees. ~
Corn, bu.. ..lSO. S'5."7O
Data, bu.. 1870. 1887, $50
Ses'Sys ou. ....si .s......... xstSo, IA
hyA eo. ...-..-.......... 4,SS6, $50
TINS. when aggregated. shows tho total
amount q lie sSlimsnts d The. shove nam
ed usips 6un he foundation of Chicago.
to ~ bseisning ~ NV yeav, n have
bsea 4la. $685. 42 bushels. BY comparing
the shipments. ef iefrst .ysrs, we find
that Stree 1862 there has been considsra
BILE decrease III ,he shtpmsxn d ~Aea. and
corn, and an increase in the shipments Of
oats. The causes Of this arc various. Du-
rinsihs IN fost ySass, Che hIorins popu-
lstion has been drained for warliks pur-
pessss and Of course . corresponding ID
cfsass Ia the prediction u grains was
aeosssasy result Bet this decrease hes
net Seen 8 large Is may be imagined, an,
does not sutirely account for the diminution
Of trade. The vhest ~op Of 1864, Of thu
Nortbwest was one-.fourth greater than
tkle Of 1850, and yet there il marked dc
crease in M et oortatioa Of wheat IL 1865,
- compsrcd With the same Of 1861. The
decrease in the wheat trade has undoubte,l-
~ BEEN caused by decrease Of the foreign
demand. The cost Of transportstios to tn.
sedbodrd 10 non sogvsat tAat Chicago can M
longer oswspets wisA the cheat grNrera Of II.
old ssrla. Andyes, while the foreign de-
mand for what has decreased, that Of corr,
has steadily increased. Or tho conpara-
lively small crop Of 1864. larger amount
was exported than ever before, except du
ring the year 1862.
Tho great increase in the production Of
and trade in oats. has been chiefly caused b
the army demand During the last year o
the war. the consumption Of grain by tn,
horses and mules employed in tho army va.
not osss than 80, 900 900 bushels. the mos
Of which was oats. This extraordinary de-
mand created extraordinary prices. and VI
lind that At one time during the year 1864
oats bore higher price than cern Under
this unnatural stimulus the production wa.
greatly incrcased, and the crop raised tn,
past season was unparalleled. As III.
army demand has almost ceased, Il !,
not 70 b wondered At that prices are DC
low.
The Chicago elevators are the stronses,
buildings in that city, and are formed o.
Jo'sts laid one above another, and fastened
together in such manner as 70 be stroncc,
than any ordinary masonry wall. Through
them thousands Of bushels of grain can b,
transferred from car to vessel in single
day. and in them, milio rs Of bushels may
DO stored. The principal ware houses are
seventeen in number. and arc capable Of
storing 1855, 900 bushels Of grain These
store houses arc, in fact, capable of contain
ing nearly one fourth of the whole amour,
Of grain received in that city during the
year. II oiled with feed, they would sup
ply an army Of million with brcals,uti,
for twelve months. When the facllitlc.
for transporting grain from Chicago fully
equal its facilities for handling It, we can
then expect the trade in these articles to
become in some degree proportionate to the
mag"itadc and fertility Of the Country
whose products are shipped from that city.
The following is table Of receipts of flour
and grain during the past year:
Flour. bills. Os, OG4
w"eat, ousnels. .............. 0.57S, Dab
Corn, a4'4n3 on a
Oats, . So56 soa
Rye, - o5o az
Barley, ............... l'42s 24s
The shipments were as follows:
Flour. oots, .................- 957.569
meat, ousneis. .............. G,78i,3l5
C"I"' .......... "a, 277.2 2l
UNs' t........j. e,s73, 4n3
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