Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-13

had not time 10 hunt up and incorporate in
our list. Tho following are the figures
showing the extent Of our grain business
for the year 1865. - nearly q ws could a..
certain
Wheat bushels. ,406. $50 |
Barley .......... ,OOv, ,y96
Corn .... ... 667, ,O36 |
Oats- ............ 1000 |
Rye ............... 2l ,zSe
Total bushels. >, ,AeA. .o6O |
II 10 fair to state that about 100 900 bush. |
sls incorporated in the above figures came |
in by rail, but the balance represents the
Wagon grain trade Of Dassaport for che
year 1865. The grain brought in BY rail
was bought by our dealers At the different
stations along tbs route. and brought here
for milling and shipping to other points
No other point in Iowa, nor yet upon the
river above this state, can show anything
that can compare with these figures. Take
the wagon grain trade Of Dubuque, Lyons,
Muscatine. Burlington and Keokuk, and add
it all together, and the amount will then fall
short of the wagon grain trade Of Davenport.
which We give above. We make the state
mcnt believing it to be perfectly true, and
earnestly solicit honest figures in contsadic-
tion.
The Wheat figures Of Dubuque for he
the year 1865, arc l,26O,365; Corn, 10,
600; Barley, 1l,oss; but 1t must DO
ren bsred thnt the grain trade Of
Dubuque is principally by rail. There is no
bridge y, Dubuquc. The gain coming in
from the west goes into her elevator rrepas-
stoty to crossing the river en- route east, and
from the fact that it is thus handled there,
it is countrd ~ Dubuque receipts and ship
m.nts. lie. Davenport Incorporate in her
grain figures all the grain that passes
through our city by rail, en- route for the
cast, and tho foosings would present mag-
niflcent amount.
Tho wheat figures Of Muscatine, ~ re-
Gently given by the press Of that city.
amounts for the year 1866. to "a, ,424 bush
els oats, 24l. .ss5 corn. s0,s4S rye, o..
749 barley. 81 79l6-makiog total grain
business Of U59, ,324 bushels nearly all Of
which, it is fair to presume, Is brought in
BY wagon. We have no authorized data Of
the grain trade Of Burlington or Keokuk.
As = potato and onion market, Davenport
also takes leading position. But in these
articles, as also in that Of grain. the crop Of
1866 is not the best We have had. The rot
in the potato and the fitness of the onion
market the vear previous, made both crops
rather Insignificant in 1886. Then, in
working up the figures without che assist
anos Of Board of Trade, many obstacles
are presented. For instance, almost every
grocer in town deals more or less in
pItatoes aud onions, for shipping
and home use during the year. Then dur
ing the market season there are generally
fifteen to thirty buyers on the levce. who
come up from st. Louis, st. Jo., Hannibsl,
Quincy, Keokuk and other points. with cap
ita varying from one to ten thousand dol
lars TO invest 10 this kind Of produce They
do business here for week, fortnight, .
month. or msrs-juss % happens aod 60
away. This slass u buyers do vest busi-
nese here. Cord sftsr cued ofsniou and po.
tatse barrels and sacks crowd our levee in
the iall-plscsd there BY these outside buy
sss, who have NO oehsr style oe warehouse.
We ere unable to get hold Of thsis 6surss.
But ws have suflleient date to enable 40 70
give pretty fair estimate:
Bushels Of Potatoes. SIS, ,36S
Onions. .S0Vs 6OO
Total. l...................1 ,O30, ,9e3
There ass many ethse matters that Ought
TO b. incorporated in this article, but u d
tho subject justice would require the labsr
Of weeks. We night say that we have made
6o.eOo barrels Of fiour. packed about T.
600 hogs, shipped from 10000 70 $4,000
more, end . geodly number Of bssf
cattle, but eli these things props
srly come within The province
of we'll conducted Beard Of Trads-an in-
stitution Of whish our city has long been in
need, and which many of our sntsrprising
mer chanss are now laboring to establish
Let il be done by al msaos. Let it b known
toe moral certainty at the close Of every
ysas just how much grain. foa-, potatoes,
onions, hoss ssd csatls Ne have haodisd in
the. course II eseh and essr1 yeae. We Do
tusinsss hers. AZ which our city nay we'll
10 tsssd, snd shss - aey uAks . clean
shosiss every ysae ana putai6h il 70 the
wosad, for the hoase apd glory e eur city,
let tss Board Of rfsds ~ permanently -.
tabli shsd here. q L-.LaS-ssy
We are usdse many .obligasidps 10 the
pseduce dealers sf orr city for Ne interest
which they have manifested in eforts u
place these important 6sares sefsrs the
public These figures represent in part the
immense resources and agricultural wealth
/ Of this pArt Of the State, and in what bet
ter way eso cur mershsoss draw the attsn,
sisn of bsAsins1s men 4 he cosnssy u ,Aiu
point .l,se BY sending shsss facts and AZ.
cres, 10, their eorysspondeats and friend Z
wherein .shey nay sssids. Fsusssss hun.
dred thousand bushels Of wheat means
hsasly twO millioas VI dsllare.-in shest ~
thrss miIssss 0ss huntsua thOusand bushsl.
Of graie rsrresnts heItiv 4ts oiti'ess n
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