The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-03-08
THE CEsTA1. SYSTEM. Milwaukee

THE GENITAL SYSTEM. Milwaukee
Neacs informs Us that, what is den0mlnated
as the ''cental system went into opera
ton on the first of March in the buying and
selling Of grain On the boards of trade 10
most Of the principal cities of the United
States, Milwaukee with the rest. This
system renders obsolete the bushel, the old
unit OF measurement, and in its place adopts
a new oDe known as the GENITAL, in which
the unit of measurement is made in all
cases and with all sorts of grain, 100
pounds. 1t is known that confusion has
existed in reference to the number OF pounds
constituting a bushel Of the several kinds OF
grain the standard having been different
in different states, anl made to depend up
on the customs, frequently, Of different mar
kets The neW-plan will destroy this ine-
quality, and in time make the unit of meas
urement the same in the grain marts Of the
world Its advantages are obvious, and
when the prejudices which with many, rise
up against all innovation has been over
come, it will be a matter Of surprise that
the clumsy invention brought into use han
dreds Of years ago, has been long sustained.
The change will at first give rise to consid-
cradle confusion, but this will gradually be
remedied. The quickest way to effect this
is practically to forget that there ever was
such thing as a bushel We subjoin
comparison Of the magnitude of the old
bushel and the new GENITAL, for each kind OF
grain, the recognized weight of each being
under the old system as follows:
wheat, 60 pounds; corn and rye (each), Sc;
barley, As, and oats 50.
The market quotations now are given in
centals, and in order to find the rate per
bushel in this manner Of quoting, it is only
necessary to make the statement; as the
number Of pounds in a GENITAL (l00) as to
the number Of pounds in a bushel co in
the case Of wheat, so is the price of a cen
tai to the price Of bushel. In other words
the price Of bushel and the price Of a
bushel is 3-5ths the price OF GENITAL. The
number Of pounds in bushel of corn Or
rye is Sc; the price being 2Sc for instance,
the price per GENITAL would be lila the
price per bushel, there being in GENITAL
bushel and A lbs, or l and LA bushels.
Therefore, a GENITAL of corn or rye is lila
bushels, and a bushel of rye or corn J. %
of GENITAL. Forty eight lbs of barley being
buehol; Genial is 2 liz bushels of bar
ley, and q bushel Of barley II % of a CEN
tai Thirty-two lbs Of oats being bushel
a GENITAL would be Is bushels Of oats and
a bushel Of oats 8-25 of a GENITAL. In the
same manner a relative magnitude Of
bushel Of all other staples can be obtained.
As soon as a value has been attached to
GENITAL Of each commodity, and it becomes
fixed all the supposed difficulty will have
vanished, and farmers will favor the new
system as much as any other class of men.
As a further insight into the new system
we quote the market report of Friday, as
published IN the Milwaukee Neacs, con
corning Wheat, Oats, and Rye:
Uheat-Inactive and the tendency rath-
CT downward. Receipts are comparatively
fair, including 6,67l centals lll,ll8 busl
to 1881 centals (l2,G52 bus) corresponding
day last year Sales during tie morning
board included only 1900 centals. No. .
was held at 3, 3333 per GENITAL Geo per bus)
but buyers would give only l,99L9l 99} per
bus. There were 30 buyers for No. 3 at
, 2,975 per GENITAL q .79 per bus) The mar
ket at noon varied but little from the morn
ing, butwas slightly lower with more sales.