Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-09-01


ence IN favor of the wear lust closed. We
have been at some little trouble
to arrive at an estimate of the
amount of money il has r.onired
to carry on the trade during ihe year. and
while our figures are not entirely accnrate
they will approximate in that direction
MAKING an average therefore of the weight
Of cattle ard the prices throughout the
year, we can state in round figures that
the sales have aggregated $74l, 200. In
hogs we have made the same average.
and fud that it required the sam of
$500 COO to handle the same. Sheep, say
at an average of g. 25 per head, foots np
IN round figures $40, AL. Add these
three items together, and we find that
81, O87, AL have changed hands in this
department Of trade-certain'y no small
sum expended in the business of live
stock.
The Liquor Trade.
In our remarks relative to the grocery
trade of Nashville, we did not include the
liquor department, which is a very impor-
tant adjunct to many of our grocery es-
Establishments. In addition to the large
amount sold by different grocery houses,
we have also a number of firms who deal
exclusively in liquors, ell of whom do s
large business, which has been steadily on
the increase for several years. In addi-
ton to which, there are several rectifiers
whose whisky trade is immense. Many of
our readers will be astonished to know
that the whisky trade alone of Nashville
for the past year has amounted to &C, O00,-
600, while the sales of apple, peach and
cognac brandies, port, sherry, madeira
champagne wines, etc, will aggregate an
other million, thus making the liquor
trade of Nashville $1,000, 900. So it sp-
pears that the demand for liquors is nearly
equal to that OF the necessaries Of life, and
exceeds the business here in our great
Southern staple-cotton.
The Grain Trade.
The grain trade for the past year has
not been altogether as favorable as antici-
pated, and shows q falling off not expected
at the opening of the season in the face of
the extensive crops then known to exist.
Upon a comparison of the trade of 1s69-70
with that of 1901, we find that the
amount of corn handled here in the years
first mentioned comprised ! 900, 900 BUSH !
els, equal to $500, 900, when We make an
X
the past season shows the amount of corn
handled az $50, 600 bushels, worth at the
average prices of the commercial year
800, 600, showing business of $50, 600 !
bushels less, and IN dollars and cents Just |!
1 )ube the amount in favor of the season /!
D. 1969-70. The trade in oats is in .
Iavor of the past year. In 1S69-7O, there
we're 125, 600 bushels handled, the sales !
aggreesting $50, 900, while the past season /
gives Us sales of $50, 900 bushels, aggre-
eating 800 900. There was a falling off |
tbs rye and barley, but we find it diff |
,ult to institute a com parison between the |
,wo past years. The wheat crop of 1869
10 was the largest ever grown in the State, |
pat owing TO late rains the damage was |
very considerable, which tended greatly to |
lee ease the business in this particular, !
aad it is useless here to refer to the !
litter failure of the crop the past season. So !
With the commercial year under review, we /
lad to contend with damages 10 aa !
crop at the opening of the !
season, and q perfect failure Of another j
crop ct the close. With regard to /
the decrease IN the corn trade, there are i
several causes which hiss occssioned this ,
falling of, and it may be accounted for in !
his way. First there was q good crop !
in certain portions of the South, thus re- /
iucing the demand IN that locality. So |
cOnd: A large portion of the cropwas used !
for feeding hogs, tins reducing the supply. !
Third; there was a persistent refusal Of /
BUR farmers to sell their crops at the low |
prices, a large amount of the stock on |
hand being thus kept back from market !
md still held. The commercial year clos
IS dull, aud with little demand, but q
srgely increased trade is expected the
,omiug season.
Flour, Meal and OEEaI.
Our fl our ard meal trade during the firtt .
part OF the year under review was in J
iourishing condition, and continued 80 !
until the close of The season which ended, |
say the first Of July last. Upon the entire !
allure of the recent wheat crop, our mill !
ers had to seek other markets for their /
gain, and the trade to them especially |
has not been so satisfactory since that !
ime. There is a large amount of capital
Employed in the milling interest, aud when
grain was plentiful the machinery worked
enough, but recently the millers
rave been in direct composition with -four
hipped from other points, and while they
re determined to keep the trade supplied
With their superior brands, they find that
lrswing wheat from distant points to man
fracture here is not as easy work as undsr
ne old regime when the grain could be |
purchased at their doors. From what we
ave been able to gather, we put down the
ales Of -four during the year az $50, 900
barrels, which, say a. an average of So per
,bl., amounts to the sum Cf 81, 230, 600.
The sales of ON meal will reach 20), 900
'ushels, which, at an average of 65 ceats
,er bushel, will aggregate $4,000. IL |
EDITION TO the above items, the sales from
IF Il at our different mills Will reach falIy
$3.50, 600. OR city mills have been able
0 far 10 compete with other markets, aud
ave done much to regulate the trade.
wing TO the small amount of wheat
throughout Middle Tennessee, many of tie
ountry mills in this locality will be com.
sled at an early day to suspend, aud thus
be trade which has been supplied by these
ountry mills will have to rely on Nashville
Dr. future supplies, indicating that
here will be no falling off tom this time
ut.
Agricultural implements.
No branch of orr trade has increased
pore rapidly than that of agricultural i'm
dement's But few years ago aggieultu-
al i'm elements we're a part and parcel Of
be hardware trade, but the demand for
lch goods became so great that it was
1und profitable to separate the Business,
ssuIting in the establishment of a number
( houses devoted exclusively to the trade,
II of which are in 1ourishing condition.
he extent of the business for the past
ear has Amounted to $500, coo, and it is
retty generally conceded that in the two
ears past the trade has more than doubled
self, an indication that our farming
'iends appreciate the value Of thu many