New Orleans Republican., 1872-09-01

November SO SIS SEg2 395 5H
| December. 1880 +96I4 - 4gt
January .......... 1919 40,G25 20, Pa
February ,,...--.. 81, ,ISA ,4ai 5i 166
M&rch. ............ l,2 OF 49,2s4 ) 513
april .,..-..,...,- 1888 +3,t-t + ,+a0
May. .........s. II5,l47 26,7a5 50,m@
july. july 58848 IS 3,Sg5
gL>t.--......... u. .704 2aTo5 Il, 800
Total l87l-2...l ,o87 488 4a5,le5 e58,5oO
Total, lG7h-7l,..., ,5ti.2&l SIS. 9d7 55saa1
Total, I5J3-.0,....I,u ,u4I Al a56 ,323 22IG50
Total, I8G2-Gq-....I 92I 511,235 81 so
Total, 1876 -. 500 ,o63 285 5.7G4 ; IS o09
Total, l265-G1,,... 993, }3l zEg,@25 SIS $50
The receipts and exports in the above
tables may be regarded as correct. but the
sales present only portion OF the business,
d large part of the supply being disposed OF
in lots too small to he reported. This is
much more the case than formerly, when
a large part Of the receipts was sold in
block by the receivers u dealers, the former
c0ntinlng themselves To q wholesale COM
mission business, and leaving the retail
trade TO the latter. In the changes that
have occurred retailing has been forced
upon the receivers, contrary to their wish,
by the Western millers Or merchants yalU-
ing on the consignees for the full proceeds
Of the consignment, even at retail rates,
and obliging, the latter to break it up ac-
Cordingly il lots to suit purchasers.
The exports embrace 1922 bbls to Great
Britain, against li,208 last year; 1000 TO
France. against $40; l55 to other CONT
mental ports against lGll; 1910 to
Brazil, against 6t40; 56,247 to Cuba,
against l04, I3t; 1861 to other foreign
ports, mostly Mexican against 26,0Gl; 1888
to New York, against 4467, and 38I 1863 to
cOastwise ports, mostly gulf, against
55l ,5tt. From the above it is shown
that notwithstanding the demand at
New. York for Liverpool, the shipments to
that port show d material falling off from
last year. This remark applies even more
fOrciblY to Cuba, the shipments to which
have been restricted by the ample supplies
received from Spain and the North. With
regard to the limited amount forwarded to
the North, If manifestIy points TO the almost
total diversion Of the trade by the interior
lines Of communication with the Atlantic
seaboard
If we add to the stock on hand at the
commencement OF the year tl4Q,Q00 bbls)
the receipts 1 ,087 ,488 bbls), We have a sup
ply of ,227, ,488 bbls. Deducting from this
the stock left on hand yesterday (46,600
bblsl, and the exports (485, l06 bbIs), leaves
695,782 bbls for home consumption, and the
supply of the plantation demand not in
cluded in the clearances. This gives week
ly average of 1880 bbls, against II, $40 last
year, $40 the year before, II $50 in 1868,
I,007 in 1868, and l2,0I3 in 1867.
The entire amount of supply at this port
is 1.;!27, 488 bbls. of which I,I52, 584 bbls
have been taken for Southern distribution,
including city consumption and shipments
to Havana and other Gulf ports, and of the
14,90f bbls, only 10.609 fore
Northern Atlantic ports Last year the en-
tire amount of supply was ,43l ,281 bbls,
of which /, 407 ,l2l were taken for Southern
distribution. and of the remaining n, 100
bbls, l9, ,684 bbls were taken for foreign and |
1916 for Northern Atlantic ports.
Wharf.-The trade in this article may be |
said to have vanished. The receipts have
been only ZIG bushels, against 1912 last ;
wear, 446,G5G the year before, and 302, 900 in !
1868. This is the more remarkable from /
the inducements offered TO Western ship |
pers and operators by orders having been |
pending here throughout the year at full !
prices compared with the Liverpool market. i
Not only have foreign buyers been ready to !
come forward freely, baJ every necessary |
facility has been provided either for trans |
fer from barges or boats to sea-g0ing yes
sells, or for handling at 5he elevator with /
and dispatch. In fact, every thing
has been ready at this point to expedite the
at the lowest possible transit /
charges. And yet, notwithstanding fre-
luent complaints OF deliveries in bad order
when shipped to New York by the interior
ines and of ruinous shrinkage in weight
me CnLtES w C5l6EI 5hI }ldS Has B6SH lUE-
Tarded by THAI route. In 1866 our re-
,ipts were over two millions OF bushels, and
or the three years ending IN 1853 averaged
nearly one and three-Quarters OF million.
Had the business increased in proportion TO
he extension of production, it would now
um up many millions annually, and even
/ it were merely transit trade, give prof
table employment to btth the river and the
,oean marine
CORN-The movement in this article pre-
ents more encouragement. The receipts
how an increase OF about l,709, 900 bushels,
he total in sacks and bulk being $500. 913
bushels, against 4,i3}, i32. last year In
S69-70 the receipts We're 3,558, 362 bushels,
This indicates substantial progress and
nav we'll inspire the opera tors IN the trade
With increased confidence. The country
las no doubt received larger amount
lirect from the West than last year. and
,et the tahings for consumption for this
,ort show some increase. This indicates
hat while there appeared to be during the
,lanting season disposition to materially
xtend the area of nome cultivation, the
0W prices y hich have ruled throughout the
,ear have cansed a considerable increase in
Southern consumption Of the Western pro
Luct, the surplus over the demand for
consumption has been mostly taken for
9reat Britain, Cuba and Southern domestic
lOrts, the exports comparing with last
,ear-aN packages reduced to bushels as
olIows: To Great Britain 70&,t77 bushels,
gainst I9I,6 go last year; to other
European ports 91779 bushels, against S0.3i6
. Cuba 9,5ef, against l9t,i9f; to
ther foreign ports 1911, against
] ,03l: To New York Ii,l99 against 45,l72,
md to southern United States ports, mostly
,ulf, 2, ,G20,5l9, against 6S1, $50 The above
some remarkable discrepancies.
nho large increase to Great Britain is owing
0 moderate rates for river transportation
md cheap ocean treigbts having stimulated
he movement in bulk. The falling Oft to
continental ports rs owing 10 an unusual de-
nand from France last year, to which the
Exports this year are only 135 bushels. The
to Cuba may be attributed TO its
l0me supplies, and receipts from the North
laEing mainly met the cOnsumptive de-
nand The trifing amount taken f0r other
oroign ports arises from the interruption
If the Mexican trade, and the heavy in
rease to neighb0Iing gulf ports shows
argely augmented wants for consumption,
v hlch could be supplied from no source
more eadvantageously than from this market.
In gIanCing over the above figures it will
20 observed that the highest point was
cached in December, when mixed was
elbow at 81 ., and the lowest in Julv,
when mixed ruled at 81 q 33c, yellow at
90 and white at &c 06Ic. Last year the
righest point was 95c q S for white, against
II IS NJ Gin lSG9-70 and 81 29G p III
3G8-69. The lowest point in 1901 was
is q &c against 903 in l869-70 and Zoe in
86S-69 This comparative view shows that
while there has been no marked general
ltf6renco between this year and last year,