, 1872-10-29

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TO TO Erie ....... ...-.., $4,000 - $4,000
= ogdensbursh. 900! o!.".." 2s,s5s..:.::: ! i,a35
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Totals. 33,o1s l79 aa7, o. |s2scsi II, IA
| Also, 13543 bu rye by rail
| A vote was taken this morning, among tile
! provision dealers who were members of the
Evening Board last winter, the object being to
gain an expression Of their votes in reference TO
recognizing the Board for the coming winter.
The vote stood 50 noes, against ayes-more
| than eight to one against it.
! With such an overwhelming expression of
opinion on the subject, it will be indeed strange
if the Board is Reconstructed and yet it is not i'm
possible, as if = few brokers should detcrmiue
to visit tho place the rest would be practically
obliged to do SO, under penalty Of losing their
| trade. Tho result Of this would be
| that no man can engage IN the
I provision business unless he would consent to
| give himself up to it, body and soul, from 8
o'clock in the morning till 10 o'clock at night, in
addition to the time required to 60 to and from
| his homo. In the case OF parties who live in
the suburban towns, this would be even 4 more
| serious matter than to those who live in the
city.
Indeed, there is good reason to suspect that the
movement is got up in the interest Of those who
want to restrict the number Of dealers, and think
that the best way to do this will be to
| cut off those who live outside the cor
porate lmits Of Chicago. It must
be so, because there il only one other asBignable
reason-and that IS so discreditable that no one
! would eutartain it for 3 moment, who knows the
high moral tendencies OF the men who favor it,
| There are some who are absurd enough to charge
that the Evening Board has been in the past
the family, under the plea OF business. and that
| more money has been invested in whiskey and its
! following i i1ins than. in pork or meats, On
those occasions. OF course, these charges are
uncaled for, but then. it is fact that the Even
ing Board ia never held very far away from bar,
and, somehow or other, that bar is always very
well patronfzed-we presume by men who want
to see how the provision dealers do their busi-
| ness, and " take bath " dd interim.
| Supposing that the Evening Board has received
| it's quletus ne commend to the Board Of Trade
! the subject Of the Afternoon Board, as that will
bear to be looked at squarely, if not in q corpo-
rate Way. at least from an individual point OF
view. Of those who do not want to Loaf around
that Afternoon Board would only hold aloof from
! it. in concert, it would soon be moribund. The
| crowd is chiefly made up OF men who do no
! trading, and 1t is only now and then that q
dealer, wlo feels that be has all the business he
wants to attend to in his own office. steps out to
| see what is going on, and perhaps makes ] trade
| that will serve the crowd to hurrah about for the
! next quarter OF an hour.
| THE MARKETS.
] The leading produce markets were moderately
active to-day, with not much change in the aver
age of prices OF produce, though the general i'm
| pulse WAS to higher range OF quotations till
Encouraging advices were received from else-
! whore. Our receipts were larger than the aver
age, but the reported shipments were fair,
! and a decline in freights gave quite
stimulus to the shipping interest to-day.
| In the grocery market no change was noticeable
save in refined sugars, which were excited and
| higher. The supply in New York falls some
| sc, 600 hhds short Of the amount in store there
al this time last year, and there is great scarcity
Of this staple in all the markets OF the country.
| Our jobbers we're to-day asking an advance Of
| ]9@11c on Saturdays prices, and q further up
| ward movement seems imminent. There was
also Increased frmness in coffees, the supply be-
| ing light, and the demand active. Rice, soaps,
candles, and other articles in the list we're with
out change. The dry goods market was quoted
! more quiet, but otherwise without change, the
feeling being firm at former quotations: Butter
and cheese we're moving On q liberal scale at
l6c, and the former at 7t@26c. Goal remains firm.
| Fish met with good inquiry, at unchanged
| prices. Dried fruits remain quiet. Hay and
hides we're quoted dull and easy: Lenther, oils,
change. A very satisfactory business was trans
acted at the lumber yards to-day. Prices for
common lumber have advanced Csc. Building
materials continue to meet with a good demand
at former prices. Cooperage remains quiet; the
usual demand for -four barrels exists. Iron and
the metals continue active aud unchanged,
the the demand is larger, and stocks
ample. Broomcorn, hops, and wool are quiet
and unchanged, excepting q better prospect for
the wool trade. The inquiry for salt, both on
local and interior account, is large and increas-
| ing; prices are steady at the recent advance.
Seeds arc quiet, and without quotable change.
Poultry quiet. Potatoes are unchanged. Ap-
| ples in liberal supply and fair request Other
| fruits fairly active.
Highwines we're in fair demand, and steady at
Saturdays quotations. Sales we're made Of $50
brls at Soc per gallon.
Of 1c per bu, at which concession shippers took
hold freely especially as it was reported that
! quite number OF vessels had been sent away
for iron ore, reducing the chances Of another
| drop. Nevertheless, the market closed weak,
with carriers asking the ruling quotations of the
day, which were 13c on wheat, and 12c on corn,
! By sail to Buffalo. Corn was taken to Oswego
at 18c. 4 total Of 10 charters was reported,
which will carry out S. 900 bu wheat SIS, 900 bu
corn; 5000 bu oats, and $4,000 bu barley,
Total, 1000.
European freights were quoted at 921lc@
$1.0214 per 100 lbs to Liverpool in gold. Flour
to London at sl.s5@2.o 90 per brl il gold
change IN prices, Ssas e1cept II That % mess T porE vas
caaier, particularly for near delivery. Operators
we're busy during the greater part Of the session
| in talking about the proposition to renew the
Evening Board, and in voting against it. The
old pork is still held firmly; but new pork will
be On the market on next Saturday (regular), il
the weather permit, and was offered to-day at
much less prices than the old. Lard was quoted
steady. Meats we're inactive, though there was
fair inquiry; but the orders Of brokers seemed
tobe generally limited to figures below tho views
OF holders,-they asked for concessions:
The market closed at the following range Of
prices: Mess pork, cash held at s15.o0; new
pork seller the week, offered at $14.50; do,
seller December. el2.6234@12.75: do. seller