, 1872-11-04

scales, when loaded, 490 bushels, or %, $50 lbs,
and as weighed BY the I. c. R. r. Company at
Chicago, 23,750 lbs, and freight collected by
them for that amount. The same car load Of
barley was sold, delivered and weighed at the
Fort Wayne Depot aud there made only Is, ,23s
lbs, shortage IN this case Of 5.4G2 lbs, or %
per cent Of the gross amount between the I. C..
B. R. and Fort Wayne depot, Such gross, out
men Of q city like Chicago, wherein single
firm among the hundreds, not to say thousands
dealing with them, are thus cheated out Of the
fourth part Of their grain, is too extraordinary
to pass unnoticed. Is there no remedy tor us
victims Of such law1ess and corrupt monopoGes?
Legal redress seems impossible, and the nlti-
mate results will unquestionably be, that, Chica-
go will be the loser, and that the great mass Of
grain dealers throughout the country being una
ble to stand such fearful thefts, will cease
making consignments to that point, and ship to
otherpoints, where if the econyeniences and prices
are not quite so good, honesty and justice will
be the rule, and not the exception. We have;
with many others, borne these wrongs, We might
say, uncomplnlning1y for years until On our part,
forbearance has ceased to be virtue, and the
only course left us is to publish these facts to
the world. That there are many honest men,
both in the Board Of Trade and among the ware
house men We do not question, but such men
will at once see that it is not only their duty,
these abuses, and, thus lay the blame on
those who are guilty, or otherwise they them,
selves must bear portion of the obloquy, and
suffer in q degree with those who are the real
culprits. II those things are continued, the OUT
ragged grain dealers will, Of necessity, be obliged
lection from grain pirates who are growing
wealthy upon the industry Of honest men
CoNNAY g. MEA1IFF.
WHEAT IN CALIFORNIA.
The San francisco Commercial Herald says:
Wheat movements continue to be the an-absorbng
topic Of the day. 1t is the handspring Of all busness
1t furnishes full employment to our large feet Of ships
gyng them Ich returns for M ~ te 1reghtpg thereot @
other railroads. It gives to our inland steamers and
coasttng fleet all the business they do, at the same
sets in motion thonsands Of Iabor-saving machines,
and gives employment to 3 vast army OF laborers,
teamsters and others scattered up and down the coast
serted by the Bulletin Of this city tha the wheat IN
the grain districts Is all housed" This is sad
Il On the there e+ ae t sn
joaquin and other valleys Cords Of It piled up TOR
miles along the railroad track still remain waiting for
raicars to come and convey 1t to plnce OF safety
This the Pacific Railroad is striving to accomplish
with all possible despatch, refusing to convey any
housed grain to tde-water until al that i exposed e
work to accomplish a that is required 1t Is only to
be hoped that the rains may hold of for time
yet; otherwise many thousand tons Of wheat will H.
eritably be exposed to the elements. It is e1-
pected that the seeding ths year will be hrger than
ever before, owing to the success of the wheat
hitherto used exclusively for CATTLE has had the effect
Of bringing larger acreage into cultivation, and the
partial {ailure Of the crops in Great Britain promises
remuneratre prices for another years product. From
the present outlook it would that California and
Oregon destined to get tho raisng Of whea almost
altogether in their hands. Agreat tract Of the Eastern
grain districts has been exhausted and great tract Of
fertile 1and the Pacific Slope has never yet been
touched by the plowshare. Tbs reclamation now 60
ing In the fresh water tues along the Sacramento
River promises to open up tract Of country equal,
Perhaps for grain purposes to the famous nds in the
delta OF the Nile. And tho irrigated lands In the San
Joaquin Valley, which in few years will add immense
ly to the annual production OF the State practically
tne1haustible. For it Is wel1knoWn fact that iTri
gated ans have produced crops for century without
being at al exhausted in their fertility In New Mexico
there tracts Of land that have been irrigated for
hundred years, and still producing as large
crops when first opened to cultivation In the older
lnds guano md other sorts Of necessary
to preserve tho quality OF the go where irrigation Is
not possible, but in tho San joaquin by Of this
water facility, from S to s. is saved the acre. and
that with the unvarying certainty OF q successful
crop.
LATEST.
In the afternoon wheat Was active and easier.
closing at 91.0715 seller the month, and 91.0756c
seller December. Corn was dull and unchanged.
Freights inactive.