, 1872-11-07

Withdrawn from store on Saturday for city
consumption: 3,52l bu wheat 4,754 bu corn !;
13, 506 bu oats 1859 bu rye; Alb Iu barley.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 13S1a cars
wheat; rs cars and 1000 bu corn; 25 cars and
5000 bu oats; 6 cars and 200 bu rye; G411a cars
barley. Total (369 cars), LAG, 900 bu.
We suggest to those whom it may concern, that
the stocks of grain in this city 30 low that
it would not be much trouble to go through the
process Of weighing, SO as to ascertain how
much We have in store. There are grave doubts
afoat in reference thereto, especially in corr, Of
which we are reported to have had ,5C8, ,537 bu
on Saturday Inst, while there many men on
the floor Of the Exchange who think
that there could not be found 100000
Of Sc lbs to the bu, if it were all weighed up. It
may be objected that it is not long since tho
State In spector Of Grain undertook the work OF
measuring the grain in the different warehouses
Of this city; but then there arc grave rumors to
the effect that some bins Of corn in certain
houses that have recently been transferred, we're
full when measured, and empty soon aftor-
wards, while other bins were being measured. It
would seem scarcely possible TINT the measurers
should be hoodwinked into measuring the same
grain tHice, and We do not believe it; but there
would be no harm in taking stock over again,
and it will probably be done. It is understood to
be the rule among warehousemen to take stock
once year; and they will not probably haTo
better opportunity this year of doing it than now.
While on this topic We may note 3 marked dis
crepancy between the returned differences Of
stocks in store on last Saturday, and q week ago,
as compared with the reported receipts and ship
ments In wheat the daily bulletins give: Ship
ped out last week, GIG, 129 bu; Withdrawn for
city consumption, II, ,632 bu; aud received, 5S7.-
TOO bu. This would give O decrease Of 100 051
bu, whereas the weekly statements of stocks in
store show increase of 90, 1876. Total t.is-
crcpancy, 100, BAG bu. In barley the receipts and
the statement Of stocks in store only shows O
decrease Of 11,221 bn Total discrepancy
in barley, 152, 749 bu. we know that the daily
statement Of receipts are only approximate. but
they ought surely to bo nearer the truth than
this; in bnrley the error is not less than FIVE
eighths Of the stated receipts for the week An
instance of the loose way in which these reports
are made occurred this morning one road re-
ported 100, 500 bu wheat received since Monday
morning, which q comparison with the Iuspec-
tors books showed was about ten times the
amount actually received over that rond. What
are such figures good for?
THE MARKETS.
The leading produce markets Vero heayy to-
day. though moderately active, and some Of them
STEADY. They sympathzcd with New York,
where buyers seem to have been too busy OF,
canvassing the election returns to lave
much time left for trading. Here the
election and its results were tall,
ed over, but only IN an incidental
,a wara surprised OF the general weakness They
lad expected that the settlement OF tho great
National issue, either way, would result IN more
extensive trading, as the people would krow what
they had right to expect from either regime,
and would operate with moro confluence inns
far the expectation has not been realized. Ihe