, 1872-11-23
Withdrawn from store yesterday for cit,

! 1881 bu oats; 6,S93 bu barley.
| The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 1874 cars
wheat; 129 cars corn I; 81 cars oats; cars rye;
81 cars barley. Total, 3G3 cars, or lao, 600 bu.
It WAS announced few days ago that commit
tees had been appointed by the Chicago Board of
Trade, and the Chamber Of Commerce Of Mil
Waukee, to confer with regard to the length Of
the business day, with view Of reducing the
number Of hours Of trading in produce. The
committees have not met, IS yet, and it is prob
able that they will not do so, thinking that the
evil is one OF those that should be left to work
out it's Own cure.
The custom OF authorizing brokers to deal On
general principles for principals seems to have
been overdone in the case Of A1r. Henry Gillette.
He, to-day, gave notice that there were said to
be many contracts out against him Of which he
had no knowledge, and that he will not in future
recognize any not authorized by him.
There was some talk on Change to-day about
| making request, through the Board Of Direc-
tors, that the grain warehouseulan Of this city
will make return of condition at tho close Of
this month. It is possible that the motion will
be tabled, On the ground that al the warehouses;
men are understood to be willing to make such
statement without being formally asked to do so.
a mhe seo{ offending the Rs Rasr% Of
Trade, and the delay incident thereto, wns very
natural. George Armour {; Co.. their former
partners, did not want to take the step, for the
double reason that they did not wish to be sus-
them was not as members Of the Board Of
Trade, but es warehousenen. Other members
held back, not wishing to act on general Frinci-
pies, while the parties who had been personally
members who have now taken the mat
ter in hand, do go simply from
sense Of duty, and not because they have private
wrongs to complain Of. The past relations of
passed upons not their relations with the indi-
vidual members Of that body.
There is disposition in some quarters to At
tach to the Grain Inspectors more blame than
really belongs to them. for having been deceiyed
by the false. bottoms in the bins of the North
western Elevator. The truth is that the inside
Inspectors of the warehouses were retired near
" two years ago, and the one In
spector acting outside. for the State,
has he eeean Of %
passed on the top floor. Nevertheless it was
their duty to do what they undertook to do
measure the grain in the houses, and not content
themselves with measuring so much blank space
capacity Of the bin, which they did not take the
have told them that the 'method Of diner
ences" should only bo resorted to as
tanned By previous labor. One thing is
certain; the Inspectors did not perform the
work they we're understood to perform. It was
announced that they measured The grain, where |
they did not do. They are, therefore, morally
to blame for the results OF their imperfect way
Of showing p" how not to do it" though not open |
to the charge Of collusion with the inventors Of
the mo9strous fraud which has so recently been
exposed.
It is understood that the corn paper bought
up by George Armour & Co., representing about !
475000 bu which had gone into the Mum &
Scott elevators, and myBteriously disappeared, |
cost them ~, an @ average Of 2ec per hu as they
the receipt to the time Of purchase. Some Of
those receipts were issued in June last, and were
chargeable with as much as 579c per bu for
storage. It has occurred to some inquisitive
pertinent question: "What right had Armour &
Go. to deduct these charges for storage on grain
that had long since been shipped out, and was,
perhaps, eaten in Europe at the time the re-
evidently not proftcd by their residing Of Esop's
fable about the wolf and the crane; they are not
sufficiently thankful for their escape Wit5
whole skin, after having been graciously per114s-
ted to place their heads within the VOLTS jaws.
But parties who have not thus narrowly escaped
may be pardoned it they wonder that others
should be obliged to pay for the empty space
which the Inspectors measured so faithfully two
mOnt1a ago.
TIE MARKETS. |
The leading produce markets were moderately
active to-day, and with no important changes in
prices, though some were irregular, and some
higher. The receipts of grain were . little more
Liberal, and the shipping movement seems to be
about over for the season, so far as lake trans-
fers are concerned but our stocks are very
light, and this fact tends to prevent decline,
30 long as We have short interest on the floor
The grocery market was lacking in activity,
and IN frnness. There we're few interior buy
ers here n person, while tho order business was
also small. The present du1nesB is attributed
to the prevalence, in tue country, Of the horse
epidemic, which prevents farmers from getting
10 town to do their customary trading. Country Z
merchants of course do not feel Like ssstocking
Up until there is reasonable prospect that
heir goods will :1t BE- Wanted. I Prices generally
lined sugars, which we're of an kc,
here was no quotab1e decline. There was .
lair amount OF trading in foreign aud domestic :
Try good, and the prevalent feeling WAS one Of .
fir1unesa. In goods q little passe