New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-01

2ultLlOItdL taAt--t O-tlL1- experimenting.
etc, 1t taking Iuuch longer time to
dispose q BY retail t5iatG to steamboats,,
Also about Iac = bb On an a@ela9e for -
haltiin9 to al-v part OF tHt cjty........ 300 90
Average : I--a Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 90
IT is generally rated. however, at I5c, as
theirs are many incidental expenses. ecu
stantIy /aecBli12, which added to the
wholesale price, % q DOC, and deducted
from tie gross sales. show the profits.
/ It should be added, moreover, that coal
operators are compelled, b. the ex0rbitant
premiums asked, TO be their own under
writer's, and, Consequently, run great risks.
often meeting heavy LOSSES from accidents
on the river.
FREIl4ITs-T!.e comparative Importance
Of large and of small crops Of cotton is
f0rclbly illustrated by their relations to the
freight market. The freight on | 300 600
bales Of cotton to transatlantic ports may
be set down at nearly S6,000000 and Of
100000 c0as tWise at nearly $780, coo. making
total of $500, 600. Reduced to 5000
bales to transatlantic ports and 20C 600
c0&stWise, the amount shrinks to $f.500000
Here IS deficiency in values OF about
$1,000 Q0 to the ship owners and even adj
mlttlng that Is not the fact that the whole
OF the tonnage engaged in this trade is
owned abroad, il is manifest that a COnsid-
cradle percentage Of the loss would be
borne by our own citizens on short commits
missions and other charges But when we
estimate the TyaTsr5oTts 5T +ba sI;'',,;T1, y,
t6e service f. he pSnf;tn 1ie of = IN
connected with its movement, from the tow.
boat company, with its capital of half
million or more. to such smaller interests as
shipWrights, sailnakers, ship chambers,
steyedores and others, we shall probably
find that our own people are deprived Of
Gujta a. much az the foreign sIiDownera
Onr pxnor4s to-dav alow the basis If tho
market tor tbo YEAR which comnares IN
round n17TnEora With last z-aar &c fn1joure.
For H. nsatlaDt;r norris q06 Coz bales Of cot.
tor. against .305. 00D 1850 hhds of to-
baccO. against 81 600. and an Indefinite
amount 81 corn. lard. talloW and other
articles against proportjonatcIy laT0eT.
amount Ia some and smaller in others
Coastwise We have zoe. 600 bales OF cetton,
against 00t; !3QU hbds of tobacco,
against -94o % 100 hhd4 and Goo bbIs OF.
sugar, against 2G5Q0 lhds and 5000 bbls:
IOl 200 bbIs Of mofasses against % 500:
$4,000 btls Of Tour against $50 coo: . 093
go0 bushels Of corn against 80, 900: I2l0n0
sacks Of oats. against 85.aGG; 2i00 bbls Of
beef against 55,GuQ; 1880 bbLs of pork,
agains J@2ai 1880 Casks Of bacon. against
1000 ,594 tierccz Of lard, against 1900:
$4,000 Ibis Of whisky against 10000: B.
5ol sacks Ct bran. against 10000; S., 0G0
SACKS OF cotton seed, against 10000; 300
gmg hides. against .!5a, p3tl; $1,000 bbI8 Of
OIL: against 3a9CGi I&A .950 sacks OF Oil cake.
against l5.09g: G}oo bales OF Spanish moss,
against ~. IS9u tefce8 OF talloW, against
1000; and eo09 bales OF wool, against 1850.
When We add to these articles q number
Of carooes Of black walnut and yellow nine
lumber and timber and other articles not
enumerated. We form a prOximate idea Of
tile extent If the movement. and we dis
cover moreover. that we have gained in