Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-10

~ &tA9 ySIuUAt t4Bt HI NSsy
many depsrtmeits tho tEads, indus.
tries Ind c0sHulerce o. 81. Lopis will
Hotipkessat s n9flsfihg showing for
tlse year 1873 now go sesr tts tefulin.
atiop. Many causs4 Gestdss tSSs late
5inamuial eulbnrrassmcnti have COZ.
sfrfbused u bring thil result about.
The rccetpts Ofc6ri 10 date have been
7,2i2, 343 bushels, sgaiust s,27S,61t
bushels Tor tbs corresponding time
last year. Here IL . falling Of Of
2.O61, 63S bushcls. and At the close Of
the year tho :difference will be atiii
grenier. Receipts Of wheat 10 dale
foot mp ib,4S4.l39 busiiels, against
$500. 2i2 6ishels for tho sane time
timc last year. Tho difference here
10 email, amounting TO but 17,773
bushels. Az receipts are averaging
EAbont 1850 bushels per week, IL -
ar0i,sbin itat ~ thn t.f.pse of the year
we ran show a slight gain. Receipts
Of -four to date have been 1,156, 040
barrels, against 1,167,S95 barrels Ms
compared whb the receipts during
satnc time o 1872. The difference
hero is also tinall, and under the
siininlnfiDg Influence Of a hotter de-
maRd for low and medium grades
now prevailing, II is likely thai "
slight gam uppn tho receipts Of 1872
y be shown ht I've ,.l.,se If the wear
The receipts Qfoafs TO date have been
bushels, agninst 5.227, $50
bushels For same tiRa. last year, re-
vcaiit9 n s'iriuielar o. 123. 900 bnshcls,
which will be- iather Increased thar
diminished. Receipts at barley have
5fcsb f40OD $50 bpshnis. against 1,201,-
III bushels same time last year; de-
crease, 49,. 873 Bushels. Receipts Of
rye TO date, SOC, 986 bushels, against
965.600 bushels s,pne finis last wear. /;
deere t.r. 50 8l4 BUSHELS. Receipts nj
potatoes to date have been 666,421
bushels, against 1927, $52 bushels So
satife date Inst year ; decreases 626.0Si
bnsTnis. Tiicrcis a decrease III wool.
in tallow, In sugar, IN pig iron, In
onions, In lard, in hemp. hay, gunny
bags. in furs and .pcltries, in dried
+ uit, in corn meal, in coffee, IN
cheese, in bran, beef, beans aud ap-
pies. We gain in bnron, butter, cot
ton, eggs. grease, hides, lead pork,
hogs. salt, cnopcrage, tobacco, sc.
In cotton, tobacco and lead the gains
are largcand important, while the de-
crease Is not very important in any
article saw CORN. Tho decrease is
due mainly TO tho "stand-of" be.
tween farmers and the spectators,
which began quite early in the season.
Farmers realized that the season Ut
best would be poor for corn.
First, because tho planting
was made extremely late by
protracted spring raims. Second.
because of the nnfavorablc condition
of the soil ut planting. The area
devoted to corn was thus much re-
duced, and the succeeding %unfnvora-
bic season still fursher contributed to
reduce the crop. Many farmers real
lied this. but spectators could not
be made to see it. Hence, the com
parative t'staud-oF' which occurred.
Farmers sold sparingly ut. current
crates, and receipts continued light
up to tho time of the panic, when
the inability of the South to order
reduced the demand for corn in this
market to q very low ebb, and
receipts fell off. The slight falling
off in wheat, flour, pig iron, wool,
coffee, sugar, bran, &c, is solely due
10 the effects OF the panic. The de.
crease in barley. potatoes, apples.
&c, ia owing TO n scant supply, as
abundantly proved by the advance
in prices. Tho chief gain in onI
commerce for the past year will ap'
pear in receipts of tobacco, cotton
and hogs, aud will more than com.
pensatc for the falling of i'll corn
Had the panic not occurred, the in.
crease i'll all three OF these article.
would have been still greater. Tho
increase in cotton has b8en 1920
bales; valuing it at $75 per bale. hi,
increase represents So, 1865. 800. TIL,
decrease of 2,06l.5 3S bushels corr
represents q value-at 40 cents pei
bushel-of $S2l,6l5. Consequently,
we make up the corn loss by the cot.
ton gain and have more than $2,OO0,.
600 surplus. Let orr bankers Civ.
this matter a little thought. We
gain in tobacco 6,27O hogsheads.
Calling the tobacco worth 800 per
hogshcad III the average (therc being
1.4OO to 1900 lbs in a hogshead). the
tobacco gain represents S527.000, a
much greater sum than is represent.
cd in the falling of in potatoes, be,
cause the 666, 42l bushels of the lat.
ter article, by reason of the great
advance in the price. represents fully
as much money as tho. 1,292.45i
bushels received last year. The
price per bushcl now is ST. 10, while
40 cents was the average last year.
Thus, though we have suffered ni
actual diminution in receipts ol
some important articles, and endured
a serious and prolractcG suspension
of business, the results of the year
will not. from n money point of view
tall much behind the achievements oil
1879