, 1873-01-03
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY JANUARY g. 1873

cent in Connecticut: so per cent in New York; 20 pc
cent IN new Jersey; 10 per cent IN Pennsylvania 2
Per cent IN DelaWu1e; 81 per cent in Maryland; Is pe
cent In Ohio; Is rer cent in Michigan; per cent II
Missouri, and 20 per cent In Kansas. The Rain il
winter wheat producing States Ia Per cent In Maine
per cent in Virginia sc per cent in North casona
- per Cent in South Carolina 81 per cent IN Georgia
50 per Cent in A'abaa per cent In Mississppi ri
per cent in Texas; Per cent in Arkansas: loo Pc,
cent in Tennessee; per cent in West Virginia; !:
per cent N Kentucky per cent In Indiana IS Per
cent in California, and per cent in Oregon. In ths
s.tss !; growing sPng wheat there feIo,ted gain
| 0per cent In Sebraaka.
In q summary, the Agricultural Department makes
Tsrrtores, il 1s7a 24o bu, sga:st M % 80,
eco bu IN 1871. The product OF the Middle States
nS Ia dssn ss +: By t. lI
from 1s bu in 1871 to 81 600 oo bu in 1874
mainly In Te1.s, Tennessee and North Carolina West
ooo bu n 1871 to 900 bu in 1874 Of which nearly
! a1 is In Oregon and California.
It must, however, be borne in mind that very large
proportion OF the crop In Tennessee, Alabama eor-
weather during harvest. The advices to merchants
wheat crop east Of the Rocky Mountains will, in tbs
aggregate, DC largely deficient. In Michigan, Ohio,
Indiana, and Missouri, the miers have Leen paying
nigh rr1cea for winter wheat, and are using spring
wheat In consequence to considerable exten. to take
is place. There Is stock OF winter wheat here OF
consequence, and none coming forward worthy OF
mention
WHEAT IN CALIFORNIA.
The San Francisco Commercial Herald says
favored during the current week, extending pretty
generally throughout tho State, have cut OF expected
wheat receipts materially and tntezfered considerably
with the loaing OF Ahpa now on the BERTH and there
" detained quite number Of vessels that it was
deemed desirable to despatch before the close Of the
year. The California grain feet to the United King
i abeas 500? lad l e. sesisei 5 '1eea beea
N1ANGAr h%rS ri Annt $.AAa
and the total export of hScadsts for the rs hsf Of
the current harvest to $4,000 000 Judging from
what we have 0ready accomplished, mud countfuR the
stock Of wheat yet remaining in The state it Is ear to
our comprehension tha the result Of Last seasons
CROP VIII 1sseh toaf surplus fer "a har
Ing out sufficient for seed and home consunption-
result scarcely expected BY the Of people in tho
Nov, what Of tho year to come7 The rains have
fallen penteously and as NO write the storm contin
@ 10 sg 1h q hv
than ever before has been planted and will yet
be needed Nc, therefore, have good to predict
drought Is happily dspelied thus early II tho scaso
and, in addition to this 1t should be remembered that
NC have dug many nailea Of canals for irrigation, :n
made other extensive arrangements for dtverting
the waters OF rivers, that many thousa nds of
ncrea in the valleys can thus DO made greatly pro-
lse else than vast tracts Of barren sand us allude
to this, and agnin, that friends at distance
Rna sas nos 80 Of
cArry tho to market The Stockton INDEPENDENT,
OF recent date placed the stock Of wheat there md
II they have that quantity ati remaining the balance
Of tbs State at large has more than enough to make
good our stock estimate Of $500, 600 tons. |
sr- PAUL AS 4 WHEAT MARKET.
The st. Paul papers ara now quoting prices Of
wheat IN that city, which aro based upon those
Of Chicago and milwaukee, the cost Of railroad t
transfer being substracted. The cost of send |
ing to Milwaukee is 21o per bu- Tho relative
k1,nra sc% o.. I.
used to be. The st. Paul Pioneer says:
Certain heavy buyers OF Minnesota wheat, who hare
heretofore operated in Milwaukee Cuicago, have it
appears, determined to to headquarters for sup
plies, and have made provision paying the actual
Milwaukee price, less the curreu. railroad freight fer
III wheat reachng the ST. Panl elevator The resut tf
his arrangement is to raise tho value Of wheat this
market by abotshirg the charges heretofore
nado for commissions, insurance. toss Of weight in
market stability which will DO affected only By the
Of the great markets. and trstwortAi-
less which 1t Acs never before acquired. |
Another result will prove exceedingly advantageous
. wheat producers. aa well as wheat buyers, on the
inc Of the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad, and will
peedy break all combinations rings TO control
,rices, II my suc e1st. The lessecs Of the ST. Iaul
!evasor which stands ut the terminus OF the ST. Paul
Pacific Railroad, aso the lcssees Of the local
leyating warehouses on that road, and delivery Of
sheat 1t any one Of these warehouses is practically
tycry at St Paul. the grain being subject OF course
the regular charges OF the raEtd for transferring
from the interior esaion to the sto1cbouse brre.
Tho farmers do not 50 much object to the railroad
|
hal high {rcghtH inevitable in now and thinly-
oruated country; but when to these added The
roats OF two OF thteo Hupernunernry dealers aud |
and various unnecessary charges and de-
ucions for Losses over long line OF transportation,
be load becomes uncnduralle. Tic new system
wseps away everything but the regular aud necessary
xenses Of transportation, and, tho proper
ABILITIES for stoEage provided, 1t will at once CON
entrnto at St. PAUL. where competition among buyers
nd carriers to the East will centre, grain trade which
i'll, In Its magnitude, astonish the croakefs.
WHEAT AND FLOUR IN ST. LOUIS.
Tho ST. Louis Times Eiros the following
tatemont OF the trade III that city during 1872:
1879. 1871. I
eceints Of -four, brls o0t313 1,3a 1856
hpuients, -four br!s- s-........-2A t02 ,f938 8o5
eceipis Of wheat bu. .5,Ca2Hl2 G,7071to
htpments whe2t, hn.. eos, sD 1,U38 l67
.oir manufactured brs> ,030 1,4188l4
tock Of wheat on haud, f'u......- 50puW ........
lock Of Hour OIL hand, brls....... 500 ......-
THE stIss1ssIrpI HAsrH. .
Tho st. Louis Democrat publishes the follow &
IS statements Of products OF the mississippi :
asln in 1879: !
WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. 80, 1874 :
the Editor ef the uemocYat:
In response to your telegram received Saturday n
Rht, tend you uncorrected aggregates Of thc pro-
lets named for the specified States with under