, 1873-08-25

24c; 6,400 hu 10 ht 2311o; 1900 bu bv unmp]e
{whise) at yoo; l,2ao bn do: mixed. at 27l5o;
on traof Total, 40, GOO In. 7N>@ 4'0'
Rye Wae In fair demand md moro Bcaut
snpply, holders oil refusing to soil at tho recent
doeno: ,.; Hence o,' IN advaueo 9f in sym
cd Of ,o0u bu No. 2 at GGc. Rojoolet was nom
inal at 00@o1o. Seller aoptembor sold at Go.
and sollor tic month was nominal at G6l1@6Go,
Barley was moro active, but 80 worry Irregular
tute comparison with yesterday. Tho option
Of now No. q aeller Boptonber, was 8{a10c higll-
or. being quiot and atoaly Ut 47o. Thoro was
little effort 70 oil n at thla price, rs tho large
they cali MI unjust inspection. so1no OF thom |
seom to havo hoped for relief In another way to-
dsy, aud baited with minnow in hopes Of !
oatohing. whale. They advanced tho markot
and thore was ramor Of ono ualo at s1.6o.
This WIS probably dono with vtow to attract |
largo quantities Of bnrey hero, but thoy did not
koep 1t up as $50 was tho bost bid at the close.
COO. Cash saloa woro reported Of SOD bn No. 2 al
e1.60; 200 bu do at a1.40; 800 bu do at 81.sO;
400 bu do u $1.25; 400 b1i do ut as1.20; 400 bu
do Of s1.lo; 1,G00 b,1 No. at 00o; 400 bu ro-
{sstaSa b ao q S 49, 1 SS b ny o sosps q & @ 81
at 06o 500 bu do at 600 800 bu do at 800; 400
bu do At 75o; 400 bu do 1t GOO. Total 10, 900 bu.
EuuopEAN MARKETS.
Tho following Is Boerbohm'a dispatch to tho
Board Of Trado to-day:
coast ntesdH Fair average quality Of spf1nR wheat,
passage or for shipment In two months, 65a Uargoos
r S sn% sr Gszs yass s G4sass ' os
corn Off coast mud On rassaEe upward tendency. Ar.
Etvala Of wheat otr eoaAt small Arrivals of corn oI
At Soa. "'''' '''~
nAnLEY INSPECTION.
-, noo!ELIE, @ H., Aug. a. 1873.
notice considerable stir In an quarsors In ro-
gard to tho inspection Of tho proaont crop OF
\ hurley. And furthcr notice thnt cortain .papora
OF your city donounce the proceedings looking
ing noither bull or 2 bcar, and Wishing simply
to SEQ justice dono to MI, with to eay fow
| words. Tho present rulos OF inspection, ns far
aa they relate to barley, arc gross Outrage to
thing ia done soon, tho crop through this section
must look to Home other market besides
| Chicago. Our only romody will bo to ship on
through lines to Enstorn points, where wo can got
| On Wednesday mombor Of the firm with which
tho writer iB eonnootod slowed aomo very anc
samples Of barley, aud como that woro pro-
nouncod by tho Inspection Department as very
and and pronounced No. s by The oliof Inspector
himself. Tho gra1o was 80 high bofnro that w
noyor got any No. l. and according to tho Ohiot
Inspectors conntraction Of tbs present la", en- s
|
torproted by him, is rs high as No. @ was
before. Nov this state OF affairs cannot oxlat,
as our barley is admitted by all to be equal to
last years. crop, and, IN fact, tho samples are
Justice cannot bo had, tho barley crop Of North
eru Illinois must scek another market.
N'''-0' SmrpER.
AxswEn.-we havc already stated 1t aa ou
opinion TINT the rrosent Interpretation OK th'
ru1o for grading barley ia q yexationB 0ne mt
calculated to breed trouble. But our core
| epondent should boar iu mind TINT tho effect OF
prices is not anything like 80 bud as ho Hoons te
aunpoao. Tho recent rise in No. barley "af
based entirely on the anticipated scarcity Of tht
nrticle under tho rule anh thoto iB every reason
to beliovo TINT the prico Of No. barley IN tn!
: market ia nearly as high to-day Us No. woul'
DO II tho usual proportion Of our receipts shonl
, paas aa No. 2. Tho complaint iB, to that i'm
J portant extent, entirely an artificial one.
! Our receipts of now barloy. titus faF, arc TO
mongro to allow OF III Intelligent opinion bein
formed in regard to the average quality OF I'll
entire erop but 1uaging y whHt We naus snt nfoa
. tho receipts are Of good enough quality to mak
very satisfactory grade OF No. 2, instead 9
littlo more than per cent, as How: And, iurtl
ormoro, wo beliovo that fair distribution OF th
Z ont rulos, il thoy DO interpreted according to tl
s intent with which thoy were framed. Our i1
o BpoctorB aoem To forget that there may 10 sue
IS a thing as brightly-blaoked boot as we'll
9 bright sunshine.
i BTILL ANOTHER.
f To the Editor of The Chicaao 7fibHne:
s- Transactions in tho various cereals on tho bohf
g OF Trade sometimes swing wildly away from
" legitimate business or prices aB cAuBed ny acsi
t- supply and demand, and tho trade becomgs mo-
70 gambling operation, or gamo OF pun, potwet
Y two sess Of specu1ators. Such was tho case
tho Auguat cornor in "hcat OF laat year, oIfI n
II forty cents per bushol nvor aud above any legi1
,r mate value for shipment to Eastorn market