, 1873-12-20

9%tr' S,:d,, ~, ~. '.'.... 1s,!l 11,s:l 7,asi q
;:s:: HH;;: ; +: e:;; y ';:: i:
Wool, lbs. ........ 36,5ldi 28G61|I T,5Qo ........
potatoeg, hl,...... 7gI 2h3D 6E...,.
LulnIor. Ill ft......i 117| lSvIi 6a7 4h9
ahlnRlea, m....... A50 yapll t11 4bB
sals: III. .:::::::: ] :::". .."6s 1916 SO
Withdrawn from storo yestcrdny for city con.
sumption; 75G bu wheat; 773s bu com; Cos
bu oats 1,703 bu ryo; t,510 bu barioy.
Tho following grain has been inspected Into
storo this morning up to 10 o'clock 900 cars
wheat; 40 cars corn; rs cara oats; cars ryo;
"a cars barley. Total, 4o1 cars, or 10000 bu.
Tho question iB asked, Who gets the profit out
Of the corn sold ut tho Stock Yards at 8Oc per l1l,
when 1t only costa about Goo por bu delivered
thorc2 Precisely where TINT 800 goes to we cnn-
not say, but 1t is not difficult to tell whcrc it
comes from. We can give Tint information If
It Will suit our correspondent just Aa well as tho
othor. Perhaps, Aowoyer, Lo dona not want it,
as lao Knows how 1t il himself.
Norton & Co.'S canalbuata hayo Inado regular
Trips lence to Lockport auca Dec. l. Their
boat Alontank left yesterday with 5000 bu wheat
Tor tlIcir mills at Lorkport. Iilo Illinois l.
MIchisan boats the ERIC this season.
II IL understood TINT the Stata Registrar of
Grain is now at work counting" tho Hough
receipts tint aro now Oh the markot, with Tic
view Of onabling Tho holders to know just how
thoy stand.' No bog leave to suggest Tint tue
bookh OF Tho Registrar ought to 10 10 kopt tlut
it would be always possible, without any speclul
investigation, tu ilud ont not only tho grand
total ol receipts out against auy ono house, but
also to specify tho receipts. Tho books III
aL present hcRt iaii to supply this information,
grnit trnte. Tho present ltugistrat is not rc-
sponsblo Tor the fault, but la will bo hold ro-
slousbe for it Il llu docs not embrace tho op-
portnnisy to iustituto refoin. Tho system Of
1IH fcr r7ratn -
not to le tolerated any louger.
1t IL not Improbable that tho warehouse dif}i-
Guilty will 10 solved ii. Bonu suc way AZ 1he fol-
lowing: lilo Legislature will 10 asked to repeal
tho rate Of storage, and also that requiring
bond and license, Ii this be accoded to, the
Board Of Trado will thon require tho warel1ousc-
men to give sufficient bonds, the samo to be n.y.
proved Dy q committee selected from tho Direc-
tors Of tho board Of Trado md tl.u bauke.s Of
this city, vine would bo ablo to dotoct anything
security. We throw this out as lint Of tho
direction which tho popular sentiment soems its-
ctinol to follow, not Us course which my orc
las determined slull be pursued. This lesir:,-
bio chango mado, thoro should be ono other re-
form instituted, III practical recognition Of the
responsibility Of tie railroads to the parlios
fur whom they carry freight. II the railroads
woro Obliged 10 weigh the gram at both es,tls of
the journey and specify tho weights on the bill
OF lndillg, thcse wond bo much loss complaint
against our wa,ehousemen, as thoro would be
leaH opportunity for Shaving Oh woightB.
a fow car-loals of wheat hafo recently bcon
shipped from milwaukee, by WY OF Chicago, to
tho East; mud tlo milwaukee, journal Of Com
''erce is Indignantly lapEy bocauso TINT grain ia
supposed to Dc included IN tho duly statou,outg
OF receipts aud shipments ut this point. We
havo no particular dosira to inlorioyo will,
tl.o inslocent amusement Of tho journal
Of Commerce, but lnny state for It's iutor-
1naton that TAE lninusE has on several
nH, uf{Ipt3 N1IH yd ti,eno 1,,1.,
uouts aH OF lsttlo value. They aro ouly
| approximations ut best aud aro go considered by
tho Secretary Of our Board OF Trado, who does
| not depend on them for tue ucclracY OF his a.-
nuA exhibit Of the produce laoyu,l,ont through
this city, Ttu daily record Of tralic by lake uild
canul Ii generally correct; but tue monthly
statements OF tile rnllroad companies which uro
used III compiling tho annual report, oftou uitcr
tho clerka in tho railrouu Offices. We hayo not
consulted Air. Randolph, tic Secretary Of our
| D1nrl OF Trade ubout the Mntter, but 1layo no
douht but that ho will do Justice to Milwaukee
in Als forthcoming report. Moanwhile, al ho
VITO il without aln ought to cast tho first stone,
Milwaukee, may sco it TO bo unfair to include III
| her statements uf commerce tho wheat that
passce through That city, billed from the Mis-
! souri, River to Chicago.
| THE MARKETS.
| Tho leading produce nlurliutH werp loss sctiyo
| to-day, MID generally lower though steaIy in
| their weakness. There was less disposition to
buy, und not ln,ch pressure to cell, except in
provisions, while lilo tono Of adyicos from othor
| points wus Eencrasly OF depressing character.
Our receipts continue light, with tho exception
OF Wheat mud hugs, and tho latter huyo falIon OH
in volume inatorially. Tho shipping movement
! il rhthcr small nt,l tho nowB from tho Eriu
Canal il just Of thnt uncertain character TO mako
people clrolesa about operating iu other dirco-
ton.
| Dry goods continue to moot with q good de-
nana FROM !oca ant ntorior dealors,, aid prices
il, nj g1t,tI &1.r