New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-01
Higher
The following giver the general NOV,
meut cnunared with tire last four Eears:

March, ........--.. luz Az ~ 90 % ~
April. ......t........ s5,ni7 42,.vs 81 t"'
Iay......-........s.- @o..ft 81 y. So5po
june t4g1A - 80 o'oD
Juiy......-- ...-...-. olir5h+ .. 40 o7to'
August..-.s''-.s..-. 95,@i" Eo-o'" 4'S"o
Total I87374 leOlsos 47soi: 6,t.soo
Total l87l-7,........ ! ,o37,4.8 1880 e53, 500
Total, l87o-7l...-....l,5 81! ,28i 5l39.7 80 900
Total 1890. ......l, e4l ,4's 53oJ.3 81 600
In glancing over the following figures
it will be observed that the exports to
Great Britain show an increase over last
year of II ,0o3 bbls-2l.599 against 1875.
and over the year before of 20.573-2l,799
against 1922. There have been. moreover,
large orders pending throughout the year,
which could not be executed at the parity
OF the Liverpool market. The trade witt,
Cuba also shows very large increase, the
amount being 1883 bbls, against Sc, 7S6.
giving an excess of lnl $50. There has also
been light increase to Mexico. The ship
ment to Northern Atlantic ports present a
decrease of 307l Db.s-9S1i against I2,9t3.
To dometic Gulf ports the decrease has
been more important. the total oelng
2S9, 3o5 bbls against 405,9il. The amount
left tor city consumption aad the supply OF
the plantation demand. as noted IN our pre-
liuinary remarks. is 4HS.02o bbls. or 9577
per week, against I.i0S last year. 1875
the year before II $40 in 1901. 20.8l5 II
lS69-10. and 1888 in 1862. TIE large
amount in lS69-70 was owing TO the p.auta-
ton demand being unusually heavy. With
the increase in population there ls no doubt
an increase in our city consumption proper,
but the amount taken for plantation use
has diminished from a considerable portion
of the plantation supply being furnished By
direct shipments from the West
WHEAT-In our report of this article last
year we commented on the face that tue
receipts embraced only $50 bushels. not
sufficient to constitute market This year
the result has been more encouraging, the
receipts summing up 3D2.9S3 bushels, the
bulk OF which has been exported. None OF
any moment has been received for for
warding to coastwise ports. and there IS NO
local demand for milling. There have been
considerable foreign orders, however, pend
ing here throughout the year with ample
facilities for shipment, both b. sail and
steam, and had the supplies amounted to
three million instead OF three huDdTed
thousand the tonnage would have been
provided and the shipments made without
delay. In lS57-5S our receipts We're nearly
one million, in 1S5G-51 two Millions and II
lS5j-56 nearly two millions and a quarter.
In the seventeen years that have elapsed
since the last date the product of the
Northwest has been enormously au gmented,
and an operator Of that time, locking for
ward to such an immense production.
might reasonably have concluded that 1t
would have resulted in a corresponding
increase in our exports Sucao however,
has lot been the case. New Orleans
has now not only all the .aclilo
ties she possessed then for transhipments
but many more-an elevator with a caa
pacity for much larger quantities than are
likely to tax it, better wharves and pave
ments. and the means of shipment with
increased dispatch and at less expense.
number of lines OF noble steamships. built
with express provision for carrying bulk
grain, have been placed in the transatlantic
Irade-ships that rarely meet with any de-
tention on the bar, ard pass IN ald OUT
freely without the aid OF towooats. These
vessels. have offered to take it, and n fact
have taken it, at much less than the parity
OF current cotton fre;ghts. And vet the
grain does not come. We apprehend that
so tar as applies to the immense cereal
region which has direct connections with
Chicago-the grain emporium OF the North
west-the rail has obtained an actual an
vantage over the river, which it will re-
Guire material reduction IN river treights
to obviate. 1t is nevertheless claimed by the
advocates Of the river route that It is cheap
er than the rail route. There has been,
moreover, much complaint of the bad order
in which deliveries are made at the Atlans
tic seabOard and serious shrinkage IN
weight that makes that route much more
expensive than the mere rates OF trdnsDOr-
tation Indicate
CoRN-Last year We noticed net falling
OF in the receipts OF this cereal of I0S,ooo
bushels-that is decrease of 955,5bS bush
els in sacks and an increase of .5S, lS2 bush
els in bulk. This year We regret that we
are compelled to notice further decrease
of l,0l7e l20 bushels, embracing falling of
1876, $50 in sacks and AS, li3 in bulk The
receipts in sacks. and a considerable portion
of the amount in bulk, have been taken for
home consumption, including therein the
supply of the plantation demand and the
neigtboring gulf ports. The actual figures
are l,2l5,6l3 sacks, equal to 5,6io,93o bush
els, and ,432, 467 bushels in bulk, against
,406. 204 sacks last year, equal to 1.2lS, 81!
bushels. and l ST.. $40 bushels IN bulk. The
exports to transatlantic ports show an en-.
couraging increase over last year, amount.
ing to l.034.3lS bushels against 695, 923, and
would have been much heavier had the
West been willing or able to supply the
shipping demand at the parity of the Liver
pool or other foreign markets. There have
been large orders pending hlre throughout
the season, and abundant facilities for ship
| ment both by sail and steam, except for
short periods when there was a press of cot
ton offerings. Even the large steamships
were unwilling to run the risk of detention
on the bar by loading down with grain to
an unusual draft.
OArs-The receipts embrace 467 ,2l0
sacks, against SGT, 399 last year and IT'S, 327
| the year before, showing falling on from
| the former of SO, lS9 sacks, and from The
latter of 30S,lO7. In the last, however
they not only exceeded the average since
the war, but closely appropriated the ex
ceptionally large amount in 1864, whe,
the movement was stimulated by the de
| was in 1866. when the receipts. were
| Cpl ,432 sacks. The average for the five
years from 1867 to 1861, inclusive, wa;
$50, S65 sacks, and for the FIVE years ending
in 1871, inclusive, 1896. The exports
comprise l29, 6Si sacks, against l65, 9S5- las
year and l27 ,2l1 the year before, showing &
falling off from last year of 1901. A
large portion of the entire supply has beer
| required for consumption by the street rail
roads, but prices have ruled higher, rang
| ing from 43 SOC p bushel, against 80 a 50,
last year and 80 q &c for the year before
in lS6i-5 the extremes were SIC and 81 4;
Ale and 81 Is; 1s67-S, 65 and 9Oc: in 1863
Sc and sc; in 1s69-70, SIS and SOC, and i,
1901, AZ and 75c. From the above it vii
be seen that the range during the past yea
has been SIC, against 26c last year.
The following compares the monthly re
| ceipts and sales with last yeaH
1874. 1928. 1884. 1872 IS
| September ....... l3,7l4 1886 25,o5l 1912
November 1882 s.2OS 1883 27,34
December ........ so lss 1882 1899 1852
fFsRbrasy s q so, i asses s,aoa as
March. ........... 50 ,S65 4 IS ,5l3 309le 6i,30