New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-01
The following gives the monthly sales
and receipts compared with last year and
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MoLAssEs--The supply of the Louisiana
product having been nearly exhausted, the
sales during September were confined to
tritiing lots Of reboiled. The first receipts
OF new crop We're three half bbls syrup on
September 3, from the parish OF Ascension.
eon5i Eued 10 Mr.. H. Heyman, which ciassed
good and We're taken by Adam Thomson
a. Co, az 81 p T. gallon This was seven
DAYS earlier than the first in the preceding
year. Later, however, on the same day I
bbl5 were received by rail from Bayou
Latourche, which sold for 81 O5. There
were some further receipts on September
30 and during the first week of October,
but nc new mOiasses arrived until the
eighth, one day later than in 1872, when =
half bbis We're received simultaneously
with the first sugar and sold at 90c, after
which there were further arrivals, but
hardly sufficient to constitute market I'M
til the commencement of the third week,
when there was some little movement on
the basis of 80 a zoe, closing at the inside
figures, the last week closing with more
liberal business on the basis of Gle for fair
and Go q 12c for prime to choice. The sales
thus far summed up 1900 bbls against re-
ceipts OF lG7l. The active movement of
the year now commenced, and the
sales tor November summed up $4,000
bb.s against 33.2l2, and prices rapidly
declined, the market giving way Sa Zoe T.
&
ing the third week 2Q3c, and during the
last week &c, the total falling off for the
month being Is 25c for common to fair and
10 a 23c for prime to choice. December ex-
hib!teG still more activity and as the COM
petition among buyers increased and the
crop prospect became more discOuraglng,
prices took favorable turn, advancing by
the middle of the month about loo y gal
Ion, and subsequently 1Sc more. common
to fair closing at 50 a soc, against 81 a l5c at
the commencement. and prime to choice at
ga a 6Sc. against 43 a 53c. The sales summed
up 10000 bbls, against receipts OF $500.
This was much the heaviest month of the
year, the sales in January shrinking to $500
barrels against receipts OF 2S, 1873. Prices
at the same time exhibited considerable
irregularity, advancing during the first
week ) a Sc n common to fair and about &c
for prime to choice, and for the rest OF
the month exhibiting several fluctuations
but finally closing at net advance OF % DC
for common to fair, and a slight decline in
prime to choice, the former being quoted at
-a60c and the latter at 620-c. The
receipts now rapidly fell off, shrinking in
February to 1861 bbls, and the sales to 400,
mon to. fair closing at 64c and prime to
choice ut g 07Oc. This may be regarded as
closing the active business of the year, the
movement. for the four months ending in
February comprising receipts of 1887 Sc ont
of total for the year Of l54,400, and the
Gales 1870, 200 from total of $4,000; and the
receipts since shrinking to 26l4 bbls in
March, GA in April, 424 in May, l47 in June,
81 in July, and 81 in August, while the
reported sales have been confined to 2000
bhis in March, 1900 in April, 1900 in May
500 in June, 300 in July, and 100 in August
In March prime to choice ranged from % q
S5c and in April at 73c, since which the
business was confined to jobbing and retail
transactions.
The entire movement compared with iasS
greaS is shown by the following?