The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-02
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UMEkClA ATIkkS.
i. is ss.s.d tA.t 81 qul..iy 1 lobstsss
taken in the CAna1iAA 6sh4iO amounts p
about 5000 900 san6 annualy. ! u
The biggest lumber raft ever seen IN the
Mississippi River was t0wed down the otner
day. Il comprised over 1.O00 600 feet
Richmond Tobacco Association, TO MAKE no
change in the present system OF MAKING
sales. :,
The number Of persons killed on the rail.
ways Of Great Britain last year was l4Zo, and az
the number injured $685. There were 1SO
collisions of trains. n s.s.v,A. -, -. =
The production Of poultry in the United
States is about $50, O00, 600 pounds annually,
worth S., OOO, 600, the product OF eggs yield
ing Ike amount Of money.
A. the packing Of oysters was stopped en-
bv reason Of the Unusually severe weather.
the quantity put up was much less than usual
And Is the last years packing was entirely
cleared up, the supply in baltimore this
spring has been less than the usual requires
ments. Large sales having been made lately,
prices there have advanced, and there i6every
indication that the advances. win be sustained.
As an instance of the unprecedeutedly lev
price Of dry goods at Wholesale " may mem
ton that prints which sold at ~ cents duSing
the war are now offered 1t 81 tepf4 and goods
which then sold GS5O cents ars hoe selling It
cents. Two cents yard below The cost of
manufacture. which nov obtain .snAy reason
ably be thought the bottom ptice anch goods
can reach. It is the same with other articles,
raw silk being lower than any time during
the past twenty years. The reduction in
prices Of other articles is even still greatersr>
NJ z. Grocer, 29th ,MSsF N,@fss ~
California claims. and not unjustly it would
seem, to be the most prosperous State in the
Union. Last year &ho1D were shipped Ten
million centals of wheat and -four, the value
Of which was $15, 100000. OF wool there were
sent 36, 000, 600 pounds The vineyards yield
cd 1000, 600 gallons of wine and 200, 600 gal
Ions of brandy. The yield Of bullion was
$40, 300, 531. The receipts Of lumber at San
Francisco were 253, DOC, 900 feet The imports
implying large growth Of population and
the consumption Of pig iron showed an excess
Of 5000 tons. The above statistics prove that
while the development Of the natural wealth
Of the section has gone on extensively, cor
responding increaee has taken place in the
evidences Of industrial activity.
The philadelphia Ledger. speaking of bust
ness prospects there, remarks There Is no
special activity to note in any department Of
trade. No one viii Venture q buy beyend
the closest current ned There is but this
one assurance that giveB hope for the future,
and that u, existing stocks are steadily reduc-
ing, and must eventually, and not very re-
motely. touch bottom, when the actual needs
for consumption wilIincfease production, to
be followed by higher prices and more de-
mand for money.
The London Economist calls attention TO
the fact that commercial depression exists
alike in North America and South America
and seeks an explanation in the circumstance
that both are food and raw material pro-
ducing countries as contradistinguished from
manufacturing. The writer expresses the
opinion that in countries devoted to raising
such products the business of production is
peculiarly liable TO be overdone. and argues
that as manufacturing countries are not 30
much exposed to the danger Of evtr-produc-
ton, they have an advantage over the more
purely agricultural countries, which accounts
for the present comparative prosperity Of
England as contrasted with the state Of the
American populations and those Of France
and Germany, also large food producing
countries.
Baltimore .una Braxn Steamship Line.
A new line Of steamers TO run between Bal
more and Rio dc JAneir0 has been estab-
lished, oneveesel TO leave each port mon shly.
The projectors announce that three frst-class
steamers hGve been chartered, and that they
are fitted for . moderate number of saloon
and steersge passengers, and to take Is, 900
bags Of coffee - freight By this means it is
expected that the coffee trade of Baltimore
will be largely increased, - we'll - its ship
ments Of douY to Brazil
Dry GseAs Imports.
The returns Of dry goods imports ct this
port for Nay show larger Improvement than
WAS anticipated, considering the heavy de-
cline that has taken place IN the general i'm.
portations sconpared with the same period
last yeas. On he whole, the exhibit may be
considered favorable one, the direct impor-
tations being neaxly equal to those Of May,
1874, while the entries for warehouse con-
tinue comparatively light The total entries
ct the port for the month foot up S., 943, 1928,
% against Sc, 121. 020 In May last year, and
@5,164, 149 in 1879
The total ynaussspf hhrics thrown on the
market during The month was S., 953, 446, a.
against 90, 341, 537 tor the same month last
year, and IS 96S, 283 in May, 1873. Compared
WIN the total entries ct the port, the amount
marketed shows an excess Of Ills; last