The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-04
COM ERCIal MATTERS.

In regard t. our 3cme~ti: commerce, .ht
New York stppig aDd GomnerctH List ha
Inc following to say For some reason %.
other tie ioie ~ commerce. Of d nation II All
- attract z. q tee # at ntiOn out Of all pro
oCrtlon to IT. Impaftince a, compar1,. with
the @amt nation !rternai commerce. This
!, due in .agt - tie III j with Wi !gh il il
aept 'un o. t.1rl...e.. :.nd 'u,iia ca. Then
from the Part i plays il. /. IL ign Exchange,
the fleet It as OF tie money iaaIl1a., and the
prominence gwen - !. Inv our ca toms sys
stat and the tar.if, i IS constantly b fore the
'Alnd5 of the people, aad thus acquires natu-
s.'iiy atl OK 49, 'a.ta II + rtaEce.
IL" American, Yer dreamed, TIL thov were
instructed Dy ul"0Gb.od statistics, that TIE
.lly crop Of tie JIted States was of more
..Iuo unnU ai!r than the cotton erop: vet ID ii
L@ayS was :.a m. VAS constantly bei0v,.
ne eyes Of the zion, the other va raised.
harvested ana CONSUMED without the least
public attention beng directed to it. the
rne was tie typical liking" Of stato qii!e
..llial to his Gtiits; the other was like tb.
sovereign p pie. rarely giving Ally display
oi their numbo-e and tic might
These remalE5 are suggested bv the f,ct
'ately published, that tie value OF The com
mod tie moved b. the railr lals of this coun.
try IN single year exceeded SO 600 600. 600
what, then, must he tie value Of those pro-
diets that neVc; get on The railroads, thougl
entering into The bU-ipess Transactions OF the
country or forming the basis OF I'll. III =: II .as
been estimated that the amount OF money
needed for doing tie foreign business Of tue
country IS about one-tweltth OF that required
n the export ri home values; but this estl-
'nate gives bat Il Very imperfect idea OF the
difference OF yaige Of The Two kinds Of COM
merca, since oGrtI aud the ;housand forms II
credit enter much more l.raely into The in
terBal trade
The best idea 50 far as i go4e. Of tia ~
tent Of the later trade is 10 be got from
recent transport ,tion statistics. On the Cen.
tral and Eiie roads, and u,,on tile New l3rl,
canals the &.ilo',nt paid fJr transportation 3
49, vas, ia inc n-grega G, i',tl7 I1}. am!
the number IF tons moved vas 1901. $40
From 1886 70 iSI2 the amount of treitilt ear
sied over these ronte- inctets u fton.;. 727 eos
tons to - 520, 730 II view Of hes. ii cares
It Is no longer q matter ct surprise 10 hear
:hd. the comm zee OF The cttles ani towns OF
~" ONO Ei9ef atone exceeds 81 ~, 900 uau
and yet this Il zion comprises bii. a >fai
part Of the great West /, ~ wnn!a that
-urh cts inspire ali sorts Of grand tn y j..
tatiou aud internal Improvement schemes.
plans Of lie" hgtratu, lit Washington, .a.
other proposition, still more Wild aa,, IN =
til. i pay ~ safety rp. 'lulel, however,
;hat the whole matter VII lie care of it,e,'
Progress 81 Pnrl-Parking.
The Conmrc;tl B.tltti, Of the -1,h u.
says: With the close Of tomorrow the rreflla:
packing season uf ISL, ends, a.i to result
~ the season 4 work j, anXiou IN l90ket! 4 i
~ operators IN provisions. The returns tor
Chic 80 vii probably be giveu in soalv, AS
packers have run tLcir houses re- J.arly to
III close, and ;lo Weather has been favorable
FOR aiau3htcr'ag and gu: ing 1t il highly
probable that s3.ne Of ghe hon9es will no.
,ntsl aI-tfs .4,l, n
"eeh, while offers may con;inu. the bu ,iue..
'.ntil the mi'4i, IT Mtcl.
l. j. probable tit lie final r. rTns viii Show
N aggregate p."kllG OF l,GGD,0O9 T. ,I1J |
"tl hogs, ana tin. the y,rts,e v ei2h: and +!
'l.la Of trt n.! ~ lighter though 10. ma ii |
iciow The returns II l;.,t year Regarding
the aggregate result IA :ac West option, |
N'ty considerably Vie maj rit, u TIE trade |
iAc.,nir8 70 az o;iuiou that tie packing in |
numbers viii r,aen from , 10 600 10 j 400
100 hogs. IN regard 10 the average weight
and yield Of llri nc majority i"clne to the
b. LET th}t the haal result vii SNOW "a falling
cit. but not Is LARGE rs generally anticipated /
= rlicr in the season.
The Cucinua.i Io''re Ct,reat of the 23.h
"lt. says OF the SIX cities, il is diff III. tp
anticipate how much the final SUNNI ng up
mny vary from the figures indicated by I'LL
current reports, but providing this v.riation
NAhtti Aoh Nv ii4htttiillJ tAIltIcut HUH Vi
last Year, the aggregate nuniler at these
points will reach about 3 i25 600, against a
total last year Of 1881 ,Sj7. In gard to
average weights and yield Of lard. winch are
now the unknown parts Of the problem i'll the
solution OF tie question Of production OF hog
products during the season, the question OF
numbers OF helds beng practically settled,
we have as yet been ul:uule TO reach any re-
liable conclusions.
L has been shown that these averages MP 20
the first OF January, were very COZ sldeTf,hy
deficient rs compared with last year and that
this applies to Tie larger palt Of the packing
" the Sc II. But while last year tne hog,
after the first Of January were the I
ishteat OF the season, this year they have
been Of a superior quality as a general rule
hiring this period. How much this has in
iuenced q lasseni"g of the previously appa-
rent deficit, We leave to be solved by the final
'Nhibt. Il is believed tha the general av, rage !
" the six cities Viii not vary greatly iron. last
year.
The Commercial BuH,''n publishes the fol ,,
owing table exhibiting the packing at the !.
points named 10 date, february 2Sth), as
compared with the corresponding time last |.
ear, and the aggregate last season: .
Aggregate .
To da'e To date. i