Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
REMARKS on OUR TRADE For
LAST YEAR

LAST YEAR
In looking ever the figures of th-
evDort table We notice the increase, Ia
onr coast wise expo ttIOnS to be, Oh
cotton %. sos bales, tar +, 100 barrels,
shingles I.47I S2S, juniper bolts no.
4j6. sraFes 81 5S5, aud in new articles
We Il ii Il beginning of the dried fruit
bl-Iness III a shipment OF Sit barrels
o. black berries. The export of hides
has been cOneiderable. amounting 70
1910 bales. Then We have paper
stock, rags, beeswBx, cane fibre.
shocks, kaolin ard other articles, all
of which have never been reported be
fore.
Turning to :ne Foreign exports, we
find that the cotton trade has grown
from almost nothing in 1872 COZ
balps) To the resp, ctable amount OF
II Sg7 bales III 1874. while for the year
tI,. increase il tar has been Is. SOB
bs!s., and III rosin 81, l,67S bbls., al
though the total receipts were less
than III 1878. 1t is worthy of notice
1uat the rUsIu exports directly to for
rI2,. ports which in 1872 were only
1876 SO bis have increased IN 1874
TO 379, $50 bbIs -iiv!ded amongst "a
I5r.igu ports. We notice one more
article which We desire to call the at
tru,lon of oltr timber getter8 to, and
tbd- IS raIiroad cIUHs ties, OF which
=, e9s have oeen shipped foreign ia
f91i With such opportunities for
shlpm u - are now presented, why !
not soip I nIiiIon next year. Ii Eu- |
rO,.= ntfrr, a good market for them. |
ti.ev .JJ;ii be an article which We |
c0uI.. export II quantity and with pro |
lit Altogether the review of the years |
business - gTatifvlng. and we nope !
our merchants will lay hold of the new |
wear 18th renewed vigor, So that next |
vr4r We nay be. :, le TO Cff-r q still |
more gratifying report The JOURNAL
viii always be found aiding III any
pan for the general advancement of !
trade.
COMMERCIAL EPITOME.-Th |
ugly weather If the past week has bad
the perceptlbie effect of restricting all
GU door business IL the movements
Of r.tc has suffered thereby The !
week closes a5 ii opened the merchan-
dlzg marbe -, EeIera!4y dull and mac
tive. Trough the produce markets have
ruled aDOut - steady as could have
been expected, although trade
moves slowly, speedy revival of
business activity i confidently antici-
patcli. and tEt4 commercial outlook il
On the whole satisfactory and eucour-
aging. Ior the staple products, with
--,> - p -.on-, pICes are firm and
ul.,.mciug, aud Ii cotton there IS Il
sttOn2 I,F Hdrl movement, based upon
the h-ig. Il crease ID the receipts 1e-
ceutsy a4d The probability OF smaller
crop than was anticipated.
ft'tk. naval ..,,43l ,Nf fh.5 NzyA.-E
hos been a"-i.o IN most branches L he
shipments coastwise ami foreign
amounted 10 , iJ9 bales cotton, $3.50
casks spirits turp2ntine aud IL, 100
bbls rOsin, against 2,O15 bales cotton,
l,542 casks spirits tnrr-ntinean1 j, ,5S3
bio, rOsIn for hast week
Foreign freIgGts are steady. Tie
supp OF tonnage at hand i not Isi1e
but fhe demand for berth5 Is not /
active For rates see table
THE ctitf features f the market ,us!
The change. oI FT.ca u most Ui the I
leading products and manufacture tor
the week We're a. follows:
CDTLUN-TUe market for this
STAPLE Las been bOuyant al the week
bas, i on the small receipts al the port9
aud the probability Of d smaller crop
than was anticipated. Our advlces
from the interior report the roads IL
state Of perfect qnaGmires. Produced |
by tt:e rainy and snowy weather; SO !
much are lLey SO that II is almost i'm
possible to haul cotton to the railways .
This accounts Tor the sn all e ceipts at .
our port for thu last ten days. IL New .
York there has been some excitement /
in tie market, so much SO that the
Financial Or0NicIe says that it is be-
ginning to be suspected that the re-
duced receipts at the ports We're to !
some extent the result of manipula-
ton The transactions in our market !
for the week foot VI 829 bales at quo
tations ranging from Ii to 143 cents. !
At the close the market is firm at the
quotations gwen below.
The receipts for the week were
as follows |