The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-08
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
The Postmaster General has Issued the fol
lowing order: "It is hereby ordered that tn
fee for registering letter mailed at any post
office within the United States, addressed t.
any other postofics in the United States, o.
to foreign country, be fled on and after July
!, 1875, az the uniform rate of ten cents in ad
diiion to the regular postage, to be fully pre-
paid by postage stamps sfixed to such letter
and cancelled at the mailing office"
A "corner" in which the ladies are espe.
cially interested is threatened. Their pretty
pets, the velvet-throated canaries are likely
to become more expensive luxuries than even
before. The canary seed crop, which il
raised almost altogether in Spain, Smyrna
and Sicily, is not more than third of what il
usually is, and shrewd spectators in this
country and in Europe have bought it all up
for corner in the market For the last five
months the price steadily rose from 81 so to
SO per bushel, and recently it made leap to
SIS. The price of seed has not been 80 high
in the last twenty-five years. and there il
slight prospect of its being any lower. It is
interesting to know that about one thousand
bushels Of seed are consumed monthly in this
country and in Europe.
Savannah, GA paper, in speaking Of the
melon crop of Florida, says that it will be ex-
ceedingly large this year, and that the gro "
ers are puzzled to know how to dispose Of
them. The superintendent of the Atlantic
and Gulf railroad has come to their relief BY
writing to various parties in Western cities
offering to place melons in q fresh condition
in their markets at very low rates. The offer
has been accepted, and now the Floridians
make the startling proposition to have 200 900
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It il now said that the South American
earthquake was not SO bad, ard that all the
Maracaibo coffee is not destroyed, of which
we are very glad. But an earthquake or some
thing else has shaken up Java coffee, and the
New York market was quite excited last week.
About 35, 900 mats there and in Boston
changed hands, and about 40 600 mats afoat
or loading in the East have also been sold
some cargoes changing hands two or three
times.
the Boston Post says: The month has
closed, and with it one-half of the year 1876
In many branches of trade hardly moiety
has been realized of the profits for CORES
pOndipg months in some preceding years
(since 1862. Tines are dull, and many bust
ness men are compelled to draw largely on
their stock of patience and perseverance land
some possibly on previous proits). II is
cheering to notice how sagaciously and freely
they do it ,9e 81, bhsya
A Plan to Help Towards Specie Payment.
The journal Of Commerce proposes that
everybody should commence at once to con-
duct business on q specie basis, using of
course gresnbacks and national bank notes
until the resumption Of specie payment For
instance, instead Of selling tea at ST. pound,
greenbacks. sell it at say 85c, gold, if that is
the difference, and take pay in greenbacks at
81 pound The object to be accomplished
by this is to familiarizs the country with the
fact that we have two currencies, and to pra-
pare the minds OF the people to accept the
final and only settlement Of the question.
The proposition is worthy Of consideration.
That all may have clear idea Of it we give
the following summing up Of the mater by
the Journal Of Commerce:
1--WE do not, therefore, propose to reach
specie payments by making the paper dollar
equal to the real dollar. and forcing the debtor
and creditor to conform to this arbitrary
ruling. But We do propose to quote, not only
in the large. trades, but ultimately in the
minutest transsctions of daily life, the real
value of the paper dollar as it may happen to
stand at the moment by Q law that no legisla.
ton can affect, and thus to suggest to each
man, and to the whole people, the only fair
basis Of compromise
dollars into one line will be abandoned, the
coereive law will be repealed, and the people
will be left to adjust the difficulty for them
selves. No matter what is attempted By the
Government, this is what the debtor and
creditor will do at the last, and we propose to
initiate the movement that will lead most d.
rectly to it. -. 80
The greenback is not deprecated particle
by calling it less than dollar. Giving to all
values their real name will not change their
relative character, while it will present daily |
financial problem, and reconcile all parties in |
interest to its final acceptance" a5 y st
What Fish Sell for I'm New York.
The supply of fish in the New York market, |
il we except salmon. is generally large and |
the prices low. Shad has been abundant; |
striped bass is plentiful; the large fish are
selling at about IS cents, the smaller ones at /
higher prices. Blue fish now average five /
pounds, and will rapidly increase In weight /
OF sheephead the catch has been unusually
large, and they are selling at about half the
price, which is 25 cents. Weak
fish axe selling for still less, being likewise in
great plenty. King fish fetch s. cents per
pound, being in smaller supply. Spanish
mackerel, which are yet small in size.
bring Is cents per pound; fresh mack.
erel are as low as IL cents !, porgies
bring cents per pound, being scarce. Gull
tivated trout from Long Island sell for rs
cents per pound. Salmon are not plenty.
averaging As cents, nearly double the usual
price ct this time Of year. A new fsh is
coming into faVor-the moon fish, caught OF
Norfolk and the North Caroline doast 1t is
like the sheephead in appearances
HOLSTERS bring cents. They are principally
brought from He'll Gate, Robins Reef and
Staten Island, and are finer than those from
Cape Cod and the Vineyard, which formerly
contributed the largest share to the mar
ets-Americdn Grocer.
Crops In the Northwest. 49,
The Western Rural makes, the following
study of the crop reports which it has
gathered: M
Wheat-The reports clearly indicate that
the acreage of wheat this year in the Western