The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-03

COlu[ERCIAL MATTERS.

nv Deportment md the Customs officers In
de1ectin9 Tie persons guilty Of the frauds.
The Gocrela1y q The Treasury has decided
that the duty On chiooEy should be only one
cent inGtead Of ave. - was claimed for
while b. ~ Customs of6ceEA
The RhilAdslphis Price Current says We
Do not remember . period when oranges 49,
80 81 three mouths. Bananas have been
uaanfiful md unusually cheap, and pineap-
m Of extraordinary size have made their ap-
renssnce. 4 prices much below those which
1nuallv rule at this season.
With one exception, the ice companies in
NHw York have thus far failed to establish
~ rricoo Sor ice, but are selling for what
1hsy can ret, asserting that owing to the late
49, IL the season, it 10 impossible TO deter
nine What will be the supply or demand BY
which tho price viii be governed Competi-
zion i 20 great, however. that tne pnces could
not be very high we're the supply much less
than it Is.
The real estate belonging to Lawrence, the
smueelsr, has all been attached BY the United
States District Attorney. The property con-
nists Of three fine mansions in New York City,
valued ct $125. 600. The trial is likely to take
place ii the coming month.
The Secretary Of the Treasury having re-
scinded the former decision, the duty now on
ohicory, granulated, not advanced beyond
the process Of burnt and ground, is only
cent gold, instead Of 5 cents as for some
months past In consequence prices have
been accordingly reduced.
Since the panic Of 1857 the savings bank
depositz Of the State Of New York have in
CREASED more than seventeen fold. In 1858
the deposits amounted to 81, 422, 672 in
1876 TO $500, 935, 945. At the beginning of
this year. in the city Of New York, the total
deposits Of the savings institutions amounted
20 9l05, $50, 164, and those of Brooklyn to
140, 999, AGA giving total Of $244, 000, COO, or
haH e. much again = the aggregate of the
English savings hanks thirty years ago. For
although the English savings banks nov hold
seated It 80 millions sterling, or $50 millions
q dollars IN The oficial reports
Il is reported, ~ . result of the efforts Of
the freight agents in the Chicago conven-
don held last week, that . general advance in
rates WAS established. Rates from Louis
ville to New York, Boston. Baltimore and
Philadelphia were advanced cents per 100
pounds on fourth class freights on June !.
The monster vessel George w. Adams left
Chicago on the 30th ult with cargo Of
M. 900 bushels Of oats the aargest ever
~ towed By the steam barge W. T. Graves,
which carried cargo Of $1,000 bushels Of
corn. The barge Russell was also part OF
the TOW, having on board AZ, 600 bushels OF
wheat The total cargoes aggregated 2O6,OOO
bushelA
There has been thus far for the current
calendar year . considerable falling of in the
exports from the United States as compared
With the corresponding period last year, and
shia, too, during time when various circum-
stances have seemed to favor more satisfac-
.-Ix Ss~ks~~ - k6A - M
New York (which may be accepted as fail
average for the whole country, and are EN-.
ployed because they come down to very recent
dates) indicate that the exports since Janua-
~ Let have been valued 1t sos, SOC, 600, against
Sl12, 700, 900 for tho corresponding period last
The Crsp Prospect.
[American Grocer, 9th ult
At this season Of the year 1t Is natural that
che greatest anxiety should be manifested re-
speeding the probable crops which will bt
uieht IS expocted accounts are being pub.
liGhed on I'll sides which, BY reason Of com
petinR interests, exhibit great diversity. It i
esnsrally conceded that this years wheat croT
Vim fAll very much short OF the preceding
ons. Last iall everything was in IN advanced
stnte. and the subsequent winter, Of a!mos
unexampled severity, killed the plant ROOT
and blade. TO 70 large an extent was thi!
doue, that In many places. especially exposed
situsaions, the farmers have plowed up thu
ground and sowsd Il with other crops.
Even vhsre the plant has been spared i
eonnot Be rsckoned safe, because very much
vili depend upon future weather to mature it
This state Of things IL very general and IL
fhs Wet there Il additional anxiety On &C
count Of the grasshopperA When We are
4oId that the ofop NAV barely reach third Of