The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-02
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

Gerard, gaugers, No. Cont street, 1or the
following report Of the monthly receipts at
ahis mort of sugar and molasses:
March 3lst, 1S74.-Hogshe sugar, 56cO,
barrels molasses, 23l9, Aaif barrels molasses.
March 3lst. Hogsheads sugar, 1885,
barrels molasses. $685. half barrels molasaes, |
Total March 3lst. 1874. 7o.5sl hogsheads.
l49 $40 barreis, 1874 halt barrels
Total March 3,s.. 1875. M,3o5 hogsheads,
2O1. 5l9 barrels, Gls4 half barrels.
The only mandatory Of wooden skewers |
in the world, it is supposed, exists at Toledo, |
Ohio. whence millions Of them are shipped to |
ENGLAND. They are made by machinery from |
hickory blocks. Between $4,000 and $4,000 |
are turned ont every day.
Al an illustration OF the limitless number Of
combinations which the three primary colors
are CAPABLE Of, it may be interesting to know
tln. ia the Gooelin tapestry manufacture
% 600 distinct sbaaipgs Of yarn are en-
Mo, ed, each one distlnguishable by the prac-
siced eye.
The City Of Berlin, the latest addition to
the Inman fleet Of steamships, is expected to
arrive at New YORK soon. She ia said to be the
LARGEST mercantile vessel afloat, with the ex-
eeption Of the Great Eastern. She measures
lSS feet in length. Her gross measurement
is 5l9O tons, 1854 tons builders measurement;
register tonnage 3l39.
Saws the San Francisco Scientific Press:
Manufacturing Of every description is Il our
ishing in this city and State as never before.
The mills. the boot and shoe manufactures,
and manufactures of case goods. and. IN
fact, every description OF industrial enter
prises are increasing their number OF en-
oloyees. The increase in this direction in
This city during the past year has been over
hundred thousand hands.
whisky Statistics.
The books Of the internal revenue cfiice
show that in the month OF February there
we're distilled G, 100 363 gallons OF spirits and
tax was paid upon II, 5 a, 1856 gallons. There
were remaining il warehouses On the 2S.h of
February 1878, $3.50 gallons. On the first OF
that month the amount of spirits in ware
house was II, 747, GlO gallons.
Tho Winter yvhea. Crop-splendid Prospects.
A gentleman who has travelled extensively
through Tennessee. Kentucky, West Viz
pinia, Maryland, Indiana, Ohio and Southern
Illinois. informs tho st. Louis Democrat that
the winter wheat crop now IN the ground IN
all that region is IN excellent condition. Some
farmers supposed the broadcast sowing would
prove failure in such States as Tennessee.
kentucky, Virginia and Maryland. where the
snow did not Icy long on the ground. but ex-
animation OF the plant proves the reverse.
Not only is the growing wheat IN excellent
condition in these States, but the area put
in is large. In the more northerly portion OF
She winter-wEeat belt the earth has been very
steadily GOV. red with snow, and there can be
no donbt that when a thaw comes 1t will be
sudden Spring will be skipped. and sum-
mer will begin. The weather will be hot and
forcing. and the growth OF the wheat plant
viii be rapid. Another thing seems to be
~ =, <hnt t1,oro v,vIl Iva
1 biz corn crop in 1875. Corn IS now BRING
ing a price that will Insure q large profit to
the farmer, and hogs are high also. Thus
there are two incentives to produce com large
". II the crop shoald be 50 large as 70 force
aE,riccs down. it can be ted to hogs, and made
to pay good profit that way.
The shriuknz &c in British Trade.
The imports iato Great Britain in Febru
sry we're lbou: s27, 900 600 less than in Feb.
.uary, 1874, ard the exports were abou!
SO SGO.O0O less than in February, 1874, and
-sl5, OOO, 900 less than in February, 1873. In
tue first two months OF the year the reduc'
ZION of import, as compared with the cor
responding period OF 1874, was about S42, 900,
oo,, and OF exports about sig. 5oo ooo. Inc
imports in the fi'ss two months Of the presen
var were c5s 3o1 ,19I, against EGG, GA, $50 il
Che corresponding PERIOD OF 1874, and the ex
ports we're s34, 45i DIG, against e37, 7Ol ,27(
IN The corresponding period OF 1874.
The exports of cotton piece goods declined
$3.50, 900 yards in the two months compared
with the last war, linen yarn 1000, OO(
pounds, 1,130,O1D wooden yarns, worstei
stuff 1,OOO,O 600 yards The imports of whea
we're valued at -, 573, 632. against 1919, la
II 1874.
On the other band, exports from France il
january were about SIG, 100000 in excess o
the agsre gate ia tine corresponding month 0
1874, the gain being principally in manufac
tured goods Imports were about 5000, OO
less In the same month the gain in buiiiol
VAS about Sl7,0o0,00O.
The Breaking Of Propeliers.
Several Of the advantages alleged to b
gained by the nse of propellers instead G
,sidewhees to ocean steamers seem to be off
set by the frequency with which the propel
Ter blades are broken. The steamships Cit,
o. Toxic and City of Peking have both beef
unfortunate in this respect Both were Grip
pied on their first voyoge to this port; an
now comes news from Yokohama that tn
hitter ship has again sustained an accident G
a like character The liability to frequen
occurrence Of such accidents IN m,d-ocean
by which the voyages OF these vessels are de
Aayed and their safety imperiled, makes it in
portant that stronger material should be use
in the manufacture Of the propellers II vii
become question with shipDuliuers now nes
to overcome the difficulty whether steel {
or some other material cannot DO substitute
or IRONY. r. BMitin.
The Business Outlook.
In an article on the business outlook fc
he year 1875, the st. Louis Republican \
marks
The people Of the Mississippi Valley. Of th
Vest and South, are to-day treer from the e.
cnmhrances Of debt than they have been f
years There has been a general settlement
general sqnarins Of accounts The cit
obber has pressed his country patron for pa.
ment III full: the country merchants have il
sisted upon their farmer friends paying up
the utmost tarthing." There has been
general pressure, and Indebtedness has bee
greatly diminished almost wiped out. No
each man possess his own and not another
goods. The country is free-at least compal