The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-01
Extracts from the Mark Lane Express O
Oct, q, 1875.

Although the weather has become broken,
with violent hail-storIns IN some places, there
have yet been some fine days, III which field
labor cocld be fayoraby proceeded with; and
the interruption has been only partial. The
humidity oil the atmosphere has, however,
materially interfered with threshing, and the
condition of samples generally has been bad.
The upward tendency of prices has, however,
continued, many markets being Is. dearer, and
others Is to Is, but this has made mliers in-
creasingly cautious, and somewhat restricted
business. The Flour trade OF Paris has futher
improved l franc. and Wheat has brought
rather more money, with, however, less doing.
5. veral of the provincial market have also
risen Cd to IS, though more generally they
have only been firm The seeding OF the
ground being there. as well as in Belg um and
Holland, the chief occupation OF farmers,
supplies have come less plentifully to hand
hardening values in an equal proportion. The
last weekly sales were Il, $50 Irs. less in wheat
than in 1874, but the averages, as We autici-
pated, are about upon q par, being only I'd.
under what they then we've; but the much
more deficient yield is seriously agaIns. grow
ers. Ii would appear that in New York, with
n reported deficiency OF II per cent, the mar
KIT rose cents, or Is. sd. per Or; but with a
stock of only 275 900 grs. wheat, and 100, 200
barrels Flour, they have since lost Is. of TIN
advance; " hiie this deficiency must eventua "
tel SERIOUSLY upon od4 SupFiscSs Ahtr>S tuts
are made up from other quarters. At teSSa,
with stock three times as large, holders
maintain their high rates, with full confidence;
and tins news from America may back them
up, ii the depth oil their purse corresponds;
but the fear OF icy barriers way yet cause some
rslent.ng, and speculative exports before Christ
mas. The chief feature in car late imports
has been the unprecedented supply OF VIII a
| from India, whence We have only been in the
habit OF receiving rics; and Is the quality /
| low and almost S. under our average imports
produce ought to be ample to make such ship
ments pay: if they do at such prices this places
vas. acreage st the service # Grsat Britain
Danzig, with good arrivals, is rather deaTer-
| LOCAL ENGLISH MARKETS
From Camhridgeshire: weather has bea
highly favorable for all OUT door occupations
but farmers bring in very small supplies c
ali grain. Our crops are all turning out Us Ia
or even worse than expected: Wheat tw
thirds, eats one half Of crop. To make mat
tiers worse. potatoes. now beng lifted, are ex
ceptlonaiiy bad; thousands of acres psodcc
under one third Of a crop, and in many cas-
! the produce is not worth the expense al tiftin
and storing, and will he lef: for ploughing n.
BlRxixGHAn. This DAYS market was bette
j supplied with English W. eat, for which en-
foreign much higher prices were demanded /
the opening, bu. the trade closed dull, at lit
over the currency OF this day sssnniyht, an
very little changed hands
n BERwfcK-ox-rwEEp.-T supply OF uhas
, Was again 50 trifing tina: trade was meses
nominal.
Bosros -There was firm feeling in II