The true northerner., 1875-03-05
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who was
languidly making mud pies, snid /:
"Let's call IMAM"
Breadstuffs I'm the Northwest.
CFrom the Detroit Tribune. ]


Dating the breadstuffs "season /" as
commencing with Aug 1, more than six
months of the current year have passed.
A short comparative statement, there
fore, knowing the receipts of -four and
grain for that time at Chicago, Milwau-
kee, Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland, with
those for the same period one year since,
will be of public interest
The aggregate receipts of flour for the
last half year at the points named
amounted to 100000 barrels, and for
the same time in 1894 to $3.50, 900.
This shows falling off in the present
season of about 430,000 barrels.
The like receipts of wheat for the pres
ent season aggregated 81, 1926, 900 bushels,
against AZ, 150,0 900 for the same period in
1874. This shows loss for the past
six months of nearly 1000, 600 bushels.
although the amount is considerably
more than were the receipts of the two
years preceding this comparative state
ment. For the same period the yield OF
1874 throughout the Northwest was near
ly or quite as good as that of 1873. In
our own State it was much better. Hence
the inference seems fully justified that
the crop has not been so freely moved as
was the case one year since, and that
more of the staple Is still back in
farmers hands than there was on Feb. l,
1874. Other reasons also seem to sus
tain this view. The demand for the
staple has not been so free this season for
the export trade as it was in 1874 to
take away the surplus stock. Prices,
! too, have ruled so low as to be unsatis-
tory to farmers, and they have not been
in such haste to part with their wheat.
On the other hand, corn, oats and barley
have brought better figures, and there
has been more disposition to realize for
/ these products. The farmers have sold.
however, sufficient wheat to meet all the
demand.
The receipts of corn at the Northwest
ern ports this season have aggregated
| 100000 bushels, against 26,625, 600
bushels one year sinee-a falling off of
about 7,000,0 600 bushels. The yield Of
/ this staple last year was not equal to that
of 1873, and this fact, in the main, ac-
counts for the difference in the foregoing
/ figures. Other causes, however, have
also operated to promote the same result
The prices of hogs have ruled unusually
high, and doubtless much more corn has;
! been fed than was the case one year
since. The prospects or the hope of
/ still further advance in values for corn
may have also induced some TO withhold
| their stocks from market
The receipts of oats at the above
named points for the past six months
have aggregated $500, 900 bushels. One
| year since for the same months they were
4 12,0O0, 000-a difference of about 2,400,
600 bushels The supply for the past
season in the Northwest was a good one,
not being much, if any, less than that OF
/ 1873. The movement of barley in this
/ section also shows considerable falling
of, The receipts for the past six months.
computed rs in the above cases-ag
! gregated $4,000 bushels, against 5,
130,0 in 1874 for the same period
difference of over |, 100000 bushels
The fact that the barley market for the
past two on three months has been un-
usually depressed, may explain the state
/ of the trade.
The yield of rye last season was a light
one, and the receipts at the lake ports
aggregated about 900, 900 bushels, which
! is somewhat below the arrivals for the
same period one year since.