, 1876-02-26
Withdrawn from e&oze on Thursday for city con.
sumptton A.Gl7 bu wheat, 7o5 bu corn. Is bu oats,

1,6lo ou Fyoi 1,i31 bu barley.
1hs following gram vAs inspected ints store on
Friday morning: 40 cArs Nc. N. ". wheat, car
No. spring, 81 eaza No. do. 70 cars No. ! do, Is
cats rejected do, cars 10 grade o2 wheat); ! car
No. corn. 80 cara h1gh-an1ed do, 70 cazB No, do,
40 carr now mixed do. % trject~d do cats no
grade do tlio eorn); 1c uhio oats IS cars No.
do. cars rejected do 10 ossa); No. ryo cars
No. do cars No. barley. car No. 8 do; car no
grade I'll baroy). Total, ss7 cars. 1Go 600 bu In.
spcctod out: o6ss bu whea as bu corn 100 bu oats,
4ls bu rye, 3,a97 bu barley.
charter rss nsdo yossartaY At GoHc specis per 100
ms, 10 take hu No. wheat through by aail from
Chicago to Cork for ordcra. That IA about 3aSo per
bu In speois. or 4Ako In currency, being No PEI h,
There : very good demand for cargoes Of low
grade whsat and fair soE corn, on European ao.
counts, mostly 10 90 via Philadelphia Tie through
grain trade Of thst city = growing rapidly. It amount
Cd 10 about enc million qusstern in 1876 and thAt rec.
ord wilt probably bo surpassed In ths centennial yo,r
Tho lcsdipR produce markets werc generally esa!sr
yesterday. aons Of them being quito weak though no
extensive break occurred In prices. Gellers wpro
numerous. and II was whispered that hodesa Of cash
property, In sovors departments that have hitherto
been supposed to be controlled By mlscr hands, 1ere
trying to unload. Tho rzes1nro 10 sell ~ns great
enough to have caused panlc In = mArtst not largely
speculative, with big short Interest anxious to l In
1t every turn Of tho scs in their favor Tho weather.
WAS 1no and favorable to larger rco+ipts Of produce
freely what they have to spare when the rons permit
them to do 70, as tho prospect Is very good tot an
early asodinH, and arga Yield thIs year IA ao!sd
ahove thero ID better shipping dcnsnd but 1t docs
not much Affect tho speculative grades Of grain buy.
efa leaning to tho lower 2rsdea and TO sample ols Al
being tho cheapest for consumption, even when The
difference In quality Ia taksh into the account.
Thera wers Iso rumors Of mora trouble
In the breastnEs tzala the other aldo Of tbs A.
autic which tended TO we4ksn confidence here u Ia
ucated In Our sIatcst" yesterday, Bono Of tho
bears claimed that theas wcre only tho utterinKs Of
M advancing storm. but ths general sentiment seos
to bo rather the other wsy-that tho markets aru about
to setto down to polnt 1t which buyers win b. cen.
tent to tako hold and make tho export oyemsut Ae-
tiye oucs more
There was morn general activity In dry goods circles
than noted for trno previous, Intcrior buyrsr
aro now arriving daily, and ths amount OF busipesu
accomplished through tho medium Of the msia il allo
steadily increasing. The tenor Of prices remains I'm.
changot Prices OF groceries vers rather stoaa!er
thah 1t tho beg.uning at the wcek. Thera Ia =
conviction that prices Of tnoat articles In tho
ist ara now about down to the bod roctn and With
4he opening Of tho srrtpg t1adaa general harden
Ing or ss!uos IL predicted At tho East thess liza been
an advance during Tho weak IN co1ces of NC. THIS
has greatly strengthened tbs market here though ths
quotations Feman = before Butter aud cheese wsra
In good demand al former prices. Tho fish, drled
fruit, and canned goods market were deyod Of i'm
ptrtAnt new features. Coal and wood wels dull Ths
lcathcs bsggnH, Tobacco, and paint markets vers ILL.,
changed. Otla were quiet.
Lumber was In fair sequeat for tho se..on and
steady Salt was fairly active At yl.a5 for nne and
$l.70 for coarse. The wool and hiaa markets vers
unchanged IN their general features. Bteds v,rs un
changed. Timothy aud nAx were dull and weak IN.
der large offerings, which seem to be augmeutIpr
daily. aud c1oYcr VIZ IN Urgent seauest
| and hsp. Droom-corn WAS reported less sctlvo and
easy owing to lAfgs receipts OF cousgusa ots which
sso preased On the market for ss!o There rsa nj
! noticeable improvement IN hay. Tho farmcrr easli,
supply tho city trade. and, there il shipping do
mand. baled hay II almoat unaalAb1st At any price
Ths offerings arc lssge, but 1t thought tho sece1p
Will fall GU soou. lotatoes wsro - dull ~ usual
thers taing dssnd for car.los aud tbs stocks 1t
atoEe diminish xlowsy, ths retailers fully sup
piled by tbs farmers In The uelghborhood. poultr,
sud eags are hrn, undeE good inquiry apd lmitet
| offerings ot desirable stock.
TIE WHEAT QUESTION.
n kas Editor ~ Ihs Ehfe1ps Tf.saas:
Drain Dealer, writing OF the wheat problsn and TIL
comparisons Of thu proposons supplied by ths United
staso In ls7A-of wheat Ct per cent and Of -four ..
par cent, aud In 1875 81 per cont o{ wheat aud
per cent Of our, from the lss Of January 10 ths ut
September OF each year.
Can We anpply an equal quantity during tta ne1t III
| mouths1
| Tie other wheatproducipE countries pf ths zlok,
havs shipped very heavily from sept, 1875 10 jan
J. lk1a and, indeed heavily during Tho antIrs yeAr
lE7k- WttusAs thslt Immense imports: atAfly 49,
eoe go tu u wheat And douF. But sues 14p pp Il
the hsa dAsest dates II hand Tho s,tns countries ha
fttssv ssaA lArss 9uant.ss ou tha market have aAd