, 1876-04-05

To&A1s.- .s.... s13I Ibs3,o66 1AV17y&I
Giving an excoas Of supply this Jear oser 1aat Of
~ por cent. -
II should a!ao b borne In mind that tho cereal
Years 187&-T5 WAS commenced with ona OF tho most
sbundAnt hAEvests record, whle lkst ysAF wsa N
equally dsne.snt one, al over Europe. Thsse can be
no doubt about tho existence Of this dedcienoy,
though appArenty II has not yas becn felt. Thors H.
however. indication Of 1t In tha advancing tend
eney Of mos. Of the Continental marxess and ths tn
qulriea from there for future supplies.
The fgnres above given satisfactorily sposa of thu
bugbsar Of excessive foreign import tnto the D.i
LIB Is1es> of which much uso hia boen made, The
~ per cont e1cesa In tho supply from al for
SIX months Ia nothing when compared with tho quhr-
Aty and quality Of Last years crop. The vital ques
lions for those engaged In tho trade tho fo1owtng
Will The hutue supply continue tho reduced scale
for tho remaining half Of tho cerea yoa List years.
harvest matca II probable II wilt and.
II such bo ths case ws I.ngsand) rscoivs sup
ply froa abrosd, within tho tins, suciana 10 COM
pensats for III
Thu writer s disposed to answer tho second question
in tho negative especially II tho Continental demand
Is to be met a. veil "a that from Great britain.
The bad autumn feed.timo In Europa, and conae-
quently smaller breadth Of wheat Hown, and unfavor-
ablo wcatacE delaying spring hoxiugs till II s too 1ato
to SOW rroatably. nra also important cousdorations
The last year Of uo sisibis supply tho
Atlantic BtdD Of tho uuited Statea Is for the whole
year. probably moro apparent than rca owing to
rapld marketing Of tic crop than In recent yeats.
FonE1aN oIPoRTATIoNR.
Ncccived zs Chicago Customs, April I, 1870: Dow-
ncs Demis nrowiug Co., 100 bu b1vloy; Union Roll
insMili d.. II $40 tons speeol iron; Chicago
Public Library eass book; Q. DeRrootn. case toys;
Lyon ucaly,a cases nulloal 1nsrumeuta; North
Chicago nolng'Min Co., ,4es-7, ,24o tons Hplegol
iron. Amount Of dunes collected, 1.29l.17.
..- PROVISIONS,
HOG pH0DUCTS-Werc quiet. axtept lard, and
heavy In fono. The demand for shipment hs1 fallen
Oft 10 low point, and under The inaucncs Of that
fact several operators who bought the recent rise
anxious to sa out, fearing that prices hava been
forced too high for consumption. Thess r2rtlcs how
aver appear 10 tsong 10 tho class Of ANAL operators
The regular dealers mako no sign that can be con-
stzncd into eonfession Of wcakness- The stocts
hund fair tho They Include I'LL ia ns
pork and G76O6 tes Lard, tho quantity Of meals not
being reported Tho shipment Of e.ts has increased
under the stimulus OF lowcr freight rates, but these
meats snos.'y cut to order and not bought On
Change.
MESS poax--Tas dull, suil declined 12K916o pur
br closng better nt lh@1oc below tho latest figures
Of Monday. There WIS very lIttlo deua1d cash lots
especially being dull. Sales were reported Of go
brla sellcr tho month n $11324 aoo brfR selcr May
4s;a qha sr srfsi sssr 'eRs
:ei!ss asy; s5.;7Xaaaso AZ ssllsr 5uae; and s7'.loS
| 23.13H sclsf July. .-
Prime NJ. pofk was nominal At saa,oo and extra
| prime At 4i7G0.
LAnp-Was uors sctiYo, hut again weak, declining
loo ror 100 lhs under largo offerings and eiosing
aAldo better, ~ ths rrsssse removed. urnrpoo'
declined another Sd por 1l2 ba to ols VI. aud ioE
YORK was reported l5e !owes, Sales herc VeTe n9tei
413.70@l1.7b; Is, 20 seller HAY $la.s3ts13e0; and
1850 tts Keller Juns at $ltooa1to3. Tota 75o tes
Tho market closed aeady at 3l3.T0@l373 for calh o.
seller April; &l3.s5@l3.81x for My: S14.oo9l&03H
! TOR Juno; And *1i.11k3i4. 20 for July.
| bIEAts-Wcre gnet, and averaged easier. Tho
market for present delivery dull and unchanged,
xhe futures could not b. sol a. oon9sssions
Halcs were limited to 100000 lbs abort ribs. aeos
Juno st3t935 200 boxes long and short clcats 81
10; and 80 aweet picked hiEnz t8 1hs) At l21c
tbs following VA tho closing range Of pTtcos: