, 1876-05-17

1870. 4 ls7a.

S::;;:: $ii:| f: s II i: !:
withdraw, from store on Monday for city con.
sumption: 5,17U bu wheat, 3oo bu barley.
Tho following grain was inspected into store
on Tucsday morning: car rejected winter wheat
cars MOL N. ". wheat, 40 cars No. IN. ". DO,
fears No. spring, 13 cars No. 3 do, cara te-
Iectcl do, car no grade ts0 whcaD; 0 cars high
mixed corn, IL cars No. do, ears and 6, 100 bu
new m!xcd do, 40 cars rejected do, cars and
1000 BIZ no Grndc do $50 corn}; 3 cars No.
oats, : cars No. . white oats, u cars No. 2 oats,
cnrs rejected do toG oatA); cars No. rye, car
rejected do; cars No. barley. cats No. . do.
Total {esoU caTs), Of, 600 bn Inspected out: 32,-
$50 bn wheat. 1e8, GIG bu corn, II, AS bu oats,
b88 bu barley.
The impression tas gained ground in some quar-
tczs that raN rEetghs u New York have been taken
recently ut lower ratcs than to Baltimore FhIla-
dcfphia. Wo arc assured that this is not so; tho
rates TO those cties being uniformly fixed by the
rate to New York. Kcbatcs have been made on all
the lines At Que time or anothcr-probably net more
TO New York than To Baltimore or Philadelphia
and not 80 much as 10 Dotton. The fact Tint fully
thrcc-fourths Of tho corn that has been sent from
here to tho East since the last crop bcgnn 10
move has avoided Tew York, is proof enough
TINT all things considered, freight md terminal
churges, the New York route to Europe docs not
6trer extra inducomcnta to shippers by rail-. Now
York las taken comparatively little tharc In tho
liberal brcadstnls movement Of the pnBt SIX
months and We may ndd that Chicago, In llko
manner, hns done less ihnn her usual slare. In
both caacs the trouble appears to be the snluo.
People drsfrc to avoid tho charges for handling tue
grain as far as possible The cost Of transferring
grain here Is higher than consistent with tho trans
action o! biz business. So long tue cutoff lines
nfc willing 10 carry tho grutn around us chcap1y,
with lower ratcs by lake than by rail. the nttfac
ton might be great enough to compensate for tho
present handling charges here, but not otherwise.
II Is not improbable, however, that the eril Will
work It's own correction, though not perhaps to tho
direct advantage Of our city. SoIne OF our local
dealers are now shipping direct from, country sta
tions to the East employing Chicago eapIal to
carry the produce Of the Wcat around US; and the
luke carrying hus!nrss may yet be revived by
arrangements " receive and transfer to vessels at
Calumet Thcrc seems 10 be no other hope OF
bringing up receipts Of grain to the old stand.
ard, unless tho ndsico rendered Last wlntor Ia
taken and acted npon. That WA to the effect that
tho railroads aall handle aud transfcr tho grain in
elevator here without charging storage to the ship-
per unlcss the grim bo nctunlly held here longer
than 1s necessary 10 sell on the open market.
The leading produce markets were very isregu2ar
yesterday provisions being dni and easier, wh,lo
grain was uct'yc, and the principal CEREALS dr1u,
though there Was no great strength, cxcept]n corn
~ unrovorah,c In thr cropa' md lin c.rca1 move.
,ant ,say nj. lin Insn.ctlm into store hc,no oo.i,
i,rht There was moi moch talk nbout vsr in fur
Ls.v ve.trrlav int Tho nrosncct anncsrs n buyo
hern The canss of stronger feol,or at other polnts
nrv voois wcrc ordered rather snar,npiv. and
.hc market ,yore a yerv ouiet look. In tho dc.
partpcut Of p.intg. summer [rcsa fabrics, aud no.
lions there was eoac attr. but, With tho above ex-
,yrrp .teufy rh, acnnn,, for groceries vas fair.
md nu,y fn,r. In values there wcrc no auo,ablo
chaurrs. nUut lines ruling steady and arm, nut.
tcr WIS dull and weak with tendency to reduced
nncex (,hersr a}so was weak and unsettled undc,
Increasing rrcctpts In the Ash market tbcra were
IN changes r)rc,l fruIts were ordered With homo
freedom, and both .lomestic and foreign were held
\ nj very full figures. Coal md wood wcrc dull, -
| tic lnttcr al bOc decline. Oils wcrp generally
! utnr,tv TI,r bup,,t,o ,.n,1n va,,n1ru ,T,Iat a1J