The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-02-17
Extracts from the Mark Lane Express OF
Jan. "a. 1876

The thaw, which began very slowly, has
leen gradually changing the face OF things,
aud the snow Las at length disappeared; but
with the mild weather the markets have lost
their frmuess from the renewed deterioration
Of samples and thus, with our quality reduced,
prices again have suffered, though good and
dry SAMPLES have little changed in value, and
as to English sorts have become quite scarce.
Our general averages rs compared with the
previous week, have just given wav I'd per or,
and remain only Id above those OF last year
while the deliveries show the wide difference OF
23,670 ars wheat, or IS per cent. below them
II they keep on At this rate We shall have 70
search for stocks in the possession OF wealthy
farmers, as the remainder threaten to ie short
eiSn III yfanaries will b. 10 longer thought y
burden. We may now hope we have fairly
got over the worst oil the winter, and should
II keep moderately dry, much ground will be
got IN order for that tree spring planting ~
wheat which has become q Necessity, and, We
trust, vii! vet b- more rernunerativ. to farmers
than the ,ast crop. The ,haw appears 20 haze
made it. way in Europe, and the markets have
kept ti5.l}. AT Paris the Hour trad. has only
maintained It's position from the better prices
paid for " heat n some parts Of tie country,
wnile inferior qualities III the capital have
Yielded I'd 10 Il per CIT. So our own country
and f,ance exhibit very Iuuch the same aspect
and they ass cvsrione at Mars.-lllss Is W a~
IN Iencou. In Belgium and Hossad scarcely
any Grange has been noted: at Hanhso they
keep duii with river navigation still closed.
and liz port kept open with difficulty. Dan
xic, toe, has til, the want of an Ens.is sit-
inAni, and notes lower rats Petersburg has
ker. steady, but business in Austria aud Hun
Rry have been on the smallest scale, with some
reduction in prices, and after the sudden rise
At New iors, which still progressed further.
they have lost ground, and are not 50 dear Is
last reported Everywhere there i hope that
spring will revive business. but the unusually
heavy .orign stocks on hand make millers bat
careless buyers, and act As dead weight On
the trade. though we have no dous they will
all b. wanted ere long.
In Dornhaseh's list the following sAies OF
wheat wsre reported: Ghirks, sts 81 10 46e;
Marianaroli, as 10 as Cd Nicopnl, A. I'D 10
s6s. lbrail. iss Sd: Rostofi. Ais; Nicolaied 44s
,xd. Berdianski As Sd; Roumelian, sos Sd to
Ais I'd. Sa,ouica, Sss red winter As, spring -
Ais; Saia s6s ID to s.s; hard Taganros, AZ;
feisk sos: Bombay AS.
The sales Of English wheat noted last week
we're q, sia qrs Al As ID, against 81 ,009 qEs Al
AS Cd last year
The London averages were as I'd on | go
qr.
The imports into the kingdom for week end
ing 18th January were 962. 6s5 cvt. wheat. and
BERwlcx-oS-TwrEp-W Wheat was more east.
|, bought to-day, but there vas Little offering
RRIsfoI-Wish an average attendance W
market to-day, foreign wheat was slow trade
without material change IN price. English. IL
moderate supply, sold slowly Il about !Ais
rates- Flour quiet without alteration in price
whsas, white new per L,sshea, s. al TO g., red
E "a to s. I'd, American spring. pr ss*ahs, old
as 10 81, new t6s to as. American white. old
So e4S