, 1876-05-18
Withdrawn from storo on Tuesdny for city con-
sumption, g, B0l hu wheat.

I
9, SOL hu wheat.
The following grain WIS inspected into storo
on Wednesday, morning: . cars No. ! N. ". wheat,
IL cars No. g N. W. do, 10 cars No. 2 spring, n
cars No. 3 do ~ cars rejected do 10 whent}; 10
cars high mixed corn q, cars and q, 600 bu No. 2
do. i, cars new mixed do, 30 cnrs rejected do, I
CARS no geade (153 corn); car No. oats. cara
No. white oats 10 cars No. 2 oats III csfs); 2
cars No. . rye, cars No. barley, carsNo, DO.
Total to0i cars), Ito, 600 bu. Inspected out: o..
ol3 BIZ wheat, 133 5o9 ba eosn, 1a2 hu ontss st7
BIZ barley.
during the first seventeen days In May, 1870,
was l, 0O7 cars, againit 2, G7o car.loade for tho
same time In 1875. This IL falling OF 10 the ex
tent Of 50 pot cent. ...
A schedule Of tho rates for grain handling and
s.oraga at Montreal has jusk come 10 hand. II Is |
NJ follows:
For frat days .........+............... Hc
Fur SECOND i, dayA yA.................. Nc
For FSr evefy we 10 oays dsys ihstsaftef e
This gives tsnnsfcr. with storage for twenty-five
days II required. for 1c per hu |
rhc rates In Chicago arc:
First 20 days
Each 10 1sys thereafter. ssc
They do saY that tho Montreal warehousemen arc
paying their way at tho abovo ratcs. Tho Chicago
though charging ...
EIGHT TIMES AZ MUCH.
for transsor from carrying receptacle 10 moth
or, whca not moro thnu Two days storage IL In
| volvcd Ia either case. Tho reason why Chicago
| warahouac1,cn do not make money Is becanBa tho
| gran goes round them to avoid chnrgca which are
regarded ~ excessive. prominent recclyer IN
TIL. city stated ysstordny that no has sold this
| week. $50 carloads Ut Minnesota No wheus
| TO Eastern parties, not one bushel Of which VIII
come through Chicago. II win MI DO loaded Into
at country points snd b'tlcd through to the sea
boari, nnd tho parties want him to scnd them
| aI, 600 bn more III thu BaEae why, Tho charge Of
&c per bn sor stor'ng trimming and s~ttchlng Is
too much 10 pay, and tho gsalu therefore pays
nothing ia this city, wheso reasonable fee woald
b. willingly paid tor tha sako OF obtaining CHI
cago inspection, II nothing moro.
Under such ciFcuuAtances It Ia pertinent to In
Quiro how much longer this Is to continued II Ia
mot anf!ioalsy to tho warehouse interests, but
regard for tho prosperity Of tue city. tat prompts
tho question. The t!dG Of commerce is something
like tho current Of ttgtf II II meot au obstFnc-
tiou, that obatsuctlon must gst out Of tho way or
tho current Will hnw out TO. ,tAo't nuw ehannO2.
We ayu heretofore called attention. to the fact that
tho currsnt Of ccsoa!a IL lowlng around IL 10 very
largo extent, and have atated 1t ~ tho raanlt Of
careful Of tho facts that this diver.
sion ID ur9eIy duo 10 tha fact that tbs charges for
hnu1nx grain IN this city ase too lasgs. The ex.
pericnco Of each succeeding day only eonnFMH taia
conclusion moro and moro; and tho 1ongo, the Oh.
structton IL Hudcrt 10 oxlst tho greater will bc thd
d!ncul&y OF bringing back tho grain trade Of th'
Wesk to tho ptace wheto It belongs Thu Doard O
Trade, - representing tho commercial inteFcss Q
the city, OWES It TO itself and 10 the community q
recognize this fact before u Ia too lats TO renee
I thu uyl1 The fatu Of Tyro md 4aon II not taos
assured than " the downfall OF our Commercial III
prcnlaey, uncHs there be q spc&dy and radical ~
form In tho cnss OF handling grain in this city.
Z Tho leading produce markets were very nurYou
= and unsettled yesterday, with general eanuohc