, 1877-10-02
THE IMMENSE uRAIN CROP.
Hurdcning the 1tailroa''s on lts Way to Ports
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Nm York Tortd. Sept -.
Mr.. Alexander Mitchell, President OF tho Chi
cnRo, Sfllx xaukce Il st. rau1 ka'1roall Ia in town
OIL business cuhncctcl with hts tOad. nnd will
remain here several days. In conversation With
n representative Of Tic World yesterday, he
gave glowing atcouDt of the present condition
Of the grain crops III the West nn.l os the uni.
vcrsal improvement and Increased activity IN
business In that scctior lie aa.1: "Nhahver
causc there may have been for grumbling here
totorc, there certainty seems to me TO I've every
reason for satisfaction over the present prospects,
both agricultural md commercial. As to the
first, can say that uur receipts at Milwaukee
show TINT ttture Inns been more grain faiecd In
Iowa, Minnesota, aud Wisconsin tllis year than
ever leiorc. This Is partly due, no t'o,,ht, 10
natural callsos and partly to tho growing fcellug
TN the uart Of the people that they must strafn
every nerve tn use our resourccs to the t,ekt nj.
vantage. Tho quality of the grain Of all classes
II far butter than the averaEe. and the fulEt,1
the average. The daily receipts at Milwaukee
are aLottt no, ,Oo0 bushels, mud taken straight
alo,lg tho daily receipts are tro1u four u tse
times ~ large as last year. Wc lIaye not yet
take at random the figures q any week uad you
Will sce the satuc thing: For example,, tho re-
ccpts Mt the principal Western markets for the
week ending Sept. % last year Of oil
total receipts Of all classes ot eraln at tts
same markets for the week ending lust Satur.
lao we're t;,,55,4ss buahels. These figures
speak for themselves, atsi tic sasnc thing, may
Ge noticed throughout the West. In the winter.
wheat States Of Ohio, Indiana. and I}chigan
the crops aru unusua1ly Vouu, far above the
aycrngc hoth In quantity and Quality, and the
prices arc better tlaf1 ordinary, rnnGtne from
tl.30 tu .35, and with no end Of active Icmanl
fn II Httt1 abundant
would not cause glut in tho market nn't mecca
sitAtc reduction In the prices, Atr. Mitchell re-
piled: +" Nut all. As tast as tho grain arrives
III hG's e III tme sna sat shcPo s s I'll ee s0 a'se
Csr Uar road l.as got ali il cau possible do. and
nj, the roads are pretty busy with the constant
rran aa wc . ipeesp sre Sut r"S "
hcntia1iy, the surplus co,ncs at the vrry ti'ne
when wc tlcar u tic partial failure uf the crops
in England. Well. l,avlng sent the English
beef, wv VII! now send thc''a gsasi, @."l We sl.as
f0r all VIC sci,d. THIS will. Of d1urte, help .aIl
the railroads running to tho ecatoar,l, ~ Il Las
| already helped tho Western ltHcs;. It will give
occupation. to thousands Of hands here; " MIL,
by Increasing otr expurtR, help to rcatIust the
| ni,lc|l-talkcl-of balance Of trade ard set 1t IN
cur favor: III short, II Will benefit Us directly
aud Indirectly In every way undcrstaN! That
tile effects Of revival In trade arc n'rcaay lc-
ginning to be felt here. n1l tho prospects seci1l
| 70 inc especially hrlght.'
As to the condition of trnde generally in the
West. Sir. Mitchell spoke most enthusiastically.
"IIuslucas,r enid lic, ''ts Improving very faht
null in EVERY direction In the West, the cropa
llnye everywhere given m Impetus to tratte, aid
ure working marked Improvement III all inter
cats ln every scctlun. lu tho Wcst business !.
seem TO l,c prosperng; MI cIasses arc hopeful
and most hands are lctug occupied. 1t does uo'
seem as:though there were much cause, nor, III
decd, my c4.sise, for ctoaking. The wont d
our cot1itncrc!al depression seems to be Mt ns
cul, g,,l it looks ns II VIC were goIug 10 have
new era Of protlt nlui plenty"
The following table will indicate how tht
grain product has iluctuated during the pas
Iaur years aud how tau present crop aurpassc!
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