New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-20
COMMERCIAL NOTES.

The large impOrtatlOns of salt, amounting now
70 about 900 pounds monthly due 20 the fact
that vessels Europe bring as ballast rather than
come westward empty The fact that less OF IL comes to
NewYoik than to other ports seems 10 lndie'e tntt
better carSoes are obtained to NeW-fork thah 10
other ports,
In The English Mechanic an inquirer asks
where he shall look for American yarnishes and coors
for type evidently having high opinion OF them II he
were on this side Of the water he would never nave
made the inquiry one of the largest manufacturers or
yainshe- ia NcwYork City prOdigal of INGENIOUS al
veri.emens. and has employed the pencil OF one o. our
heat known artists MT. Church. III graceful Silhouette
drawings that call the attention OF al lhqureIS 10
they DO not exactly illustrate the business.
The Government of Austria has suggested to
the railway companies OF that country that they insure
the lives Of their passengers the payment of snail
extra charge fare At recent conference OF railway
directors held for the purpose " consulting upon this
prop sition II was agreed 10 on. 10 n tr
second class passengers NJ thc idtc Oh ui
every journey and those Of the third class for kreZer
The amount insurance in the former case Is to be 1000
f0rins aud Ia the latter 1000 foriEs. In United states
tOncy the premiums VIII be ana - iIS reSpecuNcl!'
and the amount Of insurance $3,624 ana Sl,sl2
Switzerland was one of the last countries Of
Turore 70 feel the effect Of the financial depression which
has prevail, ulmosi all the world. She is now sui
ferlug ~ severely as ncishboTng States. Tic trouble
there b. gan a snort time ago vita pane III railway
stocks Matchmaking il now very much depressed; ana
the hotel business has been Improbable that 30 less
than 20 puDcLouse prOpIictoIs IN MoDtrtux and Geneva
have already failed The suffering so great that tne
Government in order Ia find work for tic starving people,
has undertaken the construction "i pubic Foao' Oh l"
much larger scale than at any previous tiinc
The first number of the new monthly Stats
deal Bulletin of the French Ministry of Finance CON
tans so,no interesting tables showing the annual con-
sumption salt in France from 1916 TO 1876 The Hue
tuations noted seem to have been due principally TO
changes IN the rate Of duty although IN spite OF me
tarr the tendency has all the time been toward u
gradual Increase consumption. in 1SiG tie amount
Of salt consumed in France was llslo pounds per head OF
the population. Alter thar II increased sa""l5, az.
between 1918 and 1913 never fell below 1870 pounds
per head reached Is pounds those being the
extreme limits. In ls49, owing to reduction oi t,e
duty amount consumed rose to 2oOO POUNDS
per head and in 1873 10 ESQ pounds. The average
amount consumed in 1896 was 1SiIO pounds
Mr.. ". H. Lincoln recently addressed the
Boston Board of Trade the subject of the commerce
OF the port Among other things he called attention to
the decay coastng trade 1t seems that in 1883
in six months there dispatched from Boston TO the
furniture gunny cloth, boots AMI shoes, cloth, ice, 20
There arrived from the South III sailing vessels MI
load several large ships in one week for NewOrleans
alone ard now not even schooner could be loaced III
never return The products reach us IN larger
quantities have lost almost entirely the return
trade The West now supplies largely wna1 VIC ioieily
SEM, aud NewIok has taken the Balance
When the Cincinnati Southern Railroad is
completed it believed that great increase III the
receipts Of cotton at Northern ports VIII take place Inc
railroads much direct than the water routes
tONewEngInd and to the Eastern cities having direct
steam communication with Europe that is Thought the
overland movement OF cotton will grow rapidly Cotton
would overland in larger quantity were III not
that tie railroads discriminate against Cotton
Is freight though il "a less baly than tobacco ana
some other articles, and were 1t not mat tle ran
roads south Of Cincinnati controlled by an interest
sdyere to that city. With the completion OF the new
route 10 Chattanooga, the adverse interest VIII De COM
PEELED to come TO terms and CINCINNATI WIZ en1o{ ao
benefits Of both her own line into the heart OF rich cot
ton growing region, aud Of the one now existing wmeh
separated present the benefit OF other cities Inc
Southern Railroad is the one the line OF when,
few years ago. Mr. Redhed OF The Cincinnati COMMERCE.
rode horseback. IL will be important FACTOR III tho
interior trade OF tie future. st. LOuiss new southern
railroad connections brought her cotton receipts up from
1900 bales to $4,000 In ten years Chcllnau iOoAs
ief an expansion of her receipts from IsOOOo paes
tnnuay to half million Immediately after the new Inc
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