, 1877-03-01

Total ..-,,.....,........+.u-...h3a .h3a I,HlI l,7bo
THO tonwing were among the direct foreign ex.
ports from Chicago during last wock; 100 brls
Gour, ~ 7GG bn corn, 43e brls pnrk, b7D tcn lard,
h571 boxes meats. :67 pkgs beet, REQ pkgs butter
and cheese, 300 bfls liquors, S., D15 NJ fresh
meats, and af0 cases Of csnnea meals.
One gentleman asked another on Change yester.
day "WAy do you not regulate theao freight
hgcntsf' The reply was, "Why was the devil a.
loved to at'ct Job with bollsr' Tho hrst ques.
tioner WAS Obliged 10 content himself with tho rc'
hectinn TINT tho tw0 casss arc parallel though tho
through freight business Il souaetuing more than
nero boil-.It Il cancer sorc.
They nsc proposing to I'LL In tho tons OF The 70.
porters' deaks un Change With glass. The THIS.
rsx scribe Il willing, provided It be clue glass.
The commercial situation outside sectpa 10 be
mare fsverfsh than usual. uo1tl bobbed up and
down yesterday III way which few people untef-
slood. and tho feeling In produce Ut other pointa
was generally uncertain. There was not much
nuwA ih regard 10 Tho situation Ut aasa In tho Old
World, but that little II contradictory, and tho
prospects In tho We.t Werc equally uncertain. The
lest possible kIAd Of weather wna experienced ard
many regarded this - good omen for
the coming cop season. whlls other talk.
I'd lugubslousy ubout the killing Ut
wintcr-town WHEAT by frosts Ia tho absence Of
snuM, snd predicted cold, wet spring ~ : sequel
to our cxtraotdinary mild winter In one polnI all
were agreed. Tllr shipments from this city cuu-
time smsil, while the cut-thfoat rates Of rull
freight offered Oh some lturs arc attracting vast
quantities ef grain around ", good deal ot which
IL actually forwarded on orders sent to this city
from points in tho Eastern Statea enl In Europe.
0no Chicago operator albne forwarded more curp
last week than tho total reported ~ shipped from
thIa city, though that total includes tho through
shipments. THIS atao Ut tacta depends very lIt,la
on trnnstcr charges u this point, but docs depend
largely Oh The fart that large freight dtscrlmlua-
llpns ase nass sgalnst property tn Chicago. II IL
At lrnAt time that the rcoptp understood the may
niude Of this syl whether not 1t be titDe 10 1t.
| tempt cure IL snothsr question.
The leading produces markets. wero moderately
active yesterday. and generally stpsdies, though
| wheat was nervous sua unsettled. Ihs activity
was eh ely due to tho fact that u was tue last day
Of February. Thure was l!t.ls bnstnesk to b.
suuarcl up for thai month, but good deal wa.
| Loue In preparing for thu March deliveries, whict
viii bc in oEler tu.day. A good many March lutl
shorts who. ~ u matter Of habit tl! lp tos til
beginning Of tho mouth. though thefs IL no stosag
argument fot early delivery Of gFs!n - u the cas-
In summer. The shipping movement was slow, o
aud the sccetp.s were fRts for The season. th
Inward royenent being favored By eoniinue4 dn
weather.
Domestic dry goods met with only q moderate III
qully, and were aysIn guotcd 6rm and unchanged
All standard btsnds Vt pr1nts SIC dgtu 1t TIC. Th
srocery market was without change III any OF It
frA,uEvs. T1Rdu was generally reported qulct
mud for most lfues there was 3 steRdy ftelln.
su,.urs again shuwed III upward inclination, but IL
actual 4dyunee was established. CvGsss, sIss