The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-11
Commercial and Financial Matters.

bales against 1862 bales for the same period last
year.
The steamship Ben Lomond cleared yester-
dav for LIVERPOOL, from this port. with 42,125
bushels of corn In bulk. and the steamship
Wycliffe. for the same destination. with 4o.965
bushels of corn.
Yesterday by the Jackson Railroad as one Of
the old regime continues to call it. there were
brought to this city 2316 bales of cotton. which
fact shows a gratifying increase of receipts of
the staple from the interior.
On Saturday. the 10th Of November. there were
In the port of New Orleans 1O2 suuare-rigged
vessels, of which II were steamships Ameri-
can, & British. Spanish. Mexican and 2Ger-
man. There are lit vessels advertised as being
up or cleared from foreign and domestic ports
for New Orleans.
Being an unusual incident in the line of
transportation. and on account of the point of
shipment and other circumstances connected
Herewith. we announce that the towboat John
Means, with three barges. arrived here yester-
day from Paducah. with cargo aggregating rs
follows: 10000 bushels bulk corn 1915 barrels
flour, 1547 sacks corn and 1854 sacks of oats.
Cork is coming into use in Germany as fill
ing for winter bed coverets in place of feathers.
1t Is said to be not only lighter and cheaper, but
decidedly warmer.
The estimated expenses Of the city of New
York for the year 1878, as passed upon by the
Board of Apportionment. amount to s27 582.3S5,
which is 1901 1884 less than for the present year.
tax will not exceed 255 per cent: which is also a
slight reduction from the rate of last year.
The Crops of the Country.
If we had space we would like to give COM
prehensive abstract of the special reports Of
the United States Department of Agriculture
upon the condition of the several States which
.,l,.1, t1f Gov
ing status of this country. According to these,
there are in the Union no less than 36o3.s44
square miles, containing 1912 100000 acres. OF
which about one tenth is in cultivation.
The statistian reports to the bureau at Wash
ington that the average Of wheat throughout
the Union. as closely as can pc calculated ,ula ls
50 declined that the total was only ass, 356 :
500 bushels. as against 292 1876 ,ooQ IN 1875 ne
Texas are showing every evidence Of incre Sc.
In corn according to the same auth2ri i IN ne
tuation being from twenty to thirty bushels. In
oats the condition is represented by the pro,
last year, and only eight States Maine, Yer
mont. North Caroina, South Caroin e. Alabama
Tennessee any marked di% ain Ut
by the season. and the. increase in the area Of
cotton production is about four per cent. In
Tennessee, Mississippi. Arkansas. Louisiana,
and Texas, indicate a growth ranging from one
to fifteen per cent The crop OF potatoes nay
specially noted that in De Kalb county. Mis-
souri,, the milet and Hungarian grass grown
ture land the drouth has reduced the condition
from one to fourteen per cent in Maine, and In
has brGHgnt S fe a aye Msss
sippi and the Missouri it is, however, reported
that the average is high.
In tobacco the latest returns are encouraging
and In stock hogs the September reports in11
cate an increase Of one per cent. with sigh
falling off in the Middle States an a9d IT. the sdte
sections. As to the foreign markets. we arr
told that the am9u dn now required Se Gs In GTe
1 %ent sf ar the fifteen years ending in ls
cent cen Russia twenty four. Germany seventeen
France nine and British America five Ia th
four years ending In 1875 the proportion o.. Of tn
United States advanced to forty five and that o
a hsei1 no qeene ocag That the English whea
ed the e, e sp Of producers and that
France is twenty per cent below the average
In Austro Hungary 1t Is good'
AReview of the Cotton Trade.
The Tendon Times in its city article of tn
LIST inst, reviewed in condensed form me ar
nuai cireuiar of Messrs. E lison Co., OF Liver
the Ras o Ebe eoon fde Of
country. = It shows the waning influence neg, {
Great Britain in the manufacture OF Go 70
goods for ex port, and the rapid increase IN I'M
country. which can unquestionably be increase
a hundred fold within few years If prope
etgfS Y f OF evidenee that the trade has bee
dull and dragging. and the immedtate prro slo
Is far from bright During t the rst e, ,nt som
signs of reviving activity, but these were g
swept away by the outbnrst Of the war in t
East Production has therefore Kept through
out ahead of consumption. and the result ht
been that after enduring mu;h loss. throue
selling at prices prices tr m% dnri,
through the reduction of stocks which this B s+ h
Induced and because of the strike at Bolto
the trade has been placed on little better foe
ing and full time has. in many instances. PEI
resumed but business = sun b Lar aq saden
that the state of the trade is the same almo
everywhere. Messra. Ellison, & Co. have Sc e
queries to all the seats of cotton trade in Z.
rope. and, almost without exception. the repili
may be summed UP in one word-unsa at IL e
Singular to bayna BEEN
especially for yarns but also for cotton goo!
home producers having been assisted by the I
in Ws an g. Which be 6as daes be ira
of Norway and Sweden appears also 10 ma =
been fair The political ean hb IN frame bs FTen
trade and on that Of its near neighb9rs. PerR "a
however, the worst reports OF al come ne r. r
the various manufacturing centers OF "
many. where the trade has been almost u
formy bad throughout the year ana I where ..
prospects are most dlsc9ufagn gss f1oS saIn
and Aisace, unless there should come
Do. favorable change, of which there is at pres
sign Several countries 1T have sd nIiny
season hut the increase has been insgniflc
and almost counterbalanced, by suspensio
destruction through fire and lessening in
out-turn. The entire contlnentpo possesses
100000 spindles, against 59.5oo.ooo in the I'M n
Kingdom but the tgd power OF own ne
take So 10 per spindle. while our rate appe
to be only So fb. The United States have 49,
600 spindes, and their capacity is greater 81
reaching 60 ID per spindle. In eonseque
of this the annual consumption, of the Uni
States reaches 63O.ooo,ooo tb. and that OF the G
tinent 1888 800 600 fb, against 1903 100000 ID
Great Britain. The actual spinning powe
the entire world is thus higher than our @
although we have greater number Of splnd