The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-19

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has greatly changed the position, 6fnat
the prosnects. Of the cnrn trade. gener-
allv ren'lsring thrcshng possible AAd
improving the condition. There y
mach larger supply Of English wheat
fLan seemed likely. the returns ~ the
sasf week or two showing something
ike The usual quantity sold, This ha~
tended tor the present 20 lessen the de-
mend for foreign wheat. a. the ar
rivals nave been good and shipments
from Atlantic ports very large. frs II haS
been overlnne Tor che faomenf ana
prires have given wsy with The arrival
of 10000 ~ 10000 quarters 81 American
wheat for the week ifnm Liverpool ana
tho disappointing demand. and holiers
have made concessions eacll market daN.
aud prices are firm az three 10 four shil-
linrs Der quarter lower than three week
ayo Whether this state OF thluAS will
continue. remains 10 be. seen. The inn
mense shipments. also al an carly period.
would seem 10 connlenancc the highest
estimates a. 10 the exporting power NJ
the Atlantic states this year, but with
such prices as are now ruling in America
20 far above not only retail here, but the
value ia any OF our markets. IL seems
ouite incredible that the shipments
should continue on anything like the
same as the past month Il seems IN
evitahle that they must fall OIL very
much. especially Is forward contracts
were not made to anything like the
same extent for the October and Mo-
vember shipments. as for the September.
Indeed. for the last six weeks, very few
offers have come from the other side.
aud all this certainly suggests the idea
that the shipments may now, and for
some time. be on a much more decline.
and any sign of this, would tell imme-
diately on the trade, for the quality Of
both winter and spring wheat is unusu-
ally fine. and the flush OF the English
supplies is nearly over, while the condi-
tion will soon become very bad. A
very large demand may therefore be ex-
pected for American wheat, for as the
Russian supplies will soon be cut of for
the winter, there Is nothing else for the
consumption Of the country to go upon
Another influence to affect the trade
favorably may come from France. Trade
there has not gone as was expected. An
active demand on the part Of the French
buyers would have seemed to have been
fully justified, but this may be changed.
like ourselves. They have had fine
weather and an improved condition, and
in consequence OF the home supplies, il
is difficult for US to imagine to what cx-
tent the trade is paralyzed and restricted
throughout France, especially ia Paris.
on account Of the dangers aud anxiety
of the political situation. should this
crisis be happily passed. there would
Immediately be revival of trade. and
not least in the Paris trade. We should,
then, probably, see the present dizziness
give place to activity, the French buyers
proceeding TO supply the necessities
which all admit exist this year, bui
which hitherto seem 10 have been re-
garded with indifference. The stock OF
eats in London is very heavy. beina
about 10000 quarters against 2l2.oW
last year. The stock Of wheat il about
$4,000 quarters against 10000 las'
year.