, 1877-08-12

fart that the Upper Mississippi lumber region
1r;1l mi he mile to furnish its usual supply to
the dea1ers along the Mississippi from Dubuque
to St. Louis. The lumber-dcalers Of that
region have, after great aca4 o. euelu, e.A ~
lation, settled down to the conclusion tnat '"e
knnn1y of nine logs from the Upper Mississippi
{north Of Minncapolis) the St. Croi1: the Cup,
pe"ay' ana niack RIVERS WI, w oa,' ae+I-
feet short Of the supply OF last year Qsoae est.
mates, indeed, make it over 10, ,0oo, ,00o tect( |
THIS s3sgs is cnsea aus BY
were we're 'c cut til last winter to as large an extent
as usual. but owing to the small
volume Of water in the streams ~.
crcat norton of them will have to lie ln the
6eds nf the dried-up SMALL streems until next
snrinr. This deficiency Of water in the pineEies
hps Extended to a part of the country from
which Chicago draws its lumber supply on the
nathinp like the same extent ns In the Upper
Nississinni region, The amount Of lumber
banked ID the Lake Michigan anu Huron leglou
and on3 wh;,e thrre NAV be slight shortage in the
snn1r from this region it will not be
e',Msaent ~ neutralizr the force OF tho argyll
mcnt in favor Of the Improvement Of the lum-
~ tradc ot Chicaro this fall at the expense OF
The lumber trade OF the competing dealers on tne
.tss.sepi1 asa XIII ennn,v them this wear with only
atE,n aIa's, an m;lIan feet instead Of the usual
a.osa,ra NJ IN million. This deficiency Of 40
pcr cent in the supply Of lumber from inc
Upper Mississippi region VII DC iett ana Sorth
Missouri and will oblige lunoef teaets ~ .uose
| States to come to Chicago for 4 larger portion
of their supplies than ever before. Already tne
effect has been to advance Inc Goars9 siaIi ~ IN
lumber everywhere u s1 ~ hns ecnt Rivers here
way so So"u oredes ~ Win have never come before
| Owing to the competition OF the allssls54ppl W
River supply, Chicago dealers nave not - ptIa tSa
| able to sell any coarse lumber west u VIC
| Mississippi for the last three years.
But this year they: VII! not r1J oLlJ
hare to make up the deficiency Hon' 'ie oPpe' s.
| Mississippi, but it must also DC taheu llito eol
In the ability oi the farmers Of the Northwest
bur, the demand Will be largely Ilcicaseu.
Thus, on the whole, therc seems every reason
TO expect not only that there VIII oe snanSe
from The pbfss@o desicrs and owners
get the benefit OF large increase III tne eue'" -
demand.
Having thus taken orlel etance ~ ~ .io 6rst
great branches OF business WHEEL "s,9 ~
to maze Cnlcaeo ~ ~ eon,c NJ the internal elc-
no1ns auu ~ rnwth and nrosner1ty, viz: the city
Manufacturing industries which In Chicago
have continued to grow from year 10 teame; FL ai, t,
almost from montn TO- =, ~ Eostcrn States,
t ~ 1,hor strikes in spite Of the Insane
~ SpeGd ri nf few ior impossible resumption OF
eHI enecie pay,nents in gold, aud are growing now
Notwithstanding the lack OF confidence IN n. na ~
c;nl affairs generally: First among these lce "e
refer to
THE MANUFACTuRE OF cLoTH1So'
, u-o h,re recrntly had access to the most
"" ~, .+,+ietjcs extant on this industry,
trus1"oftas '..' ..s.~,;ao nm If the whole
and We hno lae eun4t,l.. ~ ~ ,,,1etc
business Tor lo'o, pe1ng e'aDot0se D'..sS- 49,,
There are tWentsone noueee oae ~ -. a,o+h,r,
manufactured above sloo'uoo "o.su ~ ,nr;d,or.
each in 1876. oes'ilng NV ~ 4'.Hs .sa nam.s ~
comparisons We Will, 1nsteau u 'uo ,I..a.S na -
the houses, simply molca1o 'hc,1' y, r~,1s1.
the alphabet, each letter anu eacl u 'lo 49,
ing amounts representing tue nalnc a,lu .'mo
Of clothing manufactured oy eacu ~. on no9
one houses, VIZ: A. sl'sv'ooo' ~ St'' ~. r
c, sl,Go0,0o0; D, *l,lO'Uo' =, savoo:o ~. esoo
s1,0oo0o0; G, S1oOoo; d, eoo'o, roco =. ~. ~ ~
r 000 J, $350,o0; n, ss9oeosgn, osn ~. ~ s55 nm
+ 5000; n, S3OU0o; ~ s-e,5 w. I'M, S1Cn9
e Q, 500, ,oo0; K, SzQV'9vvo;o eToo 3; nso -
i 0o0; u, s1oo.Woi , " pauooH ~ ~ clothing manu-
= The aggregate vatuG - tuy hrtho ohnye twenty
facturcd in chicago 70 n6n I'm n " Thcv cmnloye
one houses was sl',oeo'oUJh ~ H,h,ch 1n ihe create
d | 1Q.5U operatives ~ '44'e't ,-;-1 :