The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-02

same time decrease In the coin and bullion
exports from $37,5s5, 1O8 to s24. 491, 361. The
increase In the value OF merchandise was
nearly sci 100000. The Increase in provisions
was from about S1O5, 100000 to about S113,-
100000. In raw cotton the increase was from
S1G4, 10000 to SITE, 100000 In round numbers.
In Indian corn the increase was from $38,3g0-
975 to $43 GOT 257; in wheat from $44 695, 559 to
So070O59s and In wheat flour, from $780,
223,973 to $23,00O,83O. There was a de-
crease in the exporta St oee oo 81 lre-
is explained by the fact that most of the arms
we supplied to the Turks we shipped before
the middle Of last year. There was also de-
crease In the value OF Illuminating petroleum
shipped abroad, from go, 225 to $38 327, 651
but at the same time the quantity increased
from 293, 317 gallons to 264, 125,799 gallons,
showing a very heavy decline In price. The
figures show that if cotton Is king among ex-
port some northern products are princes. AS
above stated, the exports OF raw cotton for
at about SITE, 100000. During the same period
we exported Of
PROVISIONS; Observation-Disclosures. S!dooousooo o
Rreadstuffs. Observation-Disclosures. 109 100000
Oils NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 600oOO0
Iotal ..,.,.,.......... @2oe, fuV,oou
The value Of these three classes of exports
value Of cotton, and by far the largest in
crease in value of exports was In breadstuffs.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The purchase Of
100000 worth of silver bullion In San Fran
cisco for coinage into silver dollars was an
of the Mint, feels joyful over the purchase, as
the bullion was badly needed, and the persons
owning it have fought over the purchase price
for long time. First they demanded pay
ment for the bullion in gold. This being re-
fused they insisted upon receiving the Lon
don rate for bullion in Silver dollars, with the
cost of transportation from London to San
Francisco added. After several months OF
higgling, they accepted the governments pro-
position, which was to pay them In silver dol
The government will fail to coin the minimum
amount required by law ($2,o00,0O0l this
month, The failure is due to the intense heat,
which has impeded work in the Philadelphia
Mint. III august Ills director exnects that
IS, 500, 900 will be coined. Instead of being re-
ouired each separate month to coin not less
than $4,000 900, DR.. Lnderman says that the
total sum coined at the end Of the year must
not be less than $24,G00000, or an average Of
not less than S2,OOO,OOO per month.
AMERICAN HAMS N EURoPE-PhiIip Sid
ney Post, the United States CONSUL general
at Vienna communicates to the Department
of State information of an attempt by the
Austrian government to prohibit the impor-
tation of hams into that country from the
United States. Prof. Heschl, of the Vienna
University, in letter widely circulated, as
serted that while OF Westphalia hams only
out of 1000 or $500 contains trichinp, OF
American hams 1 out Of every to 10 is In
fected, and the probability exists that several
epidemics owe their origin to this fact The
city council forwarded petition to the gov
eminent asking that the importation Of
American hams and sausages be prohibited.
Soon after Prof Heschl's letter had appeared
Mr.. Post requested the professor to authenti
cate his statements. He was compelled to
admit that he had no personal knowledge on
the subject; that his statements was based on
certain German reports Of 1874, and that he
had never seen an American ham. He was
thereupon invited to examine some American
hams, and, after careful examination, he said
there were certainly no trichinB in them, and
that they were sound and good.