The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-22
The comparative position Of futures at New
York may be seen by the following:

OF accommodating supplies prices have rule
easy and show decline for the week Of s.gIs
per pound. The receipts Of molasses amour
to 1896 barrels. against Is 1o6 barrels last weel
In this article there has been q fair bushes.
and lika sugar the stock has accumulated an
prices have ruled easy and ia buyers favor.
The grain trade this week has attracted NOR
attention than during the preceding one. TIL
receipts OF all kinds or feedstutf. have bee
fair. with the exception Of oats, The deman
has only been moderate and prices have rule
easy and lower while for oats the demand ha
been active and the stock greatly diminished
Prices have ruled strong and In holders favor
with an upward tendency.
The -four trade Of the past week has beer
slow. and receivers have contented themselves
with maintaining previous prices. There II
still the chronic complaint OF the want OF de-
mand on account OF the low stage OF water ii
the tributary rivers: but as prices are below
the cost OF production. there IS no weakness
apparent In the market. The receipts arr
slightly improved but the stocks are light.
Provisions are very fully reviewed in our
regular market report for the week ended yes.
terday. Prices have been fairly maintained
and some advance established on bacon and
cut meats. but at the close last evening the tone
Of the market was quiet and inclined favorably
to buyers.
The bark Rsoluto arrived yesterday from
Genoa with so9l strings Of garlic and $50 strings
Of onions. An odoriferous cargo.
Just now San Francisco ought to be good
market for trade dollars. At the rate paid for
the Mexican dollar. the trades are worth 30 In
gold.
One of Augustus leading bank men stated
sal A. al. - {,t,rn ~, 4
been reduced In Georgia to per cent. there
was less demand for money than when the rate
was 10 per cent
IT Is es mated that the number OF British
vessels alone entering inwards and clearing
outwards to and from ports Of the United King
dom In one year averages 100000. repre- entinG
q tonnage Of prob IDLY 1o2,ooo.oeo.
The Director OF the Mint states that since July
!, 1878. the coinage OF gold and silver amounts
to $50 900, 900. and estimates that there ara ID
the country $ss1 69l,o69 In gold and silver
money. This seems to be O most extravsgan
estimate.
The Supreme Court of Nevada sustains the
constitutionality of the drummer's tax in that
State. The decision was made upon test case
In which the commercial travellers pooled
their issues" and may be considered perma-
nent settlement Of the question.
PUBLIC SFCuRITIEs-State Cons OILS were
lower yesterday. closing at 42@43 against AZ.
on Thursday. No sales reported. At New
York there was sale of $4,000 at a.. Premium
Bonds closed at 2s'.@2sh. against 2ss9297s on
the previous day, with sales OF s1e,32o. Stocks
continue active.
There has been no falling of In the produce
ton Of petroleum in Pennsylvania, which Is
very large-estimated. in round numbers, as
80. oG0 barrels per day-nor has the consump-
tion increased any; on the contrary. the latter
is likely to decrease within the next few
months as It is usually light from December
until March or April.
The New York Comm+ rcial Bulletin says;
There are rumorS all ,at that q pool OF French
capitalists have joined others here. and even
names Of banks are named as being concerned
In 1t, for the purpose Of buying lard below
certain price, and the strength is attributed in
part to this. We give this for what It Is worth
not being able to confirm it. though given to US
as fact"
TALMAaE's RICE CIRouLAR.-The circular Of
Messrs. Dan. Tamage's Sons & Co., of Charles
ton, 8. O.. which is the recognized official pub
location on the subject. presents a resume Of
the rice crops for the last rice year (1s7s79 and
the present one (ls7a-sol, with the raEge Of
prices and other particulars interesting to the |
domestic trade, The crop Of 1878 is 729o3 |
uerces loss or 1881 tierces on the yield OF 1877
The crop of 1879 Is estimated at $1,000 tierces |
which. IL 1t should hold out, will be a |
gain OF 300 tierces. The prices obtained by |
planters for the crop Of 1879 were remuner-
alive. having been kept UP by the prevalent
impression that the yield would be a short
one. The crop Of 1at9-S0. now harvested, Is |
admitted on all sides to b. large one, of ex-
cellent quality. some OF that which has already
been milled being said to be equal to the old
fancy styles OF Carolina rice which enjoyed
such high reputation before the war. Messrs.
think the preseat crop will be the
largest raised on the coast since the revival OF
rice culture In 1865. They also state that the
annual acreage il rice is being steadily
increased, many OF the old abandoned coast
plantations are gradually reclaimed from
rear to year. while the culture Of the cereal is
extending inland. II the growing OF upland
ice should prove profta bic It will be 8 relief
o rice planters. as their hands will enjoy 9
much grea or immunity from disease than
hey can expect upon the coast plantations
THE TRADE MARX DECISION. The decision of
be United States Supreme Court declaring
rade- mark laws unconstitutional talready al
aided to In these columnsl, is Of great i'm port
nee. The advocates Of the constitutionalty Of /
hose laws grounded their claim upon that