The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-19
THE DAILY STAR
THE GRAIN TRADE.
What Cincinnati Has Been Doing In It.


of the annual report Of Col Sidney d.
Maxwell, Superintendent of the Chamber
Of Commerce:
The figures which are furnished else
where make mainly favorable exhibit for
the grain interests f the cit . In wheat
particularly. there has been an ncIuraging
increase The city is no longer the almost
exclusively consumptive market 1t once
was in grain, hut is en- ering upon wider
field, bs e steady increase of ner dstrlb-
,iiing facilities. This market must always
have consumptive trade sufficiently large
to answer as y wholesome check to the de
pressing influences which speculation at
times encourages, and on the other haud,
with facilities at all times ready for the use
OF all surplus in other markets, at home
and abroad it is saved from the demoraliza-
ton which would e,s e from supplies
bevond actual local wants.
\ market 8, adjusted must ALWAYS pre-
sent a more eqnabe condition. and furnish
conditions which are more uniformly fa-
vorable IT, the shippers of grain to this
point. Wheat, corn and rye, all exhibit
an increase over tne preceding ear. There
has been falling off in the receil Is of
barley that has been sufficient to unfav =
rably affect the grand aggregate, but this
comes from causes which pertain to the
past seas II alone. Tie aggre ate recepts
OF grain for the yearwere II .263,2 ,275 bush
els IN comparison with II, ,l66,697 in 1877
rs. SITS 5Sl in 1S76-77, 1852, 1873 in 1875
rs, and 1000, ,432 in 1874-75. The exports
in the past year were h,022, ,59l bushels, in
comparison with 4,49S. .G0S in lS17-78. 27l6,-
857 in lS76-77. 2,3I9 81 in 1S75-76. and L.
570,759 in 1S74-75. Ii to the figures FIR the
past year were added through shipments,
which are not embraced therein, it would
swell the total imports at this CITY for the
year to 1S, l5l, ,595 bushels, compared with
Is 05O5D7 in 1S77-19. and the exports to
IL 9l09ll bushels, in comparison with g.
1888 5u8.
The advantages of the Cincinnati South
ern Railway to the grain interests have
been more manifest during the past year,
though it has shawn itself mainly in re-
ceipts During July and August Of the
late year. there were received over the
road 3l3.l93 bushels of wheat, which is
about equal to the aggregate receipts for the
whele year bv all methods Of public cn-
veyance TWENTY-FIVE years ago. With the
opening OF the road through to the Gulf
States that here must be an import rtant
increase in the shipment OF grain in tnat
direction there seems, no room t. doubt
AT present the movement of grain from
Cincinnati to the South by railroads Is very
small tile total shipments If all kinds into
States south # the Ohio River, for tie cal
endar year Of 1878, as near as the same can
be ascertained, having been less than lOO,-
600 bushels. There isa great future for the
grain business of this city, but it will not
come by chance. 1t needs here II merely
the same vigor which has made it what it
h,,t 1,n Il f1,n
cheapest methods and the utmost freed NJ
of transit consistent with pubic safety.
The crop nf fall barley, in the district
tributary to this CITY, in 1878, was one of
t e best ever raised in Yield, col .r and
mailing quality. 1t was, however, de-
ficient IN acreage in some parts. the ex-
tremely low price OF the previous year hav-
ing discouraged farmers from raising 1t us
freely as pre-, ollslv. 50 thai the, receipts, as
will appear elsew here. have fallen behind
the previous year. The spring barley did
not, in general, malt well ana was less III.
viting than usual, SO that this also mill
tated against the extent of the business.
There was some Canada, as well as Cali
fornia, barley also in the market, but not
in large quantities. The total receipts for
the year were l,lS0,652 bushels, in c mpar.
ison with l.597,4S1 In the previous year.
Tue shipments, however, show material
increase, having been 2646iS bushels, COIN
pared with 123,6l7 The increase in the
outward movement is tracpanIe 10 an un-
usIai uenlanu run iocai.ies that previous
r ~ mase ulaM ,;, = very mug e. from tl's c'Iy.
n"iSnso, WI 1--WE "a"neT, T ~. Loni'' o,luli,
puet o'esenanI i, a'u ni,aIu'P'a' tn''eeu '
bu,a w Ine unusuais a a. s"ou duat'., oi 'ne lail
oaI,ey' uIeM " Sums eA'eht on Tue oafiey
oi I: .nis u.sti,es' .'i"S ~: oh'! increasing
unl s,'ip,hents ..; anu he.pi,s prices hieheI
a,. .'a' .ney o.nsnw,se "ou,u ''aSe oeei, ont
VIZ 9i"~'ns ui.e0.;s ~ tlie so"loes vi onr
mSuippis anu 81 "a. ui.i.'nish'ns "ur ieceiP.s'
uouHn S1e se III 10" al .lie sum, ~
me-. n.o, VI ,oso, iaa SaeS seinns ear? al 1o
e"ts, h piLes' s,ea,y ,a, , auV'noeu "n.l, early
AZ oS I'm, ~ "o o"no ,"ue r was
quo.eu assi iyyi 10 Pel pusnel lhese
p'ites MeIe 1 l,o' ..;ainsaineu uur'hg .he re-
s.i; m's. "a .no 49," Ih1 ~ E'lsIo ~ n'tti.aM!
@ eesti,''s s'ii uomn ~ apu's q uoWl ~ io' NO.
al a.'u ie,',aY ., m.to'I inuc'l huctu-
"I'on .1 unsn ~ ene me'oh .oi'o" Wv ins, "hen
ti tneie was ueti.nu a: "a , aoo"V ,to een.s per
uus,aIi i nptt 'nfie 10 was i"l,hr' ,
slr,nha!e oi l'eiii y, ~ oen.s per puSnei,
o"e"sn W t'e tL io,o",ns ,''"n.n u.iuer t''e
liz $50 ~, t1Ie t Ivy mease, .; a,. .'' iooa
u,