The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-02
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[rRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, September 20, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST;
The volume OF domestic exports from
this port was very large this season,
especially in the line Of breadstufis.
Tue total value Of domestic exports
during the month Of August past was
$50, SOS, POS. The foreign demand for
grain is very large, owing to the general
failure Of the crops in Europe. In this
country all the crops are abundant, and
shipments are correspondingly heavy.
1t is believed that Europe will take all
our surplus breadstuffs at fair prices.
There is a fair foreign demand for pro-
visions, which have been largely in re-
quest in the South and SOHthw The
supply of pork and lard is greater in
this country than it was last year,
while in Europe the stock Of lard is less
and hams and bacon are about cent
pound less than last year, aud the ship
ments much greater. a large Fall and
Winter business in provisions is eX-
pected. a sudden rise has lately taken
place III the UuNAEl duA EnEEHE AAAaA hNAf
aud shipments are now very active.
The production is much less this year
than last on account Of lower prices,
and the exports this year are not so
great, but with better prices. The pro-
duction will be stimulated, and this
country will be able to supply larger
demand.
A meeting Of the Grain Trade Pro-
duce Exchange has lust been held, to
discuss the action Of the Western Ele-
vator Association at Buffalo in raising
their rates on and after September 22d.
One Of the most influential members
suggested that the New York merchants
had only one remedy where all the ele-
vator associations in Buffalo were COM
biued in close corporation, and that
was to build an elevator at Buffalo un-
der their own management. \ resolu-
tiOn was adopted that in view of the
fact Of active competition of seaboard
cities for the grain trade Of the West,
aud Of the promise given the Legisla-
ture OF this State by the elevator asso-
Citations OF Buffalo, OswegO and New
York, the grain trade Of New York pro-
tests against the purpOsed advance ia
the elevation at Buffalo on and after
September 22d to more than double the
former rates, which rates they gave
their word to maintain as unwarranted
and injudicious.
Hon. Richard T. Merrick, the we'll
known attorney OF Washington, and
one Of the counsel for MIR. Tilden before
the Electoral Commission. has recently
spent a day with Mr.. Tilden and had a
general talk with him concerning the
political situation. Mr.. Merrick says
/ that he found him more sOlicitous in re-
gard to carrying Ohio than over any
thing else in political affairs, much
more so than about a Democratic vic
tory in New York. He considers Cen
eral Ewing's success as almost vital to
the Democracy, and he was willing to
do everything in his power to contrib
ute to il. He urged Mr.. Merrick to pro-
ceed at once to Ohio aud enter upon
campaign work there. He was so anx-
ious TO have Ewing elected that he did
not wish to neglect anything which
could contribute To that result. Mr..
Iilden also expressed himself freely in
, regard to the situation in New York
, He felt confident that the earnest effort
Of the State TO crush Tammany would
, command the support OF many inde-
pendent Republicans. He felt sure that
. more Of this class would be drawn of by
Kelly. He regarded Tammany as hav-
ing long been before the people the
I heaviest load New York Democrats had
ever carried, aud he thinks, il IL can bs
beaten now, it will remove the only
I serious obstacle to Democratic success,
in that State in 1850. From the tenol
Of Mr. Merrick's conversation, it is evi
dent that Mr. Tilden considers the ques
= tion OF his denomination 10y the mex
! Democratic Convention as already set
tied in his favor. IL is also evident
= from the earnest interest he expressed
= in General EwiDg's success, that tn
= hard-money Democrats OF the East d'
not intend 10 make any trouble witt
D their Western soft money brethren Ol
8 account OF their financial heresies.
e Mr.. Daniel Drew, the well-knowI
= financier and railroad speculator, died a
: his sons house, No. 3 East Forty-seconC
e street, New York, about 1918 o'clocl
Thursday night. He bad dined at thu
I Grand Central Hotel with a friend, anC
e on returning home complained Of feel
Il ing unwell. He went TO bed, but got ul
: and came down to the parlor, where b,
expired The physician who was sen
n for pronounced the cause of death TO b.
{ an apOplectic attack. Mr.. Drew wa
born July p, 1897. His career was lik
J. that of almost every other "raiiwa,
: king who had preceded him, and lik
that Of many associates who did no
= have always the luck or prudence Of
E, Vanderbilt. There have been severa
d years during which he was both a paupe
d and millionaire and the idol and the ex
ecration Of the street Twelve years az
e there began q series of stock cOmplica
" tiOns in Harlem, Erie and Western rail
u ways into which be was drawn, finall
lf impoverishing the veteran operator, the
Il turned of seventy years OF age. HI
Is daily life for several years was one ,
1f struggle and turmoil, and it finall
ended IN his bankruptcy. AUGUST.