The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-05
Total ...l 4,s3s. 233 Ii $40 ,227l 1872. 294l.

The improved state of business Is affecting
certain imports favorably, and the total dry
roods importations at New York during the
HOUR weeks ending March ~ amounted to
$aS1g, 242, against s., 039, 5G3 for the same time
In 1873 The returns for the first quarter of
the calendar year made favorable compari-
ion with last year. the total dry goods inn
ports at New York footing up about 81 ,25o,000
more than for the same length of time In
ISIS, while the entries for consumption show
J gain of nearly $3,000,000 since the com
mencement of the year. Manufactures of silk
continue to show a vefy large advance, which
is In part shared by manufactures Of wool,
cotton and also miscellaneous dry goods.
Manufactures of flax, however, are much be-
lind.
For the first quarter Of 1879 the arrivals at
Castle GARDEN, New York, show an increase
7dnearly 30 per cent over the corresponding
quarter of 1875 The stagnation of trade and
Industry and the idleness caused by the strike
lever lii England, have doubtless had some
Meet lii bringing about the increase, while
he disastrous condition Of the working peo-
1bin Germany and the governments persecu-
Ion and Punishment of the Socialists will
account for most Of the remainder There has
been moderate revival Of business and in
lustrial activity in this country, which will
Perhaps furnish partial employment to the
hewcomers, as well as to the idle thousands of
Did residents, whose Inability to find work has
ormed the staple Of the Communists com
plants for two years past; but it can hardly
Nj onpei Il IN, ~, ,,;1 &b,t L.
sbOr market should be thus over-supplied
egain by importation, at the very moment
when supply and demand had been nleas,lr-
poly equalized.
The London Times, March 81, says of the
liver market:
NE chlef being a heavy demand for India and
ny l... lnploved rate for Council drafts led to a
ute unusual rise in silver. Money is besides
iery much wanted in India, for the Bank of
bombay mas raised its rate of discount to 8
"a cent. ana ~ Indian sight exchanges On
onaoh We're lelegraphed firm at Is T5.d |
er rupee, The market for bars re-
elved an extraordinary stimulus. Outta |
Prly III the morning business was
9 ai at 4'ssd, ana subsequently at 49Id,
me u me afternoon the price advanced |
lddenly to sod, and!the market left ar With |
very firm tendency. The amounts that
Banged hands were in no case large TING
valuable supplies are such as to preelude the
possibility of any large sums being placed at
pe time. Bearing In mind the substantial
IN which mas occurred since the beginning
the week, and looking to the fact that thnree
as next to nothing in the market, ii was
Fought In some quarters that the current
lue was sufficiently high to tempt supnies
German silver hither. For the first lime
several weeks the India Council was able
Hall fl,.,E INV ,,TTA, n /.
NY llaa per cent more than could have been
last week This favorable result is at
buted to the belief that an Indian loan will
brought on here almost Immediately and
the stringency of the money market in
dia.
WHEAT IN EURoPE.-The New York Pro
&c Exchange Weekly has the following. 1t
perhaps open to the charge of being slight
publish in its Tone. but contains figures |
lch are Of great interest to all engaged in
breadstutf trade:
Inc estimates of the wheat crop In the
lted Kingdom for 1878 Indicate that from |
Wy,oo0 to 104000,0o0 OF foreign wheat will /
lulre 70 81 imported during the crop year
ehd August 3l, 1879. The area under wheat /
me United Kingdom for the crop to be har-
c.eu III 1879 Is estimated at about 100000 |
" less than 1t was for the crop Of 1878,
~ acn a. mad an area, as per official report, of
eLiol acres, and this decrease in area at an
lage yield would give decrease in the
w VA supply. of about 100000 quarters, Or
@ooUo bushels. The net imports into the
n ~ = hlngdom from September to March
~ ueen In wheat and flour equal to 50,520-
bushels, and there was on passage de-
NM lor that country March !, 1879. IL ,52S,-
bushels, leaving to be purchased in
ogn countries and shipped during the
ia n y, Y pat OF the crop year from 81, $751;,
70 Al, 95l 1884 bushels.
ka se estimates l of the wheat crop of France
tbo were p, 900 bushels less than those
h I'M Glup 81 lS1, when the net imports for
vest year ended August 81, 1878, had