The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-18
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY, APRIL Is, 1880.

ruled rather dull until Saturday. when holders
gave way In their pretensions. coming forward
seaaeny lie ope, s asons hay. asst assumed more
act, 70 tone ut q decline OF Y to n rial. accord
ing r. class and quality.
on account Of the smallness Of the stock 10 dea
In. Prices strong at . RS ke GsnprnAa Apr,l >.
Sugars-At the beginning Of the tortnight I'M
der review our market was Ia very firm posi-.
Du ss E, n9
ductton of about " established In our last quo.
tstlon for muscovadoes. considerable tran sac
for fair r aning which has been the ruling
price until late yesterday whsn advloes from
| abroad of a less cheering character caused O
Molasses -Deaiers being fully convinced that
their receipts will be still less than was antict-
pa,ed short time ago, are rather I'M willing to
sell and hold their stocks for higher prices. the
recent decline on the other side b aving had II o
effect on their ideas thus fur, Last sales have
been made r., at sn re. We hardly think our ex *
1t vent II tie over 90 900 hogsneads last saason.
Crops There are now quite large number OF
have already advised. most 81 them show a very
large, deficiency on their production as oom-
pared with last years crop. the details Of which
we expect to b able to give n Al. Early date
Sugars Business In this maj ket was entirely
SUI y .nded owing 10 the festivities Of the Holy
Is
from abroad contributed to great extent to
curtail operations that only comprised few
small lots a. from 7k@7H 70 for common to
fully fair refining. and 10 rs for centrifuxals.
basis 95 deg. test. NC which figure the market
closes to-dhy quiet. and no buyer ts willing to
CONT ua paying same.
Aolasses This produce also enjoyed an &C.
been ffscted GU the basis OF $40 per ITO gallons
30 deg. test. aud dealers. in .presenee of the
small crop that will bs made this year, will
listan to no ff3r below that figure.
Crops The grinding In the OlenfueRes dis
trtct IL fast drawing to an end and the deficit In
the production will be larger than calcu ated.
owing to repeated recent fires that have de-
s'royed large quantity of cane In the q Ids, a
certain number of b 'gshaads OF sugar already
elaborated this cireumst 4nce, Inducing III mt
ers 10 uphold prices for sugars aud molssaes.
des pite the recent unfavorable advices received
from abroad.
According to the most reliable information.
hoRshe ads aud that OF Ranehueo Is Cal 'uiated
at 40 Der cent. owing to the uninterrupted
drou b. less than last year fires continue to be
reported from 81 parts OF the island, the most
important ones having taken piae3 on the fol
lowing estates Trinidad. manaeas, Iznaga.
as Bocas. Algabas and Paso Real; Auguapate.
Retro. Guantanamo, II .Deranzt. Guanp ~.
San Gabriel and San Francisco: Aunlz r.
Palafox. Nueva Pdz. San 5aivad " and Qutv
can, Dos Hsrmanos, some of them suffering
SAaUA LA GRANDE. Anril 3.
Sugars-Tht5 market bas con tnut dull, and
sales. effected qntte unim portant. We Gu ,te ut
muscovadoes and 9n@9Ars for eaHs7 test CEN
trifugals.
Moldsses-No late transactions effected, and
prices entirely nominal.