The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-10-09
LONDON LETTER.
Correspondence

LONDON, ENGLAND, Sept. 20, 1880.
Another week of exceptional fine wealth
er has brought harvest to termination III
many parts of England under very favora-
bly, circumstances, while steady progress
has been made with the cutting and stack
of grain throughout Scotland and Ireland.
OF course in the latter districts, there
is still some standing corn to be seen, but
a few more days of such weather
as we are now enjoying will see this secur-
ed. Such fine ending to the harvest is of
the greatest value, for although a good
dea! Of wheat has undoubtedly been in
jured by blight and mildew, even damaged
corn is more valuable when stocked in
dry condition, The deliveries of new Eng
fish wheat have been steadily increasing in
the provincial markets, but at Mark Lane
the supply has been small, and as might
have been expected, homegrown produce
has engaged the lions share of millers' at
tentlon. Sales have progressed somewhat
slowly nevertheless, and a decline of Is. per
Or in London, and Is. to IS. in many of the
leading country markets have taken place.
No Fresh feature OF interest has manifested
itself in the trade for foreign wheat, and
the temporary steadiness due to the falling
off Of American shipments, gave place to
feeling Of littleness and depression on
Monday last which has clung to the trade
during the remainder of the week.
The weather in France throughout the
past week has been very favorable for
threshing winch now has become general,
the cutting and gathering of the cereal
crops having concluded. 1t is rather
early to form an opinion as to the Weld
Of wheat, but the general opinion is that
the crops will fall short OF an average.
Wheat, barley and oats must be noted fully
Is cheaper, while rye has improved in
value, with rather active demand for the
eastern frontier. At Paris on Wednes-
day the offerings Of both native and for
egn wheat were largs, and as millers bought
very cautiously, The business done was
at decline of fifty cents on the week. Bar
ley and oats were abundant, but difficult to
sell flour for consumption gave way IS on
the week; els being the quotation for Dusk
lay Commercial marks also showed a
dropping tendency, while the latest quota
tons indicated fall of 2s per sack.
At Dion the wheat trade has been dull
and disappointing, but rye has been in
good request.
AT Marsailles the arrival Of wheat for the
week ending August 2Sth, were $4,000 qrs.,
and the stock in the docks has increased to
80 800 Qrs. Business has been quiet, and
prices maintained with difficulty, except for
the finest sorts The shipments from Rus
sia have been very small and importers
have warehoused, the arrivals, thence
sooner than offer them at present prices.
At Nantes and Bordeaux sellers have shown
more resistance to the decline, but in
neither port has there been much activity.
Fine dry weather has enabled the farmers
IN Germany to secure the remainder Of the
cereal crops in good condition At DAN
zig the little new Russian wheat on offer
has been in good condition, but the sup
,lies of home. grown, damp and sprouted
we has been more literally offered, and
,rces have given way for this article as
yell as Tor barley