, 1881-12-31


Intermediate connections call be mndc. Tho
greater tho number Of cars ordeied ont tho
!roater II tho block, and tho longer average
t!c'ny to cac'l car. The scarcity of fruirllt-.
room was also III part due Ia the fact that st.
l.nliS Ind 1lOt BtnraKe-ro0m fur tho fArgnr
quantities OF grain that wpro attractcd
titt'lcr by her Higher prices tlurine tho past
Bin months: and many cars Ind to stand IN
track t''cto for three to four weeks togothcr,
wnltlng fur n cllnncc to unload.
oofhe Of the receivers Of grain suffered
very severely by the sharp uptlrn in prlces
auf'hg INC summer months. They l,atl nj.
rea'1y advanced IN tho property III tho co,,1i-
w. antl s"l'l It ahead Mt tho lower prices of
t'le winter AMI sprfnE. They were callctl
upon to margin tlp heavily to sect,te the de-
livery Of tho property; md In the case Of
corn were obliged 10 repeat this porform-
ance for several months In succession while
waiting fnr the grail, to cure to tits point
where 1t wollll grade as No. 2. 1t was this
nillcil Increased expense aid responsibility
TINT iGt( them tO agttate for the increuse in
rates fE commission which wns so extensIye-
" ohjecteIl to. These difficulties. ,yIt1, tia
decrease III receipts, and .fe knowledge that
PARTIES outside wntltei to speculate tnore
TINT, ever, tempted several OF the receivers
to entcr that field, AMI some Of them did 1t 50
extensively rs to comparatively neglect tito
receiving business. S0me of tho llouses
which lIaye bought and sold most heaylly
ior parties outside the regular tratla arc
Among those WHO previous to last n[dsunt-
n'er had dono very little except In buying or
sc!tit'g for actual transportation from thu
producer towards the CONSUMER.
A co,i,parison m tho rrt,,rr. NJ ,,,o ,oto
census with tle Aarlc,,lturot nmroo,, asti.
mates of Weld fpr 1S7l sl,n,va villa s,tsoro.
ancy, 1t 1,as been sunnosai n rhou'ht,,
errors. The error. however. Ia mt rertain
to be all on tia si,Ip of i'm huroam ,rt,ar,
IL some reusn,t In th,n,. thot no,1 ,,,o,,,.
farruurs Ind in mind tl,rtr Vail f,r tsso ~.
cent In the case nf rornl ,rl,a,, +i,o,,
made their census retnrus ond tho ~.
Rrcgates cannot bc ;,nnilc,iv ,r,,s,"f
Tile truth IL fiat tha wnri,i ,,os hn.,,,
attaching far ton ,nucl, f,n,or,onco ~ IN.
statistical ra,urns srI,o nr,,rp1 sa s.s,t =" to
for PURPOSES of comparison fro,, one year to
nnnttler, and that is about all. The itien Of
telling the yle!d Ut IL State to single blss)lel
is simply ridiculous. Yet some OF o,ir State
statisticlaas not nnly do this. but commit the
still greater absurdiiy uf tRbu1ating tile ny
efcgnfo price received by tl,e farmer, aud
giving 1t, too. before half the crop Is soltl. 1t
IS exceedingly difficult TO ,nnke the returns
1of either Isl or 1850 gibe with tlle reported
exports, atid estimates for seeding, and to-
mestIc CONSUMPTION" which are based Oh OBJ
served facts The work Of sune Of tho ,tcn
who make up the figures shows that they tto
mt too well understand common arithmetic.
Wesuggcst tllnt 1t would be we'll II one or
two OF tie 1nasstve fntellects drawing pay
from the Nation for mathematical wark
Should beHd themselves tn the useful task of
showing the CrOItnlun how to deduen nh