, 1881-01-01

that of 1870, not varying oil common graaes
more tllnn si.0o@l.sD either way; a'ld TIC re-
turns hayc been uniformly satisfactory 70
se'icts. M''.nc.ulS.s' sn'' IT, ,rcvto,,s years
Ind hard rUw TO noe Ill ples.o"s sS"S ,,ao,,
avo fired wc'. aaf% ne".e,s ~ 'SS f1l % 10 diem
~, ,s-o hut tl,cv hoyc four,t themselves nblo
III io'v' n"s .'o, INV" ',a,n,n,t MARGIN to gtye
TO dn business oh sanieN1.S ,''..s ." h,,r RI.
wnrted, though tho quantity OF lumber soitl
on consignment tans hardly kept pace with
AZ .n. ,aare"s4, T., rscc,nts heinz no largcr
tho,, ~" T. ,xns n ism.
THE nt!GEirrs OF LUMBER
hit Chicago IN 1850 exceeded tllUse Of MI the
othor lukc ports from Duluth 10 Oswcgo
ann,,5,nd Whcn t,hfcnEo received over
como'nc": w. M". ,.-o ~ wa thni.ht she
49, ,o"aha., ~ ,,"r zcui,,, ond would gradually
ma teasncs her nen >cs',, ,,rt Mnnv ,,eouie mr..
decline rs Ia'nner INIT. ".J n'" sn ,,,,,rn
gae that one port could not n ,n'r ,.r,e so nnd 1i
not furnish IL, anu .,''.s tr, .o tho % M,ssss,ppi
growing compe1'tloh !.9n' t,,,, t,,u ,has nynlic.
tiop was nut verified by tic statistics, which
s,u ssnr thot Ch,cnao has received III encl, Of |
se" she mat ten ycars over 1000 nj it of
lumber, @ ;' It IS thought, howeysr .l,st the
business Inns now reached It's maximum:
Mare lumber was received here this past fall
than tic yards had dools-room for M" !!,l.' tho
n'nrkef suilese Ga IN IL ucs,ssnry Es md wl proa
siosl o. unGkasE " ,.ri,,t, T., nr@inr t ret tic
Ply ps as ~ IN tiS ,snI. hit it il only qucs
tlo!l o. ieW SeatS ro;, ~" ~ tcr resstlrres.
ceM stna s.,Ia, ,,a. ti Viii 10 S III II n0rU Of
lne Sens oSasS'' toa hnr" linn ~, nn /, lsSO,
s! with afESr sepl'es p fsarts ,s IT,; extset, y !le
be sayy .r tcnx xnrtSia 5s GXst SREnts sSWSs Wsst
la" nrm Sisi1fsap ,. . md mi; aroN,,,l Green ny. ls
outlook Malc go ny ,c" %GH irs VII, Ind
all'oIs u'S n Ms,n nm ,vi,nsn United Stocks ex-
TO hloSe ~ Mny w ~ M.'1 ,yMirt, thpy were quito
anxious t rSinee heioTo ,',ot dnGi ~ sit Guyers Te
TO 10 SO tllcy lhaae pt'ces ~ '"'' ''
Lumber t,n, hnd 1xrn r,,,,y 10 pr:,t GENT
nkc1'sn, Eli VII, tr1on nay;rat,o,, opcncd
about lrio,,tl, earlier tIam usnni, letting Il. i,
lot Of lumber that had been enrrletl eyer taa at
the mills, and esleetuai!y checking M Mny ,r,Ms tc,-
trple would naturally have brought nboMf; t!;
Tic early nrryal Of the logs nt -aa tl1G ,,i 1aav
boolns OH the Western rivers aini G!cen nmy ,,s
t%osisht ss if at tic time tlat Tie freses II tho
mississippi DISTRICTS would shnrtclt thg saw-
i11E season seycral weeks. 'rhe MiehiFam !
xeFs hS isenF Gass1s @ss M Gfs f" il @
tain quarters, and one lIouSo III tnis 'rt ei.y
sold nIout a,o0U IN It Of riecc-st1iit ~, stlt'tt
at s7.N for delivery u " hnys, at l.vU ,,,rn Ill
seller tic year mt S7.3SM. .lllcse SUES WeTo
settled at q loss, and the seller neaGGn W!s!'
bets on tho election q lihMcoeK, ~ tt,nros. ,
ket soon lee4veren alot Sare ~ n,,in IL ai,ist
. ssohr ,Isf1n,mamts 10 tbc wants OF tic trade.
ea ~ vi thev sne,"e mia to cavern tic mar
kct for lohg u1e. nnHM stnnna1 .s s5'nnin. nnti
not sn,t mem ineT stqppS,, W p"y hi tlla mis'
GnlnpGliea y''r ,et, Ie, ,nhor ~ una nrchascd OH
4a o9aipy, io,S, IN s1,'e ts Inst scson s in tic
me ntsn'sa sa,II n i.o thn ,,rircs hnVa in some
previous one i aLd tno pIiS0 p,"n 4co thc n mnrkei
cases peGn .,Hn t,aH"c. c.,,t,, .' ti,a frn7ht ntdcd
About he it # y Tie 1eespS ss s 1na I'd s; s,
mems we're p9'n !esh H. .''t, innrtowt Iuan,fnr
ia u9Ie: 1oist'A no;Sta M ~ f"ke Mcigan lad Tor
tnaracd k amo,irr u1,atItitv, N,N[ Tho cry wa.
sooH inaseM liss t,'ch "G Ianal,nr ~ in iB3D Th,
pfoaMee D. sn 9eoItinG ,hqs mnrkets however wer,
e.pceS 1apcsz ~ =. niW tSs tinn on to snme date
ths prGyos nn I II wss wou tF OIL
y@en S}y moSetnts ss tsse sss ps"ss avs "a ed
te snw ore ie TIN t9n IN II Rhy RhrSyleas e3c,y'ae ySfs
their logs bcing Gooa, nm nna at}sr nnaGs i%an II
that men nv Mona1 p My .ysr,nEv III, III m,
menson: rhe reeSips GlcSy c yoGcr l1 N; in;n ias1
followed, the market ,t bSllfE E an'tSSt r. stt1n Vn
early II AMFnst AZ tii's nn ta.1 .n lin, ~ IL
sSnnt,GbH5 t"b5a nI'1o stnck n fe Notthwest in Isl
vas ~ II. mGstf ~ ia nast Il yrnr m T
~ oiSa9-g'ytR nouv,'n III tbH ~ nn,nni IA
ylo,1o n 1,ad IT, Mc''''"''''o ''' "e""''A ~
nEAcnEp ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS.
Tie older States were heavier consumer
than fot years before. anil tho sales, wei
larger Of green stuff. Tho spring trado vi
hir. thnrh was no internlssiDn In 8uilllne
aud large crops assured a heavy fall trat!l
nf Is ccnt N eSecss ct that m % te pFeSos ye
m SMest s nrises i,iso nd ya1lcc.E ut tlIs yHr.i
NIT fhe hlp},or scale was not long llnfntnint