New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-02
STATISTICS IN REGARD TO THE CROPS.


| STATISTICS IN REGARD TO THE CROPS.
The annual report Of Superintendent Grant and
Statistician Walker Of the Produce Exchange, IS
sued to the members Yesterday, contains ~ pages
II is compendium of valuable statistics ard Other
information vith regard 10 the extent OF the
products Of the country ana Their movement ooth
for export and home consumption II ais" contains
complete list Of members. with copies Oh the
charter bylaws ard the tladc rules
The report of Nh Grant treats generally OF the
affairs of the Exchange the conduct Of It's meetings,
the progress Of its new building, The success Of the
gTatuity fund, which has now 2,492 members, and
the various amendments to tie rules. MI. aiker,
III his report says IN part: go
The trade Of the last year IS compared with Inc
preceding year shows decline, especially III the
PrAln aId provision exports Nlule the
general movement Of nearly all the products OF
agriculture has been IL diminished volume, the
bnsness of New York a. compared With that OF the
principal Dor Is of export shows an increased r9tlo
| The receipts of all kinds of grain amounted 10
300, 102. 20 bushels III 1881, NeI-lOrk receiving
1879 s9S lsS bushels Ia decrease, as compared Win
$50 OF 81 ,S7SJGl bushels ana the SIX other At
lanuc ports 100, 2O4J31 bushels. The decrease III
the crops OF gram in ISL as compared with those
| of 1850 was G6 t. coo 81 bushels. The movement
! of grain down the Mississippi to New-Orleans was
nearly as large a in 1850, while he moveinent ny
way of Montreal showg decline OF O0I@'VI
| bushels. This latter decline was due To the
! non-cOulpletiOn OF the Canadian canal improve
InentS and the very low rail rafes for freight from
| the West 10 the United States Atanuc seaboarl'
he deliveries Ct cereals az seven Atlantic scapoIts
! from 1913 TO 1881 make total ot 2333 900
| bushels, against total delivery at Western lake
and uvcT ports OF 2220. lJOo/I busheis IOi q cor
responding period Inc revenues from tie canals laSt
year wer, lower than fcr any wear since 1870, ana,
for the first time in q peTiod of ity-sX years, they
| not only failed to contribute TO the sinking fund
! for the payment Of principal and interest on lle
canal debt, hut were actually 20 per cent below tue
cost OF maintenance
The rail charges for The transportation of freight
or all the competing lines extending from the MIS-
sssippi to tie Atlantic seaports have WITHIN t le
last few years been largely diminished, while the
tonnage transported has UcenVey Largely increased
The rates by have also been largely decreased
as well as the tonnage transported. The Two great
lines of railway, the Erie and Central have dellN-
cred at Atlantic ports during the last Tour OF HNc
years only about One-third of the grain, hour and
| meal, hle the competing railways have delivered
the remaining two-thIrds. This Is an indication that
| the New York railways cannot mold the trade, or
| do not hold II if they cam The Eric Canal WIN JUS
| present capacity. cannot mold the trade. what,
| them shall be doueY The Erle Canal al c0mpa'a-
lively small cost, can be so improved chat the water
rates for transportation can be 50 Iuch dlihlhshe
az hold the line of trade through tins state, ana
| II so held, where the two New-l ork railways can
compete for 1t there Will be such DIVISION OF inc
carving trade to benefit the Erie Canal, the TWO
New York roads, we'll the entire State OF New
York Ii is consequently for the interest OF the two
| New York railways to have such canal improve
| Inents made 10 secure 50 desirable cohsdm-
| nation"
ANOTHER CORNER Ton IN BROOKLYN.
| The cornerstone OF thoi .ihce OF the Memorial
Presbyterian Church was ';.'d Yesterday afternoon
| The Rev. Thomas A. Nelson, the pastor presided
and addresses were delivered by the Rev. Dr. u. H.
| Frazer, the Rev. Messrs G. T. Mains j. Il. Cleaycr
| and r. Is. Kelsay, Of the Methodist, Disciples and
Baptist Churches, respectively, and the Rev. DE-.
Cuylcr. The latter quoted, as appropriate TO the
OCCASION the following liUes from Whittier which
| the Quaker poet wrote in album on n recent
| VISIT 10 hs (Dr. CuyleTsl house:
| We heed no sceptics puny hands
| While the school the cburcispire stands,
Nor fear the OlgOts blinded rule
| While near the churchspire stands the school.
| After the speeches the stone laid by the Rev.
Mr. Nelson. In the tOx put IN IL were copy of the
| Revised New Testament, the list OF the church
| members. TIE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1882, and
several daily and weekly newspapers, among them
| THE IRIBCNE of yesterday. The dimensions OF the
| nex church nnety-hve by eIxty-seven feet. IL
will he built in the Gothic style Of the fourteenth
| century, OF brown-stone, rock-Lewn. ornamcnted
| with terra-cOtta 1t will seat 500 persons. The
site Of the ciIice is dIagOnally across seventh-aye
| FROM the new Grace Methodist Church,
| HEAVY TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
| Previous to his departure for Europe on Tuesday
Cyrus w. Field executed deed ~ which he trans
| ferred to the Washington Building Company tho
| property at Broadway ana Battery place, which
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