Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-04

s-r,k markets: Cattle-Steady
rS:csgn " Hogs-Fairly active at
.'. .,,' market at East Liberty closed.
Wall street Saturday money was
!s,%I5 per cent, closed at q per
,4syed Governments strong and
~ stocks irregular. Railroad
1. Moderately active.
,bra markets: Wheat-Easier at
" ~ and Toledo, quiet at Philadel-
Ann AZ New York, steady at Gin
[G Provisions-Dull and unsettled
E:,ag1 steady at New York, weak
IsSular at Philadelphia.
= Louis, Allan & Terre Houte
Fl IS to drop its lease with the
[Iryh, Fort Wayne x Chicago
~ and will practically pass into
sSDds of the Cleveland, Columbus,
matt 4 indianapolis railroad.
yves Mr.. Vanderbilt q through
|-Sm Columbus to st. Louis.
J. New Orleans Price Current, No
r. 81 saws: "FOr some weeks past
|. bs, been q remarkable dearth of
,,r in this port, and the effect of
sritv has been felt, in q measure,
f. the civilized world. Last year
his time our cotton presses, yards
kerieS, and, in fact, every avail
|arehOuSe was stored with cotton
o an extent aS 10 seriously inCOn-
rce trade. Such an accumulation
staple at this port had never be-
cen known, and the impression
neral that the existing condition
> could only be brought about
future squeeze For 3 time the
o,,ou business was paralyzed, and
rrhantS were put TO their wits
ur ulrauS 10 enable them to take
nftheu consignments as they ar
New York Commercial Burrssi;nn,
uUrr 50. says: The dearth of tom
J, present. all along the coast and
".uJ II might be made availa-
few ,I1svS, has not been expert
N many years. The short Ofthe
/, business, especially in petro-
freights, is Frustrated to q great
or the want Of short tonnage.
are a few vessels here, but they
4 AZ such high figures that ship
an not touch them. There is,
er. q very large business being
in vessels to arrive for the early
: Of next year st 3s 6dGSs I'D
mel, against IS 3d@3s AID accept
long since by many regular
+ 10 arrive. This evening we
\ feet Of fourteen or fifteen ves-
report, to arrive, to load petrO-
mainly at the advanced figures
|iabOye. Grain vessels for prompt
are wanted to some extent
and very largely at Baltimore,
ere being very few available the
asked check business. Cotton
j. Is wanted for Southern load
| t the demand Of late has fallen
| r. materially. Berth room, per
/ |,ular packets, is also offered spar
and held at advanced figures all
as rule.
ce were in lSSO, according to the
1ilhat year, 2,73S, $50 persons in
|lIted States employed in manu-
Elg, 10 whom was paid S947, ,9l9, -
an average Of S346 to each per-
!; anuum. The cost of wages and
|al in lsSO was S,342, 259, ,7O3 in
0ductiOn Of 5000, ,667, 700 Of fab
The difference, therefore, be-
the cost and the value Of the
BITS Sl,O27 ,4OS,OO3. The capital
ed was S2,7O9, ,223, 500. This re-
lppears almost incredible. The
su, profit is nearly - per cent.
/ ~ ten years the census taker gets
every farmer his statement Ofthe
/ r and yield Of his crops, not as
H = Ol Oplhlon OF guess WORK, OUT OF
These reports and those of the
tmeut Of Agriculture put the
IN good years at % to 2S bushels
~. The hest crop on record, and
..iug at the last census taking,
bushels per acre. The Whit
Innate assumes q yield of 81 BUSH
p thus, by an hypothesis, % per
abOye the maximum ascertalned
IN the best year, reaches his con-
b. He reasons up to this general
+ by taking a Chicago papers
e Of the probable yield in the
q the corn section. This section
sed, according to the report, S5.a
= aud he therefore assumes 81
whole country. In the last cen
af, however, the yield Of Illinois
bushels and Iowa IL bushels per
Hal.e the yield Of Texas was u
Al ot Tennessee 2l bushels. Many
>.a,e> show much lower aver