The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-10-14
Statistical.
The Potato Crop.

The potato crop is said to be almost
as much of afailure this year in west
ern New York as it was last. New
York produced last year IS 000,0U0
bushels and the rest of the country
$4,000 000-in all lie, 100000, or fully
100000 less than the average for the
past ten years. If, as is reported, the
New York crop is only 100000, or
less than last year, the high, price of
potatoes is likely to last for another
twelvem0nth. to the very serious loss
of the community. In the last fiscal
year over 81 100000 of potatoes were
imported, against $874.019 in 1881,
1914. 800 in 1880 and 81 ,345, 9l9 in 1872
another bad potato year. In spite of
cheap breadstuffs, poor potato crop
is likely to continue this large import
OF an article of food. '5h 2iA
Canal Enterprise.
The Kraw Canal is the third great
international waterway in which
French capital is interesting itself,
the other two lone completed and one
begun-being the Suez and Panama
canals. The Isthmus of Kraw, which
the canal is intended to cut, Is The
narrow neck OF land to which the
Malaysian Peninsula shrinks midway
between Rangoon and Singapore
Two rivers. both navigsble leave only
six or eight miles of sand and soft
veins of sandstone to be cut in order to
furnish a waterway from the Bay of
Bengal to the Gulf of Siam. Such
canal can be easily dug at cost of not
over 500, 900, 900, and it would open a
way for at least 1,500,00O tons to and
from China. 1t would change the
current of the trade which now goes
through the Straits of Malacca and
shorten by week the voyage to
China. A French company is organ
lied to build it, but England is sure
finally to control it. '1'l"
Ocean Freights. a
The engagements of room made for
grain during the week have been
light, and amount to only $4,000
bushels of wheat taken at Sd. for the
Leyland line. The asking rate for
grain to Llverpo d Is 3D., and for Lon
don shippers are offering 4d.. There
is, however, next to no call for room
or for vessels to take grain Ia New
York business has also declined, and
only a few charters and engagements
have been made during the past few
days. To Liverpool the grain rate is
about AID; London, SID; Glasgow, 81
a34d.; Hull, Cd; Antwerp, III A
steamer has been taken from New
York to Cork for orders, II, 600 drs. at
IS. I'D. ex Dunkirk. The movement
in provisions here has been light,
and to Liverpool the rate has been
49,, and to London "a. Sd. The
tobacco engagements have been light,
and to Liverpool the rate is 20s.,t ana
to London 25s. There has been very
little doing in cotton, although q few
Der room. In sack flour there has
been a moderate demand, and the rate
to Liverpool is rs. 3d., but to London
1t is 18s. 3d., with not much demand.
The exports of wheat from New York
last week have been little larger
than for the previous week, amounting
to l 1926 1856 bushels, against / ,764,773
the previous week, and 1,169o54 for
the corresponding week last year.
The decrease in the exports of corn is
most marked. For the month of July
the total exports of corn from the
country were 343, 1893 bushels, and for
the same month last year the exports
were 10, 1884, 921 bushels. For the seven
months OF this year the total exports
have been 1O,523,79 bushels, against
5OoS9s, 1928 same tune last year.