New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-09

One large ranch III Co!uSa County, that "l II.
Glenn alone exported % $40 long tons of wheat IN
the season of SSO-sl 1t required twelve ships,
nearly all OF them large carriers, 10 transport tire
crop of thi, one ranch 10 market Tho shipments
the present ycIr are uuprccc dcnted. The Wu'Hccl
ia that the year of 1SN1-S2 will see an c> port oi
about 500 900 tons of wheat and 100000 barrels "l
-four. The crop is an enormous one. though IT'S 'N-
tent is not vet fully known. Although the prices
paid for the transportation of the crops OF the last
three years to market have been large, they have
been such nevertheless hat the ProuuccrS have
made money as well as the carriers. The producers
have grumbcd much at the ocean ircights. no doubt
and they have held one convention this year III or
der TO concert plan for holding back grain and
bringing slip-Owucrs 10 terms. But grumhmg Is
not always n sign that a man is losing money. 1t
may mean the reverse. AS matter OF fact the pro-
ducers have made money. and the last three years
have been generally satisfactory to them Money Is
moro plentiful with them than for many years.
They are making large preparations for ISL - as
are also the merchants of san Francisco, there beng
every reason to expect that the coming year VIII DE
a more prosperous one for California than any since
the days of The AIgonauts, when the land was lul
The facts abou, the bic ocean frcGlts Of the last
three years are interesting. me was Mhen III"
ships which sal ed in through the Golden 1ate every
year in such large numbers, to deposit caI9oes OF
goods on the whaTves III san FRANCISCO, gch11rdlN
sailed away again loaded with ballast only. lherr
was little TO carry back again from this singular
region No snip ever thought Of coming here ex;7
cept with cargo. When wheat began to be raised
for export San Francisco instantly became one "'
the most profitable ports in the whole world Tor
shipping. strange revolution was effected. SHIPS
began To come here regularly from every part on the
world even if they did not have cargo, III ballast
10 obtain carQoes They have continued e. do 30
ever since. In 1872 freghts were As high rs - per
long ton from San Francisco To Liverpool. There
was a remarkable struggle fer the control OF the
grain market that year between Isaac iu,dlander
aud the Grangers under the lead of f. f. Morgans
Sons. Ii was a consequence of that h-ht that dur
ing S72, freights rose TO e. l3S per ton rate
which was secured BY two different vessel,
and which has never been surpassed
carrier of good size would clear itself IN
two VOYAGES at that rate FTcghts continued high
through the two years which followed. HE hsh
rate OF 60 5s was once paid IN 1873 and 81 Is. Cd
in 1874 Those were good years for snip owners;
and large and greedy fleet of foreign vessels re
paired to san Francisco every year, ia ballast 10
compete for a share III the rich harvest which was
then being reaped by the owners OF American tom
mage rapid decline in the rates OF freight set IN
after that year. The COmmcrc'Gt Ac'cS OF San
Francisco has printed the following table rates
showing the extent al the decline: