The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13

TbG ftoelbts and exports " butter NJ New
Ycfk since May Qho beginning OF the lfnhe
year cOmpafe,as follows ,..,.,. p..o,,.
packages. pounds,
Fer week ending ,APrlli." lsi,2 issSe%Sg
Same week In 1881 ,,,..,,,, 8l2b lSvii
since Nay Nay H.. ,sS Ss:; ss5 liaSs gss, 81
The receipts and exports OF cheose NJ Now
York since May compare as follow" y-..,.
Receipts, Exports
packages. pounds,
For week ending Aprili., liSO leS2'S5
Same week IN 1881, ,,,,,. ggsl -, o5Lllss
Since May |. lssl",.,''''2 s6Spd ia,V1o'ossy y
Same time last year $40, 2Ii27I3 ~, s9S,,o
Tho New York Commercial List says Frelghb
10 Europe are duler THAI they have been IN q
long pcriod owing TO the reduced surplus ana
high cost the chief agricultural staples, inc
steam lines have been carrying grain rs low nss
Id per bushel, and other heavy freight NJ "a
GdGlOs per ton. These rates are OF course UNI
remunerarlye, but they are to some extent COM
pensated for by comparatively, high ireights
IRON Europe here. All this Is the opposite OF
the market as II was few years ago. Then we
had good crops and Europe poor ones, and we
were buying comparatively few goods in Europe,
The consequence was most OF the great fleets OF
vessels which came lere after our gram, petfo-
leuhi etc were Obliged TO make the western pass:
age in ballast or bring ores, metals, coal, ana
other coarse freight ut extreme low rates. In de-
fault of grain, cotton, and provision carsoes ior
Europe transient steamers are now reduced 10
yinces to Europe, and sugar from Cuba ana
Porto Rico to American ports at low rates. Small
and medium size American vessels are now DO
ing very well in West India and coastwise trade;
but otherwise the ocean freighting business is al
a low ebb.
sold about l. go 90 bushels of potatoes reXport
TO the United States at Is cents per bushel The
continent has sent few parcels but the major
portion Of the supply comes from Great Britain,
with Glasgow The principal shipping port TIe
receipts at New York are shown as follows
Great Britain. Continent Total
January 2343i $40 2i05i
February ..........lSI7O5 12,4i6 200, l5l
Mach. .S63,G1 9,O5l 312,722
Total. .5HslO 22,117 5c6,o27
The sacks weigh 22i pounds, and, reducing
these 10 bushels, we have 2,22S, 521 equal TO 142
500 barrels as ordinaii'y sold in The market At
a low es,ina,e, the selling price will average 70
cents per bushel, giving return TO the i'm.
porteis. of Sl,5509o9 gross, or, vita ileight
and duty off, a tiaciol under $4,000. The
government S33. ,279. This, it must be borne in
mind, is for the rot of New York alone the
ether seaboard cities having also Received large
quantities. There is considerable stock still
afoat but shipments ale ceasing, as recent ar
rivals had commenced 10 sprout, and quality is
deteriorating with necessary reduction in cost
tending to cut Off margins. Potatoes, as is well
known are not the only food staples we are i'm
porting from The other side; beans. cabpages
and O her products of the kind have
been CONSPICUOUS feature of the i'm;
! ortations for many months past and 1t VIII
probably pay to continue these until our next
crops are marketed. AS regulator of prices these
mportations are invaluable. But for them we
should have to pay famine prices The fact is,
as an exchange remarks, the world now Is prac-
tically all one market If there are short crops
here, or anywhere, the deficit can readily, be
made up from other sources of supply, within
range Of the telegraph at all times, and unless
gency in the. economy of nature happily not sup
posable--a recurrence Of the famines.with which
mankind were formerly visited, even in civil
lied countries, would seem to be out OF the ques-
tiOn