Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-27
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Prices of canned corn show a great varia,
ton, ranging from SOC per dozen for inferior
quality TO I5W|Oc for good corn, and from
81, 10 to 81 Rs tor extra quality. The present
supply is far above the annual requirements
OF the country. but the low price of the ar.
ticle is causing Il great increase in the con.
sumption. me packing of sweet corn in tin
has become the most prominent feature of
the canned goods trade. From the annual
statement of the American Grocer 1t appears
that the total pack in 1883 was 3,49l, "A cases
of two dozen tins each, an increase over the
pack in 1887 of l 10000 cases. This large
gain Is due to the multiplication of canning
houses in the leading corn growing states,
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa alone putting up
about 100000 cases, or nearly one-third of
the supply.
Sugar is n shade cheaper than n week ago.
o the sugar consumed in the United States
last year 1t is estimated that l,362, 600 tons
passed through the retineries of the United
States and 1906 800 tons were consumed with
out refining. The Sugar Itetineries company
handled about | 900, 600 and the Independent
retineries 800, 600 tons.
Coffee is s%teadicr, with fair sales. A Rio
cable says: o recount it has been ascer-
tanned that there are 5000 bags of coffee
less in stock than was supposed to be, max
ing the stock last night 1854, 900, instead of
Al 600, as officially Biographical
Sugar is weak. but the season for boiling
mOlasses has opened with sales DC higher
than was expected, New York advlces stat
Ing ltliiI several CafgOeS 1Or SHIPMENT were
placed at 2ol2c for 80 test.
There is no particular stir in the fish trade,
nor will there be much life until the large
dealers begin to anticipate their wants for
the Lenten season. Some lines are held
firmly, however, on account of short stocks.
Holland behring's are very scarce. The New
York market is cleaned out and the next
steamer has on board only 700 kegs, whereas
the usual shipment per steamer is 0,O00 10
2O,0OO kegs. AS there will be no more receipts
Tor a week, prices are likely to advance.
The London bankers clearing house tran.
saction for the year recently closed exceeded
in aggregate those of 1857 about II per cent,
and surpassed by nearly 10 per cent the lar
gest amount previously recorded-that of the
year 1851. The transactions of lSSS, amount
ing 10 81, 9i2, l72, 600, afford one of the best in
dications OF commercial activity in Great
Britain.
During the past thirteen years 423 railway
companies, with 43, 40 miles of line-more
than rs per cent of the entire mileage of the
country of to-day, and representing in Sc
curities almost s., 545, 900, 900, over thirty per
cent OF the present railways capital have
been seized by the courts for the benefit of
their creditors, and sold at auction.
Twenty shares of New York Chemical ma
tional bank stock, of a par value of 500 each,
sold last week mt 81, 1875 apiece, and marked
another advance in the quotations of this IA
nous stock.
The Fall River cotton mill corporations
'HC 50 NhS "eN - N"i ms
last year. During 1855 the mills paid divi-
dends a~ggregating 81, 10000, or an average
OF 9.So per cent upon Il total capital of Sl7,-
hDsoO against an average of S.3 per cent in
1887. The shares of all the mills with
scarcely any exception also experienced n
decided rise. The production at Fall River
is now sold ahead l, 1000, 900 pieces. including
deliveries up to and including May. To meet
this growing demand five new mills are in
course OF construction in that district. Three
other mills are also understood to be con-
templated.
During the first six months of the current
fiscal year the receipts OF the government
from internal revenues amounted TO SOB
BIZ, 565 ~. These returns show an increase
over the sum collected for the first half of
the fiscal year of 1SsI $ of SS6S, 95T. So. For
the two periods indicated the receipts COM
pare in detail as follows: Spirits, increase,
$l,S4s,Sil,ll; tobacco, decrease, s5ll, 2 5.3l;
fermented liquors, increase, s25, 023. 80; oleo.
margarine, increase, Isl, pol 10; banks and
bankers, increase, s5,S92,45; miscellaneous,
decrease, $50, 26l.7S.