The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-29

being more than two and one-half
times the stock held by them year
earlier. the actual percentage being
1904 Of tho 1917 stock.
Visible supply Figures Compared
The commercial visible supply hg-
ures. as published by the chicago
board OF trade for the nearest date
rNovenlber 2IefSJ show 122,se4.eee
bushels OF wheat az against 149os.opo
a wear ago and the corresponding
Bradstreet figures for 1918 show l3l'-
$50 900 bushels rs against 22Sbh.o "o
bushels for 1917, A very great reia-
tive increase in the commercial stocks
Of wheat or November /, this year.
Il scompared with the same date or
last year is shown by these figures, MS
well as by the results of the more ex-
tensiVe survey.
Other Cereals Flour and Corn Meal
The commercial stocks of other
cereals reported for November |,
1918, according to the department
statement. were as follows: Corn, l.
12372i bushels; oa's. 79,77St2oA
bushels. barley, 3i.462. 5a7 bushels;
rye. 15.123.135 bushels. These stocks
represent the following percentages OF
the corresponding stocks on Novem
Der I. 1917; Corn 272.7 per cent;
oa's. los . ner cent barley, 1871 per
cont rye. t22 per cent.
The commercial stocks IF flour
and corn meal AZ renorted for thS
survev. were; wheat flour, white o.
assoc barrels: whole wheat and
graham flour. t4S,a16 barrels: rye
flour. 903.43i barrels; corn flour 81
IT6.S4b pounds; corn meat 6N,29",-
6tt pounds; buck wheat flour, 5.t2".-
97a pounds: mixed flour. 234Go.225
mounds These stocks represent tn"
following per centaeeS Of the stocks
on hand a year ago. Wheat tlonr.
Hitite,|t2si per cent whole" wheat
aud graham flour. 1904 per cent; rye
flour. tt65 per cent; corn meal 224
per cent. huckwheat flour | 81 per
cent; mixed aeur. 22s4 per cent.
socks of selected Commodities
Elevators, warehouses and whole
sale dealers reported stocks of h"ans
amounting to a.2l9.42s bushels while
Wholesale grocers and warehouses re-
ported the following commodities ana
in the amounts indicated: Rice. 49,
o260oi pounds, rolled oats, 1o62A,
ISL pounds; canned salmon. l$4.3a5.-
23t Wounds: canned tomatoes III
29i13t pounds: canned corn, 72.l3o,-
sag pounds sugar, lS9.oll,9oo
pounds. These stocks represent the
following per centages OF the CORES
pondin.r stocks ON hand November ],
I
per cent. rolled oats. 1923 per cent;
canned salmon. 93 per cent; canned
tomatoes i21 3 per cent; canned corn,
1893 per cent: sugar. 33.S per cent
Stocks of condensed and evapora-
ted milk were reported hv condense'
rics cold storaEes, warehouses ana
wholesale crocers, as follows: Con
denscd milk 81 nlT9sS pounds; evap-
orB+ea milk. 93943 AIS pounds The
holdings Of condensed milk reported
for November !. 1918. represented
lt1E9 per cent OF the stocks held by
the same firms year earlier, while
the holdings of eVapovatee milk rep
resented - rer cent Of the NoVem =
Der, 1917 stock.
stocks of irish potatoes onions ana
cabbage were reported for November
t. 1918. bv wholesale dealers. eleva-
tors and warehouses as follows. Pc
+ 'atncs, 375.4t6.0S7 pounds; onions.
81 STt5s4 pounds; cabbage, 2I,ea6.-
776 pounds. These stocks represent
1he following per centaCes OF those
held by the Same frnaa on November
f l. 1af7: Potatoes, ia pcr cent. on
i ions. ett per cent. cabbage, ~ per
cent