Department of Commerce [pp. 555-571]

BREADSTUJFFS-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
RECAPITULATION.
Great Britain..................... 265,464
France............................ 89,887
Other Foreign Ports................ 31,681
Total Foreign................ 387,032
Total United States........... 128,013
Grand Total................. 515,045
211,231
84,840
18,918
314,989
174,055
489,044
351,690
96,262
37,083
465,035
196,286
681,321
569
215,248
111,090
13,973
340,311
112,792
453,108
9.-BREADSTUFFS-TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TIE following review, and statistics of the breadstuffs trade of the United
States, are taken from the New York circular of Edward Bill, Broker:
The tables below, to the end of the cereal year, are made up with care, and
show the extent of our export business to England for the past five years. The
only important change in the flour market for the fortnight has been that of
inactivity and dullness. The inspection continues as heretofore noticed, and a
very small portion only of State flour is in condition to be properly branded.
As the season advances, and the new wheat is more extensively used by the
millers, we may look for an improvement; until that period, our market for
the inferior descriptions must remain unsettled. The quotations below for
State super and extra are for the rejected article, the inspected selling for
$4 90 a $5 for superfine, and $5 40 a $5 50 for extra. The English market continuing depressed, there are but few orders here, and those for good quality,
and at rates considerably below our present quotations. Our home trade buy
(cautiously for immediate wants, and the closing rates yesterday for all descriptions were greatly in favor of the buyer, inferior grades selling with difficulty,
and at irregular prices. Shipping brands of Ohio and other good Western are
less plenty and more inquired for. Southern kinds are in larger receipt, but
with a moderate demnand are less firmly held. Regarding the crop of new
wheat, there are no favorable accounts to alter my former statements of anticipated deficiency; and the yield in many sections is light, and the samples at
hand of new Illinois Spring are very unsatisfactory. As yet, at this port, we
have had but limited supplies, and those the city millers have used. Prices
have receded the past week, closing heavily. Rye remains unchanged in value.
Indian corn for home use is a few cents lower.
,'port of Breadstsffs to Great Britain and Ireland, from 1st Septenmber, 1857.
To date. Flour.
New York............. September 1st. 761,355
New Orleans..........." " 282,149
Philadelphia " *' 24,043
Baltimore............. " 96,805
Boston " " 3,667
Other ports............." " 54,411
Total from September 1.............. 1,295,430
To the same time, 1857................ 849,600
1856................ 1,641,265
" " 1855............... 175,206
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TO THE CONTINENT.
Flour, bbls. Wheat, bush.
From New York, to Sept. 1st, 1858 126,186 237,953
Other ports to last dates......... 176,914 152,475
Total from September 1, 1858.. 333,100 390,438
. ". 1857.. 483,344 2,875,653
" 1856.. 748,408 2,610,079
".. 1855.. 7,763 4,972
..." 1854.. 791,028 1,904,893
Wheat.
,434,319
610,251
170,400
217,076
.... -...
128,597
,550,643
,479,401
,906,406
324,427
Corn, bush.
10,818
6,030
16,848
542,590
282,088
308,428
90,556
Corn.
1,709,107
815,184
493,383
250,288
3,920
3,920
3,317,842
4,746,278
6,731,161
6,679,138
Rye, bush.
13,100
*.....
13,190
216,162
1,975,478
35,569
318,882