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ANNUAL REPOliT OF lllli: 



Off. Doc. 



TABLE IV. 



Average Freight Rates on Grain and Flour from St. Louis to Various 



roints from 1878 to 1901. 



(Prepared by George H. Morgan, Secretary Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis.) 



Calendar Year. 



To New Orleans 

 by River. 



St 



tn 



C M 



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O 





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P h c 

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o 



To Liverpool. 



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 in " 



d-o 



p— I 





ni 





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x: 

 to 



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<u 



<1> 



1878, 

 1879, 

 1880, 

 1881, 

 1882, 

 1S8,'?, 

 1884, 

 1885, 

 1886, 

 1887, 

 1888, 

 188D, 

 1890, 

 1891 

 1892, 

 1893, 

 1894, 

 1895, 

 1896, 

 1897, 

 1898, 

 1899, 

 1900, 

 1901, 



17.5 

 18 



19 



20 



20 



97.75 



14 



15 



16 



18 



15 



17.93 



15.56 



16.28 



16.87 



17.54 



17.14 



13 



14.54 



10.83 



10 



10 



10 



10 



76 



67 



84 



64 



58 



66 



52 



44.29 



58 



64.25 



59 



58 



52.63 



58 



58 



57 



50 



47 



46 



47.26 



45.10 



43.90 



38.76 



38.66 



22.66 

 19.58 

 14.58 

 15.11 

 16.17 

 14.8 

 15.17 

 17.33 

 14.33 

 15.75 

 14 



14.71 

 11.69 

 12.13 

 13.50 

 12. S9 

 14.24 

 12,33 

 14.64 

 9.48 



23. C6 



27 



21.25 



20.5 



24 



24.8 



22.95 



24.97 



21.48 



23.55 



21 



21.72 



18.71 



18.33 



19.67% 



20.33 



20.32 



17.88 



18.41 



14.03 



♦The figures represent published rates since 1894. 

 tF. o. b. New Orleans. 



