Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-28
The following are the rates by steam by.

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To Detroit, Cleveland and Toledo.--..$-6S
To Chicago and Milwankee..-....... III
The cutting Of competing rates for
the transportation of cattle, sheep and
hogs between the western and eastern
markets, which for the past two months
has been merely nominal at 81 per car
load, has been advanced to Sl4O, with the
probsbility'of a further. advance before
the first of October. Beyondthe moderate
advance reported last week, no increase
IN passenger rates has been announced,
but the agents anticipate an advance in
the price OF tickets 10 Chicago, st. Louis
and Cincinnati in a few days, as arrange
ments are making for a general advance
in passenger rates. II the managers of
the three roads can a~gree-and it is prob
able they WllI-they will make arrange
ments for the division of business be-
tween them in such way as TO give
the greater part {. the live stock and
heavy freight to the Erie, and the bulk of
through passenger trade and light freights
TO the New York Central and Pennsyl-
vania Central These arrangements, in
Guiding the tariff of rates ABOVE given,
are doubtless very satisfactory 10 the
parties interested in the allied road, but
travellers and shippers of merchandise
will have 10 content themselves with the
reflection that now, more than ever be-
fore, they and their interests are al the
mercy of the m~Onopolists controlling the
through routes of transportation and
travel between the west and the sea-
board.
THE BRAZILIAN COFFER MARKET.
Joseph NJ. Wright q Co., of the city of
Rio de ~Janeiro, in their market report of
the 18th of July, ave the following upon
coffee: While calling your attention to
the accompanying table,, showing the
export of coffee from this port and San
tOs for the past three years, the occasion
mar IL EHHTa. aNaA - E--se,
your attention 10 the very vicious System
upon which the coffee trade is here con
Quoted, and to make such suggestions as
may enable you to guard yourselves
ageinst IL. The planters, for the most
part, send their coffee TO factors y whom
it is sold to packers and by these to the
exporters. BY reason of a very REDUNDANT
currency-the redundancy OF which is
not truly represented by its relation to |
gold or b course OF exchange-and of
an intense rivalry among the packers for
the possession of the coffee, which once
in their possession is held until the
patience OF the exporter is exhausted and |
high prices submitted tour planters
obtain and the exporters are made to
pay, whsn Obliged 70 act, frequently ten
10 fifteen. per cent. more b is justified
by either the general position of the
article or the quotations from the cOnsum-
ing markets. To correct this evil we
wOuld suggest TO you to give in your
orders either positive limits or entire dis
erection to your agents, and, under no
circumstances to give positive orders
without limits. Since our last circular
advices the supply of coffee from the in
terror has somewhat increased, but Is
still moderate, being now estimated at
5000 bags per day The receipts 50 far
present very Indifferent selections, con- |
tanning butR very small proportion of
goods, hrsts and the higher grades. Our
winter has been one Of unusual severity,
and allowing for the usual eXaggeration
In such cases, we still fear hat the dam.
age from frost to the young plantations
in many parts of the coffee region has
been serious, and may exercise an appre-
ciable influence upon the crop for some
years. Within the past fortnight there
has been an increased demand both for
the United States and Europe, which has
brought the sales of the month under re-
view up to $4,000 bags, of which s., 900,
bags for The United States, 1900 for
the Channel and North of Europe, H. !
0O0 for ths Mediterranean and 10000 for /
other parts and this has given a check 10 (
the declining tendency of prices. Our
stock is estimated to be $1,000 bags. We !
make our quotations to correspond with
the present condition ofthe market. We {
quote: Z
Finos6sJW $500 Reg lsL--.-5s2O-5s4O {
superiOrs --6SlO0-Gs4OO Ord. lst -..~. 4SSOJ-5SO0O
Good lst--5S7VO-5ssOO ,