New-York tribune., 1876-10-16
o.RRdNJ...... $500 IOol4Os 1920 4el.744
d. II. and W. b. Il. r.. 625 52.S27 SG2i sl.Gel

5S \ sss9 lO9l492 'SsG 1929 'sI5t s5s.
Total. ........-..i08,555 2.5l77oO i59,io7 i000d9I
ls%5a s5i s95 sss45 1855 1859 '5s9'9F 5s4F
Total. .....-..i i7923I 3,9688s4 I0s,o7a 4lesOiA
sal. ~ Erie h. r. CO.. 21,JC3 63c o2OI
Grand To;al.508,972 l2,965,653 525,S8O IssO76sO
Decrease .... 1oiO5 L5o2o85 -. -.
The same journal reviews the market as follows:
The decline in the demand for coal is much more OBJ
servah.e than no the date Of our Last ana Is acnow
edged with but few exceptions although some sizes anS
special qualities Of coal appear 20 be IN short supply yet
Tie demand from those Who desire avail themselves
trans JortaOn, who unable to secure t after
cold weather seis III, has Deeh almost suppi,S' he ~
demand which has largely contributed 70 making few
weeks OF very brisk trade has become entirely oNilct
percepube decrease OF business VIII proDaoy De opelV
able II is difficult 10 say just what prices Me beny
do not rule IL Is rumOrcd that one OF the largo
companies has hypothecated considerable quantity Va
IT'S coal.
The Pennsylvania Company has announced an
auction sale Of lOOO 900 tons for Oct 20, and tho
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company oho
OF a like quantity for the 18th inst.
Turning ia, he West and Northwest, we fiDd one
portion of che country oy6rburlened with crop of
corn 50 large rs to render it probable that its low
value will make il the cheapest of fuel to the pro-
duccr while in another section the cropof wheat IL
almost unprcccdentedly small The Mt,cauLee His-
C0asin is responsible for the following:
There can no longer question that the wheat crop
n the Northwestern states for the year lN'Ol very
scan II was first natural 90 doubt whether so gen
crll a faIur. ia "a district comprising ZOOODO square
miles could be possible But facts from lime 10
lime 10 the public eye which show scantness ln ino
Weld Of wheat Unprecedented m tle history OF North
western States A farmer writing 10 us trOW Bunaio
County, in Northwestern Wisconsin, says 81 iFiished
the grain from ID acres ana got Il bnsIel Ihe mar
vest was poor That IL was hardly worth WINE 10 cut IL
The most OF t larmcis uiu not get more tati one
fourth on.thrd, aud very few OF them SOt one
bat CROP
The table heretofore given, showing the move
mont of grain at this port clearly demonstrates that
New-York is realizing more of the benefits arising
from the extraordinary movement in corn at tho
western points OF shipment and that the compare
tive largcr shipments East by rail than usual nc this
season fairly represents that proportion OF the
trade which ls being diverted TO other seaports by
the railroad crusade on the lake and canal interest.
Except for the rumOus rates at which the railroads
are doing their business nearly all Of this grain
would find It's way to this port via the lakes and
canals. Probably very few realize what the rcduc-
ton iu railroad rates amounts to. The decline since
1873 has been SO steady and progressive subject
only to reaction. that have carried prices back
to previous standards that the old rates have been
forgotten. The following tables show the most re-
cent changes. The rates from Chicago to New-York
were as follows: