The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-25
IpdianaIse7is Clearing TTo-,se.
CoxanerciaI.

For the week enGing this evening, we are
q not required to chronicleany essenfial,changes
/ in prices of leading commodities. The volume
. of trade is up to prudent estimates in the vari-
..ous departments a. miscellaneous merchan-
I disc In dry goods, stocks are all thatSould be
desired and prices are steady. In boots and
shoes, fair trade rs reported. In groceries,
there is strong feeling in coffees, and an
early advance is pnSlable.
In the departmeH tsof grain business is quiet
owing to the want Oh cars. Other citieszre ex-
periencing the same embarrassment. The
= st. Louis Globe-D eIseerat of Monday say:
One of the grievances of the present is the
lack of cars for 2ne transportation OF
freights eastward Already the business
. cause. Railroad companies generally
are unable, or wess, up to Saturday af
9 ternoon, unable to answer the demands of
shippers, and some reGased to receive freights
FOR the 4 asst. Only two lines on Saturday
were receiving, the N&adalia, and the Chic
and Missh pi railroads, thatcharge tariff rates,
claiming .sfhat they car get all the business
they want at these cures, and therefore Ehe
= non-necesEity Of accepting lower rates.
Thus WEI nd that HouBs2nd corn shipments
ARE restricted and are likely to he, to say notl-
ing of the her commercial interests of this
ducts mean accumulation OF receipts here,
and this finally means depression in prices.
terested par es in this trouble Western
farmers and operators &isc have 10 share IL,
and are obliaed to submit to low values in
place of payiR, quotations
st. Louis is = 1t alone subjected to inconven-s
fence. Chicago, IndianapOilSznd other points
have .experieR ced difficulty in the respect
kets is for nore cars to SO East loaded but
.they,arc in scacty supply.
Undoubtedly Ghe large trade chat has been
enjoyed betweesl the East and the West for
weeks pest prodA ced the trouble The general
Feyival 81 business has madeiarge demands
npon all pfthe r8a roads of thec0nntry. West
Eastern
fearing af vance Ia freight rateslfFOm the East,
laid in Is rye sta ks OF goods earlier tkan
gsral, therefore, Offering OF west-bOund
freights have been light iE October, and
lust here a. WHERE the mischief comes In.
deliver empty cars f0r the West They insist
uponsreturIE ng them TO the West loaded, or,
OF the absoisite demands of western com.
merce. IL the assertion be founded In TACT
that toe Eastes roaeSsare pursuisgthe policy
tuted. No cars that car be utilized should be
allowed to teman at Eastern points
longer than Absolutely necessary to
empty or oina Looked. rne profit Cd rnip.
roads shogld NOTICE allowed to interfere with
the greater profit IN transporting promptly
roads should not hs permitted to place an en-
barge upon the trade Of the West. Mercantile
interests are fooy liable tot The entire country
TO be trffed with lt is TO be hoped, therefore,
that leading EserchaN ts thru gh the press and
by other meaRs, will GEEK to IN press upon rail
possible, end OF returning all eEe rolling stock
now waiting for west-so1nd freights. II fsr-
Their delays are IA de, faere may be suspicious
that the scarcity Of cars Is lntekied, as q pre-
tininary to demanding further advance Ina
-ates,
Provisions are qalet and weaker, Stocks OF
winter cured meats are light and folders do
not to be soIicitous about cAsSfng out
Clear rib sides to-day are quoted at se to SIC,
anddry sailed shoulders at &c, though We heard
parties say that 65zc to &C were outside figures
In the general market business opened to-
day with indications OF fair weeks trade.
In dry goods the demand continues fair. ond
prices are ruling steady for oil descriptions OF
domestic goods. The New York Commercial
Bulletin Of - urday says:
There has been little more animation i'm
the package trade, and although few large
transactions we're reported, a fair aggregate
amount OF assorted merchandise was distri-
bufed I'm execution of orders from the West
and Northwest. But business was not active,
and IL seems quite probable that we shall have
a sluggish market until after the presidential
election, although jobbers stocks are so light
generally that a steady, legitimate demand
may be expected In the meantime. The job
bling trade has been rather more active