New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-31
yEp-yoRK,S RETURNING TR4DE.

poturns of the grain traffic are complete tor
tbe week ending July %. They show con
FINANCE of the same remarkable change III
favor of Ncw-YOrk, in respect to the corn
movement which was noticed In returns lof
tbe precedmg week. The six Atlantic sea-
no,ts received ,421 400 bushels of corn dur
inc the week ending July %, and Of this
quantity 9I1,409 bushels, or GAL per cent
were received by Ncw-Gork. The proportion
for the preceding week was about Oh per
cent. Baltimore received abOut II per cent
during the week ending on the I'D, against
10 per cent during the preceding week fhli-
adcpha only III per cent, against II per
cent during the preceding week; Montreal
nothing, against nearly 2 per cent, and Port
land less than | per cent, against nearly per
cent Boston alone, besides New York. III
creased its proportion of corn receipts, from =
pcr cent during the week ending July 10 to
81 per cent during the week ending on thc
22d.
These returns show that even i'll the corn
movement in which one month ago NeW-io fk
was losing rapidly, the later phases OF Tie
transportation war have been favorable To
this city. 1t is well known that deficiency III
facilities here operates more effectively against
this city III the handling Of corn tiIan OF any
other grain. Bnt there has also been de-
cidcd improvement in the proportion OF all
grain handled here. During niue weeks emu
inc June Il, NcwIorl, received only 13.3 per
cent of ali grain received at the SIN Atantlc
ports; during four weeks ending july 10 tue
Ncw- York rccciptS were 30 per cent: during
the one week ending July - the New-lork
rcccipts were 60 per cent and during
the week ending July % they were
COS per cent. Receipts during the latest
week reported were only 3.36O,1il bushels ut
the SIX Atlantic ports against 5,53Ho1i bnsI-
els during the preceding week; bat the pro-
portion received by this city remains nearly
the same. On the other hand the proportion
received ut Philadelphia was % per cent
during the first two months oil the railway
war, 13.5 per cent during the third month,
and 1913 per cent during the week ending
July %. The proportion received ut BHi'i-
more was 1l.G per cent dining tire two months
ending June II, only 1873 per cent during one
month ending July -, and only 1l.G per cent
during the week ending July -. Montreal gained
largely in the third month, but lis receipts
| have recently declincd during the latest re-
ported week they were only 10 per cent, and
| those of Boston per cent
| il is suggested by The RGil'rdy GH-eHe ,hat
the marked improvement in receipts at Tins
city is due mainly to the increase OF shipments
/ by water since April -. and ii observes that
| prior to that date NcwYork received @2.5I
| per cent of all rail receipts at the Atlantic
! ports, and after that date only 33."1 per cent.
/ This. however. does not take into account a
most important effect of thu railway contest.
| namely, the diversion of grain from the canal
] to the railways, change which Is obviou ~
! to the disadvantage of this city If less than
| onc-third of all rail receipts IL at this pon'.
| Comnaring receipts by rail and 10y water
/ during the past three years we ind that Ill
June, 1874, and jane, 1870. more than two
| thirds of the whole grain moved was by
water, while in June, 1876 OILY - per cent
| WAS thus moved. Relatively the loss 10 the
water routes il about 100000 bushels per
month. In view Of this fact, it is The more
/ satisfactory to lind that during recent weeks
/ the receipts at this city have been so well sus-
/ tanned.