New-York tribune., 1876-12-18

mer the established rates to Philadelphia ana
baltimore have been maintained as near as Pos7r
HE without splitting mills at tnelr respec"Eo
10 and 10 per cont diseount--to VIII, NeW-ioih, a'
rou ooeents. philadelphia, IS. and Baltimore Il
Rsnlts-a large gain in the receipts OF al RhuS oi
W.tern produce az Philadelphia and Baltimore over
,, other season. and corresponding decline III the
rcentan "a Of receipts here The report OF the New
York Central Company for the year ending Sept 90
shows that it earned during the entire year, Oh Vege
tohIe food and other agricultural products, oOozzf
moro than for 1873. But this gain not equal 10
chr loss of tbe canal for this Summer, aud u must DC
horne in mind that large proportion OF TINS pro-
duct. which was taken from the cahal py 'h0 "a
treme low rate Of cents per bushe, was az 'e sle
time diverted from its natural tcrmlh''s-Ne" ioiA
to Boston. ~. .-;t,
tbo closing of inland navigation the vital p!hl-
ci,lan would again be ignored and rates au-
,,anced is now fulfilled The terms of the :" harmo-
,i,usy settlement which was announced in to-days
Ir,,Y,Nr will he found in another column. 1T VIII
ne observed that the rates are fixed ON baSb
from Chicago to New-York of 10 cents per lOo
nounds less than what they were on the 2Otil De-
cernber 1875 but with the old allowance OF Is per
cont making the difference in favor of Baltimore on
n bushel of wheat about 2S5 cents, on corn apouV
2li cents and on barrel of Hour about 90 ceh'S'
The west-bound freight is fixed at 90 cents ior hrst
class against 75 cents one year ago-otiler ci','eS
bein,, in proportion-down TO 25 cents for special.
This gives to Baltimore a rate lower than NcW-loth'
ranging from 6l2 cents down to 3l4 cents per loo
nonnds according to class. The pretense that the
discrimination is to exist only on "locai"-that IS,
urodnce intended for consumption at home
seems too thin a shadow to hide the most va
norv Of bodies behind. The SIMPLE suggestion
that Mr. Garrett should negotiate rela'lVe 10
the rates to be charged produce for consumption
The carriage of which is secured to the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad on It's terms, is ITS own pest coi
futer One RAILROAD official who atIelueo t9
ing held to-day to consummate 'Ile sot''Tl,oho T m
seemed to be in no doubt as 10 lts cualHCvi Ui NJ IL
enphatically styled it "a square backdo"h Oy MI
Ib@ bank statement for the week shows an aver
nee increase Of s. 763. .S70 in excess OF the ieg q
per cent reserve because OF gam grdr IN gao .T II bnf
$iSS 600 which, with reduction Iii loans OF T.
593 500 eyentuateS in larger deposits OF only fli-
67370O The real banking reserve ot legal Ten
49, ag9inst currency deposits is 0.35 higher than
last week being now 2034 per cent. The following
arc the comparative totals; .
,.r. sasCSs Pse 900 s23i7soo Rsf Decrease Ri5SS
S9S7$5SS SSs2$5SS S5 SSS534CS iRoSass
= 2gsS5gfSSS 22SisiiSoSS iReS Rerslc $500
The following shows the relations between the
total fbserve and the total liabilities: c,,,nr..
a.. Dec. To- ndii..ESSoo, y,
fs renders sSS7SS S55a0S 5S55a0S @
Total reserve .s502978OO sG84706O Inc sl,ls2Soo
Reserve required .,-oo =, 90, 20,
Excess OF reserve
above legal =, o,e a.. To-. o -ea o75
The stock market of each day has been 50 dury
described that a weekly review seems unnecessary
Snffice il to remark that prices were well SUSTAINED
in anticipation Of settlement OF the railroad
war; and were made to be- still further responsive
for the trunk line shares, its actual announce
menf. Ii remains TO be seen whether. or not the
event will furnish market for sales oi long stoch
and sDecnlative sales in anticipation of the nowto-
be-expected rIunors that rates are being cut Inc
following table shows the
WFEsIY RANGE PRICES: