New-York tribune., 1878-10-03

is likely TO receive soon new illustration, both as
concerning passenger fares and rates on freight.
THE TRIBUNE of to-day showed the manner of sell
Jig tickets from New-York TO st. Louis at SIG in
stead of $27, the combination rate. These tickets
VurpOrt to be the return coupons of excursion tick
cts from st. Louis and return, but as 700 OF them
have been discovered in the hands OF
" scalpers," it Is openly charged that the
tickets furnished directly from the Central ard
Hudson Office in this city, and that the oast-bOund
coupons were never used. At the same time The
Chicago Journal reports:
"None of the trunk lines to the East have enough
freight to haul. The high rates have gwen an On
usual proportion of the grain beng shipped 10 tle
sehoOners. As natural result there are it mniiuat
every day The charges and the fact charged VIII
doubtless continue until navigation closes, thVnsh
an open reduction of rates is not to be expecteu'
This fact is not news to the readers VI
THE TRIBUNE, because it more thah
month ago announced that such busi-
ness as the railroads doing at great rebates
from the schedule rates. And we now are informed
that tine large tonnage Of the railroads during the
month of August and the first part OF September
was on contracts made at low rates, be-
fore the movement of grain had reached the
dimensions which enabled the lake boatmen 10 al
vance their rates. This conclusion Is partially
borne out by the weekly reports Of tho grain move
ment published in TUE TRIBUNE. The receipts OF
grain ut Buffalo by rail during July ran between
500, 900 and AGO, 900 bushels per'week when they
suddenly jumped to ,O29, 800 for the week ended
August thereafter they were between 7oo'Ooo
and / 600 600 per week until tile week ended Sep
tember %, which showed a decline to 492.IOO
bushels and for the week ended September 80 they
were 497 100 bushels. The total movement OF
grain for the last week shows decline from that
of preceding weeks; and the receipts at New-1ork
show a decline of 125 900 bushels from those of
the corresponding week of 1877, of whcn the
canal lost 81, $50 bushels. and all the railroads
IS. .996 bushels. BatimOre's receipts were 10000
more than those of last year, aud Philadelphia 0S'-
OOO As affecting the business Of the railroads
after the close of navigation, the amount Oh OK
ports already made is an important matter 1or con-
sideration From August TO October l. 1870 the
cxports OF all grain from the port OF NeW-1ork
amounted to 9.G25 S23 bushels. From August l TO
October /, 1878, they amounted 10 l9,so03oo
bushels gain for this year of lO26S,4o2. The
exports from January to October OF 1873, were
67 5OS 025 bushels, against 81 1866 bushels Tor
the whole wear Of 1877, aud AZ S57 100 bushels for
the whole year of 1876 The stock ot wheat III store
at New-York September %. 1873 was 1.30G.312
bushels, against only 163,O96 bushels on Septem-
Der 20, 1877; and the quantity OF all grain on the
lakes aud canals at the same time about
II 600 600 in 1873, against about 9,OOOOOO in
1877. These figures certainly show that large
proportion of the business IN grain, which usually
extends into or through the Winter months, has
been already DONE with six weeks more OF open
navigation TO make yet further inrOads upon the
usual Winter business OF the railroads.
Concerning to-day's stock market, it is
enough to say that apparently there, was
an intense excitement, large demand Tor
stocks, and a sharp advance in prices early III the
day. At the Same time, the brokers recognized as
legitimate never were louder in then complaints Of
the dulness which prevailed IN their own Offices;
After all the frOth Of the morning hours had settled
down because of the sheer inability Of the brokers
employed to use their lungs longer, there fol-
lowed d tame ana unntereSIlng market ana ilnal
COLLAPSE, which generally reduccd prices 10 about
the lowest of the day. II would be useless IN such
a market to comment upon the movements OF
any one stock: with few exceptions, they all rose
and fell together. Notable among the exceptions
were Western Union, which rose 10 90 ls and closed
at o. and fre, winch fell all day and closed at H.
The market closed weak.