New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-07

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for the week show gain over the previo..
week of about 100000 bushels to each--tbe al
and rairoads-whlIs the shipments thence eas,.
ward show loss for the canM of 1920 busbel.
and gain for the railroads Of 5000 busbeI.
With such an encouragement, 1t is not surprisn.
that the railroads agreed to further advance n.
rates on and from August to 20 cents. as was Al.
vertised broadcast. But unfortunately for this M
nance about advanced rates. The Milraukee Sentiu.,
continues. late August 3, to quote the afl-ra
nominal rate on grain from Milwaukee to New-York
at 10 cents a hundred pounds. Another notevor
thy feature of the weekly returns is the continued
large receipts of wheat at Baltimore amountinefo,
the last week to 125 200 bushels. As the great bull
Of the wheat to be moved during the coming season
will be Winter wheat which was grown south Of a
line parallel with NewYork, it is only reasonable IA
expect that after the close of navigation Baltmora
will show still greater relative gain over this port
in the receipts of wheat, unless the NewYork road.
shall do what they never yet have done-declara
and enforce the rule that the rates from all pouts
west to New-York shall be equal to those TO anv
other Atlantic port. To do this means open war IA,
the railroads Not to do it means the loss TO on,
railways of the carrying of nearly all the wheat in
tended for export and for this port repetition in
the wheat trade Of that which already has occurred
in the export of corn. Are our merchants prepared
to see the Winter business of exporting wheat
stolen from them as was the exporting of corn two
Winters ago Or will they insist that, as the rail.
roads now find it for their interest to compete with
the low rates by lake and canal, the New-York rail-
roads shall continue to enforce these low rates dur
ing the Winter, until the principle of equal rates to
all the Atlantic ports is admitted Railroad OF.
Gals may cry peace and publish their conference
anti mt hut fhara svin a.,
peace until this vital principle of equality tor New.
York is definitely settled in favor of NewYOrk
The stock market to-day fairly responded to tia
determined efforts which were made to establish
rally in prices And it is simple justice TO say that
the movement was more judiciousIy handled than
was the like effort which was made on last Friday.
After the first demonstration in favor of higher
prices, which was made at the opening, and from
which there was reaction, the movement was con.
Quoted with admirable prudence, each STEP or one.
eighth advance, being made with all the
skill and circumspection which should mark The
approaches of body of sappers and miners upon
an enemy's fortress. Nevertheless it was amusing
to observe the activity with which the recent chief
fuglemen of total destruction to the Northwest
ern crops to-day circulated the report that the
"Spring wheat crop was threshing out better than
had been expected Yet the market did not at any
time become enthusiastic, and every time lapsed
into duness when the engineers left to itself The
total result was an advance throughout the entire
list with the last prices not quite up to the highest
which highest were recorded during a brilliant as.
sault which was made after halt-past o'clock The
market closed with every indication of a continu-
ance of the same tactics for tomorrow, and eonse-
quenty with promise OF higher prices for at least
RANGE OF THE STOCK Markell