New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-30

season the exchange market seems n havs =.
anticipated the export Of cotton. so tina,
bills are eagerly sought for 10 cover remit,
ready made rather than TO meet bankers ba s Al
draWD now S "ln7
The commercial situation practicable
changed from what 1t was week ago c. M
there is no Improvement in any OF the dom. AMY
The grain receipts at the Western points sssmenh
latiOn were larger than for preceding wsaIun
principally III corn and oats but the mes ~ oat
Eastward is smaller, the relative prices neeneh
Chicago and tho Atlantic aud European n"os,s.seeu
beng such as to induce shipments The W.s,sssdt
to lower prices, but unfortunately Eurone S'siaed
lows the downward tendency, so that theto 'o ipI
crease In the export movement Both the rsn onr
OF cotton at the shipping ports aud the aossipt
the same now are making favorable conDors
with the movements OF year ago: fha rranSle
last week we're "a 73S bales against 2I
for tbe week of 1881 . and since Septenhe, oaes
year the receipts have been ,167, O43 bales ths
f19S ISL bales for the same period OF last sss,ns
exports last week were 1921 bales az smIM
97314 bales for the week Of 1881 and since Isa ass
tember have been 56i, 309 bales this wear ss yep.
5207lS bales last year. The money yalues "a sSanS
movements this year, however, are less m" 20
were last year because Of the lower prices Icy
the iron and coal trade are receiving n gooS both
attempted bolstering, by talk, but the busirssad
dull and prices for iron are weak. The guesiios =
advancing November prices for anthracite coai
agitatcd Or this agitation, The Enginerisa' , - y
Minfng journal SAYS: The only claim un'"y aa3
this is based H. that the market will stand n "ne9
those who are loud in advocating il profess ana
getting October prices now. They must hsvo
peculiar set of customers TO get such feures ~
the trade at large is certainly not doing better In
September prices, and Is probably not doing nsa
at that. 'a
The Stock Exchange markets last weeL -
more than usually interesting. although the go
latiye movements were as local III character IT.
had been IT any time. Government bonds Ve,a ~
specially active, but they were firmly held ana ~
prices for optional issues were higher All he e
fba I'm ba o. IL
ago, and for the GIGS are % per cent higher WI.
for the Is there Is Is per cent decline. state hoaI
were neglected but steady the Tennessee n ~
covered nom AZ to 40, and the cOmuromisa ~.
from 90 to 50. Railroad bonds ruled dull with
very small demand, but there were sor..
sharp fluctuations in prices for bonds Of
speculative character, which were IN sympa.hs
with the movements Of the kindred shares For,y
old standard bonds the demand is iust abont soTsi
TO the supply, that the retail business winch 80
done in them shows no material change In 6grss
But at every attempt to market almost any Of ia
newly issued bonds prices quickly Yield aud Order.
to sell have to be withdrawn. In the share srecr'
atiOn, of the principal, if not the chief feto,
in the situation at the beginning Of last week VA.
the large short" interest And II was not dlsIo.s5
to be frightened INTO covering By small tiDes
The unsettled condition Of all the railroad ooolos
arrang ements ~ the West, although daily announceS
as being patched mp the large falling off in the grain
movements from hat had been anticipated; ibs
small export demand and total absence Of anv
buying of stocks, except by local speculaJors vera
points thSt encouraged the average bears 10 ds.
regard advances of l orr per cent in prices TIA
fact that such railroad az the New-York New.
Haven and Hartford Company. which
has been paying dividend Of 10 Der
cent on doubled capital stock, should an,
nOunce its Intention TO borrow several millions Of
dollars 10 repair It's roadway, also was a shock 10
confidence ia railway management, and eY.
cept that it happened to come on toe
same day with another event which fol
the moment OyershadOwed il, it might
have exerted potential influence upon q speeula.
tive situation which had got into rut The event.
however which relieved the mono;ony of the stu,
alton was the sale, at profit OF many millions Of
dollars TO the projectors and builders of the New.
York, Chicago and ST. Louis Railway. Seldom has
a property which was declared to be almost worth.
less been the means of being so great q benefit tOM
many others. 1t makes no difference by what
methods the reasOnlngs were worked out 10 the
was the sale made public than the shares
of every railroad which are dealt In
at the Stock Exchange were improved IN their
market values. Lake Shore received the creates.
impetus, but Central and Hudson. Erie, Michigan
Central, Canada Southern, Delaware, Lackawanna
and sWestern, and even such faraway properties "a
Denver and Rio Grande and Union Pacii' felt tho
pulsatiOn in greater or lesser degrees There fox
lowed days lively scrambling among he " bears
to close up accOunts-and then, the movement
collapsed Except for Lake Shore. Canada solih-
ern, Michigan Central, Central and Hudson and tia
" Nickel Plate" shares, the gains generally wes
more than lost and for few stocks like Louisville
preferred the final declines from week ago are In
pOrtant. The Transactions of the week amodn,
only to 2 los 64S shares, against 463 232 tor the
preceding week, and 2.44S, 700 shares for the week
preceding that
WEEKLY $ANGEOF PRICES.