New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-30
MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE.

Imports In excess moi, a., A., ON sco 400 90,
1t Is impossible even to approximate accuracy in
any estimate of the extent of the restrictions hich
the crippled telegraph service of the country has
imposed upon all kinds Of business. OF course,
speculative transactions have been more affected
than those of legitimate movements from producers
to consumers, but tho strike of tho telegraph
operators has affected all branches of business.
Hence last weeks operations in the CON-
mescial and mercantile world are not safe guides
to comments the actual situation. The
accounts of the growing crops generally have
shown steady improvement Rumors of serious dam
age to tho cotton crop-probably untrue. but which
with the restricted telegraph service neither
confirmed nor proved to be false-caused some
tivity in the cotton speculation for futures and
higher prices were made particularly for the later
months; but spot cotton remained quiet and steady.
The exports last week were only Ia, 449 bales.
against 2O742 bales for the preceding week, and
against 500 bales for the week of last year. The
Chicago speculation in grain auctuating but
resulted in The final price for wheat being about q
cents than week and for corn unchanged.
Provisions also close somewhat lower than q week
ago. The iron markets show no change in the stu
alton In pig iron, quality No is scarce and COM
mands full figures but lower grades are in abundant
supply, and some Philadelphia authorities expect
n further break in prices. OF thu anthracite coal
trade Tie Engineering and Mining Journal says:
Business is very dull aud hear Of numerous in
below the nominal circular rates,
ranging from 40 steam sizes being apparently
most heavily affected The question OF increasng eircu-
lar prices for August has been discussed and the de-
has been wisely reached that it Will be best to let
them alone and Is urged by the best element In the
trade that unless matters take an exceptionally favor
able turn Will be judcious not 10 NEEDLE with
them even In September aud October: As 1t Is June
prices fairly represent the market. Middcmen in
INSTANCES are In taking the coal they ordered
In June proof that buyers nave not Deen Id numerous
"a they expected.
In the dry goods trade the event of the week
an auction sale at which over 1900 packages of
staple cotton disposed of at very fair
prices" Nevertheless the sale has checked the bust
ness OF other makers, and there is talk of more
auction sales to follow.
The interior transportation question, as between
the railroads of the different sectiOnsof the country,
is still an unsolyed problem. Despite the unexam-
pied frequency of meetings of railroad officials and
Of the reports of the doings at those meetings
which are filtered for public nspection-eyery
ceiver and shipper of produce and merchandise
knows that each Of the railroads is an urgent So
cltor for freight irrespective of the appointments
allowed by the respective pools. The east-bound
railway shipments of hour. grain and provisions
from Chicago last week were 1888 tons more than
for the preceding week; yet the Lake Shore, MIchi
gan Central. and Pan Handle roads carried less
than in the preceding week. The Baltimore * Ohio
carried si3 tons more than the preceding week,
the Grand Trunk $40 tons more, the Nickel Plato
24O tons more. and Erie $40 tons more. The ton
mage of last week WAS 1872 tons more than III the
week of Ss2 and was "a 0S4 tons less than for the
week of 1881. OF the increase ON the week of 1882
the two new lnes-Nckel Plato and Erie-toOk
5,OI2 or nearly 10 per cent of the weeks whole
Shipment, leaving the increase for the old
lines only 222l tons. Last week the old lines car
RED 20 O96 tons less than IN the week OF 1881 and
the decrease was distributed as follows: Michigan
Central 1854 tons Lake Shore, 0,957 tons Fort
WAYNE. f. 500 tons f: Pan Handle, l.343 and Grand
Trunk 1871 tons and the Baltimore and OHIO
lost week carried 2II tons more than in the week
of 1851.
railroads east of Chicago of flour, grain and pro-
visions tor the week ended last saturday, IN COM
nnrlsnn with the same week of 1852 and 1881: