New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-02
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY NOVEMBER = Ieoo

1871 per cent. The receipts Of all grain at Yves
tern ports have been 27,OOOOoo Dusneis'
against 81 500, 900 last year, q loss OF i4'~ poi
cent. The receipts of wheat, especlaiiy, weio
only 9. 1872, 527 bushels against 10, 46Z,o'o ias'
wear. a loss of 4O.5 per cent Curiousiy, safes
of wheat at New-York increase 81 per cent
while REGENTS at the West decrease 40 percent;
sales of other grain increase Ia per cent, wmle
receipts of grain decrease IA per cent. Cot
ton receipts at all ports were 953,325 bales,
decrease of So per cent, though sales sllghtiy
increased. Cattle receipts ut New I ork sho"eo
decrease of 1873 per cent, compared WIFI
the same month last year, and receipts OF sheep
also show decrease of 1873 per cent, but re-
ccipts of hogs were 23.4 per cent larger, and
of calves al. g per cent larger The output OF
anthracite coal was 1915 per cent greater than In
October, 1884, but the output of bitumlnous
coal PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland only was
1919 per cent less, and tho deliveries of Penn
sylvania coke II. 6 per cent greater, so that OF
tho three kinds of fuel 4,56O.OOO tons were
delivered against 4,349, 900 last year, an IN
crease of As per cent Generally speaking
these records show some increase, but on the
whole small increase, in the actual move
ment of products, while the increase In specu-
lative sales has been remarkably large
In the speculative markets, pork and lard
cheese, eggs and oats have advanced little
during the past week, and OIL mas risen 20
cents per barrel But cotton fell 81 cents per
100 pounds sugar and coffee each tell an
eighth, wheat fell 1 cent and corn liz cents per
bushel. The greatest activity was IN stochs' vi
which about two-thirds advanced, while one
third declined. Western Union rose over Az
cents: st. Paul. Missouri, Pacific and oregon
Navigation over cents; Oregon Transcontl-
mental. Chesapeake and Ohio firsts, Northwestern
and Lackawanna over cents each, ana Lake
Shore and New-York Central nearly cents.
Some people are beginning to contrast the
prices Of stocks with the dividends paid, Dut
that is nonsense il really better state OIL
things irrespective of speculation, has come 70
STAY If not, if the increase III business Is near
ly all due to speculative activity, then IL Is
enough to know that the average price 01-slxty
active stocks at the closing Saturday night was
S5S 60. and at the same date last year S45 80.
That outside of speculation tho substantial
business of the country is in some respects bet
ter and in others worse than it was during the
comparative stagnatiOn of October OF last year,
the figures given suffice to prove. The movement
of wheat, oil, cotton, cattle and sheep and Dl-
luminous coal Is smaller the movement OF
anthracite coal and coke. iron and hallway ma
tcrias, hogs and pork and dairy products, and
of grain other than wheat, is larger I'M
ports are larger and exports smaller. The
reports of railroad earnings for the third week
of October show an increase on thirty-three
roads of S114,37l or Al per cent, III compar-
son with the same week last year, whereas tho
increase on roads reported for the first hall OF
the month was j.2 per cent. Such are the evi-
denccs of the actual state of business; 1t Is bet
ter than it was year ago. but not yet enough
better to warrant unlimited expansion or UNI
bounded confidence.