, 1873-10-03

| and money moro plenty; wl,llo III Now York ctr
ronoy was 1uosol at 2 to per cent pre,,
to keep ut par, md which have only had tho Of
feet Of providing out bank notos from compcti-
| ton with them.
Tho loading produce markets. wore asasn,
| active, though not moro 30 tllRn yesterday mud
grain averaged higher all roundt oxcopt corn,
Which took big jump Inst ovouing, and hold ita
own to-tlay: Tho general fcolinY waR ono OF ro-
nowod conildouco oil ronnd, and even those who
would provo to ba hlit temporary, changed tholr
riowB IA thoy fonud ronBon to think TINT thcro
ip enough money m the floor to buy TIP n con-
siderable proportion of tho grain wo have In
Btorc, with more OH tho wny.
There certainly ia no lack Of money in Chtcago
| to-day, II 1t woro only distributed "whoro "
wontd do most goo1;" tint is a work. Of time.
Our commission mon mover beforo hold 10 much
selling for cash anything in tho ehapo Of stnn-
dard produce. though soma departments arc
Htill slow, pnrtly bccalso holders aro not willing
to accept rrosent prices. But thoro is room for
premium OH shipment, and there is plenty Of
| grain waiting to como In 30 Boon nB holders eau
DO auro TINT they win rcalzo fair prices for It;
| Our receipts hnvo now fallon OF to a low
sspocted Into atoro this morning. it is hot dcsir
able that no Blou1d roceivo largely. for h wook
Or two at loaa, till our presont stocks can bo ro-
ducetl. Wo nro now. In the last month
! grain by lnko for pnsBago along tho
! Eric Canal, and hayo hoavy stockH fully sovon
million BUSHELS Of grutn Of all kinds, which
ought to DO cleared out by. tho beginning Of
smaller our stocks mny bo at tho oloao Of nayi-
gation, tho bottor will be tho prices ronli2ed on
grain sort In from tho country 30 there is good
roason for wishing to SEQ tho volume Of o,lr ro-
while longer. But tho fact ought to DO known
that pprties who ],ayo grain In tho country which
they want TO sell immediately Gun now litll a
market for 1t. They may not bo ablo to draw
sold at onco OIL nrrval, paid for In currency, and
Tint currency nont to tho nollor by oxpross, as
aoon as tho property ia delivered to tho buyor.
These aro far from being hard times, albeit
thoy nro unue,,nl in our day.
The scarcity Of currency in Eastern cities
oporatos o. bar to activity in shipment OF rro-
dt,co in moro than ono way. Tic difficulty OF
drawing OH Now York against the grim IL par
trouble about Tho payment Of freight oharRoa.
Payment iu Buffalo has been tent1erod in clcck8
on Now York, which means heavy discount for
! tho cash. It iB tho Bamo with aomo raroatl
has been met, in some caaes, by tho acceptance
| Of grain by the railroads for freight oIargoe.
and. In some others, tho commission merchant
has had cash on hand to nay with, But tho last
namol cascs were few and far bctwoon TIL veg
| terday.
frI,a a;a,11,oro ar1 I'm ,,r,hor ,,o,, ,,.ro ,oan
so ,o%ci arauaoi III IN tSa nnonciai ~ trn,,h1a i'm
soyeral Of them ]lnyo ehs,t down but iii uay ro-
smno hofora 1onr ~ Tiara bo m furttor trn,,hlc
r. ~ nnt nrohahlo ti,at II tne Nv ononnr Of onr
nort nnc,,nn aoaaon tri,, w." ha Imatnsiollv ra.
tariod to M tl1~ nroyjaion hanks nro in
nnnI ccna;t;or pnrd rnatlu for work !.
rst gart Of to SEASON 'J vii prnbabv be- mue
arn",}nr t,,an ns,,oI % 1,a ' hv 1anlaaninr tha
co1nnotition for hogs, NAV CAUSE them to r1lo at
a lower iruro than th~oy ~ ~yo1tid otherwise co com n
mant1 an1 W. ni,on11 mt he a,rnrtned to ana do
nnr ' i, mid for GOOD bnos in in tia marSot ~
so far as ,,rosont nnnoarancnH po. tiara ia IT,
Tia ronm for nucns;nnns in rnrnrd to tho onnt1;.
tim Of tho VAST Tia conin,r wintor. T,nrf.o
ta nsn;r aot o IN mi tic ,nonnw nf ioin ,n" tho
noctatu Of lka farmers nr maid out to 1neot thor
indchtodnees tn connfrv morc}nnta. Who woro
tlna i, n ,,os;t;on tn mat thoir nnncr maturine
ati, I wnnica :, tho Enst md n Enrona ,n I arrc
aunnt;tios md nt gooi nricca. II now senms
nrnhnIo that Ghienro1 md thu vaat section
trI,cI il tr;hutorv tn lser. viii hnvo moro monoy
nj commanfl this winter than usnat; though tho
Tnst mnv ba atrniuhtonod hv tho nosaesaion Of
less Than Ordinarily circulates in that scctiou.
There was some improvement ir the demand
for dry goods. While tlloro WAS no appearance
Of uctivity in any department Of the market, the
aggregate distribution showed a respectable in;
tho wcok, aud tne feeling ovii,ccd AMONG jobbort
was notlcoably more cheerful and contldont
Quotations wero uniformly we'll sustained. Gro
corios sold to a tair aggregate at nuohangel
aud generally firm prces, coffee being tht
only article showing positive weakness. Bust
ness now seenaB to bo picking up, and jobbers
bogin to epeak hopefully Of the future. Stocks
aro in oxcellont shape, and aro held with conil
donco. Cheese WAS moving 1ittlo moro freely
and tho foeliug among dealers WAS less lespontl
ont. Country dealers still show considerable
anxiety to realize but find it impossible to cffoc
sales to any large amount, at former prices
! H. f-u 4nf1
ter ut full previous rates. or at 25@2sc. somk
faucy lots sold at higher figures. Coal remains
firm and unchanged. Hay was in fair local re
quest, but shipments were iuconsiderable, thor1
being at present no margin between hero nnt
tho Eastern market. Hides continue inactive
Neither local nor Eastor1i tanners were buyers
except At prices 30 much below the yiows Of hold
ers that trading was simply out OF the question
Bcant stocks. tho markot retains it's firm tone
Dried fruits wore dull, and quotations are littl
better than nominal. The 1enthor, pig-iron
paints. tobacco, and wood markets were withou
now fcaturos, Oils were in domaud at yoster