, 1873-05-23
WVlNE ANU VUiSilvlEnVE
MONETARY.

p0fTOW0r6 got eli tnpy EOlhIlo Nv Ao"+s'''1
rates. On good collaterals money 10 to 10 hea a.
the banks at 10 ror cont, and tho supply q
funds oirorod ln tho stroot at tho samo rato Is
increasing.
Exchange on Now York waB 1rmor to-day,
owing to a bottor supply Of ourronoy, some
]arec amounts Of cs,rrency having been rocetvod
from Now York aud also from ST. Louis. Not
withdrawing Bomo considerable amounts OF our
rcncy Bont to Milwaukee, within tho past fow
days, tho aggregate amount going to tito country
is small yct. Exchange sold botwocn banks to-
day at 25o per 1000 discount.
Tho financial aspect in Now York Is boetor.
Money Is oaay at 6 pcr cent, and the prloo OF
sterling exchange has declined slightly
WILL THERE De suonr onor OF COMP
The opinion begins 10 prevail TINT tho back
wArilnoss OF the season will prevent the planting
of anything liko tho usual area Of corn IN tho
districts that boar tho most Important relations
to tho general crop Of corn In tho United statea
In this stato, which has for some years past PRO;
enssa astsa more Of tlo sNpn s Gnon any II % j. pos
sible to plant corn as lste az
tho 10th Of Juno ind still raiso fair crop, but
tt requires TINT the remainder Of tho summer be
late. With corn plantod any time after tho lst
Of June, thors Is great danger that the frat
frosts ID the fall will cut 1t off boforo tho grain
is sufficiently matured.> In seasons of usual
weather. tno 8f9as nuk q tne ,ar .'a 49, "a
ent time but this aonson It Ia we'll known that
the excessive moisture has kept the ground too
wet to plow tor several woeks past. and at tue
present writing there ~ no ~ .o
weck moro of such weather a. haa prevailed for
the past four or fire weeka would make it toll
erably oortaiu that the corn crops Of both
Illinois and Iowa would fs far short M Of th9se o.
Importance OF me crops OF Ineso tWo o5nsoa ae to
the aggregate corn crop Of tho oh'sea !tsl otasosl
Me reter 70 tho crop reports o. Luz ABtacsnaatt B
bureau 1ot tne yoar iofA, M1cn ., sno ~ tHtpes IT,
ocla report n4e ~ Snt1e ae csop ~ sne
United States IN lsi4 va o w ~ oa o.
Which Illinois pfodacea 81 ~ 9 to"a nyoa9;
9u W n nnans " lo Oh "a ~ nm Ea s
1nu1hna tx Ia T.,
the Union pToaucea as mecn 40 Chr,
Ihefe are out tnloe llhpoi sail uat.tete @ ~ snu
United esases mnefe sne = so1 Ua
tue iaes 1our OF nye yeasa st;.,., nns J9sn
enough Ptoatot tu.n 'ne t'oAo 4n.in oonoupA1
TO 1nrnaan 4 SURPLUS 1oi o1porttaun p,,ta;a ~
neighborng statee or 1orelgn eounstlea: T.: y
these three oatfe!s ! the n95S porsnt es IN IN
in the southern and westorn part q Iowa, With
few countioa along tl!e Missouri htvor IN tho
northwestern corner OF A1saour1 ana sontaoastr
ern corner Of Nebraska, and ., t9i5d, Dat 2
Aiver, 1onth Of cairo md ns no1th Of Fort Pillow.
1he censlB report Tor ldto CONTAINS corn
map" OF tho United States. Ihs map ia tinted
u accordance Will tho rolat!So importance ot
Ind na 're ese % 's 10 'sSas he T Toe
to tho crop :. Of tho United States:
Tho three districts above mentioned
are tintod several SHADES dooper than
any o5ner paI.s OF tae un.tea sta.osI anu snow
at glance Where the exportaole surplus OF corn
comes from. from ,,..-:.. :. ,,,,-u,. ,
Ino Gfeat coIn a1dtrict o1 4Ano'b emplaccs
neatly thirty counties, and % may ee roughly out
lined by tho following Doaadar1oas w; pegtn-
ming in kanknkee County, nnd following tho
hnnkakoe and lllinots Nlsors westward TO lien @
nepln, thence sonthwostwaTa, along the Chi
cago, burlington quincy hall5o8a} 70 QulnSy,
thence BontheastWaraIy through JacksonTiue
TO about Anlnbofo. On tue lorfo aguse n d Alton
Aa,!foad, themes east"asd!y On the 9erre AaMto
nnl'road 51a 70 Mattoot, and t4epce nostn on tne
Illinois Central 1sailtoad TO Aahkakeo Coahty:
Inc thirty conntlon embraced wishin tns circuit
arc tAe only ones that hase as YET falseo cofn 10
RcM ~ to any considerable e1tont.
INC greatest coria-rals!ng diatrice OF iowa
anu tho Mlaso!G1 Aigef Is embracou WITHIN
Dohnaary when mhy DO tracoa as 1ouo~e, VIZ
IRON MaEsnAltoMn, u AiAts4nI County, Tesi- :9
ward along tho chicago Nor,hwostern Nall-
roaa 70 nenniaoh, y otaMtotu Mt9 .neHee ne
northWestward 70 sioux C11y .honce GO oown the
Mass s'ae ~ snt w., M; sof y - o. o. pa;.IP
thence eass on the Hanninal q q: zoe hanroad
70 VIZ cnlcag1 Notth"ess@uln @ !'naltoau' tnonco
%snee aor to 1no h 5n oI
IN SSs iowa seo and nine s: IN Fr 'e'ss lbs
G;apnna ~ 1.rt oo aoa a-Ass SouS S
tna ti ~ H3,. ouas@so} ano ta1t Eoea aoWA
but tho 1roights to both markets arc
q heavy tax Oh tho value OF tho corn, aud leave
the farmers 90 1ittle for their labor that for thu
last year or two thoy have been directing their
attention more to the raising Of stock. aud are
thus endeayoring to consume "a much OF their
OWN corn HH possible.
The greAtost corn-rasiug diatrict Of kentucky
md Tonneebee ia small COMPARED to the two
pho,a Ynnnt}nned n o,hr,1au aho1,t fiftao,
"o..4;a ~ .est - AZ tr' .. eEsf pt eot1
eonnt1eH, u! Wess OF the Iennossce river, and
mainly On the MiaslssinW River, from ColumbuH
nearly as Tar Bottn as tQrt IlllQW.
Tho three districts above -1rontioned ara nrnh
khfv thn nost rnnorient sources NJ aunD1v +, liz
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