, 1874-04-04

| AAeie MAS botuo shlN ABOUT circulating phpol
on 'ohaugc for signatures, demanding Of Tho Dl
reotors Of tito Board Of Trado an explanation o.
tho why md wherefore that august body invostet
Sonic @14, ,000 In Chamber OF Oommoroo stool
| nftor having, aolomnly resolved !" not to do Il
agaln." II can acarooiy 10 that oortaln members
are so much afraid Of being turnod out OF ths
building tint thoy fool thoy 1nrHt own 1t to pro
won't such q catastrophe. II DO 80, thon popu.
1ar opinion iB wrong for once, as tho general I'M
prOgslon Ia tho 0tlor way.
This being Good Friday, was gonorally oh.
sorvod ns holiday IN produce circles in London,
no dfspatchos from th6ao points, and operators
horo wero obliged to operate on 1glut thoy con.
coivod to DO tho morltB OF tho oaHe without as.
s'staneo from elsewhere. Tho markots wore.
as good many oaora ioid o or roas o1'oratoa sSt.xSa
moro aparing[y than uBual, on finding that CHI
cago was, for tho nouce, loft to Its own ro-
B0urces.
No news has boon received from tho Straits Of
hleoktnnw mp to O'Clock to-day but the thor
nometor at Alpona and EBcanaba stood at IL and
IL degrees ut o'clock this morning. aud tho fall
ing Of snow here, though not heavy, was not cal
culated to brighten the hopes Of those who wished
much carfior than usual. Yet tho day WIS tho
first Of tho aoauou In potential sonsc, rs eomo
charters wore reported, and 1t was rumorcd that
so7eral others had boon taken, or yossols boon
orleroa to load On owners aceoant, to the OK
q wide exaggeratton. Tho preparations for mov-
lug out arc not 10 rapid rs this, though thoro is
undoubtedly botter inquiry from Drittah and
Eastern operutors about tho cost Of gtain and
on the ocean and by rail to tho Bonboard.
Dry goods woro in good demand, and tho tone
Of tho market for all standard cotton produce
tions 'vas sensibly flrmor thnn at the boyinuing
of tho weols. Thore wore no price ollangoa
tttv NJ >rtn Tn H.
dogreo Of activity was witnessed, with no quota
bio chango In va1uos. Sugars were less firm
than on the preceding days Of the woek, while
ooorocs woro hold with moro confidence.
wore firmly maintained. The buttor mar- %
kot was moderately active and eaRy. Re-
celyera Beom anxious to prevent my augmeu-
tatton Of atooks and ovipce willingn ees 10 oon-
onable them to effect sales. Cheese remains
firm, under fair demand aud scant supplios, at
10@l7o for mild Wostern factory, and at 17@18o
for Now York do. Canned goods ARC quiet and
fruit markets. thero were no new foatures, trade
ruling quiet at nbout steady ratos. Ooal Ia iu-
acttve and weak. Pig iron, leather, tobacco.
and wood remain quiet at former quotations:
Paints nre active. OILS met with good inquiry
At the lumber yards fair number of or
doris from tho country wero received aud placed
ct tho current pricea., 6hingles on track aro
1211c lower, now quoted at e9.12116@3.25, aud
navt tn c ;ucrosn in fo rocotnts H. ls uge ~
by water having boon quite liberal Of Into. Tho
offerings at the wholesale market were small
and chiefly pieco-atuff, which la quoted nominal
as sl1.ooegll.og por N. -Ihe intorior demand for
~ Ill tho lending staples ara steady. Tin la
rather weak owing to an unsettled foeling East,
but without quotable change. Naval stores wore
in fair retail domand and atoady. Ropes,
ospoclallY MANILA, arc frm, and an advance
Building mstorisls wore steady. under q fair To-
Gu demand; Ilmoshy seed WAS dull except
choice 4nailsfes. which met with moderate iu-
9a.Iy rcea Wor9 r easier Other seeds were
msin nr,ot aan hroog WOOL aha nops re-
JUL . ahu easlor; Ihou9n Gnoce varieties, owing 70
scarcity, were a nell nfmly. PGuitry 1a IN light
supply ana nrm: Eggs wereaelltng at 12}4@19c.
,n Lake g tre,ghts were @ qa1et. put thoro was somo-
were " reporis takon which will carry out about
ported On private terma. which was generally
regarded GLASS; as Egg OF weatnoss IN rates.. Tho
95s 1o y pfGGnDo meuFGs worS a1o 70 osweso md
ea eatliers aakod f15o.
: heh"lnes Wero quiet and unchanged, In the
ansonee o. any aspa.ohes, except ono from Gin
en eannatl, auoslng that market trm ct o2o. Sales
psoylsionS n, were again active and strong This
remafa appnea ohlehy to mess pork. az for two
or three days past that being IN urgent demand,
at a. sava1se o. 2oo Per while ard an
not much demand. Hogs wcro. plenty and
and from other RQnts n
,' isr progress: But ths will only affect The sup
ply & OF meats .a a and LARD. Tho hogs ore not tat
enough to make mesa pork; honce tho stock
81, 9f that J., on which epeoustora may, operate
during a5 the summer may bo said to be lin sight"
there 10 11t much to tho back Of es The pork
10y no" ar IN ohicago as mostly II strong hands, and
prices. g. while these anxious to got into the
aeai arc so numerous as to make, the
n1 market very active from their buying alone.
The market closed quiet at the following range
@ O. pr!ees I Mess, pork, cash Or seller Aprll,
$lo.s111@1o.9o; 90 seller May, s19.o274@1G:o5;
90 a sellor June, SiG:2o@lG.25;- do aol)or Sop.
temoer, sl:i27a9l3.25; prime mesa pork. as
a'l3.oo; extra prime do, 9l2.25@12.50. Larl,
cash Or solier April, 99.8o@9.32h; do sellor
nlay, 9s4ofag.4t1; doaelor June, $9.60@9.G212z.
sweet" plolad hams. oA@1011o per ib for 1850
u ID averages; dzy-sa!ted moats, loose, at 5slc
mi aHHf4Hf f/x Ill