, 1875-11-17
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Tie West Pr0ypcrOls---Nlan
lures Increasing Apacc.
The Produce Markets steadier-..Pork
and Lard Firm---Meats Easier.
The Hog Market Nearly at a Deadlock
...packers Insist on Lower Prices.
FINANCIAL.

1}uA1neSS 1t t9 banks was ELL! qniets-to WHCh W.
that time begun to s Afforded 10 d'seass tho resuia
of he usineas OF tho closing and 1t past 1eara, and
10 form, cstin1tca for tho immediate future. Tho
drai su Of course. tie !nrReat element In the REeat
ind prosperous now 81 tasiesh fer te past sear and
osc Il low frcighs our splendid cror', and tbs fair
prices they hare yielded to producers. Tho good
prices II s to bs feared viii to 1nrgcy affected BY Tue
railway combination to pnt ZIP fr,ights to tho
nausrs ruling befoso the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Hallway was orened to this city; but It IL
believed BY many Of our Rhrevtcat bank
ere anil bnalncsa men that this unnatural ar
tangcmtnt cannpt 1ast n,any weokt. II so from hc 10
t0c pcr bu ~Il1 10 added to- tho rrire of tha rain
going forward during Tic wintnx-A nost important
lien, 10 tile farmers Of the West.
But our city ami tho West generally longer rbly
merely upon tho immense amount ut grain, rounding
m To nearly l00, 900 bn nor 10 the vaet numbers
Of live atock and dressed hogs; to the mota OF
dollars worth Of provisions and other farm products
shipped to tho Ecaboarh States md 10 Europa. Oar
manufactures havo bccopu q most important
eiemept In ths psogress Of tho West. u
was h.a!el only day ot two since on
Governmental authority that Illinois raid Into
tho Gacd States Treasury s. 00o, ,Doa moro than any
ptaes Stats in Tho Union. This eomts aiAniy tFu'u
tho 1nauufacue Of htghwlnes,-an attclc which anne
contributes teua Of millions yearly 10 Tho aesrRtc
value Of otr shipments. Cheese, ino,-11othrr farm
product.-ia largely manufactured. Ihashrft boo'A,
co,h,ng furniture, aud huudrct nasnelcss articles
also Alppca nlsrgc 1uan.l,lc1- within few
5eara, 10 represent large arl5lns III tile aGsre-
gste shptncntA Of the Veal. i IL tls adding Of val
urea 10 Tho raw material tia. IL making itself felt
largely in the growth Ind prosperity Of Int Central
gtates.
Whs a,,eh faeis show clearly whr the West ia no
prosperous. they aso explain why thr hard iimca con-
tlnue 70 louE an1 tear heartily upon tha.Sew In
gland and otllor Eastern Hatss. They hayo lost In
lafgs ther vsry best cuaomcrs, and not ouly
that hNt utAe very cuAoners are eendtnR back nanu-
Eacturel goods, aud co,npenR with them in their
own hornc markets. Hence is that new and widely
r4ttudug emigration echeiueH 10 tho new s!aca ars
tattng drhnito shape. Hence also New England
manufacturers are setklug foreign mnrhcts fur
!heir goods. Ths, it, fact ~ now TIC lcst
thing they can loBsiLly du, ai4l 1t II hoped
sill soon hrtug back prosperity u t4csr suffering
peorlc.
Draining that American manufacturers shall be able
10 sell their goods In foEdien atkcss and that the
West sbal continue to receive fs!r prizes FOR er farm
products and her manufactures as we'll tho opt1ohk
Tor early return Ut tho whole country to healthy
setivy in al departments Of buAiuess East and est,
tu1 Of III appreciation III real values Ia decidedly en-
souragnH. Our banket1 ant with tlcso
tacta before the dctlacitF hopeful not TO
ndent. OF nobHdy anticipates Wild SPECULATION.
hut nearly ali who have artfuly o1aMIned The SUBJ
tect look for healty md ca1iy return Of autsan
tla prosperity.
Tie means in the hands Of Tho bankers arc sensbIy
increasing Adsauces ulsdo weeks ago are maturing,
and In ,nUsi crsus promptly paid 6ono Ok them
brguuli,g TO talk OF having Tor ceut money, ard
Il wouId not 10 surprising II IN exceptional cases
ren lower figures might be accepted Owing to tue
e1toraiohate railway freiglts not much activity s
expected from tho grain trade, md tho fackrrn
Set to 10 relying fnasniy Oh their own re-
sourctB. Menct, "a A1o7o stated basinens At the
hanks ia quie aud the dasnd for monty ii Just nJw