, 1875-02-20
MONEY AND COMM mERCE
FINANCIAL.

Everything VAR dull In financial circles yestsrdsy.
The cleat,pTa wero reported At tbs s.o low figures -
the day BEFORE 900, and there vaa no variation
from, tho monotony Of tho situation.
ThS deuand for leans waa light. The hcavlcst ai'-
rlcation* are t.il thnse which sde 10 grain
or provisions though thcss not relatively large
a. i1ey ha.o been. Tic iacount Lines Of the Lanks
Aru 10 well ausAtncd la few heavy applications tnr
accommodation could 1o entertained nonc ate sst
itcd The sustlon IL easy. The packers arc borrow
Ing In sorus qnkrtsrs. Ths mercantile demand con-
tLnuea smAIt aexe1erhtcd eoH,ew hat by tho hsdu@s
Of collections, which aro very SLOW.
atcs Of dlscouns 10 per cont 10 regular CUSTOM
on, and 10 good oaie borrowers or per cent cas
On tho street, ths market Was unchanged. Lenders
havs Ampto rcsouEces 1t her contro! TO rnte this de-
nand, which ia not rsesaiug. Rates 7@l per cent
Modernte shipmcn4 Of currency zro dtf making 10
Tho country for lIoRs. .-.....
New York e1ehaugn VIA hrner 1t 23@bes discount
for 900 botvecn hanks, with decidedly hardening
tendency. ... .......
wAsH1NuroxA BIRTHDAY.
Au ths banks havr aigned m agreement TO cloas on
tie 3l INIT, Monday next IN the usna! observance Of
wa.hnE.ons birthday. No business wilt bs tYanaaos
I'd by them on that day.
oun tAvT IS DANKs,
The Banking Committees Of The illinois IAsisla-
tuss hars prepared law to cfectuato ths pro-
vision Of tho stxte Constitution for quarterly
statements from Tic Btata banks. II The brief
synopsis forwarded BY telegraph correctly
presents tho lee&urrs Of this proposed law,
tie Banking Committees haso CONS aatssy. Their law
,,at. .,,t.m.n., ot t,.ir condo,, In, th,
an,si,, un.nnounrr1 examinations. wItbont which
w.. .,.,os,an,s III, ho
NO nETTEn THAN ADVERTISEMENTS,
left nnrroyidcd for, Tits In fatal omission. It
Ia singular omission, when ~ remember that The Sc-
se BANKING Committee IL under tbs Chairmhnshp Of
,asnt ~ ~. Fs,,v a. ytne. tns;tu,Ion .nd tnox,
~,.t or5,,r. ioatl,tor, ,rtuht m, ~ a.nrcte5 In
knov-th,t nrs,,er1y .,,t.n.nt. nnacconranIc, nv
~, ,o,.,r fos noi.;,1 .,,,nin.tion ~ ti,air acc,i
rscx' .rs wnrlh ,othlne' liz t,,ow, that ,Lcy aro
xor,h lea, than notno for Will. ,bey are command
vi ~ . cro,n,ous n,h,Io by ths s.nctnn AZ .v. u
aauv rhIch r.rI1,a IN n
No PROTECTION ro THE prn11u.
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st x,rr f,,,,.r.4.. n xor,1 ,o ho,., ~ tn,t rona
,o,o -.,prra ri. .,vt,c. ,,,nte of M, cx rr,,,,
yerr few erssp,ou,. mate ouAHtrv s,,tement. now.
md .urnr;.fnclv nco, .ta,cmcnts inv n,e. Al, NJ
,ho,, INT +G, .,.nt. th,t mis- TN ,c.t.,,nr,n,
,,tcm.,a .rc ,ot n.,rsari,Y Tia 1cst ,,ant. a. Mr.
1,,tne, .,ul Tho ,,topY. tnov7 Tho nTuoo.ed l,w
o,,a d. ,n,hno 1s., tscb,.,ons M, a. NV. ibo ~
nu,o ~ s.,. aocnarn,, n +he .dvcr,fs.nen, NJ ~,
h,nt,
Thft q mt h.t IN. ,n,.re,,. ~ fl, nuhc ,,d III.
tnnks - we'll demand In statfa iiks MaR,.ehnse,s.
Hptlo Istu. and CONNECTICUT. the savings hanks arc
under m efficient stnte supervision There tho say.
INN derositors utn larrely Of ths manufacturing
caases III, tines h,vp been "a hard az they hare been
btrs. and vrt dhto.ta b,ye incrca.sl from vrar In
year In Chfcau On ths other hand tl,s .ltpos,ts of
tbs savings banIs
AnE NOT IA tAnor
INV Al ,bsv ,r.rs n.,r1v ..,t x.,t. 40, rvs~v m,
tnoar t.t IN, At ho rr,.nn, i. ,t IN In. Ia,t tbrrs
yn,r, III, ,,rino, trno,I,or. In III. r;lv b,,. lo,t
shon. tsn nm by ,ha fai,u,a ~ .,rt,u. INN, ~.
,ovnr, hsrt, n+ rh,ra,o nd ths s.,,a r., ,n,1cr
,yse,n ~ ftrrca1on.shtv tnd ,tn,,, to "a rsmod,c,
tho pnhlio viii mt rrcoyrr thrir oonAdsnca.
Nj. u.ln,a n ,tactc,fiv 1.m,II,r .tth tbn t,h of