National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-14
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE
HonetarY,

FINANCE AND COMMERCE. .
MonstarY.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday evening, Oct. Is.
Gold In New York to-day opened at 1l5Z, SELL
ing during the forenoon at ll5Z Il51k lI55< then
ruled at 115H@H until afternoon, when it sold 1t
l1s, closing at 1lSAG9s. Opening rate for gold
loans was 3S2 and during the day were 3-s2, 5S4,
Liz, Is2 3o4 and 332 Of one per cent. per day.
Foreign exchange was dull and weak, nomInaLy
4s0G4s4.
Money was easy at l1lG2, call loans 3@4 per
cent, Stock Exchange rates for brokers' balances
3931%, and bank rate 4.
Government bonds were dull, but prices better,
the advance ranging from StoL.
Sherman & Grant quote the buying and selling
rates for Governments, SC, as follows:
So a:......l23 @l231x 1o-4o's .....IIs7<@ Il7x
eSs, e. -.nIAQl1sH Gold. -...IlsA@ =
6-SO,s, g.. .nsN 9l19Z New fiyes. ..I1s2 9uTN
e-5o,s, o.. .ll9l4 QllSN Curry ,365's 50 q 65H
S-5C,s' new. -.IsA @1l9A Foreign exchange:
o-1Os, oI-- .llszRYl20R Three days ......-..44
sIZOs, o. .I2o110l21 Sixty dsys..........45o
State bonds quiet and nominal
Tennessee s's. old g Alabama s's....... s2x
vIrE!Hla s's.. new. esC sG s.:::::::: s
%: eonsoi 8 N. GsiOlins, old.
Loo''' S Sta $. cs arc 8 eii tax: :.
texsss::::::::::::::::::: r. 3d. SS R ReS 81
Stocks closed dull, but with better feeling,
Inc following are the closing rates for the
active STOCKS, telegraphed to Sherman & Grant
from the New York Stock Exchange:
Pacific Mail ........ $50 Erie..........1 ssk
Northwestern. 49,. S4z Q. and NJ ........... i5I
Rock Island .1oS7t Union Pacifc .....: SO
Do pref :::: q Missouri Piciio.. -: ~
Y. U. l. C........ 81
Messrs. Sherman & Grants dispatch quotes
the following total sales Of stocks:
Pacific Mail. .......17 900 Erie.............. 500
Western Union. $1,000 Ohio and Miss. 500
NorthWest......... !, 500 wabash ........... 70
Rock Island....... 500, Union Pacific ..... 5000
st. Paul ........... 4, 900
The Sub-Tressury balances at New York, to-
The su6-Trsssufsr paid out j., 90 on Sccouns
Of interest, and $4,000 for bonds. Customs re-
Our London dispatches say the amount of bull.
Hon Withdrawn from the Bank Of England on
balance to-day was E32,OO1
Consols, 90 1916, for both money and the sc-
count; ". 5. bonds, 1855, old, 1859, ex coupon:
1919, lOI7s; new lives, l0SS, excouPon; Erie, IS
nominal, and transactions are subject to the ac-
ton Of the Bank of England.
Our Paris dispatches quote reutes at IS frsnoE
Is csntimes, and exchange on London IS francs
q confines for short sight.
Commercial.
No material change in our quotations from yes
terday. Wequote as before;
WASHINGTON WHOLESALE MARKETS
Fiour-Fsmily. standard brands, S7.5Oa7. rs; do.
trade brands, s6.75a7.25; extra, s625a8 rs; SUPER
s5a55o; fine, s450a4.75; middIing, s3 T5si Is: Fye
s4!5a525; corn meal, bolted, 7Sas0c. do unboItsd'
Grain-Wheat prime to choice, s1.s5a1. 4s; do.
iair to good, sL25al. 81; corn, yellow, No. /, T5s
nc; do, No. T3a75e.; do, white, No. /, 7Tasoc;
do. new Western bright 4ss52c ;do do. mixed. IS
4se;; do. damaged, +oc; rye, coarse.
othy, s2ia2I do, mixed, sffs2i: straw rye. Ala
10; 10 oats, s!Oal2; do. wheat soas; cut hay, per
Butter-N. Y. half frkin tubs, irsts, s4a3sc.
do do. do. seconds Soa33c.; do diaries, frsts S0a
Sc; do. do. seconds, 2Sa3oc; selections Western,
Roll, Va, Pa. and Md, frsts, 25a2sc.; do. do do
no, SECONDS, AaZ2c.; DO DO do do. thirds, 17slso.;
14c; do. Western, frsts, 23a25c; do. do Seconds.
lss9Ce; 90. do thirds, 1Ssl4c.; roll do, hrsts, Is
grease, lOc.
Eggs, 24a25c
al4c; do. fair to good, s11<alO1zc.; Western fsS-
tory, choice, new, 1la12c.; do. do. fair 10 good
saSc; skinned, case; half skinned. salOc
live nsr sno Ssme-onckens so; ducks,
Dried Fruits and Nuts-Apples, fancy, sliced,
Ease; do bright rs do 7ssc.; do. common mo- sdO.
SSy psr Is Ps ssd strictly ehG sS o5 and
do. rs do. 5a6c.; cherries, pftted new, per B.,
2Oa22c; blackberries, per h., SAGE; peanuts com,
mon, slal26; prime, sl75a2; chestnuts, per bush,
Green Fruits-Pears, common, per barrel s2s
.; Sick E and Dutehess pears, per box, s2.s;
per Dbl, 81 5Oa3: peaches, common, per box SOC
AL; do. choice do, s125a2 grapes, per ID, 8al2o
13s15c.; do. do. shoulders, do, IOaIic; do. 40.
sides do, l3a14c; pork, do, 94a1O1Sc; lard coun-
Live Stock. @csttls, oo onoD, agzass do:
butcher, S1a414c.; do, extra 5a51c.; hogs, ordi.
nary ISaIs2zc; DO, fail, l19ll]4c; sheep, H1asoi
mon, s2a3; calves, prime, 611a7c; do Common.
415a519e.; COWS, each, s2Oa4O.; do, common, go
THE MARKETS ELSEWHERE.
NEW YORK, Oct. l3-Cotton firm; sales of O4q
bales at 14G143sc. Consolidated net receipts
9l,O92 bales. EIpOrts-Great Britain, 20ST bales;
France, $40 bales; continent, 10, S34 bales; chan
Flour dull; prices strongly in buyers fsyOr:'
superfne Western and State, s515G5.5O; common
s6.0566.50; common TO choice white wheat western
extra, $oooG7:SO; fancy do, s7.55G8.50; common
e2fS Sc extra ou HhS pssn sTT
good to prime, s.7O97 so; choice to double extra
Gs6Glo Southern -four is quiet and heavy;
common to fair extra, S5.70G6.SO; good to choics
de-, s6S5Ge. Wheat opened dull, and closed
about lc. better, with pretty good export demands;
No. Chicago, latter choice oloTed and screened:
sl.14 for Nos. and Chicago mixed; sl.I4fll.l5
IOF 30 !: asT "a zee 81 t0r SGS and do
sl.25Gl.26 for No. Northwest; S127GI29 for old
and new No. Milwaukee; sl33@LS4 for No. 1
milwaukee; s1.3T for No. Sheboggsn; sL2O9l.I2
for sound new and old winter red Western; sl22
OLA for sound new and old amber Western:
f.Sogl:SS for do white Western: Corn 192c:.
az decline; 7OG12c for steam Western mixed;
T214@7Sc. Tor sail do; 73G731<c for high do. and
ern mixed. Oats heavy and lower at 3sG55e; new
mixed and white mixed Western, 45@49c.; white
do, SOgSSs Hay unchanged; S597Oc. for ship.
Z1Ic., gold job lots, 194G211c., gold. Sugar
quiet and steady at TzGsc. for fair to good refn-
standard A; 1Oa Gi05Sc for graduated and pow
dered; llZc. for crushed. Molasses-Grocery
Grades 9nchs1ssd and fair InGIiTy Rcs steady
TalloW quiet and steady; city, 1O7sc. Resin Arm
4sc. for spirits Leather firm; hemlOcE sole,
Buenos and Rio Grande light, middle and heavy
wsgats GEO. W SslifGrnis do 2SSsc cO
Texas, i5Gs3c. Pork quiet and easier; new mess,
job lots, $2SG2325. Beef unchanged. Lard heavy
at 14G14 Lido. for prime steam. Whisky quiet at
sL171. Freights to Liverpool firm; cotton, sail,
SIG; steam, T,l6GH.
BALTIMORE, Oct. l3.-Cotton strong and active;
Flour dull; Howard Street and Western Fam
iIy, ssG7; other grades UNCHANGED. Wheat dull;
a IS; Pennsylvania red, s1.25gl2; Maryland
red, sl.o5@l 20; do. amber, s1.45@L5o; do. white,
T0975c.; do yellow, T267sc.; Western mixed TOlIc.
Oats dull but steady; Southera, 4OG47c; Western
white, 45646c.; Western mixed, lG44o. Rye
quiet and steady 81 759s2c. Hay qaiet and
steady; Maryland and Pennsylvania timothy,
s2O024. Provisions quiet and heavy. Pork
firm at s23 SOFA. Bulk meats-shoulders, va
loc.; clear rib sides 1910, loose; packed, 1O58
1870. Bacon quiet; shoulders, 105zc.; clear rin
sides, 141SG15c. Hams. 1511G16c. Lard steady;
refined. 145S6l4Xc. Butter firm; Western ex-
tras, 3oc.; DO. hrsts, 25627c. Petroleum nomi-
naIly unchanged. Coffee quiet but firm; Rio car.
goes, 1eG2l13c; jobblng, 191zG22Ac. Whisky
dull and heavy at s1-1711.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 13.-Cattle-The market dur
Ing the early part OF the week was fairly active,
but towards the close became dull. Very best,
1890; first quality, 4749S7kc.; medium or
Zood isir quality; e9tzsc.; ordinary thin steers,
oxen and COWS, 3G4c.; most sales, 1880; re-
,eipts 4033, sales 24S6. Hogs have been only
active, and prices are 1G911c. lower;
range, 10G1lHc.; receipts, 6,035. Sheep have
been steady, with fair demand; range, 1850;
lambs, S2G4; receipts, g. 40
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