, 1875-02-11
MONEY AND COMMERCE
FINANCIAL.

There wis fair amount Of activity In financial cir
ccn, despite tho very d!sagreeatc weather. The pack.
err Ht" borrowers 10 soule extent, on acconnt Of the
inrrtaRn In tlrir operations 1ne to tho increased
re. tegt The list fow days. The mercantile du-
Tnnt is not large, hnt therc ts fhir miscellaneous
dcnlnDu for Accommodation.
Hates Of discount Al tho banks 10 cr cent 10 reg
,llar cneIomcrs; Gonl outside borrowers arc netun-
n1otlnte1l 1t / or per cont le1A.
On tho street the condition OF affairs IA unehsnEed.
There 10 no dtmnut!ou IN the Immediate supply Of
funds, lu tho demand, but the market has sif-
fcu1ng tendency In yisw Of the fact thst mercantile
houses which have bseh !oantug the streets during
the winter will nocd all their money for thrr own uso
In tie spring trade and will not therefore, rs.1oan It.
Rates are 7afB per cent.
The movement Of currency to The country IL still
larger than upual n this scason. Neeepts are very
small.
New Tork exchange w,s fas At par between hanfs.
Tbr demand for currency has thrown sres amount
on this market and, bostes this, exchange IN
Lsing made by the shipment pf provisions East.
The c1earings wero $1,ocu,oa0.
Tho news from Tennoases that the Legislature had
repealed the special provision OF The Funding b for
setting apart means to pay interest on the State bonds,
appears to haYo had Injurious effect the market
for the securities Of that Etate.
HOW THE GOVERNMENT LOSES THB wft1aKY TAX.
The Cincinnati ti!ttera vera greatly c1atc over the
S,os ns nsrsss ssuea y Sn y; " nR w.
Wersern whisky towns ts,'o of Don. wetzas rIgl-
York 10 compete with tho present New York
trn rn We w IL si,asas s
cheating Cne1o sam ont Of Ills Legitimate duns. Nc
not dealing ~ ahs spscs ts n1rn1s nat s: Sss Soa
unpca.nn.ly particular III o,tr lsItienlartzag.
That hIehwinea have bee1 ecR in New York City fnr
y3 ceuts wien thB regular lrlre fn Cincinnati W
crs, is certain that shn ct II truuErorlaon from
that Nov York has been snp: H. ~ith glwiucs from
cities oher and fHrtllcr HS"s itnnl 1"rk than Gill
.sn shnpe I'd 10 New M dss 1--WE and
thc Gulf. sbjsst 10 delay ami Their natural volatile
wnete havn there been SOLD at Ds rents, and arc SUP
1paed to have realized ther manufacturer hand
tolne profit. Cincinnati niet cnal!ot by any Honest
l"ok Or cronk, p1sshly GET tlesf highwines to MY
f 'ti' tie ':tery s VIZ u uh::kysng ii: kind of .tn
duggery" AaH been known to be Practical much
Iuurs pfohable than toevt. In dfstlller haa
hundred barrels Of hhwncs to snnd 10 tho reetiaers.
lie my se: z tlo aoycEn.as,. officials 1oo harre!a
known 10 20 ou1y yJ The ten bsr1cis. Ike Rips
little below par and wlo 9O barrels duly stamped arc
boldly rolled out Tue tsout door. ten larros, xana
ay ss e. It. snt s unes .
al s a, vi! u Ky 9 sr .o
thes scliE them ssef 70 tho dislsss to bs ,,sei a.
la-slmra thu serond time. How many whisky-recti
sort af reyounes@amp lsun'rJ-roon, in which
''cloIea-linrs" daiy loaded with drying yeyHus
etliHls seanled oN from barrels, wa Nuabo 10 de-
tcsmiue TAis We do know, huNevert that such rooms
appropriated to the use teAgnated nbovs have been
known to exist. Then. toa, Government dausers mny
bs sometimes very accommodating, and for consid
eratinn-s1nouut told oaly in Hath-unAsr-qauga n
quantity Of whisky. For instance, the esntents Of
actual amount Is 10 II, Tho ist1ler glanps for ~