National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-19
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.


were quoted at 6sll98s5S (exintersst) for lots oil
about 5000, and $50 36S5f for $50 and 500 lots
Green SIS ranged between 9O@9l. Water certin,
Gates, 81; FiYe-year certificates, S9H 9l0sK
Ten-year bonds, So bid.
II the rates for guaranteed SS5's had been
lowered to oS there would have been considerable
activity to-day, as we have 'bears" among Us
VINO are waiting for 5566S Activity In District
bonds must commence soon in view Of the surplus
OF money In New York, which Is great M q ct
for our securities To show the Comparatively
Horthlessness Of money at New York loans have
been made during the week as low as per cent
1t will, no doubt, be good financial move to sell
out Governments at the advance and buy in
guaranteed sos, for they will certainly rsSsds
unless there is very great activity In trade cir-
elss, whereby lOanable funds will be made profit
ably useful other stocks and securities beinS too
high for general Investment. Since the recon-
mendation Of the security committee Of the New
1ork stock Exchange the guaranteed 3-55's will
probably be soon placed upon the Official list
! perceptible advance In their value.
IN New fcrk to-day gola opened at 1I5SI, and
has been 9qiet during the day, with all the sales
at n5@ll51a, closing at lis. The rates paid for
DorrroWlng were and 2per cent per annum and
Ia per diem. Foreign exchange dull and IN
changed. In the money market czif loans were
! 39533 per cent, and prime mercantfSe paper az
10 61E closing active and higher for cali loaas-l
Government bonds have been dull and steady.
! closing brm. Messrs. H. d. Cooke, Jr. & Co. re-
port the following rates at the I'D board tsIs-
change:
s'slssl; eoupoa......l2eE S2O.s, 1868 coupOa i2lI
s3S isS3 coupon rs. l-8O's, coupon ......II6f
s-5g,s' 1885, coup0a: l2I4 Currency ......I2i
5-sO's Iss7, coGposIsi,s ''''''A" S''u-'''' lbs
In Stlte bonds cid Tennessees were Il lower:
Virginia sonsols 1 per cent. lower, and Missouri
bf.sssrs. FIask & Stsse this evening say: "Ths
STOCK market opened steady at about yesterdays
closinA : SlncSthen Worsing irregUllrly. Panama
and P.Aclnc II all strOp1 and advancing: Union
Pacific, Weston Union and Northwest stsady-
Lake shore an5 uhiOs heavy. and Erie of from
The market Is undoubtedly auder the control OF
Mr.. Gould: but while Conference.-The strength of
zone man power under certain circumstances
. ws-Sre not prepared to believe thai he can MAJ
age the market despite the powerful influences
Of the general status Of trade throughout ths
snanrial axiOms. While ne may feel coahdent
ii his power q leOdcI, he is too shreWd to putt
aSaEnSt the tide OF current events.
''As long as reports CO i'm proving business in
mercantile circles encourage the balls W. may
expect hTmaesS in stOekSS but we must also LOOK
fsss Sobe the strongest OF bulls, for they are rs
quick TO bag profits as any of the smaller Op-
erEtoT1. Their has been very noticeable de-
mand to-day f5r Pachc Hail, aad We hear re-
neHed T1fnOrS that the differences with Panama
are adjusted, but nothing de2snite has yet tran
spirsd. The marIet closes steady, at . Attle OF
from its test"
In comIanicarlon the day before, nEessrs.
Trask s SroDe ss.d: There y something going
on IN Erie which does not appear on the ssrfSye.
al the stock recently sold blythe German
bankers he7sIs TAX sa by parties WhossIdOm trade
lp it," --H'lI
The active stocks closed as fOIJws:
Pseihc u all. ~ Northwest :........ AZ
Western Untoh... - Northwest pref. 50
81. Paul pref. $50 Erie: .:........... Srf
Ohio and MIss..... ~. wabash .......:.. :. 49,
Union Pacih s...... 72l4 A. and P. pref. AZ
The week closes with a buoyans feeling that
there will be iu>DBOYed activity in New York
mercantile and commercial circles and an ad-
vance in the vi'qSof securities.
AtIYiees from Lesdon report the market for Sc
eu-ities quiet al d steady.
interest, and sl9 200 IA called bonds making the
The specie hipL[ents for Europe to-day
amounted to sl9I 1000, Of which $4,000 was in
gold eeiu and the remainder silver bars. --
The bank state ment shows a net gam in re-
serve Of SiSO,5OO. The banks now hold excess
Of reserve TO the extent Of S9,7O2,l75 being mp
ward Of million more t1an last week.
Commercial.
There is buOyan tieelirg prevailing in District
mercantile circles view Of the steadily increas-
ing business, parties larry IN the large wholesale
lines. The increased movement in -four has been
almost URiiormly 81 STAINED during the week.
The demand for stor age in Washington is larger
than it has been for several months. Smaller
dealers, as a rule are also making larger pur-
chRses as a s1fegusrl against advanced prices.
The market preyiOu sly reported, has been we'll
sustained.
This has impaired q eater armness to grain at
the sympathetic adVaI ce early in the week
Wheat is aStiEe in Washington beyond the sup
ply; that is to say, "shO rts" are INDUCED in to
81. 40, though the common ktnds'st sl2O are more
iiftcult In GeOrRetoWn wheat is active and frm,
there are millions Of Dusht Is back In the eSu1trT
and almost a certainty for large yield In July
there will probably be no ecline in prices soon.
Washington has been " ell supplied with coal
Tor months past, aud prices haTs been uniform.
There has been little apprehension of a scarcity
here. The difficulties between tbs parties TO the
INTERRUPTION OF the coal trade the GhaSqDaaEa
and Ohio canal have now assumed a faVOrabI
aspect, and, once settled, the movement will no
1Oubt, be larger than usual 1t is generally busy
along the Waryes at GeOrgetOWnt5is time Of the
year, but it is now per force unusually dull
The Borden Mining Company have received
during the week only $500 tons, and shipped To-
Eastern ports 900 tons. The receipts during
the same week 1874 were 500 tons and the ship
Gents $40 ions. Decrease in receipts $500 JOlS,
and in shipments 5,316 tons. During the week.
Pnding last Wednesday evening 50 boats cleared
,wt. of coal.
The shipment OF Cumberland coal for the week
ended April 10, amounted to Is. $40 tons Is cEta
decrease compared with the corresponding week
II last year Of 5,744 tons ID cUt. For the year %
hat date 5Gs,S7S tons acwt were shipped, show,
Dg decrease compared with like period OF 1874 or
20, o4T tons Is cUt. Baltimore and Ohio railroad
decrease, 4S,I9S tons 10 cwr.; Pennsylvania rail-
road increase, l,OO5 tons IL Gwt.: Chesapeake and
Ohio canal decrease Is ls4 tons Il eWt.
The local markets are active, and prissa as a
rule are upward Coffee is decidedly drmsr,
Thile sugar is hrm. In provisions the advances
which have been motel from time to time
are sustained. though they will not probably
stationary Tor awhile and the decline wi depend
upon the manner in which large lots now held
will be placed in the market,
Whisky is steady az Sl25 for pEOOE.
NEW YORK, April ll-EVeniug-FlcuE quiet
md steady. Wheat dull and lower; spring, sl.I9
ll25. Corn dull and lower, At 9l1%l992c. Oats
lHiet and and steady. at I5I75J4c. Rye nominal,
u s6cS Barley steady; Canada West, SL45
9 L50. Provisions generally quiet. ROrk easy at
luiet and steady, at .Sllil%. EreiGhts, $685.
JhaIters, 5 TO Cork for orders, +6@4 direct.
Wheat dull; No / Western amber, sIS3: No. 2
y. 20: mixed do, Do No. Western red, Sl.2y;
10 . do, Sl27: other grades unchanged. Corn
iHll and weak: Southern white, s56SSc.; do. yell
OW, ss6sec.; Western mixed, sT14e. Oats dull;
Southern, TO6T3c; Western white, TOGT1c.;
I.f2 si Is. Hay Dali and Unchanged. ' PrSTi'
lions strong and baoyant. Pork quiet but firm,
e: Gear rfb sides. Ilye, for az Soass lo o
ODbing packed, sA8l2c. Bacon arm; shoulders
sc; clear RIB sides, 1Sc. Hams, I448l5c; Lard
or new, dull for old; good to extra dns Western
abs and rolls, new, Z7GSOc.; old, l682lc. Coffee
aS az io0 70 R RfSs h ssssdg io'
PHILADELPHLA, April 1T.-Eiour irn but less
siivs; very LIE Increment abroad S sales Of
smily extras, S566; fancy brands at tS25@S.
Y heat less h-n: small sales Of red at sL2sGLSO,
i Sl.l0. COsn is coming il freely, and the de-
D and Is limited; sales Of k6sO bushelS yellow
u voc. OatS are StrOng, anu iurther sales OF
500 bushels Western WhiAe were madS at Tl0
&c. Glover seed less active. whisky Is GuIets
mall sales Of Western. lron.bOund SarrJls at
lila.
CHICAGO. April I5-Eheat active, and lower,
It u. or fUr May and sl.05J$ for June. UOrn ac-
i've and 6rmer, at 76i ylI65s &C. for NAY and 1916.
or June. Oats, 6lLSc. Tor May snG<o1IIc. bid Tor
une. Lard, $l5.TO Ter June. PORK, sZ23Il4 for
Tune. Whisky, s1.12.
TOLEDO, April IT,-wheat tr-aer and in fair
lemand; No. red winter, sL2O fer May; Sl2l for
lunes No amber. Michigan, 81 is for cash; 81 10
or May; 81 214 for June; sL2S for July: No. l
white spring, sA22lH. Corn Unchanged; high
mixed, 16lIc. for CASH Oats hFmeE: Michigan,
Ae.: No. l, e2<c.; No. 2, ere; No. l white,
55Ee. Receipts, 5000 bushels. shipments, $500
)1Shels.
MILwAUKEg. April IT-gheat weak; No. l,
l-OI; No. 2, SL024,; do. Sl.3S4 for May; Sl0iA
or June. Cam steady; nigh mixed, f4c. Oats
teady; No. 2, COO. Rye t7n; No. l, Sll2. Bar
ey hrm; No, spring. l.,S
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