, 1875-10-25
tligl Frcigltts and Their Effect
OIL Producers.
The Produce Markets Irrcgn1ar.''Spot
Pork and Wheat Strong.
Other Markets Tame--small Shipping
Movement in Grain.
FINANCIAL.

pur,to the rlst stek dark and threatening horts-
cloud has Tho husncsa and the financial In
&cress Of Tho West On is btAek surfacc drawn In
The suggestive colors In which Mcphisto delights 10
DWELL splears tho form Of Commodore Vanderbilt,
tfs foo. on tho mock Of poor John W Garrett, Of tho
Bslttlnore 0hio and hts 1ong skinny fingers Rrasr
Ing At the splendid crop Of Tie West. Avarce. gIasy
and insauabe glcams out In esery feature and yet
sArdoDto Nrn flsy bo detected tic rnfllious ha
hopes e1to.t from tho hard csrninga OF TIC West hy
o1urbisant fre9hta her soducts to- tho seaboard.
II may be we'll 10 lint to .hIa remosresa rsrato in tho
eonrse Of bis long lilo 1esJuE moro grinding trbhta
uron the commerce of the country than evtr LaNto
did upon that OF tho Gulf at Mexico TINT In tho el
hia grasptnR arArtcs will be To defeat itae1f For
tho last two ytara, through tho competition Of tho Dal
tmore h Ohio HALLWAY, tho rropio Of the wcst hare
had reasonable freichs. Under ita healthy lnilurnco
tho Changers went to sleeps but they not drad as
Vanderbilt and bis confederate hlarkR fondiy hapr,
This proposed oppression will wake them Into
stronger and desperate life than rrcE before
Five years ago they burnt within tas than soJ
miles Of Chicago beca.so extortionatc frchss E'ado
It cheaper thhn coal ThcBc railway MuEnatss may as
wtll know that tho people will md way to break
through veated rights. harke.i crcn l'y hrl'dred
Dartmouth College iecisona, When eraetion has
reached tho limit Of endurance. LIT them l'e wtse
while they MAY: b coutent with reasonable rroass,
and all will bc we'll.
As thsse exturttonato fre,shss nu4t virtually tomo
In part out Of every n,ans packet Mt tho Wcat bc lie
LlnRer, norrhan manufacturer, aud even down to the
hodcafrer-A multitude too hnntro,ls and too tpwcr-
tulto b. successfully rcAIsed ia horctl tue warning
here given NAV haro oect even upon tho sel8sh
greed OF Eastern railway natlaEers.
THE PAST WEEK.
Thu weather. during the wesk, with Tho exception OF
atunday, wns apcaiid. Tho Wholesale ieaIess had
atcntty Active tradc while tho retailers had most
ceptalle ttneht. Tho strst!a wesn full uf people,
and everything wofe cheerful, hcrcful aspect.
Collections net quite all that tlcsirane With
tho fact the from country cnrrSsponehta
that tho tarmcrs al exceedingly busy threshing
and doug other fall work, aud they therefore Lava
time to como 10 town and settle hIls. They will bo
sure 10 Get around In duo to thoy have Tho prod.
Ace 10 mako MI who deal With them happy,
Tho woek past marked by asca1y decline in de-
posIts. both hero and In New Tors. Chicago banks
havc drawn on Now York, and country banks hnyo
made steady ind IarRe dra!ts Chicago, both for
discounts and currency. A. speculative reoiects
can be detected, TIC sign Ia hopefa ouc, II slwa
an acttve movement In crops and generally In the
business OF the country.
Tia market for exchange during the week h.a bscn
woak and dropping. Tho closing ngurcs "tra 6upt73
per g. 00 ltscount. Tho lsrge purcascs b5 tho city
amounting to oonsilefaDg moro than $500 005 III AL
dttion to usual saie# simply relieved tho market for
the moment but had effect in strengthening rEtccs
Very considerable parcels OF currency Wcfo received
b. some Of tho banks from Now York.
Money has bean gradually working closer. owing 10
tie immense drafts country correspondents ayo 1alo
upon out tanks. Therp Is M appearance Of actual
scarcity, however, customers In city au country
have been fslly supplied. or course MI arc conlnc
70 legitimate trnte. No countcuanco sccom,nols-
tons ara afforded to mrro srecuiators in anything.
Ciosc adherence 10 banking principles has for the
present yeary driven Out Of sight the entire OF
spectators.
Discounts as usua1. 10 per cent and nr,n. We hear
Of Two banEp TINT atl bavD ctcap nnfey on