, 1876-05-20
Bank Business Dull, and Loanablo
Resources Growing,
a,w York Exchange Weak.-Light Country
Orders for Currency.
IL New York Losing Her con'
tnerclas Supremacy?
Tbs Produce Markets Generally Tend.
ing Dowuward--.Provis"
ions Dull.
f3realstuffb In Fair Demand, but Easl'
er...Short Selling and Small
Receipts.



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Nothing oceHrrd 10 Vafy thn mono'ohy ot tnc
financial sttaat'on hut mo appearance o' tao
Comptroller a. pofro"cr m Denal1 y, the c'ty.
The NaNtctpal Government ~ IN 'mnieaia'o neea
Of few hundred tnouHand ou!lhFs, anu 'Ae D"mAo
have been offered The loan II they ''ke Inc security
No doGn!to result was feachea f'facf man gen.
cra1 agrcemcnt among tic oauKcrf ssstca tn*t 'no1
won'd bo glad 70 aa7nhee tas t"nas "eeoca toe
certificates we're 60 drawn tna' !'efc so'tu ~ II"
dispute about tholf TalisllfTt ront WHEN inso'cs
the settlement OF tho Mayora'ty 9"c"tlon' no ceF'
tihtates wonia be takch u sueFo "e9c ang nanbef
TINT tho signing Mayer shoala MOI prove 70 % tac
HShtfnl Mayor.
Tho loan market "ns inactive. Inc oahRe nave
surplus Of loanahle resources. for Which thcre
hru hut few ann1icants* INC nccas OF the regular
castometn Of tho hanRs arc never !arga AZ ta's
season, aHd, as colccs'oho ore mr. inc amoanto Of
new paper offered ID cone'ocsaoly scsa u'an Tue
amount Of maturing paper paid. ING country
banks ARC holding large proportion OF sae hu.
vanccs made to them. TIC farmers havo not Jct
bad tho lcsnro 10 market tnele ptoauco.
lsates OF dtcoant arc qaotea at oqplo per cent ~
regular customcrS- coneees'ona arc madc 70 sooo
outside borrowers. .....-,
On tho strcet' fascs afo oaa1e per ecnt Hosincs'
!sScEy quiet.
Now York exchange WAN weak, and sold NJ "9c
pc. 81, GOO premium hctwccn banks.
~ orsar. ~ rr,rsrcS. Sa7S "'@' '''S' 80 >'
- - u44sto '.s &a4'oaes. m, mn
Ino e1caf1hss were ~ wv, wv. . u
rnENAur7
sn<cto, c,r,x<nondenrr ~ TIM Tvtaun<.
NEW YonE, May 17.-For mnny months post
good deal Of complaint has been heard among lusl'
ness men here Of the constant decrease in this city
Of ecvcra c,aeses Of trade, principally among tho
lobnlng interest. rms ta,R naa ocen 1epfessea 'oE
hs.r soe7 ays seeee a.e
10 the sound Of their own voices they have begun
"a tnte Ink ] ennsase. % aud ars realy combining to nro.
vent, II possible further decay of the commerce Of
the city. It seems that tho complaint really be-
gan--silcntly, howaver-whea tho Immediate
foct- ny that law 4 became possible
for mo merchant. @ ,,- to ,esse Now os. York ok
tas,, .nu su ,n., srnnE -. Ma, ,sho.n., er
.mmealato'I nloW was "uush ~ ass iao'.1.', ne'
House, and, In proportion To the amount Of gooda
ust IN '' tat p"ortou as
tnc bua'nees OF the Guy auee'ca' IaR'ns aasah-
tago OF TINT act, Rochester. and Utica, Syracuse,
a ho rcra ac tn uy dree,y ~ t,on tho for
WV .a,,od e.. aooa. e., bona rn,. rH
e'sh hesehatte, eaacu ~. sooos VI po'u* i"l' la'
gono On until now It has become 40 general prac.
tlcs TINT II has resulted In marked Decrease
ess...a. n",",.st. .a,nn..s.sva,s 3.."s.a,t
.ao ihS. taat n'oaa"ay 10 eonlpa.an'ov oose1'ea'
khc police having no trouble nowadays to keep tho
crossings free for Acknowledgements. West street,
~. maH asd =, n,1ht N, s.c,1 -,
!he morning 81 anu A. n'gaL SHOVE tno aame isek 81
bus!noss. This is not altogether accounted 70, by
,ho general excuse Tint is offered that Of general
ass's1n, ~ w Tsa sasa,nnn ~.
nnsaelaI sonaluoh. tne eon',hon e1euso .aat
Presidential campaign AlwdJs brlngl depression,
loo. not mike tho matter plain.
ncd1st. w., nsnortstIon set comes N, ,n,u,,on.
mediate iiahspost1"oh w, son'es .1e ln!u'tou'
competition carried On BY Boston and Baltimore
.nd to some extent by Philadelphia, with New
uo ~ ths a,o,.s.ns aaa snr.S .n,
'aey mrs asawns Awny snu u'o'as'c. auu susas 'in.
ports, and are becontns the grain dcpoh for vast
amount Of produce formerly shipped from this
no,+ A. thc nrodnce pors M m the n1rreben,s
,,.' a. ns s,n,ats g.. ~. ho,a,s ~. ~.
nna tnus ~ e.'p'e wy Ine av'ss ~, .Vso '"u't ~
Edests the theatres are deprived Of patronage, the
ttsects are no aonGcr Iamn,cd with =