, 1877-04-18

IL, 2H3 bd oats !, 200 bu rye, 2. ze2 In barley.
The direct foreign exports from Chicago last
week included !. Zoo hrls -four, 125. b22 bu corn,
na0 bu barley, 2 27 trls pork, 0, 500 tes aud Cos
other packages lard. O. oa2 boxes and &, o5o cases
(eAnned) mcats, and !, 165 brie ta1low.
The Directors Of tho Board Of Trade have decid-
ed 10 open tho Exchange hail for trading n, half
past clock IN The afternoon instead Of o'clock,
~ heretofore. The reasons Rddneed for the change
arc the facts that deliveries contracts arc now
over BY ha1f-paat 9, and that the markets A7e now
ID an exclted condition. Some Of tho lcw friends OF
the gram cat movement hint that tho movement ia
simply designed 10 head them OF by keeping tho
room open long enough to p<ceent counter ut.
tsaction to the call.
The leading produce markets were 1ets Activc
yesterday. and lower, somo Of them being quite
week. Tho movement Was chleiya consequence
Of the news received from Europe. The political
situation In The Old World waa reported 10 b. IN.
changed: but the markets there were less firm than
expected, and sonie ot them tloscd easier. conios
wcfe quoted at y per cent higher early, which
WIS accepted a. an indication that the British
public Is recovering from tho alarm. aud that
brought ont sellers Of produce hero. There wAa 4
slight reaction later. when eonsols wero reported
3ld lower, being lcss Of Just onc.ha]f tho early
advance. On both sides Of this Atlantic The feeling
was only natural reaction to provlons cxclts.
ment The war-scArs had made most people buy
ars Of produce all 1T once, and tbs tntonea com.
petition forced up prices to = point higher than
could b sustsfned after tho demand had becn
satisfied to = great extent. A good many pur.
ehases had been made by parties who had no use
for the property except TO hold It for an advaneos
and. when they found prIccs weakening, they Wcra
- anxious TO sell ~ they had previously hsen 10
buy. This wss the situation, ''ln nutshell"
Dry.goods jobbcEs wore pretty busy. In several
departments there was real actvity. whta the gan
ernl market displayed more animation than IL usu.
ally witnessed 1t this seAAon OF tho year. Prices
wero steady. The movement In groceries waA
fairly fAtlsfActory, and 3 btcady market was az.
pcrienccd. Sugar. were drm at tho lata advance.
No price.ehanges wese noted In tbs butter and
ehenss markets, though both OF these staptas were
dull and weak. Dried ftuiA were meetinR with
freer demand, but were without improvement in
prices. Fish quoted fairly Acttve and steady.
Mono Of ths features Of the bagg'Dg. leather. 10.
baeco, and coal markets wero essentially different
from those hcretofore noted, trade ruling quiet nt
nom!na1ly steady prices. Oils wcro In fair Request
with lard firm and tnrpeutlno and carbon 10 lower.
Paints aud colo1s were moving freely At wsli.sus.
tlined prEccG.
Lumber and shingles continue in fair demand,
and the stock at the yards has been considerably
reduced during the month. Tho receipts Of new
lumber arc alI few, and arc not likely 10 b vol
luminous beforu next month. Several vessels have
boon cent ont but manufacturers, ~ rule,
are scarccly ready to begin saving. and
tho logs are coming down slowly. Hard
ware, metals, nails. and iron werc In
fair demand, and generally atcady. Wool, hay,
and broom-corn wcro unchanged. IIides continue
In good demAnd and firm, the warlike reports from
abroad being calculated To cause nsmncas. and
thera Ia n!ao soma competition between loeAl buy.
ers. Seeds were in fair request aud steady, With
drner feeling In Timothy. Poultry and gamo
wcra UNCHANGED, being, II anything. easier. Pots.
toes weakened under larger rece,pts though choice