, 1879-04-24
Another Advance in 4 Per Cents~"-
Foreign Exchange Stronger.
Chicago Discount Market
Stocks Steady.
The Produce Markets Active and IT.
reguiar--.Hogs Lowor--.Oorn
Weak.
Provisions and Wheat Range Higher,
Closing staatly.


seen In fo,nu Of the PURCHASES The question VI
the lHy fs how high ahc 1 vrr rents will 20.
English per cent consofs are sellfnE at % 1-tJ.
\ ! PIT cent tu.tl lavfny twcnty.suscn years 10
RIM would br worth 11s.4o, when eousuls wcso
worLh Iar. In 1877, Wien tic Ia Ind thirty years
to rim, they soil IN July Mt l0a9sQl10i. They
havo now what they hnl not tlic1l, tl!e atfmu1as
Of foreign demand. The f1s Of 1881 were 10Th;
the Is Of 1881 declined 4, 10 l0t1f; anil ttls new
4Hs . to 106eS; the cntrcncy Is were unchanged
al lssa, n'ltl the 4 par ccIts advanced tu l01ts
Luyi'tg and 10l99S se,ting.
Furclgn cxelianEG was stronger. III Chicago
stcrlIng grain hills were 1914, anil French
bills were strong at bao. Thu actual CAicayo
rates for sterling wrro 4sG!4 md 4Ss IN New
York thu actual rntea wcrI 4sG4 md 4S75f.
The pusted rites for sterling werc 3sbt4
a1d ASs. French bankers bills were 5t714 and
6f6. The tmnletlIatc tuturu OF the sterling
markct now depends very much on tic ,Hovc-
tncnt Of securities between this country nlHl
Enetnnd. Exthange has recently been running
ogainst us, Oh account Of The larsc lu'postatians
of Eru bonds and tic llcayy return ot called
bont,s.
Consois fell back from 90 I'D the rlnsing
figure Ut T1icsdnv. to 10!a, md closed ut 9J l-d.
The cotun'rrcial n,,d industrial depression, In
.s"t"t''i" 20 "oHt'Hco u" WV e"''"c"tS"t tuE
t'""'"h f.n''s vi ts.e tra"e aha naVls'atson re-
"trma r4 'or Maret,' tnal paper says;
=. ,'"vot T m , au ~ rsa ~. 'os o. Anfca M @ arr
Nrciccrsrnrs 10: ,nnny months tast hay" hss,i.
onr ,nnI* nf fqteigI, and colonial nrol.nc" tt'ow
i, ,,n,i ~ ~ ;H " n IT @ Ha ~ .s
nt7'rlY ;'!s per cent. III otEs ca.e* the ennnari.
s. s,, !. *!s 1 wth lcrFsarss: bn 'e tnuorta II
cf'9sru n''an !Gcr.ass 4 nnt IN tas instance -
eStos," e" n as , nsen moss anI'[Mi ~ anu .sTcs:. n
in,prny"1icnt IL u iauls witl, fsw sxcr.tia"s s'
nr!rcs are r'tl fn!!ans fnr'er tan quantities, uf
tr1 Sod NJ 'HG p ~ ~ a,,ra1 III 'eass ., w. y t% %"atsr ~ n
stan nal YET o,rr. lrnn NIL sscsl, for rxanplc.
saow a. Increase OF y per eent III slr 9na:tY *
e t mr. o "t ' nn5 ths fs,a N sag w IT, s t
value of tic euf,on ptvcr-suods uxI,TrIeu has ure,
double thai nl ths Quantity S1tw1tlsnnd!nS the
M rj ,but ,ntts s~ uctu Mn,nnnS ,f ~ n @ v o.
hprinsug M. IN tho contrary. iht .lcn,ars.i woua
atsar III ino,t Cases to ~ falling or more tautdy
fniu Or cxccud t lprst Of III yrnr up n1 ar.icas
Of cunsnINEtin,,. sl,rI M iucnm. hntt"r ci,"c.o
ra'sns. TO-, ssd sasss.
hoara ol lrnuc borrowers hayo already male
their appearance at tlc banks 10 negotiate for
.a .,..s,, ~. a,s "Ns - ,ne '"o'!t' "se'"tso
Tic s1tnatoll IL quiet. Discount liues uro de-
ercasl'g' Eatcs range FROM b1l7 per ecut III,
call loans, 'Gss per cunt on time, With sumo
transactions at sGelo per rent, Tie currency
n'ote1nept 10 SUI ~ 1a7or o. Tue monetary
ecusfcs. oahS eiearl1ga were s.,anoao
taese was fs'e " ehiraeo City IL Mt 1ifi4,
a"u u LOOK County as a. l0o11 nut Interest.
~ COMPARED Win tue closlf'E prices Of rness
ua'' pF'ees @usphcea' Inc c1ecbt'o1,s %rre
toss n g. naa' eonlnon o1 e, to u; C.. c. d. !.
~ q, 10 NJ Iaaaoa southern !5s, to hs294;
nRtF u M Leua1 $r, r.. - L.
u''u hRnsas tacaae n, 10 u. ohlo ~ mississippi
went up "a, TO ls:;s, on the announcement that
NJ mt meeting u Tue Reconstruction Comnlft@
to Of tho Ohio " Mississippi Railway Company
tho plan Tor thu reduction of thu dtdt of thu
Springfield Division WIS agrce;l npo'. Wabash
so'a as hsh as s%'2s, but elosetl ut @s}a,-a gain
4. OH lAc ope'l'is ot III. TWo Ut the cont stocks
inudo good advunco; Lackuwanpa opened at
5Oa1, and soltl at a2>S: niHl dcrsey Chntru went
from Az TO wv. WITH regard to tlIc rlnoss
OF nc" combination, tho Engineering and -4i,:-
'nV JourAa: sass;
!. un Mall Atssrt you arc 4raycly Informed Tint
manr nt tho dn,y ~, m,nrs In - u, hs h: , VI W. w.s H. ~
III. of "a Cual Combination. Il After aIi,srst
feaFch Wo nave been ilun9lt u NNl even irace "