, 1879-03-15
Business in Observation-Disclosures E1-
change at the Export Point.
Chicago Money nIarlket---A Vari"
obio stock Market.
Ths Produce Markets Irregular-Provis~
!. Ions Easior, but Close Firm.
Wheat Unsettled, and Again Lower, but Closed
Stsaditr...0ther Grain Qui.t.
FINANCIAL.

Transactions in Government bondein ID lineage, |
rs at Now York and elsewhere, aFo being mar
rowcd down to The figures Of the actual invest
mcnt demand. Prices were wenkcr. The per
cents arc now sold In round lots Al looAtglooGs'
The Is of 1881 were unchanged ut t0o, tho b.2os
Of 1897 Mt 101X, tho 5-2os Of 1868 ut 1oa15, the
1910. ut 1l1sk, the new Is Of 1881 nj 10s1<. The
new 41<s advanced Y, to 104sl, and the currency
Gs u, to 1aiH.
Business Ia foreign exchange was light In
Chicago. The New York posted rata advanced,
ps did tue rate on French commercial bills The
New York G0At1ny rate ts now at tho specie Ct
port point for exporters who do not Insure.
With nlr foreign trade In its present condition,
the rIso OF foreign exchange to the spccio OK
port point could tc brought about only by some
such unusunl movement as The return OF called
bonds to thls country from Europe. Although
the suow-blockadc Ia january caused heavy
decrease Of exports. the shipments from Ncv
York to foreign countries for the last eight
1uontts are tho lasgcst crcr known. comprising |
Rs.7, ,2247, ,Oi1, exclusive OF specie. New York |
receives about twu-thlrds Of all the foreign |
imports, anu ships about Is per cont Of tho do |
1ncstic produce. II two-thtrt1s OF the foreign |
imports for tho lust eight mouths amount to
on1y S20l ,6O7, md 45 per cent OF the cx-
ports of produce and merchandise for tho Same
period amount to S2a7, ,2247 psi, the balaneo Of
trade for tho wholo country lnust 20 largely In
our iaSor. lt'e ''po' 4'A e.5". ~
me a'' nosss @ "ou,u ~ 49,. ~ ." m IN ooo
elu-'"oo'oe0' n"o ~" eApo..s ~,
1hts ID ." ohonu"'is '"'ee e"a"es' .r.. Wv
movement SHOWS no slsns u aoas'ns, t"J ~ ~.
uuls =. W. -, -. ~, ...I,.voh,o t.or,os,
1ork were ao,3i4'oll'-n eonsae!np's '"sss1
oYer t"oso VI t''e "stn os,os ~ rn,TH ~.
hl's "esc aof' nu r'uaeu ~as v' ;a"t> an,
aetual thcaeo ta'cs 'of s's.ie "s'' 7o'/a ion,I n
4soa. ~ ~" 1"'A Wv ".su1t ",...s. ,1,..4 4
mn ao'A ,oa a"c possIa III. r.aa s,ci<
a951 nnu 4'o' f's"e" "''N''s 0''' WIZ o>s
ana o1o5a' .,I
Cotsois were W s,lo'-an aa,a"so .''' '. %; nxa
Ii.e saarp dsmanu ior martins on & .!.e 'omu "a
o. Isade ea''scu oy 'ne ''''1Es III "il'a, sa''
some animation 20 business AZ 'he oa,lHS' ,Ns,,
Otherwise, INC nhanelal shuaslo WIS uu.''
Ihc oemantf lor uiscouhss "as .Ent. NaIsS a's
5ts8 pcr ccnt on eat' loans' "'1o u@!o pel es"'
OF tlnc. Inc oalanec o. t1'e e"sae"sy nose'
mcnt IS III 1avor Oh ';e County iHe iosa. aup
ply o. Ne" 3o3h e"eua'ao 10 aeou' ".0 ~,
teflof ocmaaa lor H. naA 8'aehe''eu' oA"A
elcaf1ags were ", '"Vvo'
Ihc aounuanfe OF Ioanaoie caPital 10 Ne"
YORK. and uc eooo csea'' o. ucofe'a a"a 'Ac
Clty OF At'an.at appcar ,n .nc eta'eu'ens ~
Cty-AIosnes Ne"t,au. oi At'au'a' tr.1s oa1k
III Nc" York Csty olieFeo INC ssnte treasurer
for the use Of the state OF oeofs'at al tne
money NJ necaea u pei eent ~, ps' ,'a n e'ea
II the amount went up 10 s1,ooo,NU. He a'so
says that fespons'o'e cap"al'S. nus omeseu
10 tako thc "1o1e lnaenteaness u tau e'y u
At'anta (ovcr s.,ooo'ooo' At per eeht PCT M
num-
The Anslo'defman banR tanEio-ucutseae
DapEh OF Hamburgs Germany, hasc informed
Messrs' knauth. Nacaoa y hunhe' oanKefs'
New York tint toreetl shares OF t'elf nanS' on
hsue.sfnteu paper, Calling tor loo thaefa' a'c
circulating IN the ua,tea States tehu'ne SHARES
arc on eray-t1nteu paper ahu ea'l lor 4oo 'naFS'
stoeks were Var'aole. anu not very ac','e.
Canada Southern was tnc spectacle Of ta gay
The oocnlng price was o'4' thete was a. nfst
decline 10 a9, oas w'ta 'ateu ttansaetohs s, .hc
price WAS rapidly pnsaeu ap III. " feaeheo o'h'
where II closed. The yanderolits nave an IN:
tercst IN this STOCK Inc price a. wn'ca II was
frat put on the bohrd lew h'onths ago was ~
st. Louis s. San Francisco opened strong ut o.
and went up to u, where It closed hansas
Pacific rcgatued some oL thn efollnd lost t!le
day befnre. It opened a. ", advanced to -
and rcactcd at the close to @lA. wabash Was
ycry weak. The Issue OF tac circular about
raising noncy to paJ the sency mortgage, a''t
"lar other purposes" not sccmins to haVe
happy cffcct On the valuation OF the stock I'LL
stury OF Missouri faclhc '"ousa be
good one for Wabash stockho'ders t.
read. Tho movement In kansas &
Texas stock halted. There wns OF 'lFst an NJ
vanco from, tlls opening price, lo}s, 10 lux. tu
subsequently, decline, eaused by gales to re
a'ze, get In, and tic c'osn was at 05l. The sec
oud mortgage bonds OH Thursday opened 4
2Sl4, nnd sold down to u; tue tlfbt thortac
bonds declined from GlA to Go4. There was Il
adrauco III Lake Shore Of 4, to u 22a; Northwest
crn common Il, to 5596: st. Paul common u, t
8SH; the preferred n, tosl9A; st. jos prcferrc
II, to 43}1; st. Louts, Kansas City T. NoFther
IS, to 62h.
There waa decline IN Northwestern prcfc
rcd Of 1S, TO S5H; Wabash II, 10 184; Ohio
Mississippi 4, to l0T; Delaware Il Hudson 4
to 404; Lackawanna Il, to 4C94; Wcstcr
Union II, to 1o3N; st. Louis Kansas City
Northern n, to N,{.
The opening, highest, lowest, and closin