, 1879-08-06
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Governments Steady.-.The For.
eign Exchange Market.
Business at the Banlks---The Bull
Boom Resumed.
The Produte Markets Irregular. r...rroslstuns esist
aud firmer-.-Ilsgs Easier.
Broalatuffs Active and Average Lower.
Stocks Of Grain in Store.


FINANCIAL.
There was not m autiru lamand for Govern
mcnts, anil uttces remained unchanged. The -
wcro 10t1f ami 102 bdt different pr'css being
p9Id by llrerenL dealers. The asking ps,co waa
1n,14{l10,sG. Tic 4 pcr cents wsre 10ili nnl
10lN; the 5s 1023{ nnd 103>S; the 41fa 100 und
1895.
Foreign exchange was 1uil, with fais aup-
ply Of bills. Posted rates for sterling were 483
ntttl ISS5. tn Chicago aetua transactions were 1t
4S9 and 4S8s{QR4sI. New fork actual rates wore
4S2A and 484. Sterling gran-b1ts were 4a0 and
4so. Frcnrh araln.biIls were 52s}<. French
bankers bills were baaa1G and da0. Commercial
bills on Antwerp worc quoted ut 530]5. The ex-
pertations Of an Import Of gold this fall arc
strengthened By the REPORT Of an importation Of
guild from Paris.
Consols werc 90 1-18 Silver vas quoted in
Lol11o,i Mt bll pencc per ounce. :;
Chfcago bank clcnrtnEs Wcre $i,0D0. 900. The
country demand for currency Is increasing.
New York exchange here siit remains above
the shipping point. but Now York BANKERS so-
port that legal ten1rre arc beginning to flow
toward the West. Ftnancic1s nre already be.
Eiunng TO calculate The effect upon Wall street
of the heavy Western den,and this fail for cur
In Which the movement Of currency to handle
the yrops Is likely to be serious element In
anances. Onc embarrassing feature Of
tie situation Ut Chicago Ia the lack Of small
autcs. One OF our banks has nearly s., $4,000
Of 1egal-tcnders on hand, In whtrn there are
only lew hundrcd dollars IN smaller bills than
e'o1 Tic Treasury Department vii! have to
do something to help the Banks out Of THIS per-
p'e1nY. Discoahls arc ,nael''et "l''e depos'te
are high. Hates arc 4'@b per cent on call, aud
1Ms per cent OH time
Chlcagn Us Of loJG, Slo0tU, we're sold Ut 1Us,
S1o.(Do West fark I'd ht lo5s+, West Park - tt
llh1a' Cn'eaco west Town os as lo!31s, and Cook
to'tilty os at lo'N'
stocks resumed Their upward movement, to
the great disappointment OF the numerous op~
erntofs VINO we're waiting to buy on the break.
ihe outsdefs nave taken possession u the mar
Rot, anu all ofdiuars experience Is ol no use for
relercurc. st. Paul reached tue highest Dotrt 1t
has Jet touched, ,-8o3]S6, S6,-but closed X lower, at
8S}s. Northwestern went up ., to y. tho pre-
fcrEcd making 5a, TO 9s31. st. Paul preferred
ga!ned s<, TO 0o}4. But tile grcasest advance
WIS mnde by Lake shore, which wcnt mp from
62l4 to u. Michigan Central advanced
u, to 63T; New York Central u, to 11051;
Louisville &; Nashville e, to 5Jtt6; Union Pa
ciae ss. 10 79H; Wabash II, to a9A; Ohio &a
Mississippi e, to 16Nc; c., T., G. Il ]. u. to
BIZ; st. Joe preferred q, to 431S; Delaware
g. Hudson B, to 4o9S; Lackawauna IN, to
G0a<; Jersey Central u, to 63L9; Knnsas City
u, to 9fg5; the preferred Is, to E7a6; Western
Il, to 801S; c., G. & I. G. I, to ssS.
l1c losscs were: 3d. Paul j. Minneapolis Il,
to i21; antl Ut. Joe 59G, to 1935.
G., c. & !. U. advanced yesterday to 895,
frou, ~, on the expectation TINT to~daY jus
tF3 Yn& $Bn1p y linn fISA fin