, 1879-04-10
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Fair Demand for Governments--Larger
Supply Of Foreign Exchange.
Discounts Moderately Acttro--.Tho Stock
Market Neak.
Tho Produce Markets Tame and Easier.
Hogs and Provisions Lower.
Wheat Falling With the Gentle Ruln..-0lhtr Grain
Dull, In Sympathy.


FINANCIAL.
There wns fair business in Governments.
Prices indicated somo weakness It, the tnarict.
except for the per cents, Which we're i'rtn ut
the quoted ratca. Tie stoi tier cent certificates
hnva not COMO into general demand. The fact
that they Gun bc converted Into pcr ccnta only
by being sent to Washington, at considerable
cxpcnsc for express charges, or BY bcng sold here
nj n heavy s1ayc--about s!.fD per 81. .000,-has
prevented The public from seeing anything at-
tractvu In ti,ct. No little SURPRISE Is expressed
by bonl-1ealcts that thu Trcasury Department
should laye Issued them In such shape. II
the Sub -Trcasur!es arc not to bo uscd for the
convenience Of tho people, who aro heavily
taxcd to maintain them, they md
ttc!r expensive corps Of officials haA better
bo abolished. The Is Of 1881 wcre weak, aItl
reccdcd from 1855 to 1864, tllc 1o-'0s dropped
from 10l to 10o5z, tho 5s Of 1851 from 10ie4 io
104iS. The new 415s ut 104s1, a,l tic 10 ut WI,
were unchanged.
There was q better supply Of foreign exchange
bills in tho Chicago market On account Of au
improved shipping movcu,cut Rates werc tho
Eun,c. IN Chicago sterling graln hills wcro iSt,
at,.l French bills were 5a,11 Tile actual Chicago
rates for stcrl!ug were 1914 and 4Ss. In New
York tie actual ratcc were 1904 anl A81ei@
4SS. The postc4 rates for sterling were 4SJ1s
anil 1881. French pankcrs' bills wcru 5t1lI mud
6l5.
CoHsols remained within the limits OF 07 1910
and D7 15.1D The bank Ut England reported a
gain Of 82t0, ,000 In bu!loa.
Chicago bauka are now shipping currency to
New York to nlecs tic dema,lds OF their Gus
TONERS for New York exct,auEc. The dennnd
'o' - .~s,o ~,
W. e''s ~ ."'' '!eo ~ eeh' W ''st "',' -"
pcf ee"' los soas M Sn,ali 'f"'s"c'o'6' oah e'ca'~
'''sa M were s-s"oo;op".
ihesc "'lh u F.'e u s+s1'oo oi t''e eooA eouh-
t5m pef ceH.s ~ 1'ar "1''l ''tclest'
ine asNM,u" 'oe "G" +sht!oha' banKr"n1
IA" IS ek.cnn'he' lhe noston hoatd u 1raIs
haB anpo'h.ea committee 10 prehare t1s dratt
81 nc" Nh,ona' hahRtunt law' anu ''as r.
guesIea e'e "l'a"l"ef oi commerce. ol NJ"
foth' ma e''a''ar ofea"'zaslohs tn other c'tea'
osoetEera,e III seeuf'i. lac passaee oi sueh II
!A"' ~ ~" i"l" ena'hoc1 o1 commerce
1As "ee'oc' u appol"t eo'"h'ttco Tor th's nar-
pose.
INC apprcnensions Of railroad war TO follow
uae ause"t u u'e lineage ~ Alton tt'to KANSAS
IltY iase depscssea tho stocks OF tic toads
nut wou.a 10 ihso.'ea. Alton so.a rs low rs
%, nn' closed at 7'1S; 1t. Louis, Kansas City
ro'.'el" "as uo"n u o;s, III" t''e hrelcrsea
'.ua on,I e''s .ooi, sel''l III o''o '''''e as
AZ" 40 ooA' a. "oe eo''''Aoi. WIS "os
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1"n tso 80 ~ M mao.st .',a "ns "euM. s lns Iess
.'on u eoa"ouotI a,' uH.,'son' NV persistent Ut
eaehe w Nv loa1 IN .Ae sou1.s n'a luz Foa,
nee's ~ tne uppulnl1ent y. iseec'set have aI'
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