, 1879-07-24
a Bottor Feeling in Provisions, Wheat, and
0orn--Flour in Good Demand.


and duo July IS, anil are complaining bit
terlf Of the delay. Ono hnnk alone is nor los
Ing 500 n day in Interest by tho neg'cct OF thu
Government to pay up. 4 largo proportion 0l
the called 10A0s held hera were, In compliance
with tho request Of the Treasury Department.
forwarded IT. advance TO Washington. Some
shipments werc made M carly as juno "A. But,
as far as can be learned. not q bank here has
yet received dollar for these bonds. 1'lcrc Is
n great deal nf dissatisfaction In consequence
Whom the Government notified thcse banks
tl,atit would stop interest on the lo-4os, md
would pay them July Is. 1t wae supposed lac
payment would tc prompt. Dealers here
bought 10-40s, ard replaced them with other
bonds, calculating their charges on the cxpccta-
tton that the Treasury Department would pay ut
the tins 1t promised. This leiay Of The Gov
crnment Is turning their profits Into losscs The
fact that no such complaints Rro heard In Scw
York makes the Chicago bankers beltcvo that
precedence Is being given to tho ren,[ttances to
the Syndicate banks,
There was not so large supply Of bills 10 the
foreign t1.hango market. The po*ted sterling
rntes were As5 anil AST In Chicago actual
transactions In sterling wcro at 4e3111 ,u,d lsG,
ant tn Now York at 464 md 1856. Sterling grain
bills we're 1914 for prompt delivery, with dis
count for long bills, and 1881. French COM
mcFcial bills we're b2331 anil hatA. French
bankcrs' bills wero sla3S md 51GH.
Consols advanced a, to Of 1910.
Chicago bank clearinEs were lighter, 50, '00,-
COD. Transactlons were moderate In all depart
menss Of local finances. Loanablc funds are
increasing. Rates remain unchanged at AGO
per cent on ca''. anu 7aS per cent on tine.
currency sh!pments are not heavy, ami The Or
ders for New York exchange arc tnconstlcrab!c.
mpro active inquiry was uotcd for local &C.
suritIcs. Lincoln Park Is wero sold at 10G34,
md Chicago Water Is at i1599G. A sails between
dealers OF Chicago City is of 1896 WAS made mt
11aN.
81. Paul nud Northwest started up again, and
mado good the decline Of tho day before, aud
more. Tic rust In tfc wheat did not somehow
seem 30 formidable as 1t did on Tucsdar, and
those who came to reallzu stafd to bmy.
Northwest common opened Mt Go9S, md atl-
vaneed 1s<, to 713, closing at TN the preferred
milking 1a, TO 9s1. st. Paul did still better,
the common going up 115, to 59Aa, closing at Tho
highest poInt.ot the day, and the preferred max
Ing u, to VIA. Tic stock list generally was
ntrong. Michigan Central opened a.,tl closed
At sl3b; Lake Shore advanced u, to TN;
Union Pacific Il, to 78; Wabash IL, to
81; Ohio Il Mississippi n, to 15zz; St,
Joe 38, TO l974 the preferred h, TO 421{; Della
waro II Hudson 355, to 4s14; l.ackawanna q, 10
t!l5a; Jersey Central 22ss, to 53s; Western Union
u. to H019 ean F1ancisco u, to OK; L0utsyIl,c
d. Nashville a, to b3aS; MlnpcapGss..-,- - 30jk.
The Losses wero C., G., CD; I. II, 81: Cana
da Southern II. to %; c., c. d. e. n, to II;
Alton II, to 871S; MIL Erie preferred II. to 51s<
Erie second Is. gold, opened at 1t,M, and
closed 1T 7611G, after selling down tn 75S1,
Northwestern gold bonds were 1lB,1; st. Paul
& Northern 5s, 80; Alton gold il, l0o,6: nnd
A'Hns"s ~ Aeaas nsstS' 'oAW.o1.
IN railroad oonas, In New York on Monday
the lsrgeat transactions were IN Erie consot.
dated seconds, which advanced to Tx nnl c1oscd
at ~ Lehteh d Wllkcsbarrc consolidated ns-
os1 os1'ea o toso - Per eeu1, 10 !o4; do incomes
~. to hS1%, with reaction OF per cent in t1e
former and II nor cent in tho lattcr nj tt,c cto.o
e., &. Il |, G. I}rstB rnan ~ mr. rant ;, -ea<
MI" slosco al fat5i chi'ago, st. Paul t. hltnue-
apol!s Immigrant Incomes ~, 10 st. Gn.st