, 1880-08-15
roreign Exchange Quiet and the
Supply Of Bills Light.
Chicago Ordering Gold from New
York-Locat Finances.
rhe Produce Markets Rather Active
Provisions Steadier, with Lesa
Doing.
1ozu Ezcitedly Higher, but Falls Back
Wheat Firmer0ats Easier.


Stocks we're inactive all day, but prices were
,taad7 and showed TINT the market was strong.
rhc bank statement was not SO unfavorable as
1har Of the week before, hut had no apparent in
a,cnce on the market one way or the other.
F1uctuadons were slight, and III most cases
rere In favor Of higher prices Rock Island
,node i, to l13H; Norris & Essex ss, to 10eH:
Illinois Central u. to 10s*: Lake Shore Is. to
1rs1: Erie 4, to 4oA; the preferred ], to nh;
Northwes,esn y, to zoos; the preferred y, to
11u;: St. Paul preferred ~, to uoh; Wabash
1re1erred 4, to 71a;; ST. Joe Il. to
H.: the preferred =, to 1s4; Pacific Mail
!. ,ou1; Lackawanna i, to S,H: Reading aS,
to :aH: Union Pacific =, to 94as; Iron Mountain
=. TO 551; Louisyil lie g. Nashville IL, to 1T;
rhs,,anooga l, to 6s: Northern Pacific l. to 80;
The preferred Ii, to 5SH: San Francisco pre-
tered x. to Az; c., C. j. L c. Il, to IT; and
uuaba =, to AK.
The, The losses were Western Union Y, to 1o6K:
Hudson 4, to els.; Kansas & Texas y, to 36!a:
TabAsh Il. TO 9oH. ...
Eric second Is opened at eoA and closed Mt 9o:s.
Government bonds were quiet and unchanged
In u!icc. District Of Columbia 3.65s, a3 bid and
100 asked; the Is, 109ss bid and 1093 asked; the
as, ll0i bid and NIX asked; the SIS, 1024 bid
md 1lt.&s asked; the 6s l0.A bid and 1D44 asked.
Furcign exchange was extremely dull, and
there seemed to be- a temporary eteadtness, due
to the usual Saturday quiet The market is ap-
rarently sustained only by the light offerings.
Even moderate supplies Of bills would break the
market completely. Sterling posted rates were
<s,.1 and 4s4H. Bankers actual rates were 4s14
for e1-day bills, and 4s31 for demand.
Tor 60-day commercial bills for prompt
delivery 47sHG479 was the market rate;
for delivery this month 4sSA9as9.
Posted rites for Paris were 5e5 for 90 days
and 52.e,:. for sight; 6o-day commercial bills,
prompt delivery, were ae97s952S4: for delivery
this month, 530G.5csa. For commercial 6o-day
bills, prompt delivery, on HaTre and Mar
seilles, SpG5393;i was paid; 5S05sG5.3A deliver
able this month Sixty-day commercial bills on
Antwerp, deliverable prompt, were 6aAe153o;
this month, 53lAGs3o. Bankers bills ON Ger
mary were 93x for 90 days and 9i3s for demand'
U0-1ay commercial bills, prompt, were 93!s@s3A;
this month, 93GB 3-16. Bankers Rullders on
Holland were 3sx for 60 days and 70 for de-
msnd; 6o-days commercial were 39hQ3ok. Aus
,riau tlorins 41,l; Norway, sweden, and Dem
mark, I'm.
New York reports slight excess ct imports
over experts in July; but when the full returns
Tor the whole United StAtes come In, It will be
found tiaat the exports for the month are In e1-
cess New York receives two-thirds ct the I'M
ports Of the whole country, but sends out only
about 4G per cent OF all the exports. The total
exports OF the United States for July are likely
to exceed the imports By about $1s.00o,0oo The
Jou,.dl of Commerce gives the following table OF