, 1880-08-02
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Review Of the Financial Situation
of Last Week.
The Produce Markals Loss Acsive-proylsfons
Tame, Though Pork Sold Higher.
Corn Sieady-nye Wtak-0ats EasIer-Nhtat lr
regular nad Lower for Spot.


A slight Increase wHs nuticeab1c last week III
tho country demand for nyrrrf,cy. Tho snnve-
nlent Of tho urnps Inns not fnIrly hcXstf'. Uhr
bnnkors nro looking forward tn atl curly *
i,austion of tloIr supply Of hs. md, rs New
York has nonn 10 spare. to movement nt 9hd
westward fro,n New York. Snw fnrk OK
ctnnBa closed nt fhGbs0: rcr Sl.fn0 titscot'nts
Loans wGru Inactive ut iEt5 per cent on
cnil and 6GD7 per cont M time. I'm dhV.
erntnnnt ho1tls, cAlt it,Anh can i'c hah Mt
per cent, III unparalleled rite fnr tnleaRo.
good demand fur securities hlta l'ccit reported
by tho brokers Nil tho week., amt speculation In |
New York Stock Exchange securities Inns taken |
4 now siurt. .........
Tho rlcarinsa Of the Chicago bHnka Inst wrck
wcro a.7oo,poo, against *t1,I4s),@D ror tho cor
responding week Of lust year.
Tho figures of tho British lioortt Of Tras'e Tor
tho 1,aat six months furnish some interesting
comparisons. imports It, June wcro s1F7, ,ono
against $lgv00 ttN aud 81 ,u0 tnr tho sntnc
month In IT'D and lx1R, respectively; fur tho
lmlf-ycnr they were SutS 0DDo In ls's, $%sI,ooo,-
D0 III 1871, and *1,oSl ,D00 tn 1sso. Experts
Rhow nn incrcnsc Of abo,tt so, ,c00.0 .01 over lust
year iii thu niUfth ut jnn0; Tor thu half-year
they wore f4T0oouN In lS7H, tHl,-
0oo,001 In 1870, an.l Ss,ooo,oD in lsao. THO
exports, 10th in June md fur tho hnlf-ycnr,
conc sinEMlarly lcnr botng jitst ono-half tho
imports. For tho hnlf year imports ut cntton
wcrr &, I'm httHllrGlwcigAt, ultathst t,SEUn
In 1871, aiih T,n05,00U III 18Th. Exparts, fnr tho
hulf-ycar I'm a,1nntttlps) Increased 1nrgc'y III
cotton. cotton plecc-goosls, ltuen plecc-gno1s,
irOn anti steel, into manufactures, wool. both
Of domestic md cos1tnt production, wursted
stulfs and cnrpets 4 decrease appears IN lueli
| ynrn, woolcn ynrn, and cotton yarn. Co!nti!al
and foreign wool exports wcrr l43 ,000 li's.
ngufnst TN 10 O01 In ls7p nnl 4,a7U,N0 In 1siS;
| thu itlcrcRat In British wool Is even moro re-
rnursnblc, exports for tho hnlf-ycnr hnviug tlcea
Ill, ,o lbs nghinst 442 tno In 1879, and .,bss,-
| 0O0 III 1YIH. THO heavy lnGrcAso Of Ws,00hoN
yar1s in exports Of cotton picce.uoodB iurlHR
tho halt-year Is quito Widely distributed.
| France Holland, 1tnly, and nearly all tho othor
European Suites, except Germany, took less
| than lit 1s70 OF blpHchcd or unbleachcd KCo<ls:
Turkey took 3}.6O00O0 yArsls, against y 0.0O0
In ls7B The United States took Gb7s, mo. ngnInst
2EM.OO In 1879 nnd a,..1122 ,M0 In 1873; ura1ls
| shnru fell of n little; China took :p,ej7,No
ynr1s nYuInst 60 Osa, QUO in 1b7u AMI :s:,60,0n In
1879; Chilli more thnn dnublel her taktngs,
reaching 500, ,000: tho Argentine Republic, ur't-
Runy, javn, Philippine Islands, Malta, and
othora Increased their tak,ngs. Australia to,k
84! OD ynr1ls, nRnnst 5,l1B,O00 in IT'D, and TO-
2120D1 In 1873; but tho heaviest nnd tnnst on
urging customer for this linn Of goods Is british
India, Matrt,s taktng H,ooo.o00 yarls, ngainst
~ U10 txU ynr1s lii lH7D, md f.ongn tuklng about
S00nG0 ynrds. agnfnst 6s ,o00,0 ,0oo Inst year CThe
| largest export Of ullc0lorcd cotton goois frnm
tho Unic StAtcs WIS ri rs QUO ynrtla, In 1S77''S;
Of thss China took ;D,Jt3000, md England took
ntout II, ,0010, which WIS MUre thnn four times
tho gunntitr received from hor in that
ycar,] Tho British imports of gold anf silver
wcre little Under $4,000 600 and E, 900, re-
! BpeGttvciy, In Iulc, which were about ne-hnlf
As muci, ax In 1S7D, and lar9cly under tho like
figures for 1s7s. Exports also show inrge antl
worry stnilnr decline. For tho half-ycar tho OK
ports show larHe decline, and, in Ros1 anu all
yer combined. the export figures arc sG7. .an 00(