New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-20

the corresponding date for preceding years:

The money market worked smoothly during the
week the common rate for call loans on STOCK tx
change collaterals being per cent, with unlmpor-
tant exceptions as high as per cent and almost
daily loans of brokers' balances at and even 3 per
cent Loans on Government bonds were made
at 2LQ3 per cent. Very little is dong III
time loans on stock collaterals but the rate Is
per cent there being both small demand Tor ana
small supplv OF that class of capital The Secretary
of the Treasury made three calls for the redemption
Of continued Gs; Tooth call for $J000,00O to
mature May 3; 10th call for S5,000,OO0 to mature
May 10, and 111th call for $5,O00O00 to mature
Nav H. The domestic exchanges on Newly DIRK at
the principal points. except at the East, ruled
favorable to this monetary centre. The Latest
quotations arc as follows At savannah, I5a y pre-
MUM; Charleston, 1sG Il premium; New-Orcans,
80 premium ST. Louis 81 premium Chicago, 70
asO cents premium; Boston. SO 1-3G25 cents dis
count. The foreign exchanges were active but
weaker, because of pressure to sell long sterling
that was borrowed on stock cOllaterals. The move
ment however was of sufficient importance to re-
duce sales below the specie exporting point, so that
no gold was shipped last week. Yesterday al
though an oil day in the Exchange markets, there
was decided stilening of rates, and we quote for
actual business as follows Bankers bills sterling,
81 So Il and - 80 for long and short sight respec-
lively francs, O.ZU'S anu OlO'4 OtNR
and 95l2 guilders, 40 and 40l2
In commercial circles the various speculative
movements in the products of the country have at
tracted more attention than the legitimate bust
ness that passes goods from the producer and manu-
fncturer to the consumer The grain speculation at
Chicago was pushed with renewed energy.
and while tho price of April wheat
was held comparatively steady at the
advance of the preceding week. the prices of the
later options both for wheat and corn sharply
advanced. The receipts at the lake ports now are
running behind those OF last year when trans
portatlon was blocked with snow drifts The re-
ceipts of wheat at Chicago and Milwaukee last
week were 1873 900 bushels against 100000 bushels
for the week Of 1881 and of corn they were 4O1 900
bushels against 727, 600 bushels. The shipments
eastward from those two lake ports also make
Door showing compared with last year. Shipments
of all grains from Chicago and Milwaukee for the
week Of this year were 1,llO,7OO bushels against
l .514 200 bushels for the week OF last year The
nriees for cotton were irregular but material adj
yanees are the result of the weeks speculation. Tho
export movement of the week shows large decline
from that of the preceding week and from that Of
the same week Of 1881 Exports from all the
norts for the week ended Friday March II. were
IN 700 bales against 10l oil bales for the preced
inc week and I31, 270 bales for the week Of 1881.
Since September the exports amount TO 2.535 525
bales auainst g. 224o03 for the same time in the
preceding year. The total visible supply III
America and Europe at the end of the week was
9 0ss 1872 bales against 3, l22 l2l bales for the
preceding week. and 30SOS sos bales at this date OF
1881. The European stocks, however. were
.Os4,l26 bales against 1,O7s,604 bales at the
same date last year. but the quantity
| afoat for Europe now is only 10000 bales,
against $4,000 bales year ago. The iron mar