New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-25

The price Of domestic exchange was as fol-
lows In the places named: New.orlta ans. com
mercial 25c discount: bank. at 81 30 premium;
San Francisco. sight. TIC; telegraph lOc !,
Charleston. buying par. selling &c premium
Savannah. buying lie per cent on. selin. par;
Chicago 75c premium: Boston. 5gSc discount.
Bank clearings In the city were: Exchanges.
s95. 0G3. $50: balances. t.3i7.5o1 Baltlmore-Ex
charges $lSi7.0i5: balances. S20sTn I'hlIadeI-
phIa-Exchanges 81. $50 647: balances. N.l7Sf 49,
Boston-Exchanges. .li.3lG.s2S; balances. &l,lsS.-
772. 'Chicago-Exchanges sHl99oos: balances
s.G20.9lG. Att
market was 67%c Mexican dollars were quoted
at 54c In London bar silver was UNCHANGED az
Bid Silver to the amount or 1S',ooo ounces VIII
be shipped TO Europe tomorrow
Money on call in London was II per cent
and the rate OF discount in the open market was
q per cent for short and long blils Engnsn
consos were lllis for money ana III s.Io ~,
101 francs 80 centimes. with exchange IN L"nuu
25 francs 1914 centmes The discount rate III
Paris was per cent, and In Berlin "a per
cent Further details of the foreign markets
are given In the usual cable report pr'h'e' e'"'
where. .,,...
has been favored by seasonable weather. ana the
distribution OF products has made fair progress,
not yet reducing retail or wholesale s'ocks in'
enough. however to materially Improve w,
ton Of ind istries Those stocks nave appare,,'
been larger ever since the fever OF buyins ast
fall and the actual buying OF consumption
smaller, than has been generally realized Hence
all the great Industries are embarrassed py lack
OF adequate demand. and In some cases the nc,
emulation OF goods In anticipation or ne"aIu
has gone about az far az II can Money MAJ
kets have grown more favorable, as Well az the
state OF foreign commerce. and until an APP
parently groundless revival OF discussion ABOUT
the Venezuela difficulty there was brighter pros.
pect OF European investments here inc pehei
that agitation for cheap money VIII De perma-
nently laid at rest this year Is gaining grouhu,
and in financial quarters causes more confluence nee
for the future. Strikes OF some Importance are
threatened In building and window-glass trades:
and the working force IL lessened by stoppage OF
some factories because orders are iignt. AGAIN
prices of commodities are the whole lower
than ever before having declined about. per
cent since April l. and II per cent since July.
$780, or October. 1892. The fall in manufactured
products Is a little less than II was April l. but
in farm products greater.
Woerishoffer & Co I'm their market letter to-
day say: I'VE have reason for expecting that
an announcemnt Of Importance Will be MADE IN
the House OF Commons respecting venezuela
next week should the steamer sailing from mere
be stated that a substantial understanding has
been reached between the United states ana
Great Britain Such an announcement ought
10 cause n material rise In the stock market. as
II will doubtless stimulate Foreign buying OF
American securities"
The committee OF which Frederic p. Olcoft Is
chairman representing the holders OF the de-
fauIted first mortgage bonds OF the Saint Joseph
and Grand Island Railroad Company has pre-
nared A. plan for the reorganization OF that cor
pporetion A meeting OF the holders Of the GER
tificates issued by the Central Trust Company, OF
New-York, for the first mortgage BONDS deposited
with that company under the agreement OF
June 1894 will be held for the purpose OF acting
upon the plan Of reorganization at the office OF
the Central Trust Company. on May IL next.
Copies OF the plan may be procured rom n 1ne
Central Trust Company. Of New-York, the Oid
Colony Trust Company. Of Boston. and Melville