New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-25
MOST STOCKS LOWER.
GOOD MARKET FOR BONDS.
CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Sunday. January Up. m.

Sunday January Zip m.
-so r-ri+ed States Treasury received last week
customs 81 500. $50. from internal revenue
90 so5 $40 and from miscellaneous sources S29"-
oo5 making total OF S5.o94,92o. against So
90, 5a7 the preceding week The receipts Tor the
.,nnth TO date amount to $19.3Oo.'oS. and the
..vments to ST 24S,o00. making the excess OF
pasanditures over receipts S19i22+l. For the
epi lar 70 date the receipts have been Slt6-
$40 40 expenditures $500 Cos 900 the excess OF
exnenditurcs being SlI.St4.O'S me lreasurrH,
eS.,,al cash balance decreased In the week 81
s,s $50 and now stands at S22S.32 bf4 80, -.
rhe Treasury received in the week S3.u2S.i'f
B., iVa,ional bank notes for redemption To Sc
.rre National bank note circulation II now hoios
s939 ~ $50 in bonds. as follows;
rxs Per cents ................ % az 40 40
~ r. cents Of le7 10 s 9 40
r-ri,ed States bonds deposited for circulaI, ION
.~i,,- The week S271. 900; withdrawn SoV'''"'
National bank note Circulation wucct IT.
.,rrercv S23l 1S5. SIS: gold notes. SSo'of' Inc
T-easl,rv holds Sl9,9l9.11o legal-tender money
Gov redemption of surrendered VHCu'ae""'
ssa,nsf Sla So. 431 a week ago.
suhioined Is Saturdays Treasury statement
c,n1pared with that Of January 10
ian Is Jan % Changes.
s S3. Sal es4 si4s.as2 900 Inc si54oio
{ 5o.e. less SO se4 oes 5olssas7 Dec. C55oo7e
So iisrs and
,s,s-a.ss esq. lss22.ss 2o.5i2s7 Inc. le2oA'
cash in Treas s2I7 100 col seliols74s Dec So $50 5s
psP o,.. hank. 1884 SIS l7O77a7c Inc 10 $50
,,e cash $685. 464 os6 sc3l oee Dec. 81 1861 S''
p s.-s MINOR Norma. sssce7s 277s.'74 Dec 700 o9o
A.. cash bal s22s es 4is SOS 800 ca, Dec s1e's7'9
THE MONETARY SITUATION.
~ ,,.,,a,s continue easy with
- funds than can be put out the banks anu
nthar money institutions being loadeu uVM ~ i
with currency attracted 70 tnls en- aoTosits
favorable rates the banks pay on , uyppSass
H.. IN call representing bankers balances
i@r- al and per cent in the WeeK' WIZ oa ne
greater part Of the business az Ii2n ~ ~ md
panrs rep port . per cent their MINIMUM CO
80. .on,panies IL per cent. Little was u'li4s
:, time money rates ruling AZ per .eH' ~.
SIX DAYS Oh per cent for three rhonIns' 'lir
2G2i rer cent for four ana SIX HloiittlH'
"H"' r. rncenr mercantile failures through
ON, ne country. commercial paper mas De-. 80
80 10 closer scrutiny; but the amount ", VI
F.'rr rs los NOT been large. while the banks
- not been willing TO make rates lower s s
. ns~ cent the bulk Of the business peIHs u'at -,
o.F9f14 per cent FOR the best names loI an
nerois The European money markeIs =. -
p er,,rr growing ease both the Bank OF hIs
LAND and the Imperial Bank OF 1ei ZEN osr,,e,
ducing their discount rate anu 1r,fpr, falling
80 IN London. Berlin and frankloiV ~ n
- r,ore, in London closed the week az az t12
- s~ I'M with open market discounts - ~
rer cent FOR short ana lons pI !, Rerlin
%. - - and in Frankfort 3$s per cent i me ne
pent If England gained in the week t'l''-io
bmilion and held at the close t364li 49,, and
The foreign exchange market WaS mo- ,,are
- ard lower rates for short sterling W.
~ auenced by the sale of maturing 'ol.S ~
he demand for long bills for investnene e, IN
,~g falling off There IS still sIhall prVn .i
Tx io' - .,,-iro long bills and accumulathS
,Srp sterling: bur the factors in the
are against high exchange rates and II iSoHs 800 %
though accumulauons Of sterling W. ,ba snring
. hard time in holding rates uHtI 1ll, tbe
~, 10 n1archandse exports-if following ,ne
nsuai custom~wu fall off and exchangee rn,es
ADVANCE in response TO demanG 10. lille is
oS,s+ ir,norts The supply Of cotton DIS a
sgans hut that Of grain bills is larger ana
both furnish than enough exGa ates for
meet curI1 'lnoS a. 81 s. and 81 SSGSl sSi2 for
ionr and short bills. respectively I'a'eS i0
t,,ai business closed follows:
., Long Demand.