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Show CO.NUKESfi A CI USE. What It Ih Oolntr for Trade nI Uusiue8. New York, 28. The editor of The Public says congress is a cure. But for the gpneral alarm in buainess circles and the lact that bills are pending which may disturb all valueB and aflect all contracts and calculations calcula-tions for the future, it is hardly possible pos-sible that the transactions of the lent week with the large crops, the peace here and the war m Europe, could be less than of the week following the presidential eleotion. There baa been no, such decline in priced since November, No-vember, 1S76. As to account for any increase in exchanges when we consider con-sider that congress may remain in session until next June or July, and that there will be constant danger of mischievous legislation; at least unless the president succeeds ia showing that his veto will surely suffice to arrest every aesault upon the publie credit the prospect is not very charming. charm-ing. The exchange last week compared com-pared with a year ago shows gains ) New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Louisville, and losses in Philadelphia,. Phila-delphia,. Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. |