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Show TELEGRAPHIC The It aii U Eicliuuiies. New York, 21. Another week's bank exchanges at thirteen leading trade centers show the maintenance of a moderate business improvement. Tbe aggregates lor two weeks ending September 15tb show a net gain ol I 5 2 lOlhs compared with the same weo'xe a ynnr ago, of which New York gfiiuB 7 5 0ths, Boston 2 8 lOths, Chicago 8 1 10th, Bellimore 21 lOths. Cincinnati 4 4 lOtha, Milwaukee Milwau-kee GO 9 UHhs. New Orlnans 22 4 lOths. Philadelphia loses 19 5-lOths, San Francisco 3 7 lOlhi, St. Louis 3 4 lOths, Louisville 9 2 lOths, Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh 11 9 lOths. It is tignificant Hint tbe changes show louses at the same points and gains at the same Coiuts aaoh week since the new crop egan to move, with a lew and readily oxplaiuable exceptions. New York has gained every week sinoe July 1st; Baltimore Ironi August 1st; New Orleans all the season, aod enormously since the middle of August; Chicago since August 11th, except one week affected by the railroad strikers; Cincinnati Cin-cinnati with two exceptions since the 1st of August, and Boston during the last fortnight. Philadelphia, on the contrary, has lost heavily all the season. sea-son. San Francisco, notwithstanding her increase in the number ol banks reporting, keps behind. St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Louisville bave also with rare exceptions shown losses for August and September. These facts indicate that the loss ul business as compared with last year occur only in cities not directly aflected by the grain trade, except Philadelphia, which sutlerB by comparison with the Centennial exhibition trade. In Baltimore Bal-timore the large increase is partly due to the success of ber railroad system in diverting (lie grain traffic from Philadelphia. The net lessons of these statistic is this, that while they do not justify the talk of the country's being already in the lull tide of prosperity, pros-perity, they establish the reality of a small general improvement. |