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Show MUSING EMBARGO GfJ SHIPMENT OP GH! Freer Clearances Are Reported Re-ported All Along the Atlantic At-lantic Seaboard. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Further relax-! ation of the embargo against the ship-ment ship-ment of foodstuffs was one of the few interesting developments connected with the fir.a iieial situation today. From many important points alon? the Atlantic eeaoard freer clearances of grain and oilier cereals were reported, indicating thai the railroads are earnestly co-operat-In.g in the movement. Improvement In this situation, H Is generally gen-erally i eccgniz-d, wiii go far toward dis-cntii dis-cntii i.gling the many knotty problems wh.lc h have grown out of the deranged state of the foreign exchange market. Another conference of the exchange interests in-terests was held today, but, like most previous pre-vious meetings, tlie outcome left conditions condi-tions virtually unchanged. There is a growing impression, however, how-ever, that our bankers may yet agree to export a moderate amount of gold to mei2t Impending foreign obligations. Gol'Ti bars amounting to SoOO.OOu were takei 'rum ti e assay office today for government govern-ment account, It was said, and another small shipment of gold coin to Canada was reported. Contrary to expectations, the reported Gevman successes In the field of war failed to exert any Influence either way in the nan ow market for foreUm exchange. ex-change. Tliere was again a small amount of business for Iondon and Paris, but most ol it was of a special character. In the domestic money market conditions were duller, with no change In the quoted rate of S per cent. Another Indication of the abnormal conditions prevailing across the water was found in a Ixmdon cable which stated that dealers in British consols had de-ci'iec de-ci'iec to postpone quotations for another week. Along with this was the announcement announce-ment that a JH.000,Ofi"t subscription to the last Canadian loan fell due today. In view of the effect which the war is already having upon this country's foreign for-eign commerce, the Juiy statement of United Slates imports and exports Is note-worth note-worth v. The total figures show an Increase In-crease of $:4,20.""1 over July of 191-3, due largely to excess of imports. Gold exports ex-ports for July aggregated $117,544,000, against $72,3SJj.00ij in the same month of 1013. |