| Show aliat yr york loan byth 1 f i tho saturday half holiday hag beun to inako ian impression upon the banking business 0 this city that is portentous of evil new york is conceded by everybody to lo 10 tho financial centre of the country and hitherto the time has been none too long for alie accomplishment of our work now wo aro handicapped by tho sudden taking away of dij whole working of tho year adding to alie eight whole holidays previously and tho business of mcw york alio foremost business city in tho union is deprived of 31 working daya whereas most of tho other cities of alio union leavo but six holidays in other words alio business of tho city of new york with its into every city town and hamlet intha in tha union must bo transacted in working days per annum against days devoted to work by every other city alio consequence is that tho of doing our business is lirely increased becomes substantially the last day of alio neck for liello or nothing can bo done on saturday and monday begins with an accumulation of ork and but our most serious troubles p owin out of the saturday halt holiday arc tho losses of our california and western accounts tho exchange of hundreds of millions of bollara annually anil of theao have been dm en to chicago and other cities by our inability to do business with on saturday it ial folly to suppose eliat tho channels of business of tho M holo country anro going to caaso their how because new york banks anro to wait upon them they will avoid tho key ork banks anil in their train nil the institution of tho city and go they can bo accommodated at all reasonably times 1 aromin Jr omin in york I 1 |
