, 1881-07-21
Wall Street Affected by 1toitcrnllon Of
Ind Crop Nows..
Traces Of Buying for Investment.
Finances in Chicago.
Tho rrslntc Sarkcts t'cattally 1liglfc-Narc Doing
in pro,islouS, anl.less Ii 1Irtaastn|Ty.~
Wheat Strengthened by Discouraging Crop Ad.
vIccs-Thc Halt.DolIar Mark Touched
In Corn.


Stocks were nctirc aud Irregular front tllc
sfnrt. .lllc inDst vLuictt fluctuations wGrc III
Northern Pacific preferred, which went down
ir.,m ~ lu 1G.i and recovered 10 H. Trursnr-
,luiia wQvr. heavier In this stock thah they hAv0
teen for lnitr timt. ltS decline WIS attributed
III tiia general inti,encrs of tho market. asslstc
l,y tho {uct tint quotations invb bccii sharply
y The rrcGtit purchases tD obtain tho
ctlstrut, mud Tint those who r0 Interested IN Tho
new .senl art,,au fully loaded that they tn not
rare u siIstufn tho ntnrktt for tho stnct. us
i6,tit IL doing With h!a st,ecialtlcs. IT. 1Mi wns
nctivp, hut tho expected rntly did net cnn,e,
tho stock opened Mt 1la'i mil ctnscd ut IT,.
selling ttowi to il0N, Wmrishocrrr!s saftl to l'c
still selling. aud Now York prophets think II
p.nbo that nftcr snlllng ol,t lu III t'rll i'cnr.
Tu proposed lssl,c of rntlit,iuu sanck has brtit
deferred, ntcnlrlluE tn Wall strect 1osslp, III
ur,lcr II ennl,lu WocrafMcrer tn ,tnload, antl
when IL ~ tsslin1 tho stock is expected to 10
,m,lr!, lower. Northwest stlnva resistance IL tho
downward tendency OF the market, and has not
'FlilTcrcd hair MS niicA US 81. Paul ln this treuk
GhirnEo, tiirltspt,,n'& & Quincy sold tiown to 151,
recovering 10 isGsi. Tlie earnings nf tho Cotn.
,nsl,y Asu lnrgrr now that at thls time lust year.
In, tim crops III Its lrlh,,tnry Territory have,
with thDso nlunK tho tfpct lsfand, been
t,.,rt silt,naYc.l ilan III my othor j,nrk
vi tho West, Erir preferred, which has been
remarkably siendy. Altch!unn CciIttzl. and Lnku
shore showed slight Rntns. OrnnhN common
weakened, tho preferred wns atctly and IL III
request by buyers along It's rOatl. Wabash was
well sustained till towI,rd tic Glusu, when tho
cun1nun saEgcl to 5I!s. but tho preferred ut tho
same Llio advanced IN two moves from IOti IN
MA. lfnnn 1'lctflr showed Il alttlo weakness Mt
tlrsr int epsr4i ut tho highest }oitt Of Tho dny.
Al the ct,nl stocks !mprpvcst.
Tic impression tsA!ns grDt,snl TINT tho general
list ltns been ycrsul.l. There nre alnns Of strong
nnyInE, t,i,ugh few Investors nre buying III
Chicago. tsrrnt amounts Df stocks silve lcell
so IN tho lnst few days. Tho huyers must hnyp
hccn strung In1n. Weak ones lo NOT buy III
Htlct tfnlrs.
THO sn1Hllcr bcnrs-wcrG covering yesterday.
kccuc ntd tho larger bears urc still short, md
,rctltet lower prices.
Russell Sagu says that Could has uot sold Il
share Of Western Unio,t.
y ncHtng OF passenger agents WINS eulcd for
Wednesday,, hut It was not expected to nccofn-
plsIi anything, III vlew Of tho attitude Ut tho
New York Central.
y leading New York tnl,se teleEraphed In au-
swcr TO inquiries, TINT siucks wcfo too low to
scsI with safety, ati that tlloro wcre good buy
cra mt tho DECLINE.
Another Now Turk dispatch said that geuer-
al liquidation OF speculation WIS gotng on nil tho
morning until It was discovered that Gould hnd
brcn II hcnvy buyer ut tho decline, lie WIS DE-
carcd to have borrowed several millions OF tho
bnnks.
Tic serious element Of tho stock sltunton Ia
tho had crop HOWE. In MIunrsotn bugs mud rnst
nre lulng their worst, and hi average OF hnlf II
er0p Ia tho host tint Is hopol for. Wisconsin
will bu Mbout tho sarnc as Inst ycar. blight
Il dotug ba4 work III Nebraska, and It
II believed 10 bc Kcncral through
tho Northwest. Nebraska cAunat cx-
cGsh III Aycrage of eight btsshc,s IN acre
tFySVn 1vt uJtSf f1,ntE E,rtf
crop. In general, tho spring-whoat crop is IT.
]lrc'l Mt lenst II per cent. and Is III critical
roMItEot,. 'rhs IL not street uik, hit IL tnrpr-
tnnton Obtninctt ut first naMd frttn, responsible
1mull who tnyc hcen OYER The ground.
Tho car,,lllKs nt tho Missouri 1'aO.tlo Railway
Company international It Nrcnt Northern Dt.
vision, for tic week cnlfng Jnly :; lss1, $+>:rs.-
"; 1850. 81. 70: Hi fncrtase, s.I .d6l.
Tho earnings ur tho Chlcngo L Northwestern
ltHilrt,Ml for tho sccon,l week Of .luly nertase
$ia,4O0, and those Of tho St-Pn.lE l. Omaha Road
Sill, ,0D0.
Tho following arc the comparative earnings Of
tho Chicago, Milwaukee s. 1T. Pn,,i Eaiirt,atl
for tho second week or July: 1851, *3dl 900: ls0,
s.I0,4 ,41S; Increase, Rit4,hTa:.
Tho Kross sarnEng Of tho Northarn pao!tlo
tsnItruntl Company for the week ending July Ii,
1881, OIL ~ miles Of roua were sas,104: for cor-
responding weok In lssn on T., miles OF mllen OF
ro,et, $5s,4sl; increase, sl0,.@xl
Tbc following ure tho enrntnrs t,r tf,e NJ. {nuIa
4 Hun Fru,cat, Hallway t,ntI,,nnv f,,r liz ,.o'.s
ending Juy II: Isl. .x57.Lnl. 1sS,, s1i I'M. lm.
crcaso, $li,t0b. Jan to July H. lsai, $l110apo;
wT ~1'' S''"'@
,rh, ro,to,vtn,, oro III, ,,,,c,o, r,,,ros - >, .
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crn 1fallronI ts,mnnnv, ''"No 0 - "-s$'
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pGhsuK ..,,,-,.- m, EShA l,9EKIafi Ill., EIL.7
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