New-York tribune., 1882-02-20

bushels '''n whsass ass0 frs@ shDTsnt sf Lac
NoS py 5se Tay t Of the Mississippi River and
favored BY specially low rates for fieisbP was
f 60 newoorieans n cents per busheD, and probably
men rroa Hewosefs = pot TfHo 70 its But the ship
OF me country. To have brought that wheat
To- to the Atlantic ports would have empIoys5
sScb SUg cars or n.od fleet Of 20 canal boats
exports Of cotton from all the ports for the veal
| ended Friday were only G9,s60 bales aoainst
IO6, Y bales for the same week of last year, and
| since January they have been 2l62 026 bales
against 279S,0i] bales last year. OF the dry good,
| trade il is reported: 9'
The demand for dry goods has beer s7asmodc snd r.,
regular during the past week and The volume ~ l1e
was somewhat disappointing 10 manufacturors' agents
ana ana Joubers alike Southern Jobbers bOTght
resulting from the wretchod condition OF the road. In
nny sectons ard the consequent duness Of the dis
the Western and Middle states were mosiy g,yerned
taf Wahos, o1t selections were Of such frequency
"ia. 'ihhSdcuons reached fair aggregate amount.
The iron and coal markets have sbovn M i'm
provements The Eagiaetrihg aud Wpiag Jor;rs1l
says: Wv
This week has been very quiet one in the iroa mar.
and generally subdued feeling Consumption gees cas-
without disturbance and is very great in fact,
well maintained. The only indications II weakness ptfi
eeycd grow out of q fear0f the future. WelearI
Of no business worthy Of note I'm iron rails At Pennsyl,
yana mills steel rss arc quoted az about SOC II Is san
that large lot il offered from second hands oving 10 tho
dlscOhnuance OF the obstruction OF road which Yves
proposed ~ 81 2 The trade nantbracite coal very
much demoraiized. The demand IS small owing to the
nNuoss OF the weather and holding of OF buyers The
generalization Is mos ly ca1sed think, by lack OF
confidence among the prOdusers-One OF another.
sizes are acchlnuallng and stove and broken, moro
especially, nave been getting weaker Undcrscng is
common that f. IL folly 10 talk Of crculir prices
The system Of hafne work is now in practice bat IL IL
evident tbat even The present production Is too great for
the demand Ihc conp1nies should al an early day
make plans for curtament In March. and not ieaye te
dscssi0Ds Of just what shall be dOue until 20 late day
that nothing can be done at the propcr time l very
desirable hat the public should not get the idea
that there is any question OF tue entoB Of tn
i' ia , ~ 49,, az ~ @ % & W IL, az ~ La ~ i 'ie'i.s 5
OF the uadc: utnree days week "o VIII flrnlsh 700
much coal in March, lc whole week 81 he beginning
and three days for the rest of the month be- rsd U
not likely that the market would be exhausted Of coal
even under this cuTtai,inent
At The Stock Exchange the share speculation was
feyeIish. irregular and unsettled al tho week. In
few instances special causes simulated activity
In certain stocks but rule the market has
moved much as il moved during preceding wecks-al-
tefnately strong and weak Last week, however the
general depression IN prices was greater than at any
preceding time, and although later there were
sharp and important Iecoveries and comparative
steadiness during the last two days, III a majority
Of instances the final prices show large declines
from those OF the preceding week The old granger
stocks were tho best sustained of the entire lisf
and generally show small gains. The Southwest
erps, and notably the Wabashcs, were especially
weak. The trunk-li shares had their
ups and downs, and close the week without
important changes. The last named stocks are sup-
ported by IDEA that is purely speculative rather
than by any favorable reports OF the companies net
earnings; Ia fact despite trustworthy reports THAI
are deciaedy unfavorable. Central of New-Jersev
was specially active first in n decline from g6l4D
81 to s07s on the suppOstiOn that the new law
authorizing an issue OF stock 10 redeem bonds
would put an end the contest for the control Of
the road, and laer in rise to 95Ss,
when it was learned that the contest would b. con-
tIDued In the meantime both par les soliciting
proxies for their respective tickets. But the pres
ent mana cement makes no statement OF the cOgi-
pany business for 1881, of Its present financial
h.. Il Of rr.i Ii
rumor states them to be, would lie recomiD rnda-
ton for reelection. Denver and Rio Grande made
another drop, this time from 703t TO 81, and
ended the week at G5l. Western Union, after iiuc-
tuating between sl3i aud 1855, closed at 1874
decline of 15s per cent for the week The transac-
tions fer the week amounted to :, 200, ,413 shares
against l.37O,772 shares for the preceding week.
and 1887, 900 shares for the week preceding, that
WEEKLY RANGE OF PRICES