New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-03

s,oht is fast decreasing and that with only small
export movement Az a'es' Sa'd Poc cav Maintaining
pnre5 with those of the same date last year as
SiInp,Ss. Wheat ~, So, 800 bushels this year,
against 2l4l3i1s IIs1 9os ss ra'' bnshels oats
"a 10 against 3.3S4.G4 bushels, and barley.
'337 2S2 against 2.l39,2ol bushels, Inc st"cu,
it;on IN grain was irregular during the week but
Iailos ~ were well sustained for wheat, 81 30 for
trri about 81 80 for May,and about p ~ for June
The price of corn rose TO . cents, and oats
clnse tine week with an advance OF about
4 cents. Hog products also, are higher.
Tho cotton speculation while variable
was well maintained. and prices generally are a
shade higher than week ago. The cXporis OF COZ
ron from all the ports for the week ended on Friday
March 81 were "a, 69i bales against 81 o2o bales
for the preceding week, and Os,S62 bales Tor the
exports have been 2,6Sl ,241 bales against 3,l3l-
81 bales for the same time OF the preceding year
The total visible supply in America ana Europe AT
tie end Of the week was 2.9o2,SSb .Dales against
2alS. S12 bales in the preceding week, and 3OlS,-
IT'S at the same date OF 1881. Tho European stocks
included abovel were l,ll6s9o bales against
$50 at the same date last year. and the quantity
aOat for Europe now Is 659OOO baleS against
1870 bales year ago; OF them, 1I2uou
bales now American against oo4,ooO 0aics d
wear ago " In all departments of the metal traue
there complaints of dniness although !ne COLI
ditions affecting each are different almost III e'f,y
case" The iron trade is dull and there Is noIe US
position to force business by Offering concession
than there has been before. Sales OF steel rams.
that i'll December brought 9oI' are LopoiaoG a..
S53 80. A decline in the demand for LOCOMOTIVES
and cars and the throwing up OF some previously
placed contracts have made 1t easier Ior company
i'm urgent need 10 get supplied within reasohanlc
time and the discharge of parts Of forces hereto
fore employed by some of the large inanulac,otleS
is reported. No change is reported I'D ne iohullon
of the anthracite coal trade. although the season
of navigation has arrived. The total output tGlS
wear to March 25. Is 4,s9I ,|O3 tons. agdIrsl
3 56j 30 tons to the same dale oil lasi year. Inc
movements of general merchandise and dry gooGS
dining the week were fair for the season OF the
wear: but the class journals representing me Varl-
Gus trades make free use OF the terms larry Sdtln-
factory" somewhat unsettled IN price, closing
ouet and stcady,' " some concessions are mate 10
make sales, etc l. -
hardly ms active rs they were IN the preceding week
The transactions in stocks Amounted to =, |03, III
shares against 300, 4O7 shares the week before.
AIthouph fine " bulls kept il control 81 the mar
e. NJ 1to week they pushed their vantage less Wig
oronsIv than before In the first two days there Was
further sharp advance IN prices, and the beSt ~
ures OF the week generally were maze on nesuay
when Western mon sold up 20 93ls. Altcr tnat
there was r,trocession ana the lsi aHceso i''ii
advances were exceptional rs rult' 'nci" i lls'i.
difference either way between the maj hguIes ir'
o1nu,t,p and those OF week ago. But Sucn OUTSIDE
stocks as Houston and Texas Hannibal aud 81. Jo-
scph preferred Louisiana ana missouri
River oregon Railroad and NaNlcaion, hich-
mond and DanVille, and Richmond ana NrSl
Point Terminal show marked alVahGnS ana Oh tu1
usually active stocks. LonIsNie ana \dsn' ne anu
both classes of Northern Iaclhc olocks were ~
ceptiOna i'm closing at about the best hgrcS OF the
week The special points of the week hHcly, 10
affect the speculation were the announcement 'ldi
Jay Gould and his friend had scared control Oh
The Mutual Union Telegraph Company ana the
declaration of a per cent quarterly dividend Nv
the Lake Shore Railroad Company; me business Oh
the week very Wei distributed, ana Inc hifhcn
wore less the appearance OF specially chqued
movements than II bad the preceding week. " hiie
there are We, some dOubtcTS, they hardly are an
active force IN the market and the opinion of opera
tors lsnearly unanimous III expecting higher values
WEEKLY RANGE OF PRICES.