New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-09

Net excess OF eN-
ports over I'm .o. 80, -. .,,.o,ooo, ..,c-o,,.
For the year 1s79-not included in the above
table-the exports Of merchandise amounted to
S7G5, 159, S25 and the imports to $5l3,602, 1876,
showing credit balance of 1921 ,557 O29 or $240,
42l s37 greater than the balance for 1882. After
deductng the excess of specie imports over exports
in 1879 the credit balance was still over $175,-
600, 900 on that years business. made up by tho
Custom Houses. Now it was following such a large
apparent balance that during the next
twelve months 1850 this country imported
500, 900, 900 more specie and bullion than
il exported For 1880, the merchandise
balance was $l92, s76,2 46 TO the credit Of
the country and deductng the specie movement
of the Iyear the credit still was 1923, 64e ,424;
hence the excess of specie imports over exports
$40 1927 44Sl IN the next twelve months (lSs1 was
$40 600, 900 less than il was in 1850. For 1881
the credit balance on the merchandise movements
was 1853, 339, 679 and deducting the specie move
ments the remaining credit balance was S1l4,012,-
23l Yet with that balance in the cOuntry's favor
on the whole business of 1881, our exports OF
specie last year QsS2 exceeded the imports $685.
537, POI. For the year 1852 the credit balance on
merchandise is $15.135.192. or $l4S,000,00O
than in 1850 and $235, 900 900 smaller
than in 1879 In view of such facts what reason Is
there to expect early importation of gold simply
because that daring the last three months the
country's foreign business shows an improvements
upon the unusual poor season of the preceding
YEAR,
The business in stocks to-day again was eompara-
lively small except that done on two or three spe-
cally active stocks. The total transactions amounted
only 10 372 1l2 shares against 56s 900 shares yes
terGav The market teyerlsh and I'M
settled all day, but the fluctuations tended
toward higher figures. There was q
large buying of a few stocks TO cover short" ac-
counts and Central and Hudson and Lake Shore were
specially sustained by the bulls" Central and
Hudson loaned at 1-64 l-32, and Lake Shore at e
a 3 premium for use. The leading active stocks
were: Union Pacific, which closed with an
advance of ll2 per cent on last evenings
price; Western Unron which tiuetuated 2ls
per cent? Central and Hudson, which is up los;
St Paul. and Delaware, Lackawanna and western.
Chicago Burlington and Quincy was specially weak
IN the early dealings and declined 10 ll74, but
recovered To 1883 That the short interest
market has been considerably reduced IS shown
by the more general expression of faith IN bet
fer Market and some OF the recent bears do not
hesitate to express themselves as follows: Prices
will rise before they fall per cent" The late
dealings also showed better and more confident
tone. and prices hardened quietly and without ex-
cltement; bat the change that thus whatever IL
may amount To, is simply inside OF the marketj
there is no accession of support from the pubic.
The market closed quiet and strong
Governments were dull, but the IS and 3i2s were
weak and the bids for each were 4 lower. Annexed
are the closing quotations: