New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-07

Provisions followed grain. The decline for lard
was severe and only less so for pork but o9th closed
better than lowest hgnres YET sno" 1ns ~ Ell
xaTd movement of provisions has not been acceIeF-
ated by the low freight rates, -
The cotton speculation continues 10 De an e4cep-
zion To the general drift of other markets lhere
bnovancv subject 10 frequent and sometl tunes "l9e
Hucfnations was manifest during the whole week.
The New-YoGk market has led In tie advance,
which the European, and southern ma markets cs
have rather. reluctantly followed % ne o nts
for Ami deliveries. 1920 points for the
other months of this CROP and from nine ~ -FOUR
teen points on 1 es With that for future delivery
and closed with advance or D. ioc. ue IeceIpls
al the ports for the week show large Decline uTh
the receipts of the week OF 1888, out SO slso
do the exports The statistics are as follows:
The receipts at the ports last week were
o. oai Goias gaiust rs 70S bales for the week
IN 1ss3-whch makes the total since Septemler l,
a al q SCI bales this year, against ,4O5 4SO oaies
last year The exports OF tho week were |U'lot
baleS against % 400 bales for the last year; ana
The totals since September l are 3,364,15| bales
Tor this year. against 3,94l.627 bales last year.
1'orpplaiuts OF dulness and a shading OF prices
come from all the iron markets yet some
makers are reported being SO full OF orders that
new business is declined, but that probably refers
only to special trade. business N steer ras ~ very
slaSk and quotations are reduced 70 933 q p'10 %
AT mill transactions at lower hguIes are
reported 70 have been made IN the coai' tra G
pn poIlcy for the future has been adopted Dy the
Anthracite companies and last week the mines were
worked full time the effect OF which on me prices
Is &
go tres The condition of the trade would De mn
proved By an announcement that the OUTPUT VII
Sc restricted a certain number OF Gays IN ea 'e
month till July; but such pubic announce
peUt as will satisfy dealers IL Is reared W0uI9
cause discomfort among the miners, VINO nave LAO
little more than hali-tlme WOrk during the last
tbrae mouths IL also is suggested by coal Inen
that The necessity of the Reading company 70 DC
al! the time creating assets is announcer 70
on Creeuent TO restrict the output Tor prolonged
Teriod In the meantime there Is d dOdd deai OF
faIk about how much better the demand Will De
The Stock Exchange markets were dull through
the week hut the business IN stocks - ZI'%OV
shares was 2l2 600 shares larger than Tor inc pre-
cediug week In values here was a genera DuL d
fuctuating shrnkage. The continued dlsagree
ments-within pool lImlts-of the various railroad
combinations; the evidence that a large business
vs. obtaiuabe particularly east OF the Mississippi
River only by offering extremely low rates, ana tAS
crovytng IMPRESSION that the outlook Tor the coal
trade resembles IN color more nearly mat OF the 81
ticIe than that of gold, OccasiOned promlscuons
selling of stocks of the various interests, Wlich,
In the absence Of so pronounced support as heIe-
tofOre has characterized the market lea 10 lecuh-
ING prices The shrlukage, however, Is not
important in figures Inc bears OF course arse
aided the declines by their sales, but theY also
were important factors in every reaction that oc-
Cured and the loan market II II lldlcates any
thing reflects a short interest that Ia smaller
than tbat of a week ago. Neither are there iudlca-
mons that the large operators who lie" weeks
ago advanced prices by then helES % my
10 any material extent reduced tneI INES. Inc
selling has come from the smaller nOlOers DOM III
The Hoard and out Of II. Hence the fllhlolsy
shown the bears III lucI ~
Set4rmined attacks upon values OF the weeks
busines, few stocks contributed as usudi very
large proportion Of the transactions: Union racine
800 722 shares with final decline OF 4's per
cent Delaware, Lackawanna and western 81
73O shares with decline OF "a IT Faui Z2I-
$40 shares with decline OF IA western Union
49, l76 shares with a decline OF rs Lake
Shore Hips shares. with q decline OF :, ana
Reading lOO525 shares with an advance
OF 10 per cent Here are slI stocks that lurhlshed
204 Og3 shares Of the weeks total business
Northwestern common, with sales OF To'|OO
shares lost 2s per cent, and the preferred STOCK,
with sales of 2, 300 shares, gained D. The theory
IL that the proposed plan 70 capitalize about
&l 100000 of annual hrst charges into
common stock-st any prce-dischGrged so much
OF the annual payments that stood between the
preferred stock and its dividends. Michigan Cen
trail with sales of only 1900 shares, declined
per cent, and Erie with sales of 7O,8oO shares,
gsiped 81 per cent. The SouthwesteTns ruled
weak but the low priced shares declined only pro-
nortionate with these figures; Missouri Pachc
&as OH 81 aud Louisville and Nashville Il, and
Texas Pacific only - per cent.
YThe boDd market also ruled dull. United States
issnss we're firm and bids advanced for the So aud
l. nor cent for the As; the Us are unchanged.
T'bere were no tran sactous in State bonds worthy
a. mote nuotatjops were steady. There was = con
siderahie falling of in the business IN railroad
honda bur prices generally ruled ilrmj IA that re-,
snecf he debenture lssues of the Nesern ana
burlington and Quincy are PARTICULAR
Oh the other hand the West Shore hfst os Ano ING
issues of Texas and Pacific were notably weak r.,
Apnlieation has been made 70 the oIock LIZ