New-York tribune., 1885-07-20

Week ended July is. bush. 4iailo isSl.siO 7i75io
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The speculation I'm cotton more than usually active
With some wide fluctuations in prices The general ten;
the ranged 20
this crsp aud from 3 to 16 cents for the next CROP Spot
declined s to 1O1 cents for middling upiand-a
figure which nearly cent lower than the current
price OF year ago this date The statistics OF the move-
ments for three years are as follows:
RECEIPTS AT PORTS
lss2-'s3 lssS-st 1ssi-sGs; SG!;
since sSS ens pssn sa'f' bales: 47s 45s
nea ESs sas yss S95, s s
Turning from tue commercial aud agricultural si,na-
ti0nsfr0m the business Of producing Of buying selling
the stock Exchange last week presented different pic
urc-one that Is highly cOlored by mystery with future
viii serve to characterizc all The speculative stu
alton was compared with "a Rocky Mountain canon
pressure and flooding 10000 acres This pressure has
its equivalent In the T6OOOOO0O OF reserves In our
they raise the snce gates or the water forces its own
way through there will be lively times for the fellows
is getting W rcs b. by econo%y at the rate OF
year. or course the Inference Intended to be conveyed
fRss hS Sans Sa.9sS
or later must flow into stocks ana. bonds that
w Us at no an .a 5 @ Sr snas
savings the people must simply add that amount each
the volume or the countrys certificate or capital
and OF Indebtedness We hesitate to characterize the
theory and would not print except that story OF the
not half told without repeating one Of the principal
theories advanced This particular one has gladdened
some Of the Colorado silver mining % companies Il is
fact that an active speculation in securities In pro-
grcs hut IL also Is true that the number OF spectators
or investors has but little increased. NewYork aud
and Chicago professionals are dealing larger aud
ments have Increased the orders from Boston and
Philadelphia, but yet there has been nothing sp-
large advances during the week tand list shows how
much in two weeks but the whole speculative element
purpose and to that end. Seemingly, the movement had
its origin In the negotiations for the transfer OF the
South Pennsylvania Railroad To the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, but 1t is probable that only coincidence that
made favorable factor IN the speculation although
of the general transportation business OF I'M
portance But Mt present the speculation will see only
of the transportation business. Thus prices last
o l sSs e
oitions that more than usually adverse to hloy
ant tone. IL was demonstrated that grain would not
from Chicago at the 2cent by water and it
fell of TO cent, fact which once more shows that
.at yae 'fI Of The Ariel. Ve Lake Shore rose
GIG cent13 cent since July aud Central aud
Hudson 5l2-ll g since July g. Tho grangers made
Important gains when known that all the Western
pools virtu y broken aud existed only In name
been almost without quotation and they all advanced
the first figures. The "bo0m" Is and barring
accidents its duration aud extent depends upon
whether not the public will enter than upon actual
conditions OF traffic or OF the companies The weeks
transactions amounted to 2.3l5.7l6 shares, against
O56 500 shares for the preceding week. and the num-
Der OF stocks dealt in aggregated 1922 against 80 for the
preceding week 1t Is unnecessary to partcuarze the
active stocks and their changes the suboncd table
80 stocks of the total and the final prices OfJuy
3. well Of July H. But eight stocks. which each
100000 shares. furnished l,713G00 and six
othes. which each 10000 shares contributed
32s,400 shares. leaving for the remaining eighty
eight stocks only 333 700 shares. Railway bonds OF
speculative character active aud generally higher
Erie seconds closed per cent higher, but West Shore
irsts were L. lower
The subonrd table gives the highest lowest and final
prices aud number OF shares s0ld together with the
final figures OF week ago of hfty-twO active or rep
resentaye stocks: