New-York tribune., 1886-03-29

total tonnage 70 each month OF the year. The amount OF
tho agreed output dspels all fears Of and forblds the
the arraneement probably viii secure 10 companies
a fair profit the product The iron and steel trades
and makers Indifferent to orders til their
contracts are completion. The wheat
IPe'"'Hio" ~ inc 'V"g[' week, but good export
demand aJ the reduction occasoned a reaction aud
prices closed about the same week ago. The amount
OF exports from this for a,t week will be more tha
three times that Of tho preceding week -.,-,-- D,
At the Stock Exchanges the predictions OF activity i0r
t, ,t wees & made by certain oP@asI' @ b.TS wTI a true %
ned me nanSacuohs ~ tno oit oo"ri AZ 10 .'I,Iii
three DAYS. So long as tho "bears" continued 10
depress prices. by selling aud buying ON
declining scale the record OF sales rolled mp 70 large
figures. When they ceased the arkcts dun and
with less than onohaf volume OF transactions prices
recovered one-halt OF the decline. The labor troubles
real aud exaggerated aud the continual harpng upon
the exports gold disturbing clements but II IS
doubtful II they had other effect upon tho market
than TO deter buying or operations for tho long ac
count which enable the down OF hgre- exactly
they might be marked down Central Park or IN Cas-
speculative stocks which hold on slender margins
is unQuestionaby true but not any such extent IS
wcompensate for the short sales made 10 effect TINS
purpose Every disposed To buy stocks, except
thOsemanagers whose position enables themtO anticipate
the event waiting toI oil tne strikes ana
probably will continue to wait TIL the leaders have Sc
sured their quotas. Much vas said and written during
Hudson and Lackawdnna companies. AZ neither Of
business since January (aud It thsr custom 10
do so TIL they report 10 the state COMMISSIONERS IN May
simply guesswork, II 10 is as good rs that BON com
panes made good reports for the quarter ended Decen
Der 81 1885, and know O no wnY The present
quarter should not make returns even better than nat
Two companies In the same line OF business, however,
have reported and by thon entitled 10 Judge Of
business OF the Nanderbitnes Eres report for the
moutb of January which includes tho operations OF tho
York. Pennsylvania and ONO gives net earnings Of
1902, ,3Os against Sl7O,63- IN l-7J and FSj773 IA
1885,; and the Pennsylvania Railroads re
port for January ana February, which In
oudes tho leased lines west Of Pittsburg, gives
net earnings for the two months or Sl,9-1.09l,
against 800 s63 in 1855 and S2O341Os in lS54 II
there are any reasons why the Ntudcrbnt5 will not
make favorable compar in their next quarterly
reports aware O them. As usual few stocks
mOuOpOuLrd the bu.k OK the business. Eight, ~hicn
each contributed 100000 shares or over furnished
922 800 the total and their final changes were az
follows: Drclncs-Ere, Is; Central and HUDSON / 81
Northwcsteru st. Paul -; Lake shore 3ls North
Pacific preferred, Big ana Union PaClhc. 3As per
cont. Advsnce-Doiawsre, Lackawanna and Western,
IS per cent.
SubiOued our usual table giving the biCha't lowest
uH prices and number OF shares sold for the week
together with the hna prices Of week ago, Of forty
SIX actlye or representative stocks;
WEEkLY RANGE.