New-York tribune., 1886-03-08

The bank exchanges at the Nv York Clearing House
Tor the week OF three years compare a, follows:
Week ended Msrchs 1884. Mar T. 1888. Mar 6, 1886
EXCHANGES M SG9 sif's'Sg so'555.'Soi
Tno foregoing conpari,on OF the bank exchanges and
stock does to reflect favorable
IL condition Ia outside business "a have the comparisons
OF preceding weeks. But II must DO remembered that
OF the sold last week nearly one half wero half
shares and OF ina, Reading 464 200 shares whcn s2u M
IN the twentcs last year the Gales OF Reading Tor tho
week were only 500 shares Last weok the sales of
SO oGo shares Tor the week OF 1855 Tho aggregate OF
account OF stock transactions last week
probably very htle any, exceeded 'ho'o OF tho week
The local money market develops no change; once or
twice during the week the rate for call loans momon
ary ruled above per cent ana once up TO per cent
hut the was not over 22 and at the close ho
rate / per cent. better supply of mercantile
paper marks improvement In general trade. but the
rates stI easy at 31dis per cent. tho domestic
Boston and Chicago there Is turn the other way. The
foreign exchanges quiet all the week through and
not OF character tha PORN anency and business
the basis or - S7it aud ~ respectively
for long and short stotlluk.
The week recorded IN in activity in all de.
partments or the Stock Exchange. Government bond,
continued TO no In demand but the recent advanced
quotations brought fuller supply so that there was
some apparent dlmnutlon OF ntInness In the market
but VIII the prices were well sustained
Tho general bond market developed an enlarged demand
FOR nearly all classes of securities TO which there
general response by higher figures The Erie issues
were IN special demand because OF the favorable SNOW
iny which tho company makes of the hrst four months
exceeds the supply but existing quotations nave marked
the Of so low percentage that no mate
rial advances recorded expected to be Tor that
class OF securities People may buy trash ~ certain
figures for speculation. but they do not buy hrstcan
bonds 1870 and upward except for tho purpose oi re-
oeiying au Income. -
Tbo stock speculation ia entitled u be called moro ac-
two than IN the preceding week. because the transio
lions amounted to 225S 88l shares, against f00i4o
shares for preceding week But mat activity was
almost entirely duo TO the enlarged transactohs III
very small number of stocks. Tho four cOalers-HeW
Jersey Central. Delaware. LackAwGuna and western.
Delaware and Hudson, aud Philadelphia and Reading,
con ribued 100000 to the weeks total Duslhess, an
OF that the two stocks. tho par yauo Oh
which only $780, instead OF SlO0 The hnal advances
shown for those four stocks from s per cent i9r
Central OF New Jersey to 5 per cent for PhlLuelpn
and Reading SIX other stocks, which eacn contributes
90 900 shares and upward furnished 1O2oOO shares 70
the total thus ton stock, furnished more than nroe
fourhs of tho weeks whole business Ofthe sst soVn
four show huaI advances rsngng from Pr copt ig
Erie to liz for Lake Shore Two show
Mall u ana Western Union ~ per cent tor ,'o 6sn
eral llnt made up Of ninety-seven uhetonu sto,
th, re was with Few exceptions advances eslhnsncu ~
the nd OF tho week, aud. IN soDe instances ln9uinS
sueh Htock, as Columbus. Hooking valley ana loIeuo
the Mi waukee, Lake Shore aud western, Rchn9nu anu
Danyille and the st. Paul and Duutls, tne auvn
RAJ ged from to per cent. The large dealings Ia ,a
coal stocks and their wide fluctuations aside trom !no
svideut manipulation VI hom. were due " successo