New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-15

,I draw check and handle the securities for loan ~
less than liz or per cent per anHun Zoe nsr cent
During the past week tlo Impression thuI sio r,U
question viii remain at THO end OF ths a. ira ono
ing has gained ground. And MS IL Is pciIeTeu NM ,h
qa3 Is better thln any poasS new l Congres The
impression has bad consotntory elect upon an -, tha
cal s ,h TGfI me Of the ana result
of continued coinage OF one plrco Oh mon -,
tie commercial value Of another pitce, which is also
called u dollar But there has been remarKsp'e Inv
hcation of opinions to tho immediate eiect OF rVn
10 The .iveril2i2 crns standard or the reduction ol
% per cent ia tho vaIe OF our Gpit oil account. ,h
den aud severe contraction 10 longer expected as to
first effect OF the worst that can he eNpected-tne gen
er acceptance of the il2l grains or SILVER az ts uy
able Including the Icgal-ten,ler of the Govern
ment. and gold coin rnng Mt premium eq'liYSe" 10
erains Of 1t and 4i2i2 grains OF silver 1t now y
understood that the gold coins viii not not
fac art but that they w as they did in Grecnbaek
times, remain in the banks On special deposit sun1ce 10
laws OF movement as now. and be counter a.
part OF tho banks Reserves. and DC the basis Tor iou
tue same % gol was all thronch the pcriod tnat u eT
notcs The change has come so slowly that wler !.
comes now 1t will be Imitation aud not contraction bes
to avoid IT, because &c Is history that imitation Is io
Another weok of snow trslm storms. causing
frosheis AMI making country roads implssso!e
general merchandise. But 10 has not disturbed the gem
eral confidence In good spring trade and oxcett II TO-
probably Will not diminish the aggregate movements o
the season. .,..o
movements IN the speculative share, and an unusual Ia
vestmrnt demand for good bonds Government IS anu
4as arc respectively : and q pee cent higher than
week ago aud stu IN largo demand. All hrst-
class railroad bouiS are taken on rne Sr5
tho Junior securities. some OF which the value
generally seen IN eager deIunud The transactions in
stocks 27i5.0Gi shares was little less than III ue
preceding week but the advances III figures more
general and Important Tho talk or tho StECoL
of little else than the Reading reorganization synd-
the subject beyond the formal publication 10 the OF
feet that such syndicate did exist and had correspond
with tue RrndlnY Reorganization trustees, anu
PhiiadeiPhid Led0er outlining OF the proposed pan
which IL the man Is PrHPO eSreU 0no,t Ie tro@
the junior bond and Stockholders. but III We"
of the facts IN the mat Inc s i
ncn Interest for ten years and over 9nd hat u couN
not reconp daHng sneh {Tas t ns be ,cSono
finally prove successful. There probably Ia good
deal romance the stories Of consolidation or cou
hnntion OF Interests to control al mo .Oa
for period OF years. with the Reading ana jersey
average earnings there VIII DO less necessity, snmn
there is for the other companies fayorqg coal com
west. and one publication this morning, III
Isst Week ont of Chicago By tho Nickel Plate
company remarks that "there is ground for the belief
for equal rates allaround night" Whatever
CHICAGO may think the NicAcl Plate road New-iork Is
considered as one Of the Vanderbilt line'. majority
OF lts stock IL owned b. the Lake shc-5 Company.
MeEsrs. W. II. vanderbilt aud L. W.
Vanderbilt respectively tho president and
trcaaurcr and It's present receiver. Mr. -. W. Caldwell,
appointed sucl tbs interest OF the Lake shore
Company. one week Il IL two roads that carry
than their proportion, another week II IA some
two hut report has II always that the roads which
carry the cutting rates. fair analysis Of the
weekly reports for four weeks back furnishes the
conclusive evidence that all the lines mau-
tanning rates: and the limited movement clinches t.
The following table shows the tons and percentages
shppcd by each OF the railroads East from Chicago OF
lur grain and provisions for the week ended last
SATURDAY. IN comparison with the same week OF 1888
and 1884: