Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-21
l WORTH mARKETs-DAILY RE
VIEW.
OFFICE OF TIE GAZETTE,
mr. XVORTu. TEX. Oct. 20, 1888.

IA VIEW.
OFFICE OF TIE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH. TEX. oct. 20, 1888.
Nae was good average to.day.
d are in big demand at present
4 and as those brought to market
are fresh, there is no immediate dan
Ma decline.
Ia bottom has dropped out Of the but.
market, and 1t would go below 10
were 1t not that people look with
Eclon on any compound sold less than
Figure.
ain is not quite as active as for some
IA past Quotations on carload lots
shipments will be published in Fri
ID GAZETTE.
THE STATE OF TRADE.
8 becisl kilograms to Bradstreet's note
Moderate check in the movement of
sra merchandise throughout the
..htry. This appears to be due In part
natural reaction following season
sctiye trading and in part to the effect
be late period of unseasonably warm
her This is notably true at Boston,
* York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
land, Chicago and st. Louis.
situation, however, still con-
fs very favorable, with quite a
Folume Of transactions and a very
lfspread feeling of confidence in the
Fe The bank clearings, rejecting
they do the general state of
business situation somewhat tardily,
sbed an aggregate from thirty cities
s1week far in excess OF previous weekly
81, although check in the movement
7 merchandise had then been recorded.
week the total bank clearings from
y cities begins to reflect the check to
= eourse Of trade, with an aggregate OF
1921 ga, against $I,205, 609, 1873 last
and 1894 1888, 6Sl In the like week
year ago. The decline on the week
per cent, and the gain, as compared
Z the second week in October, 1885. ia
~ cent. New York lost $76, 200, 900,
$4,000, 900, Boston $l2,-
EPOe and Chicago $4,000, 900,
FL compared with last week,
domestic money markets,
u whole, have not been quite so strin-
as week ago, CincinlAti, particu.
''.H, reporting money returning from the
RI The New York stock market has
In the main quieter, with consider
reaction from the high pressure o.
preceding two weeks. Later there
some attempt to revive the bull
''itng, and at least one stock Man
&fn Elevated) showing phenom
Z. advance. The total shares o.
& dealt In this week is 2,525, 96s
3'pst S,205, Tl9 last week and 1859, ~!
't' year. Bonds have been firm, witt
noes 10 some speculative Issues. Thu
transactions for the week amount Il
& Uh2OO, against Sll 1886, 500 last week
" az New York has been extremely
M and an increased demand from mer
le sources has kept cal
at from and pc
as high as 10 per cent. beinl
IN some instances, with time monel
= and In active demand at 6 pei
Foreign exchange has been at the
mporting point during the greater
~ Tue week, and while IL is nrmer OF
importations OF gold ar,
stea. The special railway repor
ttastreets for nine months L
snoer 80, points to an increase ii
Al1stion OF leading Americans rail
"a advance Of earning capacity
~ compared with like periods in 1885,
ea' Railways Tor which compare
.aA are furnished show 4.S per cent
aseu earnings against nine months
- ana 10 per cent. against 1884
ny goods have not been quite Al
~ y last week bleached cottons ar,
sner aud firm. Print cloths arr
ny sctlye at the advance. Clothinl
" distributed literally. Southern
sVOos are said to be sold ahead 0
.pply. Wool is moderately activ,
'ioes are easily sustained; the siz,
s0nsstic clip exciting some inter
Is now known to be short
,niue adyices are that the damage :,
ss.oSo VIII not exceed per cent
~ IN Indiana and Missouri was no
~ materially, Breadstuffs are no
r.longer. The late advances do no
y DC permanent. Pig IRON ad
I, Ana the demand at the South an,
~ y excess OF those at the East
N'noaga the quotations ar