Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-24
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

Tr-- " CLAA anu bGllN Ct o.
rsros and Pacific Is. "a.
crIf Colorado and Santa Fe rs,
8 u.
Us, Cj.
galveston, Harrisburg and San An
s1-o Is, 49,
Torev 5lu6 per cent.
comments, steady.
.,arr-ag, weak and lower.
silver steady.
g-ree. 10 points higher and steady.
ration. points higher.
1-rrat, active but weak.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
,-rrr YORK, Aug. 23.-There was a
....g+.aq in excitement in the stock
.--,-..t to-day, and trading was again
..r and fluctuations small and geneT-
-rr ;usEEuiacaut, though the tone Of
---r-r-s was faverish and unsettled
.r--rrb the day. The action OF Judge
I.-.v became known this morning and
-,s accented as an explanation Of the
,r-r sales yesterday, and though
.-.-l~s we're still beGrishly inclined and
.rrsqrorad to push the advantage already
--.-a5 they met with little encour-
lent from outside sources, while
--ma muriug orders from foreigners
damned their ardOr in early dealings.
-s money question had little, if any
8 r.--rr to-day, though rates on call were
hid at from to 6 per cent. throughout.
The railroad bond market again
--rnsi back into the most extreme
s-r.gess. The market was generally
r..5v but few important changes were
recorded
Government bonds, dull and steady.
state bonds, duh and featureless.
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.
rosroT. MASS, Aug. 23.-The mar
4 tarEas been very dun and unsettled for
al kinds of wool Buyers viii not take
& fHHtoanv great extent, and sales have
---g confined almost wholly to small
rts Failures which occurred in PrOVi-
f-aee this week made feeling IN wool
re-- uncertain.
Fine washed feeces are selling very
s5-. Michigan Y in small lots have
s.dat 2Io$Ilac but large line does not
bring over SOC. Ohio and Pennsylvania
Gssnas have sold moderately at 32@ 33o
srt g5c for Y and 3A(G 35c for Xxx, and
w and above. No. l woods being held
u22c Combing and delaine feeces re-
main dun 3S@4Oc for No. l combing,
scl.r Ohio fine delaine.and 34c for Mich
Jan fine delaina. Unwashed combing
v5s are held at 10000 for three
szlths, and 2G@27c for one quarter.
Territory woods quiet, selling principally
on basis oc to@G5c for fine and medium.
Texas. California and Oregon woods dull
TY,l1p Cd
been i'm lair demand at 33@39c for super
8 ami - 29c Tor extra. Foreign woods
.-at ana held firm.
HEEhLY TRADE REVIEW.
NV YORK, Aug 23.-R e. Dun S.
4 ca. S weekly review of trade says: The
monetary pressure, of which so many
warnings have been given, has operated
,lsWs to modify an improvement III
general trade, due to the excellent crop
d prospects,. 1t is quite the fashion in stock
B exchange circles 10 represent
rise IN lending rates as
artificial ana intended TO affect prices of
stocks, but the truth is that speculation
o.r4-.aGs sorts has previously Withdrawn
r- much money from the support of
legitimate business ana productive in
.lsTv. and The tendency of appTeheu- !
! son as 70 lac future mas been to cut dOwn47
tire loans still further, while many of
le lenders have preferred to place their
! money on call with readily negotiable
s 0.2'a-als
lDe treasury meanwhile has been col
estlg lis surplus revenue from people
1-ag-e, but disbuTsing it to holders of
.#Ils, and so it tends TO monetary CEN
'Es. The result has tended for months
"e-1se iaulty distribution of monetary
1 supply
Suspension of important mills result in
greater caution as to loans and quick ar
les. o. purchasers OF materials for wool
A-- cotton manufacturers.
q thus at Boston the wool market has
4 .,-A completely unsettled again, sales
4 Jul Tie week amounting to only l 100 200
sounds. all in small lots, and concessions
"a enc TO two cents would be necessary
Ill CIDER to move large lots.
Il. Philadelphia the money market is
---- and banks scrutinized closely be-
@-,- they have little to spare.
Il, Boston banks supply customers,
%. discriminate very closely.
mere demand for commercial paper is
81! light ana four months paper ranges
-.- &c 80 per cent.
Money markets Of interior cities are far !
i 5'+ supplied. At Chicago, by liberal !
.'..-a.s from the country, and at other
..-..' because the demand has yet been
. moderate, but some closeness is |
.- 10 II. Paul, with slow collections |
nom ail quarters improvement in bust |
~. reported, with fine prospects for /.
.--. ..-la consequent upon, large crops. |
"1-ea-o actual transactions are about |
4 Nd. t. last year in clothing, a little /
- IN boots and shoes, and Is per |
.' larger in dry goods.
--a grocery trade improves at most |
-->' excepting as to sugar, for which |
.-".l has been much affected by OPP |
ra.1s Of trust, and raw IS Il G lower. |
~s- is in better demand and 15c high |
r ,aaa serious injury to Western potato
rs u Wet weather has caused sharp |
-aee. Butter and eggs are also /
g.. cotton 3-IGc Tor spool, notwith-i
g.. decline Of 11ac in print cloths.
'.-att crop prospects begin to have
s.- f-tamate effect on prices of bread
dr.. ana provisions. Hogs have de-
r.-. Gu 2. cents per 100 pounds, lard -
,-S and pork 80 cents peTbarrel. Oats
81 p cent each, the latter with
d. va ,gg0 GOO bushels, and wheat has
s-eA 3 cents with sales of only
H.. and one-half million bushels here. 4
s.s -1tailve movement in wheat has been
,S,s1 by liberal receipts from far
r. and when the farmers market is
r- early in the season the OroSDep+s