New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-16
WAS DONE IN STOCKS.

Voday's stoc, market developed no new feat
urcs At the opening the game of "soht2irc
rulcd supreme and for fifteen minutes prices were
sharply depressed; then followed dulhcss ana
stcadincss. But when Others were lhNltc" 10
take "A hand in the game and 10 continue inc
selling the market began 10 react, ana prices
advanced ; that, despite the morhlns deptes-
son. the final prices generally snow AuId Oh
last evenings figures. The morning STOCK i"",
ma rI,,t dcveloucd an active borrowing demand
for Union Pacific. Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western, Missouri Pacific and Atcmsoh Topeka
and Santa Fc stocks while the renewals OF an
.toc,, loans were fully up to the average mark.
What short interest existed al the opening OF
business was increased by the early operations,
and later liquidatlons at advancing prices m ""S
affected the remaining volume ol tna' "oo 1,,
The attack on Union Pacific and oregon SNORT
Line because Of yesterdays decision on 'H''lI!aIt
Walker on the traffic arrangement DetWrch NV
I'nion Pacific and tho Chicago and Northwestern
WAS continued. What the two companies may 40
10 bring themselves in line WIN that ucols'o 81,
we do not know But the great po9h olIeicu ~
the public by that arrangement VIII hoC Dc IT,
tracted The New-lork Stock Exchange II III"
only institution in this country mat takes 'uc
back track in improvements Furtnerl Ses.c l
DAVIS and to-day's sellers of Union Pacllc were
coyycrinr short sales at about 90 before the
Union Pacihc-Northwcst compact was maic' ~
may he safely assumed that neither oI ,Ic IVY
interested companies will do anything 10 Pre''n'
thc pcrfccting OF the Interstate Railway AssoCla-
lion they do not belong to that class
Philadelphia and Reading stock, Irrespective
inf
vclops a stubborn uglincss at about SO, ana To-
day after selling down 1-S per cent To - 20, re-
covered and closed strong at SO IL Delaware,
Iorkawanna and Western after being pushed
down 10 "a "a, finally at 1873 "a MARKS gam
of - pcr cent Even Atchson lopcka ana
Santa Fc with transactions in only s,50o ShareS'
records final gain Of l-2 per cent LoulsNlI"
and Nashville was conspicuous for IT'S streh9ih
from opcning to finish, and marks ilnal gam o'
rs pcr cent Missouri Pacific, which Yesterday
by all the pont-givc was doomed to the DOW,
vows records n gain of 3-S per cent. he old
rangers were dull and somewhat irregular, put
generally advanced. And this is the result OF II
business i'm listed stocks Of only l76,sOO shares,
in which the largest dealings In one stock lull
h stock amounted 10 5. 800 shares
As an example of the kind Of food on which
the Stool, Exchange is dining, we may citc the
extended comments in last evenings POST ON
the enormous increase in the imports Of dry-goods
and general merchandise last week: They were
over 81 600 900 in excess of the preceding week,
and nearly 81 900 600 in excess Of the same week
i'm 1850" Then followed the table for two
weeks tsrvcnty-two hours old, showing that the
imports since January | were ~ N0o.Ooo less
than in 1899. The imports for the first wee,
showed decline. compared with ihat OF
1879. of "a 500, 900, principally because OF he
10 vcd arrival of steamers: and hence. with those