New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-15
Total, 40 co's:4 S2s 1876 IS oj8.35 Inc e2:7 $50 4
THE WEEK AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE

The total transactions in stocks last week
were l,G4o9S6 shares, against 90 - sAa'eI
for tie preceding week The market opened
Monday with a continuance Of the depression
which was 50 marked at the clos' Of the preceding
week \ further manipulation OF the local moneH
market and rumors OF further commercial anu
financial disasters caused heavy decline even
from the figures Of the preccdjnx saturday, ana
in many Instances prices wen naThed rover
chan they were in the panic or November ID,
The market on the first day Of tie week closed
with some small reactions from the lowest NJ 1TeN
but weak III tone and with general speculative
disposition 10 look for some lmgendLne sI'1'
calamity In the early hours Of tuesday thric
was something developed which strongly rcaciln.cA
The command Of the nagcian Presto. change
Instead of further depression. As was scH'I"N
expected. there We're sharp advances III E'Iuc''
aided later materially by the rccouplne OF nJaII-
room bears When. added 60 what Is ahc'pF
written. il it. stated that duriCg tie remainder
Of the week the general tendency OF N1lNr> w.
upward, subject only =" SNch IA, '''''.l
with few exceptions might he regarded IS NAT Ir"I
due H. a desire 10 realize prohls-thc S,0IN oi
the weeks stock market IS t"!d. 'iI "''Nr
Rau,c sufficiently shows The particular Increment,
Of the week. La general Nay II may hr S"I
that the advances range from > - - per cent
the latter being for Pullman Palace '"f 'VHPdt,
Tie coal stocks are exceptions I" t"c -r"'i""
advances and closed practically unrhan-r', c\-
ceDtipg for Delaware and Hudson, which shows
an advance of - per cent. ihi.h racine
aft.r an advance from 40 Oh Noadal 90
Il "a developed little weakness N -" later
dealings and closed IL g. L., 81 only 3D.. - l'.
"a
or We should say, the unlisted department. winch
while doing al Inc possible harm t.cy could ="
the general market, We we're toii '"rl'i"'7.'
had come to stay Were So dead mat 'trn 'h'II
former friend, were almost constrained - an
nouncc the date of their funeral service,
Starting from the point Of we" ma 'lI "i 'h'
late depression bad u, oIi-ln III 'I'li''I ,n.H
there is NOTHING remarkable about tnc mo''HrA''
Of the last week Assuming that values pave
been dcprcs sed ~ spite Of unprcc denied c"fhIh-'
hoth cross and net br the general railway fNN
la fnfrf tln AftIf
of tie country land notAirg pTo,c, iIri ldr' more
clearly than do the comparatively few failures
which have occurred during lon- pr'l"d 'i
monetary sirngencyI, IL - 10 hc assumed iIa' lA'
artificial causes which produced "iI inns hdh d"
motive. II is impossible 20 conceive # any Diner
thau two mot ivcS-Nr,t ~" ability - buf stock"
ury 10 unload all I'S Surpu. ~ tim" when iH'
appropriations probably vii, prevent he a'rnini-
opportuufty for chilling stocks by powerful
cIgurs was there cycr offered than purchase,
made al Panic prices, with tie almost certainty
that with the return Of hoardcd money 30 rs usual
current. rates for money will rule so loW that
per cent bonds will look cheap - par, and the
continued favorable outlook for the Industries Of
What Tie result from to.rnorrow's conference"
Of railroad presidents will he is an unknown factor
Bot il is certain that for that v"rN reason II i,
vet has cNrrtr1 no iriucnc" upon the General
Speculative disposition. such buying 81 ~tocH,
as has been done for investment il based upon III"
low prices which have ruled with an lWpIote-
mcni I'D caruiuls over th't for $500. which for
/ f. roads give gain for No eleven mD: fhs OF
the wear Of S3i.e5l 92p over the eleven months
Of 1852 Only ten roads ont ~ tie whole NUM-
Der have reported losses for The eleven months,
and tlrv aggregate ouly S222,25l, which lcaN.
the net cain as already .lVrp. The large spccu-
lqtivc interest .etiu. Of railroad MANAGERS.
which las purcl 1scl stocks - 'hc low cGr;c,l,
figures - Ic-t informed as 10 he hral results oi
trc r'auS proposed for general agreement 1uora
the Western railroad systems IN ID" meantime
ID, smaller pro'c,,ronoi spc Native Interest ir
Tie mari continues 10 lock "-onrc AT the idea of