Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-06
FINANCE AND TRADE.

MONEY nj / 1-sas per i'ent-ssoisfhruents
Dull and fmm-stoeks More Active
Flour Steady ana UDchans ed--H heat
Lower
Nav YORK, August 5.-Atoney on call
easy, ranging from IL TO ! per cent, last
loan IL per cent; closed offered at IS
per cent; prime mercantile paper 81 sTl1
sterling exchange quiet and weak at 4oia
$50.
GovERxMESTs-Dull and firm.
rours teglstcreu. ...................ilt
TOURS COspoh. ....... .ss... .s...sIl'
| Fours-and-a-half Registered ...a. lID%
Eours-and-a-hslf Coupon: .lejs.
SfATss-Dlll and frm.
RAiLIoADS-More active: sales. iGt eco.
SToCKs-rhe stock market to-day was
comparatively active during the forenoon,
when oil the business Of Importance was
done. dull in the Afternoon, with almost
| complete stagnation in prices. Union Pa
ciiic and Chicago Gas were prUlnlnent /
early dealings. Prices continued 10
hictuate within narrow limits, With
general upward tendency through
ont the afternoon until the
last hour, when the effort TO cover assun,d
larger proportions, anu was accelerated by
a story that a large amount OF geld had
been ordered for Importation from France
No truth could he found in the story. tut
II served to MAKE the upward movement In
all the leadiug shares as sharp as th. de-
cllne in the no docks during early trading.
The market finally closed quiet but strong
at the best prices OF the day. the final
changes are generally fractional advances.
The PJst saws. There is some sign OF
promise in the resumption OF gold 'xpJrts
from London 10 the Argentine Repuo ic
| Yesterday 1000 pOuuus went uiIt on TINS
account ana it was attribu oil In hondOh 10
tie settlement OF trade balances, VIII h
may indicate revival in Argentine
trade aud hence Botter prospects
for this sore spot in information Il
finance. This is by no means, however,
The first receat shipments OF the Kind.
Nearly 100000 pounds VI gold was sent 10
the river Platte from L1huon IN JUNE,
though still larger amount was Imported
from the Same country 10 London some
what later. In seme instances gold was
on the ocean moving in both directions be-
tween these ports AZ the S inc Time. pho
nomenob due in part probably TO the ilictu-
atine gold premiuth in Buenns AyrcS and
the Generalization ia Argentine exchanie
IL "a true, nevertheless, that The czpois
from Inc Argentine Republic 20 Great br =
tain in the last six months we're al least as
large as in 1850, and further signiica
TACT. shown By The British Board of Tra;e
returns FOR that pciioi, is thht whtlc The
export 10 Buenos Ayres OF Brit 81 iron
manufacturers has fallen on nearly Two
thirds, as compared with 1890, The OK orr
of cotton and dress gouas have appiren ~
increased Sales, lJ3, ri shares. Quota
tons closed bdi
Adtms Express. IA: american Gxpress,
I'D, Canada Pacific, 50; Central PArihc,
*; Chesapeake and Ohio, 1854, do, nrst
preferred. l81(i do secUnd preferred. Il;
Chicago ana Aiton, rs, Chicaso, Burling-
ton ana quincy, - Delaware aud Hui
son, l4G; Delaware, LacKaxaana aud
Western, lal4; Denver and RIO Grande
preferred, lO,a, Eric, Is; do preferred,
10; Ft. Wayne. 30; lllinos Central. Va;
Lake Shore, loSIz Michigan Central. S'1a ;
;MatI PPgsa9anSg}; 9H9s5Ht ffPatSihtA, dG opf
ern Pacific 2lsz ;uo preferred, Go}E; North
westerd, iC4H. DO prsferred lhiH Few
YORK Central. -9SX; Oregon TRANSFORM
mental. ly1S, Pacinc Mail 50; Peoria, De-
catnr ana EVANSVILLE l54 Psttshurg, ~;
pullman Palace Car. lIj, Reading. -6'4 ;
Rock Island, TX St. LOUIS and san
francisco. =: do preferred. -: do hrst pre-
ferred, G9iS, ST. Paul, GA. DO preferred
l0s1: ST. Paul, minneapolis aad Manit0no,
l0l9l; ST. Paul and Omaha ~ 90 pre-
ferled. ~ Texas Pacific, ~, Union
Pacific. ssh United States Express, 49,
Western Union, %.